Happy 25th Birthday, World Wide Web. ... like allowing us to share goofy gifs of Captain Jean-Luc Picard and First Officer William Riker with friends we've never even met in person.

It's stardate 47457.1! In other words, it's June 16, also recognized as Capt. Picard Day by Trekkies.And though the best captain in the history of the "Star Trek" franchise (in my opinion, anyway ...

Today is also, awesomely coincidentally, the 72nd birthday of the one and only Sir Patrick Stewart, portrayer, of course, of Captain Jean-Luc Picard in the Star Trek: The Next Generation TV series ...