9x9 (13. 836)

cyberselfish: Paulina Borsook’s 2000 book about the libertarian, uncharitable culture of high tech is back in print after a reevaluation of its foresight 

the full english: breaches of British etiquette no one will ever call you out for transgressing—via Nag on the Lake  

el niño: the coming weather pattern, climatologist predict, will be the most powerful in recorded history  

familect: jargon and running-jokes only understood within one’s extended household—what are some of your examples? 

i want an explanation—why is there a child on the bridge: the series finale of the 80s sitcom Webster had a cross-over with Star Trek: TNG—see also   

artist’s bigature: Grace Baldwin’s larger-than-life junk drawer  

deliquesce: of a solid structure or lattice, to melt or dissolve by absorbing moisture from the atmosphere—like exposed salts or wilting mushrooms  

nor’easter: powerful, unseasonably early storm slams eastern seaboard  

symphonie magnétophonique: a profile of Else Marie Pade, the first Danish composer of electronic and concrete music

8x8 (13. 824)

claudefishing: AI slop is a new kind of creative poverty  

saint-pierre-et-miquleon: Mark Carney meets with Emmanuel Macron on the small French overseas territorial collective, which once toyed with the idea of joining the United States, just off the coast of Newfoundland  

soundscape: avian vocalisations can boost one’s mood but the positive effects are negated by traffic noise  

an imperfect analogy: what lessons nuclear proliferation treaties have for AI containment  

jefferies tubes: the first physical model of the Enterprise finds a home at the MIT museum  

old dog, new tricks: OK Go’s “White Knuckles” video sixteen yearrs on—see previously  

apostolic journey: the Pope’s upcoming to France includes a stop in Metz to pay tribute to Robert Schuman, one of the Founding Fathers of the European Union  

sunshine superman: understanding intention, agnosticism and the new uncanny valley

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one year ago: a thwarted assassination attempt led to an involuntary outing (with synchronoptica), carbon-dating plus Donald in Mathmagic Land (1961)

two years ago: the Tanaka Memorial of 1927  

three years ago: a musical montage from DJ Earworm, an exhibition of antique home entertainment, assorted links to revisit plus The Love Boat (1977)

four years ago: more links to enjoy,  Our Lady of Mercy plus even more links

five years ago: assorted links to revisit plus punctuation appreciation day

six years ago: Pope Liberius, more links worth revisiting plus the 1976 Swine Flu outbreak

seven years ago: Trump pressures Ukrainian authorities for dirt on his apparent political opponent, more synthetic models, UK courts rule that the suspension of Parliament was an abuse of power plus variations on Misirlou

eight years ago: an atlas of remote islands, theatrics trumps discourse, and more and more links plus twenty-seven songs about the twenty-seven amendments to the US constitution

 

alexshatner the great (13. 814)

Poseidon’s Underworld directs our attention to the fabled 1963 pilot for a television series, which never went into production, starring William Shatner (see previously), with a supporting cast including Batman’s own Adam West, Joseph Cotten, John Cassavetes, about the weekly trials and exploits of the Macedonian king and conqueror. Had “AlΣxandΣr thΣ GrΣat” been picked up by the networks, the actor wouldn’t have been free to step into the role of Captain Kirk, and we suspect that the Ancient Greek Western wouldn’t have carried the legacy and enduring cultural resonance as what was described as “Wagon Train to space.” Check out the scene-by-scene annotated breakdown at the link above.

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one year ago: Trump and Xi meet amid tariff war (with synchronoptica),  more recycled sets plus the Beucet chair illusion

two years ago: residential fire safety, assorted links to revisit plus anti-social media 

three years ago: more links to enjoy plus the Panic of 1873

four years ago: even more links to revisit 

five years ago: the Global War on Terrorism declared (2001), photographer Charles Cylde Ebbets plus assorted links to enjoy

six years ago: St Eustace plus running out of hurricane names

seven years ago: an AI names mushrooms,  exploring a local wayside chapel, more links plus Randy Rainbow for the Emmy

eight years ago: retro web bumpers, a then-and-now of New Zealand’s government, modern-day occupations plus the board game Careers

 

space farce (13. 772)

