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Happy Birthday Mr Wheaton !
Are you "old" now ?
... or still "not old" ?
Personally, I didn't grow up in one, but I like the idea of cultures where the birthday person gives the presents !
My wife doesn't understand this though.
It's my birthday!
And I am having the best birthday, ever! Thank you to everyone who has wished me happy birthday on the Twitters, and if July 29th is your birthday too, happy birthday to you! (Image by Chuck Gamble, found at WIRED's GeekDad blog.)
Methinks you'll need to put it in Klingon or Latin to get it on BBT !
On second thoughts I can't actually work out whether it should be on BBT.
marshmallow meeps and an 8-bit wwdn coat of arms
Yesterday, the final two T-shirts in the first round of my collaborations with Jinx were released. First up, Marshmallow Meeps! Like Rules Lawyers, this idea amused me greatly, and I was shocked to discover that someone hadn't done this already. Maybe it's too small a slice of overlap in the...
I think you got a Yes !
I can nearly not wait until tomorrow when I get the signed copy of Happiest Days - I ordered it last month, and the kids are giving it to me for my birthday !! BTW I am old ...
anyone interested in a short fiction collection?
I have a question for everyone who reads my blog: if I put some short stories I'd written together into a little collection and sold it at Lulu, would you be interested? I ask this because I collected a few short stories into a limited edition chapbook for last year's PAX Prime, and it's been si...
Mr Wheaton, even if I wasn't feeling kindly, I would enjoy your reminiscences !
You are so lucky in your wife and her understanding of your geekiness - I guess the fact that it underpins your profession helps.
I won't even show my wife the scene from The Wheaton Recurrence "Do or not do ..." Ihave watched it four time since it was shown in OZ two weeks ago.
I love it, but she would probably take it as reinforcing that she can't understand how she married me !
Would you kindly enjoy this memory from PAX East?
I've been watching a lot of Doctor Who lately. I just started watching Daleks in Manhattan, and the 1930s recording of Putting on the Ritz they play near the top of the show reminded me of something cool that happened at PAX East that I meant to write about, but never did. The con was over, and ...
That was Great !!!- two new Whil Wheatons for me this week !
"The Wheaton Recurrence" finally aired in Australia.
So now we have "Shove a cork in it Wheaton" to alternate with a growled "Wheaton..."
I really appreciate your writing as well!
Starship Spitzer presents: The Bots of Both Worlds
Many months ago, I went over to the Spitzer Science Center at Caltech to record this episode of Spaceship Spitzer. I played a (hopefully) humorous semi-parody of myself, and I also did the voice for the robot called Irwin. What I didn't know until I saw this yesterday was that Amy Okuda, who pla...
What about the Land of Oz ? Doesn't Adam's writer come from here ?
I'm wonder if I should become a promoter ?
w00tstock 2.x is this weekend
Okay, how awesome is that poster? Rich Stevens designed it for us. A T-shirt version will be available at all the 2.x shows, until we sell out of them. So it turns out that w00tstock 2.x kicks off tomorrow with 2.0 in Seattle, and 2.1 on Saturday in Portland. I've been so busy with so many...
Oh, you are all so "not old".
I remember a squash court in Cardiff, New South Wales, Australia.
It's not so far from Bennett's Green.
Last time I went past the building was still there.
I remember sitting for hours playing Pong while my parents played squash !
Later they added Space Invaders. And then Misex (is that rude ?) did the song Computer Games. "I fidget with the digit dots and cry an anxious tear, til the XU1 connects the spot, but the matrix grid don't care." It was probably in response to the Space Invaders song. "Just another pale dream ..." is all I can remember.
And then came the arcades.
I remember the excitement when Star Wars came out. And that video pinball where you played with the ball until it went below and the video screen startet so you could play in virtual mode until it somehow came back up to reality.
I remember hours in Stan's Bar at the University of Newcastle playing Xevious and finding I did better when my lizard brain took over while I was chatting to someone. I never got a high score though.
From the Vault: Uses Joystick Controller
I'm sure it's an enormous surprise to learn that I've spent a lot of time recently thinking about games and gaming, so I've found myself looking through old blog posts for research, inspiration, and to confirm or deny that strange "I think I've written about this idea before..." tingle that's re...
OMG, quick, cool Monty Python quote, quick, quick, I can't think.
Is this a cheese shop ?
no, too obvious
Nobody expects a Spanish Inquisition ?
too off topic
this is trying too hard
Oh the dog's eaten it.
Thanks Wil, I love your blog - your efforts in writing are certainly appreciated by a lot of people. I hope I can catch the BBT ep when it airs in Oz.
BTW, my kids are now playing with my old Merlin !
you may ask yourself, "how do i work this?"
I stayed up way too late last night, waiting for Nolan to get home from the Horror thing at Universal. When I was younger, staying up until 3 was no big deal, but making it past midnight is a serious challenge, especially since my stupid brain insists on waking up between 7 and 8 no matter when ...
Gary wins ... but then all you other guys are talking about Gaming systems with preprogrammed games.
We had to type in the game (Life and a Pong type game) on a Hex keypad, until they developed a Cassette ROM so at least we could save the games.
My neighbour's Dad owned and still does own an Electronics store ... this was about 1980.
Anyone remember the Hitachi Peach, Sinclair ZX80/81 ?
you may ask yourself, "how do i work this?"
I stayed up way too late last night, waiting for Nolan to get home from the Horror thing at Universal. When I was younger, staying up until 3 was no big deal, but making it past midnight is a serious challenge, especially since my stupid brain insists on waking up between 7 and 8 no matter when ...
It would be too much to ask for George Lucas to apologise for Transformer toys wouldn't it ?
more than meets the eye
Yesterday, I went to the dentist, and while I was waiting, I picked up a copy of Highlights (because that's what you do when you're at the dentist, whether you're 6 or 36.) I went directly to the hidden pictures page, confirmed that, yes, children are still circling the hidden pictures and they ...
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