4 posts and columns on Captain James T. Kirk

Larry Page Might Be Bill Gates+, But He Wants to Be Steve Jobs

in Mobile on August 16, 2011 at 10:12 am PT

Let’s face it: Everyone in Silicon Valley — one way or another — fashions themselves as the next Steve Jobs.
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Nexus Is a Perfect Name for the Trekkies of Google! (The Video Proof!)

in News on December 14, 2009 at 12:01 am PT

Nexus? Well, it does sound futurey and all, but it got BoomTown to wondering how Google’s geektastic engineers settled on the name for their not-so-secret new smartphone, which is called the Nexus One. Thus, BoomTown consulted the instruction manual for the search giant–“Star Trek”–to find out.
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Viral Video: "Rocket Man" Shatner Channels "Maverick" Palin (Watch Out, Tina Fey!)

in News on July 29, 2009 at 2:53 am PT

In a genius pairing of subject and artist, here is the best online viral video this week from Conan O’Brien’s “Tonight Show,” featuring actor William Shatner reciting outgoing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s recent farewell speech verbatim. You simply can’t make this stuff up.
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Live Long And Proposition.

in News on May 8, 2009 at 7:05 am PT

Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site. (Click on the image to see a bigger version.)