Another example of the abused to meaningless Poe’s Law when even a small percentage of Trump’s AI slop escapes containment into reality and distractions masquerading as policy and directives and that action figures are not human capital, the American president unveils a mock-up of the dress uniform for his Space Force Guardians, “inspired by the discipline and functionality” of the uniforms from Starship Troopers. The fact that we are sure that general-issues would look dumpy and poorly tailored on Earth or in an artificial-gravity environment is sort of beside the point as the American president did not repair immediately to the Hugo Boss apparel of the Nazi or to the derivative of the Galactic Empire, fascists already, but to the cinematic adaptation by Paul Verhoeven whose upbringing in the occupied Netherlands informed his directorial decisions—Trump wanting to leave no doubt that yes, we are the baddies from the outset—and perhaps a little too on brand for the regime. One Christian commentator insisted that the design is a perfect blend between Star Wars and Star Trek.

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one year ago: assorted links to revisit (with synchronoptica), The Tonight Show at the Berlin Wall (1961), the official residence of the US vice president plus Dr Katz: Professional Therapist

two years ago: a electromechanical rotor cipher, the ugly, car-centric focus of American urban planning plus more links worth revisiting 

three years ago: Interpol (1923) plus divination with cheese

four years ago: a controversial campaign ad (1964), a banger from John Parr plus Germany ends its public transportation subsidy

five years ago: the social engineering of kitchen design, WikiCommons (2004), a weird conspiracy involving the Muppets and 9/11, Dancing Queen (1976) plus three look-a-like candidates running for the Duma

six years ago: the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance, Clärenore Stinnes drives around the world (1929) plus Egypt’s national handball team

survey says (13. 614)

Debuting on this day on ABC station affiliates with host British actor and comedian Richard Dawson, Family Feud quickly became one the most popular day time television game shows in America, enduring in syndication until the present.  The format pits two groups of competing, extended families, against each other, asking contestants to guess the most popular results of audience polls. Contractually obligated to make Dawson the MC of the programme, his run lasting until 1985, the show’s producers had originally wanted William Shatner, Star Trek having been discontinued a few years earlier (see previously here and here), to host. Watching the family dynamics of the panelist was always fun and the questions and responses pushed the envelope of what was fit to air with low-brow entendre.

 

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one year ago: Mimolette (with synchronoptica), a Jaws text-based game, more on the Carnac Stones and other megaliths plus more on optical telegraphy

two years ago: plural forms of compound expressions, assorted links to revisit plus Disco Demolition Night (1979)

three years ago: the Golden Spike of the Anthropocene Era, a crowd-pirated movie plus more links to enjoy

four years ago: St Veronica plus even more links worth the revisit

five years ago: In the Year 2525 

six years ago: Trump ally Roger Stone plus a smart facial covering 

my god, it’s full of stars (13. 537)

Courtesy of Miss Cellania, we are directed to this delightful and a bit exhausting collaboration between Postmodern Jukebox (previously—now that’s a name I’ve not heard in a long time—a long time) and choreographer, burlesque artist and tap-dancer, Demi Remick performing to a jazzy, swing medley of sci-fi theme songs. Not their first dance, Remick also was featured on a assortment of arcade music, including the Zelda and Mario franchises. You’ll be sure to recognise them all from TV and film.

10x10 (13. 523)

nine days in june: landmark US supreme court decisions of years past and upcoming cases during this busy time of the year  

mcmodernslopecore: AI-generated architecture—via Miss Cellania  

photovoltaic: a brief tutorial on how solar panels work—via Kottke  

linguist fingerprints: every AI talks with an accent  

i am not on harry mudd’s client list—stop talking about it, i don’t even know him: the Federation’s war with the Romulans was a total success 

defender of the realm: profiles of medieval warrior women  

dialog society: a trove of leaked documents reveals the activities of Peter Thiel’s secretive cult, prepping for WWIII with a breeding programme—see previously  

spacex: a plan to deploy a million satellites in Earth orbit would ruin the night sky for everyone  

parc güell: Antoni Gaudí’s 1926 failed housing estate has become one of Barcelona’s public spaces  

51st state: rural Illinois citizens petition to eject Chicago and split into two polities—see also 

