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Lucky they didn't ask Jim Parsons to co-host. Actually, with you being on Big Bang Theory is probably why you got asked, and the regulars were too busy filming the show.
Commented Jul 5, 2012 on ...across the gulf of space... at WWdN: In Exile
...across the gulf of space...
Last week, I got to do one of the coolest things I've ever done in my life: I went to JPL in La Canada to record a video for the landing of Mars Curiosity on August 5. I have to believe that their first through eighth choices weren't available, because it's the only thing that makes sense, but s...
http://www.startrek.com/article/first-look-the-next-generation-movie-event-trailer
Commented Jun 16, 2012 on It's a new Tabletop! Castle Panic! Yaaay! at WWdN: In Exile
It's a new Tabletop! Castle Panic! Yaaay!
Things I love: Tower Defense games. Cooperative games. My friends Yuri and Tara. My new friend Andre. Oh, look what happens when we combine all of these things:
Wil, is this the big secret you have been hiding from us?
Are you going to be on the big screen again?
http://www.startrek.com/article/first-look-the-next-generation-movie-event-trailer
Commented Jun 16, 2012 on Wil's Yummy Asparagus at WWdN: In Exile
Wil's Yummy Asparagus
My contribution to dinner tonight was some yummy asparagus, it totally didn't suck, so I wanted to share the simple steps to create it with the Internet: Wil's Yummy Asparagus 1. Get some asparagus. 2. Wash it off. 3. Cut Snap off the bottoms where it's all fibrous and gross. 4. Put about 2 inch...
A Lego Sinclair ZX81.
http://www.reghardware.com/2012/01/31/man_builds_sinclair_zx81_historic_microcomputer_with_lego/
Commented Feb 4, 2012 on The Minecraft Marathon is awesome, made a giant Evil Wil Wheaton, and raised money for Child's Play at WWdN: In Exile
The Minecraft Marathon is awesome, made a giant Evil Wil Wheaton, and raised money for Child's Play
Some of my friends raised money for Child's Play Charity by doing a Minecraft Marathon. I meant to link to it when it was happening, but mumblemumblesomething. Anyway, here are two of the many amazeballs things they got excited and made: (Click images to embiggen at Flickr) I wish I hadn't m...
Actually, the Red Matter and the Black Hole Spock created before going back in time could be the basis for the Time Lords!
Commented Dec 12, 2009 on in which the secret identity of wesley crusher is revealed at WWdN: In Exile
in which the secret identity of wesley crusher is revealed
Imagine if Television Without Pity recappers had been writing about TNG back in 1987, only with more swearing, more digressions and more geeky in-jokes, plus behind-the-scenes memories for every episode. That’s what Vol. 1 does for the first half of the first season of TNG, from “Encounter at Fa...
Actually, I think Wesley Crusher, The Traveler species, and the Q Continuum get together and create Gallifree and the Black Hole that powers their time travels.
Commented Dec 12, 2009 on in which the secret identity of wesley crusher is revealed at WWdN: In Exile
in which the secret identity of wesley crusher is revealed
Imagine if Television Without Pity recappers had been writing about TNG back in 1987, only with more swearing, more digressions and more geeky in-jokes, plus behind-the-scenes memories for every episode. That’s what Vol. 1 does for the first half of the first season of TNG, from “Encounter at Fa...
Wil, do you have a contact for Michael J Fox?
Tell him that Parkinson's patients are helped by singing lessons.
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/06/02/music.therapy/index.html?eref=edition
Commented Jun 3, 2009 on great flash fiction from escape pod at WWdN: In Exile
great flash fiction from escape pod
I loved this story at Escape Pod: “Hey, tell me, this look like Jesus to you?” I come to Tito’s Tacos for a lot of reasons. The freeway overpass ambience, the way the old men in the kitchen wrap the burritos tighter than Cuban cigars, the shiny Kennedy 50-cent pieces you always get as part of yo...
Wil, you or Ehrich should call the Huntsville AL Space Museum / Camp Gift Shop. The actual astronauts in training buy their training jump suits at that gift shop, and so can the general public. Bet they can pass on the request to the astronauts training there or Houston or Canaveral.
Next mission in October to Hubble, the remainder to the space station.
http://www.spacecamp.com/museum/ http://www.spacecampstore.com/contact.html
To speak to a Catalog Sales
Representative, please call
(256) 721-7120 or
e-mail merch@spacecamp.com
By mail:
Catalog Sales
U.S. Space & Rocket Center
One Tranquility Base
Huntsville, AL 35805
They have various child and adult Space Camp, and the rates are roughly 150 a day, includes room and board, vs a hotel room that would run 100 a day.
Oh, and a new site, http://www.hulu.com/search/star+trek has free TOS episodes with about six 30 second ads per episode, high speed internet required.
Commented Aug 6, 2008 on this breaks my heart at WWdN: In Exile
this breaks my heart
James Doohan's son Erich wrote an essay about the failure of SpaceX to take is father's ashes into orbit last week. It's absolutely heartbreaking. There have been many attempts to send my father on his way. On Saturday, the latest launch attempt by SpaceX, with a portion of my father's remains ...
I saw in some news articles that the USGS was alerted to the earthquake by twitter postings before the seismographs started reacting. I found http://eqseis.geosc.psu.edu/~cammon/HTML/Classes/IntroQuakes/notes/waves_and_interior.html posted a earthquake wave speed of 1-12 KM / sec. A seismograph 120KM away might start getting getting waves in 10 seconds, one across the pacific would not get a wave for 10 minutes.
Commented May 15, 2008 on even more fun with twitter at WWdN: In Exile
even more fun with twitter
If you don't follow me on Twitter, you missed this trio of Tweets on Friday: wilw @ 09:06 AM May 09, 2008 Kenny Loggins was at the ticket counter near me. The girl checking me in was early 20s and had no idea why her cow orkers were so excited. wilw @ 09:12 AM May 09, 2008 I was unable to see if...
If you are interested in similar movies, http://www.kingcorn.net/ was Standing Room Only when it played in Springfield, IL http://www.thereisaway.us/2008/01/king_size_interest_in_king_cor.html .
And Super Size Me (100 Minutes) is a free download from http://freedocumentaries.org/film.php?id=98 and has several other food documentaries.
Last year the http://www.dittybops.com/ did a organic food farm tour instead of bicycling across america like in 2006.
Commented Mar 11, 2008 on monday brain scrapings at WWdN: In Exile
monday brain scrapings
Scraping out the brain again, here's what I found: I scored 100% on the Atari Quiz at mental_floss. Go me. Some company called Schmap wants to use one of my pictures from Montreal in one of their travel guides. They say that they don't pay for the pictures, because they give the guides away. How...
Like, in the evening soap opera Dallas, Pam wakes up from a dream and many events are wisked away? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077000/faq#.2.1.2
Commented Jan 24, 2008 on the geekiest thing i've ever posted on my blog at WWdN: In Exile
the geekiest thing i've ever posted on my blog
Newsflash: I'm proud to be a geek. I can't imagine life without comics, hobby games, dice, science fiction, movie soundtracks, and the people who love them. Well, I can imagine it, but it's just about the most boring goddamn thing I can imagine. When we were younger, it was cruel and hurtful to ...
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