Life Imitates Blade Runner – Futuristic billboards may be coming to LA. Cannot Find Planet – Amusing 404 error message. The Way the Future Blogs – Frederik Pohl’s new blog. The Hero Factory – Make yourself a superhero. Nerd Merit Badges – Scout-type badges for accomplishments like contributing to an Open Source project. Something Somewhere…

…very few Star Trek fans actually look like this. Etsy seller EveningArwen created this corset inspired by the tunics on Star Trek: The Next Generation. It’s a wonderfully clever piece, and the workmanship is lovely. If you’re interested in sewing or costuming, it’s definitely worth a look. The link is borderline NSFW, as the first…

What’s one of the items that every successful supervillain seems to have? No, not a fluffy white cat: A big computer console displaying all kinds of up-to-the-minute data. Designer Joel Friesen has given villains who are just starting out in this illustrious field a cut-rate solution to a shortage of minions. Henchman’s Helper consolidates dozens…

Where SF fandom and crafting overlap with maybe just a teensy bit of obsession, you get a site devoted entirely to Dr. Who’s scarf. And I do mean devoted. The site explores the scarf worn by Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor, detailing its history through various episodes. There are also patterns and tutorials for…

Defective Yeti sums it up:

Although I occasionally wish that domain names were still expensive enough to dissuade casual registration, I have to admit getting a kick out of sites like http://www.khaaan.com/ and, well, Time Travel Pharmacy. All medications are shipped from the pharmacy’s facility in Bombay, India, in the year 2395. If for any reason, you feel that you…

This somehow seems a natural followup to yesterday’s post: According to the Big List o’Saints*, the patron saint of the Internet is St. Isidore. Despite having lived around 600 AD, when broadband really wasn’t widely available, he was nominated as the patron of computers, computer techs, and the Internet in 1999. Here’s one of his…

The WebUrbanist has put together a neat collection of post-apocalyptic artwork, a surprising amount of which seems to feature the Statue of Liberty. It’s surprising how serene much of it is. (Well, not the ones where stuff is actively blowing up. But the ones where buildings are slowly being overtaken by nature are rather soothing.)…

The answers to our trivia quiz are: Answer 1: “The Star.” The supernova had been the Star of Bethlehem Answer 2: E) Orson Scott Card Answer 3: Mars. Answer 4: C) 17,500 Answer 5: Jupiter Answer 6: True! NORAD tracks Santa’s progress from the North Pole as he delivers toys worldwide. You can see where…

We have come to visit you in peace and with goodwill. — Klaatu Here’s wishing you a bright and joyous holiday from the whole O*W*C gang! If you’re feeling ambitious, send answers to these Christmas-themed SF trivia questions to chip@other-worlds-cafe.com. The first one to get ’em all right wins a prize! Answers will be posted…