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one year ago: the G7 in Alberta and the Israeli-Iran war (with synchronoptica) plus the Trump phone 

two years ago: a synthesiser performance piece , OJ Simpson flees police (1994) plus tragic children’s names

three years ago: NASCAR celebrates Pride plus a werewolf exorcism (1983)

four years ago: Star Trek: TAS retcon, the Watergate break-in (1972) plus assorted links to revisit

five years ago: Iceland reforms its naming rules, ASCII standards published (1963), the musical stylings of the Sons of Kemet plus calendrical dating formats

six years ago: US supreme court erodes the Civil Rights Act, the East German uprising of 1953, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls plus Trump sues to stop publication of a tell-all exposé

9x9 (13. 148)

times new resistance: a typeface disguised to appear as the US government endorsed font but furnishes subversive autocorrect suggestions  

there are four lights: Star Trek: TNG episode “Chain of Command” is an allegory for domestic abuse  

prosperity gospel: at the US National Prayer Breakfast (see previously) Trump announces upcoming ceremony to rededicate America to Jesus  

dominotier: the guild of wallpaper makers and the many applications of their craft  

plasticine dream: render yourself in claymation in real time  

🦞: more on the theology created by AI agents—see previously—via Web Curios 

almanac: US Central Intelligence Agency in an act of cultural vandalism is not only sunsetting its World Factbook but also deleting its archives  

ill may day: Sir Ian McKellen masterfully recites from the apocryphal Shakespeare play about a sixteenth century anti-immigrant riot  

blackletter fraktur: on how the Gothic typeface, based on French handwriting, became synonymous with Nazism despite Hitler’s ban on its use—see previously—via Kottke

7x7 (13. 112)

les chansons de bilitis: a century old literary hoax of a fictional lesbian poet incited dialogue and reevaluation on the genuine figure of Sappho and queerness in antiquity  

apt mascot: a manufacturing error created the Cry-Cry Horse and its popularity for the Lunar New Year has prompted suppliers to reinstate the stitching mistake  

tam o’shanter: a poem for Sunday’s Burns Night  

ts and cs apply: new updated user agreement for US TikTok draws scrutiny regarding its privacy policy, including sexual orientation, mental health and immigration status  

coming attractions: an imagined trailer for Star Trek: Voyage to Vengeance as directed by Quentin Tarantino 

the disappointed tourist: an elegy to lost places  

composition yellow, blue, black red and white: reevaluating the cross-dressing Cornish artist Marlow Moss whose work influenced that of Piet Mondrian—via Kottke

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one year ago: jazz artist Keith Jarrett (with synchronopticæ), a Bolivian abundance festival, assorted links to enjoy plus Trump pledges to overhaul federal emergency response agency

thirteen years ago: the assassination of Caligula 

twelve years ago: impending base closures and a reduction in US forces 

sixteen years ago: relaxing US campaign financing reforms plus petty kingdoms 

too perfect—you poor fools, your own creation destroyed you (13. 094)

As ugly and tone-deaf as recycling Nazi slogans by the Trump regime has been, the irony of the Secretary of War’s visit to Elon Musk’s SpaceX headquarters in Starbase, Texas has achieved escape velocity in rolling out a vision to make Star Trek a reality—see previously and missing the franchise’s vision of a utopian, post-scarcity society (not withstanding serious problems with Paramount and CBS, please don’t appropriate Star Trek for your nefarious agenda)—with the Arsenal of Freedom campaign, lifted from the title of a 1988 episode of TNG. Neither Musk nor Hegseth, excitedly promoting the integration of artificial intelligence models across the defence department to inform and expedite decision making at all levels, seemed to recalled that in the season one cautionary tale, the Enterprise on an expedition to the planet Minos to search for a missing Federation vessel meets a holographic, fast-talking weapons sales representative touting an automated offensive system, Echo Papa 607 drone fleet package (made with special parts but not like our robot friends from MST3K), the rogue AI programmed for self-preservation with the capability to upgrade itself to counter any threat, eventually realising that the missing ship and the entire Minosian civilisation were destroyed by escalating machine warfare. Captain Picard ends the sales pitch and demonstration, having nearly taken out the Enterprise as well, by saying that they will buy it and sabotages the central command computer before leaving orbit.

