Hasta La Gadget!

How’s this for a two-for-one deal: Your cat is going to have a blast, and you get a geeky DIY project. Your mission: To create a cat-friendly model of the Enterprise and/or a Romulan Bird of Prey.

It’s the perfect excuse to name your cat Spot and put some Data makeup on for the ultimate cosplay. You know that Data would have this in his quarters for Spot if he hadn’t been so busy with all of his adventures.

See how it was built step-by-step over at Instructables. It seems like a fairly easy build for anyone who has a cat and a love of Star Trek. If I had two cats, I would build both and let them pretend to battle each other.

[via The Mary Sue]

It was a match made in heaven. So when the time was just right, Redditor SirTechnocracy put together a heart-wrenching proposal that made fellow Redditors and non-Redditors alike swoon.

Last Monday morning, he posted a link of a gallery to AdviceAnimals. He shared that his girlfriend, who goes by the handle LadyTechnocracy (see what he did there?), browses Reddit everyday, so it’s highly likely that she would come across his post at some point.

The entire proposal unfolds quite nicely in a series of memes, as you can see in the gallery below.

The bottom of the meme gallery points to a link, which hosts another gallery of commissioned art that all depict one message: a proposal.

SirTechnocracy explained on Reddit: “It would be far more romantic to her than just taking her to a restaurant. Especially with all the pictures I commissioned for this (getting all those together took months and a couple thousand dollars).”

A few hours later, LadyTechnocracy apparently found the gallery. Hearing her excitement from the other room, SirTechnocracy entered the room, got down on one knee, and proposed to her in person.

Naturally, she upvoted him, and said “Yes.”

[via C|NET]

Cats know just what to purr and what to meow to get their owners to do anything. So if you own a cat, don’t look into their eyes. Don’t listen to their purrs too intently and never rub their tummies more than you have to… or you might end up like this dude who built the ultimate catwalk for his cat outside his out: cat-notized.

This over-the-top walkway was discovered and brought to the attention of thousands of other cat lovers by Nekomemo, a Japanese site for cat-loving dudes and dudettes. It provides your cat with a safe, caged walkway so eagles won’t be able to swoop down on him and carry him away.  (Yeah, I know, that was far-fetched. But still.)

It just goes to show that the cat is the boss and you are just his lowly servant. He’s got nine lives, you’ve got one – even Mother Nature’s against you!

[via Rocket News via Neatorama]

If you’re a parent, then you know what an amazing blessing it is to have a child. Sure, it’s tough to raise them and attend to their every need, but that’s what being a parent is supposed to be about.

A literal gift to illustrate that point are these adorable fortune cookie baby booties.

These tiny slippers are packed in a cardboard Chinese takeout box, which might confuse the recipient when you first present them with the slippers.

The baby booties themselves are made from soft plush fleece, with no-slip grip soles and personalized fortunes sown into each one. You can choose to go with generic fortunes, or you can write your very own fortunes or well-wishes yourself.

Each pair is handmade-to-order and costs $28(USD). They’re available from Sushi Booties on Etsy.

[via Incredible Things]

Breakfast. The final frontier. These are the voyages of the U.S.S. Spatula. It’s mission, to seek out new foods to turn. To boldly flip pancakes like no starship has done before.

You know that the Enterprise’s head chef would totally use this. If they actually cooked by hand anyway. This officially-licensed Star Trek collectible is made of zinc alloy metal & BPA-free silicone. The saucer section is 6″ in diameter, giving you plenty of room to flip pancakes or whatever you’ve got in your skillet.

You will feel like Trelaine or Q, an omnipotent being toying with the Enterprise and her crew as you whip up your bacon and eggs. It is just $24.99(USD) from ThinkGeek and will be available later this month.