Geeky, But Practical

[Starbreaker]

I challenge everyone to come up with at least one item that they would love to have in their house that non geeks/nerds/dweebs wouldn't. The catch is that they have to be useful.

I present to you: Stargate Coasters

 

[Sparky]

Portal Bookends

http://technabob.com/blog/2010/09/02/portal-bookends/

 

[Canadave]

Useful, eh? I guess that rules out the Enterprise-D poster up on my living room wall...

I must ultimately go with a TARDIS USB hub, then.

 

[sojourner]

An astronomical observatory.

 

[Saga]

Taun Taun sleeping bag.

 

[Kestra]

I present to you: Stargate Coasters

My brother bought me those as a present! Love them!

My contribution: Klingon Corkscrew

Also: Voice Operated Dimmer

 

[auntiehill]

One thing my geeky heart desires, although I know it's dumb as hell, is The Tardis Cookie Jar.

 

[Asbo Zaprudder]

An oscilloscope.

 

[Captain Ice]

^Damn you. Now I want one.

My other item is the TNG Phaser universal remote. Take THAT, Channel 5....

 

[Omnius]

As an aviation geek, I'd love to have a fully functional flightsimulator.

 

[MetalPants]

A miniature Bat'Leth letter opener. I think that might be my biggest geekiest heart's desire.

 

[SPOCKED]

My awesome Borg regenerator shown here behind my, then, future wife and on display for all to see. It was useful in that it helped convince her to marry me

 

[Pingfah]

I don't want any geeky things.

 

[sevenstars]

Wow, I want all those things.

I'd like a Linux computer I can actually get to work.

 

[trekkiedane]

I need a lamp over my table and actually contemplated getting this one. Lately, though, I've been thinking about building something like it from whatever loose parts I can find in one of the big DIY warehouses here in town.

 

[Yeoman Randi]

Just this entire apartment.

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U67CJqLUjA0[/yt]

 

[Mary Ann]

I'm not a big Dr. Who fan but I'm itching to knit this:

http://www.entropyhouse.com/penwiper/who/extermaknit.html

Apparently a while back the BBC tried to get the creator of this free pattern to remove it from the 'net for copyright reasons, but since the creator doesn't make a profit from it the BBC wasn't successful. I've seen quite a few versions of this pattern on the 'net and my favourite was knit in a variagated yarn with black and bright primary colours. It sounds tacky but it worked really well.

 

[Rett Mikhal]

I really fail to think of any situation a portable positron collider strapped to your back wouldn't resolve.

 

[sojourner]

^Just don't cross the streams. That would be bad.

 

[AstroSmurf]

A couple of years ago I designed a series of Star Trek office desks. My brother-in-law and I considered custom building them to sell online. Unfortunately it never came to fruition (the labor and materials involved made them to costly to produce) but I still dream of building a couple of them for myself.

But here is the deal. Instead of something "Trek-like", I designed them to look exactly like the consoles used in the shows. I did version for TOS, TNG/VOY, DS-9 and ENT. The TOS desk was based on the briefing table and Kirk's desk in his quarters. The one for DS-9 was based on a Cardassian console seen in the crew quarters. The TNG/VOY 24th Century Starfleet desk was made to resemble the CONN on the Defiant. (It has a wonderful shape.) The one from ENT was built to resemble the main tactical station in the armory. But each one had a built in compartment in the top to hide a flat screen monitor. Once you closed the compartment the screen would look like it was part of the desk's "computer console". (We would also provide a custom desktop wallpaper and screensaver designed to match the console graphics to help complete the illusion.) The keyboard and mouse would be housed in a hiding pull-out drawer. The hardrive and supply storage would also be similarly hidden. The desk's graphic consoles would be lighted and equipped with blinkies. I even looked into adding ambient sounds and doing them in a "metal" finish like on the show. Once the desk was "closed" it would look like you looted Paramount's set storage.

So basically what I want is a DS-9 Cardassian console desk for my office. (I would also do the office to look just like one of the guest quarters, including the window and lighted wall struts. I may even include a replicator and pocket door to complete the effect.) It would be practical... but very very geeky.


If I can't have that... I want this:

And if that doesn't work, I want a desk that resembles the cockpit controls of the Millennium Falcon.