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one year ago: Americans turn to a TikTok alternative (with synchronopticæ), cartoon show-bibles plus assorted links to enjoy

fourteen years ago: more German un-words

fifteen years ago: backing up one’s devices 

let that be your last battlefield (13. 074)

Courtesy of our faithful chronicler, we are reminded that the Star Trek: TOS (S3:E15), first broadcast on this day in 1969, portrays the Enterprise crew entangled in an intractable alien racial war when they the encounter a fugitive and a belligerent, irreconcilable pursuer. During an atmospheric decontamination mission to planet Ariannus, their work is interrupted as the ship leaves orbit to intercept a shuttlecraft stolen from nearby Star Base IV. In pursuit, they realise that life support systems are failing and tractor beam it into the shuttle bay. Recovering in sickbay, the thief identifies himself as Lokai of Cheron, and whilst grateful for the rescue becomes elusive and combative when questioned about his motives. En route back to the planet, sensors detect that the Enterprise is being pursued by a cloaked vessel—whose pilot appears on the bridge just before the apparent moment of impact. The new arrival, with similar colouration as Lokai, announces he is Commissioner Bele there to arrest the other alien, whom he has been chasing for fifty thousand Earth years for instigating a revolt against the enslaved population of Cheron and changing the ruling order. Lokai seeks political asylum with the Federation of Planets but Bele, mentally commandeers the Enterprise and rebuffs all efforts to stop him. To wrest back control, Kirk and Spock initiate the self-destruct sequence (the first time it’s used on the franchise), with Bele surrendering with only seconds to spare. Displeased with the idea of outside arbitration and appalled that his bounty might be treated equally to him, Bele attempts to assert his superiority by pointing out how he is black of his right side while Lokai and his people are white. After the mission is completed on Ariannus, the Enterprise heads back to the star base with the two captives but Bela again telekinetically seizes the helm, disabling self-destruct, and heads towards Cheron, Lokai afraid of the consequences of rendition, begins to fight his enslaver, their minds clashing and nearly destroying the Enterprise in the process. As they approach Cheron, sensors reveal, to the shock and dismay of Lokai and Bele that there are no life signs on their planet and their civilisation through aeons of internecine warfare has been annihilated since their chase began. Unable to persuade them otherwise, despite being the endlings of their kind with no structure to prosecute or reward their mutual enmity, Kirk decides to leave them both on their dead planet. Non-canonical sources state that Lokai and Bele have set up bases on opposite ends of their desolate homwworld and continue to fight one another—Star Fleet and the Romulans, the planet located just on the Federation side of the neutral zone, were generally avoided even before the civil war as the species were characterised by unnaturally long life-spans and unpredictable powers, all consumed by hatred.

star trek: phase ii (13. 065)

We’ve covered before the disappointment expressed by fans of having that five-year mission curtailed and production limbo of the first cinematic adaptation of the franchise and now courtesy of Miss Cellania and Damn Interesting we learn that what became Star Trek: The Motion Picture was primarily reworking of material developed for a planned televised revival series, drawing on the popularity of the original show in syndication and cast members on the convention circuit that arose in the early 1970s not long after cancellation. Although Spock was not to return for the continuing voyages as a regular character, most of the main crew did with a few additions, first officer Will Decker, Deltan navigator Ilia and Vulcan science officer Xon and scripts and storyboards for at least nineteen episodes were drafted though to never go into production. Some narratives fed directly into the movie’s plot and premises were rewritten for TNG, but many with elements of impostor infiltration and time-travel throughout were never developed further—including a dangerous, covert bit of shuttle diplomacy to the Klingon homeworld to negotiate with the child emperor in order to avert galactic war. Much more about each episode and their writing teams at the link up top, including a conceptual arc from Jerome Bixby, science-fiction author with Star Trek and Twilight Zone teleplays to his credit.

ten-forward (13. 058)

Via Kottke, wee enjoyed exploring these 360° panoramas of the interiors of several ships of vessels from the Star Trek franchise—the bridges, engine rooms, quarters, sick bays and corridors from ships from different series—see previously, see also. Sets include USS Voyager, and the original USS Enterprise plus -D and -E.

the play’s the thing (12. 988)

