(Thanks to @mattlockett for sending this in.)

Yes, it is where no man has gone before. Here are the specs from NERDESQUE:

This Starship Enterprise NCC-1701D of Star Trek was fabricated by Takayuki Hoshino & Shinji Matsui, in one-billionth scale by 30 kV Ga+ focused-ion- beam CVD using phenanthrene gas… The model measures a mere 8.8 micrometers long. (There are 1000 micrometers in 1 millimeter)

(tears fill the eyes)

I was once privy to be apart of a community of enthusiasts who were devoted to a man cave dubbed, “The Viper Lounge”. But oh how very far we were in comparison to this  piece of man cave heaven.

Gizmag says, “Entry to the ’secret location’ is via a remote-controlled pneumatic sliding door (unfortunately, not bat poles). A touch of the panel outside and the door opens, the lights turn on to a predetermined level, the projector and scaler come to life, and the processor goes into action. So, by the time you’ve chosen your movie and had your first mouthful of popcorn, everything is humming along, just like a well-oiled Batmobile.”

(again with the tears)

This thing is legit and I’m a little green with jealousy. But what do you do?!

Riddle me this: If you had the money to build something like this, would you?

…And again I say: WarMachine!

(h/t)

This is ridiculously awesome. What can’t fans do?

F to the A to the N to the MADE.

FANMADE!

I recently bought a 5-gallon aquarium and presently have 2 Goldfish living there. (That’s down from 8 originally but still, 2 is a pretty good number.) Well, imagine my surprise when I was shown the error of my ways!

What do I mean?

Behold, DAGOBAH!

Yep, your very own Dagobah based tadpole aquarium, courtesy Think Geek.

Rhythmic, poetic, harmonious wordsmithing. Viola!

(h/t chrissilich)

First things first, sorry that there are not pretty pictures or action packed movies in this post. What I am covering does not really lend itself to screen shots. What am I covering you may ask yourself. Well, I am glad you asked.

A while back I ranted about Square Enix targeting their fans and forcing them to shutdown ‘Crimson Echoes’, a fan made Chrono Trigger game. Today I would like to celebrate the late Robert Jordan (whose real name is James Rigney), author of the epic fantasy series The Wheel of Time. He is a man who truly looked out for the best interest of his fans.

Way back in 1993 a group of fans got together and created a MUD, a text based online role playing game, based off of the Wheel of Time books. Clearly they were infringing on Robert Jordan’s intellectual property, but instead of getting upset and shutting them Robert empowered them to use his works and to expound upon them.

Don’t just take my word for it, read what the Wheel of Time Mud has to say about it and read the letter from Robert Jordan himself.

I know it is not full of the graphical goodies that we have all come to expect from our video games, but if you love role playing games and have some spare time check this MUD out. I promise you you won’t regret it.