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I enjoy reading Captain Future's Soul of Star Trek blog for its insightful reflections on the franchise and the role Star Trek has played in changing and shaping attitudes, cultures around the world. I couldn't help but be inspired by a line in a recent post, and I was off to the LOLbuilder:

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One can only wonder what's up between CBS/Viacom/Paramount and Apple these days. The first season of the original Star Trek appeared for sale at the iTunes store, only to be removed a short time later. Then, about a month after that, the first season of Enterprise showed up, only to suffer the same fate. Both those shows eventually returned to the domain of the $2 digital download and ...

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Yeah, What They Said, links to interesting stories that I don't have time to write about. Some people call it "link sharing." In television and movies, "sourced" music is music that is heard by the characters in the scene. That's opposed to the underscore, which is heard only by the audience. StarTrek.com has a series of articles on the source music used in: The Original Series The Next Generation Deep Space Nine Voyager and ...

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Yeah, What They Said, links to interesting stories that I don't have time to write about. Some people call it "link sharing." Why “Vote For The Worst” Just Might Work. Medialoper has a Theory of Popularity in a niche-dominated, long tail world and relates it to American Idol: "In a culture defined by niches, the more popular something is purported to be, the less popular it actually is." Director Nicholas Meyer ...

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So the much-anticipated Apple TV has shipped and, of course, the extreme early adopters are having a field day tearing the thing apart to find out what it can do. Some clever folks have already been able to install larger hard drives, more video codecs, and even the full version of Mac OS X, rendering what Cult of Mac calls a "Mac Nano." To be sure, it looks like an ...

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Yes, after nearly two months offline, Star Trek is back on the iTunes Store. The store has separated the newly remastered episodes from the original broadcast versions. Still, only episodes from the first season are available. iTunes remains the only source to buy and download the original series remastered in the uncut versions. The first season of Enterprise has also returned. City on the Edge of Forever (remastered) City on the Edge of ...

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UPDATE March 26: After nearly a two month stint of being offline at the iTunes Store, the Star Trek TOS is back. The complete first season is available in its original broadcast form. Additionally, newly remastered episodes from the first season are available in their own section. iTunes is still the only source for them in their uncut form. :: Star Trek tv shows are suddenly missing from the iTunes Store. ...

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UPDATE March 26: After nearly a two month stint of being offline at the iTunes Store, the Star Trek TOS is back. The complete first season is available in its original broadcast form. Additionally, newly remastered episodes from the first season are available in their own section. At this time, iTunes is still the only source for them in their uncut form. Remastered First Season Episodes on iTunes Where No Man ...

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During the Macworld expo keynote a week ago, Steve Jobs made the off-hand comment that Paramount Pictures had joined Disney in selling films through the iTunes Store. Of course, that deal means that all of the Star Trek motion pictures (except the Search for Spock) are now available for digital download, enabling portable viewing on a iPod or streaming to a new Apple TV. Like all movie downloads from the ...

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