Gearfuse

Just as they say “live by the sword, die by the sword,” the same goes for geeks. Mr. Alan here was such a fan of his Sun SPARCstation that his ashes were placed inside of one (a SPARCstation in pristine condition I might add), complete with a name plate decked out with a quote from what other show then, you guessed it, Star Trek. Mr. Larry Ellison could not be more mortified honored.

As long as he wasn’t placed in a creepy life-like image of himself, that’s fine with me.

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I’m really not sure what to think about this. The power of 3D technology has been leading in this direction for a while, it was only a matter of time. Personal Urns use 3D technology to create a 3D image of the deceased and then using that image to create an urn model.

Once the Personal Urn is complete, you can keep the deceased’s ashes in a model head of their own image. Does this seem a little odd or is it just me? I think I’d rather have one of those Star Trek urns, or at least have my ashes scattered throughout the nearest Apple store or something.

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What could possibly be more tragic than a bunch of frowning, crying clowns mourning one of their own? How about a gaggle of pallbearers dressed in full clown regalia?

Now would be a great time to take a listen to Smokey Robinson’s “Tears of a Clown.” Classic. Tons more after the jump.

Poor Boppo. R.I.P. <3 <3 <3

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This is perhaps the most depressing t-shirt design I’ve ever seen. I can’t think of a better time to come across it than right before the New Year. This way, I can wipe the slate clean of any desire to start up my own arcade right here in my own town. This shirt reminds me that no matter how enticing the idea of owning your own arcade is, it will never feed the kids.

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It doesn’t get much worse than a virtual funeral of a fellow player in World Of Warcraft but that situation has just been one-upped. For some bizarre reason, Rocky Mountain News thought it’d be productive to live blog the funeral today of Marten Kudlis, the 3-year old boy killed at an ice cream store last week.

So, the reporter hopped on Twitter and kept the Internet updated with step by step coverage of the boy’s funeral ceremony. Tragically, the boy was killed last Thursday when Francis Hernandez, an illegal immigrant, crashed into a Baskin Robbins store in Aurora where the boy was waiting to get ice cream. Depressing, almost as depressing as this reporter’s Twitter updates:

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Eternal Image has announced a line of Star Trek funeral gear. Great for that last trip into the heavens. Featured is both a Star Trek Urn and a Star Trek Coffin. Are you geeky enough to demand this gear in your will?

The Star Trek Urn is designed to resemble the 24th century feel of the United Federation of Planets and Starfleet and will be available in late 2007. The coffin is based on the design of the photon torpedo from The Wrath Of Khan and will be available in 2008. For those of you planning to die within the next year, you might want to pre-order one of these. (more…)