EAE Award Winners 2012
19992000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018Since 2019
Startrekmap.com
(January 2012)
Ever since Star Trek first aired many fans
have been wondering where all the stars and planets are located. There have been
several attempts to bring order into the cartography of Star Trek, most notably
at Star Trek Dimension and in the Star Trek Star Charts. However, as Startrekmap.com
demonstrates, it is possible to improve on this previous work. I have been
following the development of the site for a while (and contributed some feedback
too). I am quite impressed with the presentation (clickable maps and PDF
downloads) as well as with the quality of the maps themselves. It is definitely
a special pleasure for me to announce that the EAE Award for January 2012 goes
to Startrekmap.com, created by Simon Matthe.
(No award in February)
Star
Trek - Sci Fi Blog (March 2012)
The current trend in Star Trek sites is
specialized blogs that focus on things such as movie and celebrity news, episode
reviews or funny findings in the internet. Star Trek - Sci Fi Blog by Spacerguy
on the other hand does not fit into the usual categories. I like this blog
because it reminds me of the good old times 15 years ago when Trek on the web
was still dominated by individual fans, rather than by big communities or
companies with their mainstreaming effect. It is a bit like the whole world of
Trek in one blog, and it is very personal too. In Spacerguy's own words: "At an early age I was infected by a pesky space bug which got me hooked on Star Trek."
Don't miss his take on Star Trek's 45th anniversary. Design-wise Star Trek - Sci Fi Blog
is pleasant to browse. Only the crowded side bar could need a clean-up because
its code takes rather long to load and to execute. Anyway, congratulations to
Spacerguy, a true fan who doesn't need to be reminded to keep on Trekking!
(No award from April to May)
Ariane's
Star Trek Gallery (June 2012)
Although Ariane's Star Trek Gallery had been
in existence since the last century already, I only discovered the site some
three years ago when I was looking for screen caps from the movie "Star
Trek (2009)". Ariane's site at Trekcaps.net comes with a wonderful design
and presents high-quality screen caps and high-resolution photos from all Star
Trek series, plus some fan artwork. On the
more technical side, it is not just another fan-made Star Trek image gallery but
a professionally organized site that takes advantage of the latest techniques,
much like commercial image communities such as Flickr or Deviantart. I would
like to thank Ariane for maintaining the site for so long and for always keeping
it up to date despite all the technical difficulties and occasional hosting
disasters. This EAS Award is particularly well deserved!
(No award from July to August)
Krillmeed's
Star Trek Site (September 2012) 
While I have known Krillmeed's Star Trek Site
for many years, I admit that I underestimated it for quite a long time. Perhaps
it was because in the early days of Trek in the internet so many sites used to
have rather playful LCARS interfaces that I saw not so much special in it. But
to be honest, I also reckoned that an all-in-one site with all kinds of
pictures, sounds and facts couldn't possibly work without becoming cluttered and
hopelessly outdated after several years. When I look at Krillmeed's site today,
after some 15(!) years in existence, it is truly impressive and consists of no
less than 188,174 files on several sub-sites, all accessible through a common
LCARS interface. It is obvious that I was wrong - but only because of the
webmaster's extraordinary dedication to his work in this case. Krillmeed has
been updating and revamping the site all the time, successfully mastering the
often unsolicited challenges of web design and hosting. My congratulations to
Krillmeed aka Paul Egan!
(No award from October to December)
Proceed to EAE Award Winners 2013
