Star Trek

It was 44 years ago today, on September 8, 1966 that we first went where no one has gone before. Yes, it was the debut of Star Trek on television. Happy anniversary exploring the final frontier for 44 years now. Granted, Star Trek really began years before (even having two different pilots produced), but it was on this date that it premiered on NBC.

Rarely do I have time to devote to watch movies these days. It is because of that I had this blu-ray disc still in the box set since I got it in the first half of 2009. After popping some long-expired stale popcorn, I decided to sit myself down and watch Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Amazon link).

Earlier this week, on Wednesday, January 27, 2010, Apple announced the long rumored tablet device. Like many Apple announcements, it has generated a flurry of talk in the media and tech circles. Not since the Apple iPhone announcement three years ago have I seen such a reaction to this new device, the Apple iPad.

Comedian Kevin Pollak ( @kevinpollak ) talks about Star Trek's William Shatner ( @WilliamShatner ) (who Kevin has done impressions of over the years) at the Blogworld & New Media Expo 2009 in Las Vegas, NV. This was part of the closing keynote address hosted by Guy Kawasaki ( @GuyKawasaki ).

Please give a listen to my friend and fellow podcaster, Allison Sheridan's NosillaCast podcast when she sits down with none other than Eugene "Rod" Roddenberry (or just Rod) in the latest episode of her "technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Macintosh bias!"

After seeing the new Star Trek film and giving some initial reactions via Twitter, people are asking me for a fuller explanation of what I thought of it. The 140 characters that Twitter offers with each tweet does not lend itself to expressing my thoughts on this new re-imagined and reboot of Star Trek, so I will use this space to explain a little further about and will most likely do a full review in an upcoming podcast.

So the new Star Trek reboot has opened. Let's not be coy about it, it is indeed a reboot. It's a relaunch of the series or "franchise" if you will. It is Star Trek for a new generation, not The Next Generation.

Like the Star Wars film series, there are certain things that long-time die-hard fans find themselves buying over again and again with each new step in media technology. Perhaps you have done it as well, perhaps on a smaller scale with let's say The Beatles buying them on vinyl, 8-track, cassettes, compact discs, and then digital... err... oh they never made it that far yet, perhaps The Beatles is not the perfect example. Let's just stick with Star Wars and Star Trek here, but you get the idea. Back in the day

Hitchhiker's Guide to British Sci-Fi - Episode 3
Running Time: 1:00:12

News on Gallifrey 20, The Prisoner, Day of the Triffids, Life on Mars, New Red Dwarf, Doctor Who, Blake's 7, Torchwood, BBC America, and even Star Trek.

Hosted by Louis Trapani, Ken Deep, and James Naughton.

On the 18th of December 2008, we lost "The First Lady of Star Trek" otherwise known as Majel Barrett Roddenberry. Although I had only met her once, and never had the opportunity to have her on any of our shows or interview her, she touched the lives of many Star Trek fans, myself included.

Episode 2 of The Hitchhiker's Guide to British Sci-Fi podcast is now available. If you are subscribing to it via iTunes or another podcast catcher client, you will get it automatically. If not, you can download it from the links below.

Hitchhiker's Guide to British Sci-Fi - Episode 2
Running Time: 1:05:42

It's remake, revisit, and re-envision madness in this episode with discussions on Red Dwarf, Survivors, Life on Mars, Day of the Triffids, Star Trek, etc.

As I write this, the Star Trek Experience is set to close forever in just over a week from now. Fortunately, I had the opportunity to experience the Star Trek Experience just prior to it's closing.

Another view of the starships hanging above Quark's Bar and Restaurant, this point of view is from the museum area of the Star Trek Experience in Las Vegas, NV.

Read more about it here: Are You Experienced?

The Apple Macintosh Plus makes Star Trek history when it aided Scotty in creating transperant aluminum in Star Trek: The Voyage Home. (The Star Trek Experience, Las Vegas, NV)

Geoff Smith and IAfter a day of reflection, the following are some of my thoughts after attending the New Media Expo 2008 which took place on the 14, 15, and 16 of August 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada.