It’s no surprise that Google has its fair share of Trekkies, and they’re as excited about the new Star Trek film as anyone. So excited, in fact, that the Google Calendar team has put together a new ‘Stardate’ calendar that will tell you exactly today’s date in the Star Trek universe.
There are a few ways to go about adding this to your Google Calendar. The easy (and lame) way is to add “[ stardate: ] ” as a friend’s calendar. You can also just look at it on the Google Calendar homepage. But for those of you with a more adventurous streak, try figuring out the secret to unlocking it the cool way. Here’s a hint: add an event that contains the name of your favorite new movie. And it isn’t ‘Wolverine’.
You can learn about how Google calculated these Stardates here. Of course, Stardates are known to have been more than a little inconsistent over the years, so you may want to keep those Communicators handy in case there’s a mixup with friends.
Also, thanks to all those who came out to our TechCrunch Star Trek screening last night!
Haven’t you guys at TC switched to that format a long time ago. After all the federation will be headquartered in SF.
I am disappointed ;-(
Who said we haven’t? This is just bringing it to the masses.
Thank you Jason, I am relieved now – my believe in TC is re-instated. Saved my weekend.
GEEKS!
the movie was… wait for it…….. LEGENDARY!
Simon, it’s time for an intervention.
That movie title is case sensitive.
The movie was pretty good. The plot was silly rubbish. Star Trek seems to work despite garbage plots.
Fabulous for me like other products from google.
ex.: youtube, google maps, google earth, knol…