Let's make a Perl Nerd Merit Badge
Somehow I ran across Nerd Merit Badges. They have a cool Stackoverflow badge and an octocat badge. I want a [animal redacted pending permission] Perl nerd merit badge to be part of their line up. We can easily make custom badges, so that's a good place to start.
Pledge to get a Perl Nerd Merit Badge
I've started a Crowdtilt campaign to collect money to make their minimum order and a little extra, even though we don't have the design yet (but we all know what it's going to be, right? :) I'll collect the money, make the order, receive the shipment, and send out the badges. You just need to pledge some money.
And, if someone with some design skills can follow their guidelines (and maybe talk to me), we can get that bit going. If you think you have something, send me your design and we'll let people vote. Or something. I don't know yet. We're JFDI right now. :)
I'm the author of Mastering Perl, and the co-author of Learning Perl (6th Edition), Intermediate Perl, Programming Perl (4th Edition) and Effective Perl Programming (2nd Edition).
"Somehow I ran across Nerd Merit Badges". Ha! We all know you googled "nerd badges" ;-)
One exists on another site: http://www.adafruit.com/products/1232
That's a badge with the logo of The Perl Foundation, which is nice enough, but I'm thinking about something different. The Nerd Badges are also velcro backed for easy addition to their sash, while the one you point out is not.