Anyone can write Star Trek fan-fiction, but few can render it in 3-D. Since 2006, Brandon Bridges has been writing, directing and producing a work of full-length Star Trek fan fiction entitled
Star Trek: Specter of the Past.
ST:SOTP "follows the crew of the USS Fitzgerald, an Entente-class starship commanded by newly promoted Captain Gaius Reyf."
Last month, Bridges released his
Director's Edition to the web. It should be noted that Bridges plans to re-release the film with a full voice cast. Parts
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posted by grabbingsand
on Nov 30, 2010 -
45 comments
Roadside Architecture. "I have been passionate about commercial architecture and roadside related things all my life. I grew up in California but New York City has been my home since 1980. I started this website in 2000 simply as a way to organize my own photos. Since then, it has become a bit of an obsession and grown to well over 1,000 pages."
flickr.
blog.
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posted by mwhybark
on Apr 14, 2009 -
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According to legend, Einstein was eating chocolate when he came upon the theory of relativity. These sites are all about chocolate and candy in general.
Chocolate Obsession.
Hyperbole? Maybe. Just a little. Ok, a lot. Chocolate does have a lot to offer, though. It is a one of a kind food characterized by a truly unique and intense flavor. The idea of
Jim's Chocolate Mission came after a discussion with friends about the greatest chocolate bar. Was is the Wispa? Galaxy? Clark?
The Chocolate Review is most likely to review English chocolate because that's where they're from, but they also do imports.
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posted by netbros
on Feb 8, 2009 -
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Adam Savage's talk at The Last HOPE: Fascination with the Dodo Bird
parts:
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(YouTubeFilter with a great audience Q&A session)
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posted by Chuckles
on Aug 29, 2008 -
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Church Locking: shattering the myth that "all churches are locked". With the aim of visiting every church in England and recording whether it is kept locked or unlocked, this ten-year-old 'side project' now has statistics by county and diocese, county maps, and a
map of the country showing their progress.
posted by chrismear
on May 16, 2007 -
29 comments
I Love You Kenisha. My dear sweet Kenisha,
If you find this page, please forgive me for my failure to be a the kind of leader in our marriage and our home that God has called me to be.
When ever you decide to come home, I'll be here waiting for you. If I'm 100 years old, and on my death bed, and you haven't come back yet, I'll still be waiting for you!!! I love you with all my heart!!!
posted by jonson
on Feb 11, 2007 -
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Obsessive Consumption wants to know what you buy. Obsessive Consumption wants to know what you owe. Created by
Kate Bingaman to showcase her love/hate relationship with money, shopping, branding, credit cards, celebrity, advertising and marketing, she documented all of her purchases for 28 months starting on January 22nd, 2002 and ending on April 22nd, 2004. Currently she is drawing a lot of her
purchases and
all of her credit card statements until they are paid off. Her Obsessive Consumption
installation in Kansas City is particularly impressive.
posted by dead_
on Jul 28, 2006 -
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Adherents.com is "a growing collection of over 43,870 adherent statistics and religious geography citations". In plain English, this amazing site contains all the data one could ever want on religion, from the basic (
nationally predominant religions by country,
largest religious groups in the United States,
top 50 countries with the highest proportion of atheists) to the esoteric (
a guide to religion in films,
authors who have converted to a new religion,
religious affiliation of U.S. presidents,
famous adherents of various religions (e.g.
famous Mennonites)). There's even religious information for geeks, including obsessive articles on
the religion of George Lucas,
the religious affiliation of comic book characters, and
religious affiliation of famous fantasy and science fiction authors (related:
Amish in science fiction and
Mormonism in science fiction). One could spend days sifting through this site.
posted by jdroth
on Sep 29, 2005 -
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Want to know where David Bowie was on a given day between 1974 and 1980? Now you can
find out.
posted by cedar
on Feb 9, 2005 -
34 comments
An unhealthy obsession? The Internet is full of websites dedicated to a rabid fan's obsession with a celebrity. These websites often reveal their owners' fantasies of sexual encounters with said celebrity. But it's not often the object of such sexual desire ends up being a well known public figure from the Clinton administration.
posted by gregb1007
on Dec 24, 2003 -
12 comments
The story of love is sometimes one of pain. Who amongst us doesn't have some failed obsession from their past. You know the one, that person who didn't love you back or didn't love you in the way you needed to be loved. So, what do you about these unresolved feelings? Well, you create a web site and paint a lot of pictures of the guy naked of course. The result is
Naked Dave -- A Woman's Obsession.
posted by willnot
on Mar 1, 2003 -
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Another "magnificent obsession" site, seasonally spiced:
oldchristmaslights.com is a huge attic space, packed to the rafters with illuminating images and information; history and pre-history, manufacturer backgrounds, timeline, patents, vintage advertising, trivia - it's all here, plus a "
Light Set Gallery" and more. Plug in and enjoy.
posted by taz
on Dec 7, 2002 -
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The day is June 3rd, 1999 and one mad genius decides he's going to
photographically document every door or drawer that he touches. Can focusing on minor repetitive actions - normally lost in the whole of the experience - tell us anything about our world and the way we interact with it?
posted by willnot
on May 28, 2002 -
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Tonight, when the grill is blackened with meat particles,"
he said, "I will literally clean it with the marinated onions so that all the flavor from the grill goes into them. That allows me to start the next morning. It's like baking sourdough. You have to save some to start the next batch."
Do you have a sandwich obsession?
posted by preguicoso
on May 1, 2002 -
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SF Chronicle article about a condition that I have seen but didn't know had a name. . . .
Orthorexia Nervosa. . .The
obsessive quest for healty food. . .I would suspect that your average computer-active person would NOT experience this condition but perhaps you know someone or perhaps live with someone who could be described in this way. . .
posted by Danf
on Jan 7, 2002 -
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