Star Trek TNG Happy 25th!

Star Trek, The Next Generation, turned 25 yesterday, and I just had to do a post about that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation

One Trekkie's post http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8435126/star-trek-next-generation-turns-25

For me personally what I liked, and still do about TNG, was how the crew of the Enterprise was a Team or Family, they actually cared about each other.

Something an anti social nerd found really appealing, they didn't even make fun of people because they were different, something I think people in general would do well to emulate.


The large Shakespearean influence, that I assume was a result Sir Patrick Stewart's presence, helped a lot as well.


Twitter address of the TNG Cast that I follow, in no particular order:

• @BrentSpiner https://twitter.com/BrentSpiner
• @jonathansfrakes https://twitter.com/jonathansfrakes
• @SirPatStew https://twitter.com/SirPatStew

Edited to add:  I will probably get whole series on Blu-ray when it is available http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation#Blu-ray

Nerd Gear: Sensor Drone turn your Android, iPhone, or iPod Touch into an even more Powerful Tool!

I really like this, it is on my must buy list!

See http://www.sensorcon.com/sensordrone/ or http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/453951341/sensordrone-the-6th-sense-of-your-smartphoneand-be for more information.

Detailed specs (PDF) http://www.sensorcon.com/forum/download/file.php?id=8

I have bad Asthma/Allergies, this will really help with some air quality issues for me. 

Both for warning when my local air quality is bad, Ozone detection/warning will be very useful for my Asthma issues, and also to help me better determine just what triggers are a problem.

Also as a Star Trek fan, TNG is my favorite, this will let you turn a Galaxy S3, Galaxy Note 2, Nexus 7, iPod Touch, or other iOS device into something like a real Tricorder.


Cut and Paste of Features from http://www.sensorcon.com/sensordrone/:

Included Sensors/Features

• Air Sensor Port (Gas & Weather Sensing)
• Light Intensity (illumination) & Color Sensor
• Non-contact temperature (infrared temperature) sensing
• Proximity Sensor (Proximity capacitance intensity)
• External Hardware Connection (easy wireless connection for your hardware to Android Devices)
• Programmable LEDs