As our faithful chronicler reminds on this day in 1966, the Star Trek:TOS episode “The Conscience of the King” (S1:E13) was originally aired with the USS Enterprise diverted three light years off course to ostensibly investigate a synthetic food source developed by Captain Kirk’s childhood friend Dr Thomas Leighton on Planet Q as a novel way to remedy dire shortages on Cygnia Minor. Both among the survivors of Kodos the Executioner, former governor of the Earth colony of Tarsus IV—who ordered the execution of half the settlers during a famine to prevent more starvation with the ensuing resistance precipitating an all out massacre, just days before a relief ship arrived—it is revealed that Leighton’s deception was a coded ruse to lure Kirk to confirm or deny his suspicions that an actor of a touring Shakespearian troupe might actually be the revolutionary provincial leader, Kirk and Leighton among the handful of survivors ever to see Kodos in person. Though convinced that Kodos was killed during the uprising, Kirk’s curiosity is piqued and returns to the surface to attend a cocktail hour held at the Leighton estate, hoping to encounter the supposed fugitive and in the meantime courts the actor’s daughter, the suspect not in attendance, excused as her father does not socialise. Strolling the desert grounds, they come across the murdered body of Leighton and Kirk contrives to strand the company on the planet. Spock conducts independent research and learns that the other eyewitnesses of the elusive governor have died in mysterious circumstances when in proximity to the acting company. More evidence is gathered and the Enterprise offers to ferry the players to their next venue, whilst the ship’s theatre club is rehearsing Hamlet, which the guest stars join, performing the play-within-the-play. Despite the non-fatal poisoning of another crew member who also survived the killings, tampering with Kirk’s phaser and the actor’s apologies in defence of the actions of the colony’s leader, Kirk remains hesitant to forward his accusations until his daughter reveals that she has been executing witnesses, unbidden, to help her father escape his past and whilst attempting to shoot Kirk, phasers her father, having jumped in the beam’s path, and like Ophelia with the accidental death of Laertes, descends into madness, attended by Dr McCoy. The episode also marked the last appearance of Grace Lee Whitney as yeoman Rand until brought back for the movies in that role, giving a resigned dirty look to Kodos’ daughter knowing it was her last scene, a fellow blonde and herself released so Kirk could pursue other love interests, and this show plus “Day of the Dove” (S3:E11), responding to another distress call that pits the Enterprise a in pitched battle with a Klington Bird of Prey gave Simpson’s producer Matt Groening the characters of Kodos and Kang.

i never lie when i’ve got sand in my shoes (12. 849)

Exactly as it says on the tin, every episode in chronological order of Star Trek: TNG encapsulated in a three-second clip (keeping with the numbering convention for two parters, like the pilot or season finale cliffhangers that list them as a single show). Inspired by one-second clips of the whole of TOS, like Captain Picard said (S6:E25, Timescape, “He just kept talking in one long incredibly unbroken sentence moving from topic to topic so that no one had a chance to interrupt—it was really quite hypnotic.” What’s your favourite out of context sound bite or scene? We are partial to “Star Base 12—your mother?” and Troi saying, “So you like horses for romance?”

9x9 (12. 824)

project mind control: Sopranos creator’s next project is about spymaster and chemist Sidney Gottlieb and MKUltra  

perwich letter: a coded seventeen century diplomatic missive deciphered after three hundred and fifty years 

daisy, daisy—give me your answer do: AI models creating their own survival drive to avoid being switched off 

meanwhile back at the academy: new Star Trek series featuring Holly Hunter is to have a coming-of-age teen theme 

critical ponerology theory: a fascinating look at the othering nature of evil 

space mom: veteran actor June Lockhart passes away, aged 100  

anti-deficiency act: anonymous donation meant to defray a fraction of the salaries of the US armed forces revealed as a reclusive billionaire 

bletchley park: a virtual Enigma machine to reverse-engineer in the style of an early 2000s computer game—see previously, see also—via Web Curios 

channelvue: capturing the experience of early 1990s cable channel surfing, a network CEO becomes flummoxed to find her station guide broadcast hijacked—see also 

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one year ago: The Terminator (with synchronopticæ) plus half-baked ideas

thirteen years ago: the cognitive dissonance of political campaigning 

fourteen years ago: the EU experiment, a mysterious manuscript decoded by computer plus the anniversary of the German invention of the telephone

fifteen years ago: printable Halloween costume ideas

sixteen years ago: fall back with the clocks 

seventeen years ago: the McCain-Palin ticket for the US presidency 

ebs terranews (12. 666)

Given the esteem in which the profession of journalism is held and the state of space exploration—at least in some sectors—presently, we enjoyed this brief survey of reporters and anchors featured in various series of the Star Trek franchise. While some serve a purely expository role—especially in instances of time-travel and alternate dimensions, it’s comforting to know, from aspiring correspondents like Neelix and Jake Sisko and veterans like Marci Collins of 3 Action News (not affiliated with Channel 90 and Chris Brenner of Brenner Information Systems), that there are still investigative media outlets to cover politics in a post-scarcity, ostensibly utopian society.

