UPDATE: Sadly, the photographer has taken these gems offline.

Thanks to videogum and @timheidecker for discovering this unholy grail of uncomfortable super fan photos that will—no doubt—be used one day by the FBI in some serious celebrity stalking and kidnapping cases.

Enjoy this vast galaxy of awkward, prom-style photos of science fiction and fantasy aficionados (comic con nerds, psychopaths) paired with their heroes (TV stars with a good sense of humor looking for a little extra cash). The supporting casts from Buffy, Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek, Firefly, Heroes and more are well represented.

Guess which one is the TV star from Firefly. (Hint: She’s human)

Buffy’s Cordelia barely tolerating her new future boyfriend.

Okay, I think Cordy has had enough.

Marvelous photo of fan and another lovely Firefly actress.

Why is some giant hooker ruining this fan’s Peter Brady photo?

You and me both, sister!

Battle Scarred.

Bruce Campbell = always cool.

MORE PHOTOS! MORE PHOTOS!

FYI, if Isis was at a one of these conventions, I’d so be in one of these photos.

Comforting Headline of The Day: Thousands Of MySpace Sex Offender Refugees Found On Facebook

Flight of the Conchords on Tour! They’ll be landing in Philly on April 18th for two shows at the Tower Theater and everywhere else in the U.S. See dates.

Stop Tagging Me in Those Semi-Nude, Face-in-Toilet College Photos I am Secretly Proud of! 10 Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should Know (via @jodyferry)

Also, please follow Scott Shrake’s Golden Rule for Tagging:

When tagging photos, practice the Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. If you tag a picture where I look as fat and old as I actually am, I’m just gonna de-tag myself anyway, and for good measure I will find the worst picture I can of you and tag you in the middle of the night so it’s up there for several hours for your friends in different time zones to gawk at before you get to de-tag it.

Enjoy a One Night Stand with Todd Marrone! Drink some delicious FREE Victory beer this Friday, Feb 6th, with Todd and a bunch of other talented “young” artists who will be showing at The Main Line Art Center’s One Night Stand. (FYI, it’s Todd’s last year of eligibility due to his advanced age).

For one night only, Main Line Art Center opens our galleries to artists of all mediums ages 21-35. Emerging painters, jewelers, sculptors, photographers, potters, and multi-media artists are invited to bring up to three works to be displayed, viewed and sold. Over 25 artists have signed up already! Come grab a beer, thanks to sponsor Victory Brewing Company, support emerging artists and purchase one-of-a-kind affordable artwork.

Your WordPress Plugin Plug of the Day! “Widget Logic” is a great plugin to control sidebar widget placement on a specific page or post. I just implemented it on one of my client’s sites and it works well, you just need to know a little about Conditional Tags. It’s a snap. Thanks Alan Trewartha!

Thank You, Jesus! For bringing together two of my most favorite bands. The legendary Propagandhi will be in Philly on March 14th with hometown heroes Paint It Black. The Trocadero will be insane, bring your earplugs. If you can, buy your tix at the Troc box office. Fucking Ticketmaster wanted an extra $6.90 for one lousy $14 ticket (yes, I’m going alone). Show Info.

Battlestar Gets Brutal! Wow, Friday’s rebellion episode was quite a bloody good affair! As much as I HATE watching President Roslin and Gaius Baltar’s annoying faces and momentum-halting dialogue–so much so, I stopped watching last year–I came grovelling back for the final episodes. So far, I’m glad I did. Watch latest episode here.

Patrick Bateman Would Be Impressed: Card Observer, focuses on top-notch business card design.

Don’t Be Shy: What’s your guilty pleasure?

FREE MP3!: Dave Hill and his hot rock band Valley Lodge just posted a new song from their forthcoming CD. Download: “If It Takes All Night” (via Internet Explosion)

Attention all Skinjobs, Toasters and Humans: Geekadelphia is hosting a Battlestar Galactica Party on May 10th (in conjunction with the fine folks at the Hacktory and Indy Hall) at Independents Hall in Old City, Philadelphia.

I will be there dressed as Klingon with a lightsaber (peace-bonded, of course) just to disrupt the party’s space-time continuum. Hope to see you there!

“The party will kick off at 5PM. We’ll be playing the official Battlestar Galactica game, as well as the fan-made Beyond The Red Line, on some LAN networks. If you want in, please bring your own laptop or PC. While we’ll probably have an extra machine or two on hand, you’re better off bringing your own comp.

Between rounds of the game, there will be episodes screening, and at 7:30, we’ll watch some Best of BSG, three of the best episodes. If you’ve never seen the show, which is ending this season sadly, you’ll finally get to see what all the hype is about.”

More Details: www.geekadelphia.com

CBS Green-lights My Secret Public Journal! We’re big fans of comedian Mike Birbiglia (that’s “Birbigs” to those in the know) and his secret public journal.

He’s got himself a big network show, hopefully he’ll say no to the laugh track and won’t have ancient comedians guest star as his parents… at least until season 4. Here’s the skinny straight from the low-key comic himself:

I have great news. The secret public journal emails you’ve been reading for the last 20-25 years are being made into a comedy pilot (and ideally a series) for CBS!!! Maybe it was the 93 comments you wrote after my last entry or Ted Kennedy’s endorsement, but they’ve decided to let me and my friend Andy Secunda make a show about a guy who does comedy, writes a journal, and kills polar bears for sport (not true). More>

Listen: Our Interview with Mike from 2007.

Who are the Cylons Again? Chief? What the Frack? Enjoy a very funny and informative 8-minute video recap of seasons 1-3 of Battlestar Galactica. The show can be exhausting (please please please kill Gaius Baltar and his annoying blonde Amazon), but it’s still pretty damn good. Watch now:

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=RcFNqvHPQQc[/youtube]

Gradual Engagement: Web usability guru Luke Wroblewski stares at web forms and ponders the boring nuts and bolts of the Internet so you don’t have to, and makes the experience better for everyone in the process. I saw him speak over the summer and he made it all sound very interesting. Read why he says, “Sign Up Forms Must Die”. You will most certainly agree.

Happy Birthday: Winslow!