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one year ago: cinematic pathways (with synchronopticæ), a 1954 royal yacht party plus fun with LinkedIn profiles

thirteen years ago: fostering an honest advertising ecosystem 

fourteen years ago: the enigma of supercentenarians plus minimalist business cards 

fifteen years ago: the social safety net and service fees 

sixteen years ago: zoonotic virus vectors 

8x8 (12. 614)

ieepa: class action lawsuit from small businesses affected by Trump’s tariffs could prove to be a significant challenge to his economic model 

lambretta boogaloo: a new single from Big Boss Man Los Res and the Bongo Fuzz label   

geodesy: astronomers triangulate Earth’s location in the Universe using black holes but WiFi is interrupting the signal  

at most ten-percent syncopation: Nazi era rules for jazz musicians—via Nag on the Lake  

aldeh: Greater Manchester chain keeping temporary name in honour of Oasis reunion tour after attaining status as cultural landmark  

sing what happens: a sedately risqué Japanese karaoke televised game show—via Memo of the Air 

tas: Strange New Worlds to have a fully Muppetised episode courtesy of Jim Henson’s Creature Workshop—still, cancel Paramount 

church and state: US to allow federal workers to evangelise in the work place

turnabout intruder (12. 506)

Courtesy of our faithful chronicler we are reminded that on this day in 1969, the originally scheduled broadcast preempted more than two months due to special network coverage following the death of former president Dwight Eisenhower (see also here and here), the original run of Star Trek came to a rather ignominious end with its final episode (previously), two years short of its five year mission. Responding to a cry for help from an archaeological team on an Alpha Quadrant planet, (Captain’s log, Stardate 5928.5: The Enterprise has received a distress call from a group of scientists on Camus II, who are exploring the ruins of a dead civilisation. Their situation is desperate. Two of the survivors are the expedition’s surgeon, Dr Coleman and the leader of the expedition Dr Janice Lester) Kirk is reunited with a former romantic interest from his Academy days, the latter being attended by the former who claims that she is suffering from acute radiation poisoning which killed the others. Lester and Kirk reminisce about their shared time in training, Lester blaming Starfleet’s patriarchal culture and sexism for halting her career progression and activating an alien technology to Freaky Friday their life-entities and switch bodies, with Lester as Kirk taking command of the ship and remanding Kirk as Lester to sick bay. In a course of events that are a carefully constructed indictment against Lester’s ambitious takeover and a tribunal ensues to declare Lester unfit for command with the imposter Kirk pushing back against this mutiny. Eventually the crew realises that the captain is not himself and the two personalities are once again swapped with the alien artefact. Dismissive of Lester’s hysteria, the final lines of dialogue, spoken by Kirk restored in his own body are “Her life could have been as rich as any woman’s—if only… if only…” Poorly received by audiences and considered one of the worst episodes of the original series—though in fairness, the the show was cancelled prematurely and did not have the chance to complete its story arc as planned, critics found it to be misogynistic and playing into the prejudices and sexism that Dr Lester had sought to overcome.

memory alpha (12. 504)

Courtesy of Kottke, we are introduced to a wonderfully obsessive superfan whose meticulous interest and encyclopaedic knowledge of Star Trek: The Next Generation has translated to him becoming a stagehand and consultant for later incarnations of the franchise named Jörg Hillebrand, a mild-mannered German elementary school teacher by day, who has taken easter eggs from TNG and other series and worked in several callbacks for Star Trek: Picard. The book on display in the captain’s ready room is an edition of The Annotated Shakespeare, Volume One and is open to various pages during each episode, one time, with some close examination, revealing proof that not only does classical thespian Patrick Stewart existed in the show’s universe (see also) but that Jean Luc is aware of him, the spread in question featuring a still from a 1968 production of As You Like It with Stewart in the role of Touchstone. Much more trivia, hidden messages and recycled costumes and set-dressing at the links above.