WIL WHEATON dot NET: 1.5

Glad to hear you've been enjoying your much deserved winter vacation! Happy New Year Wil & family, enjoy the Simpsons.

-Tracie

Man, I'm glad you're back! I was getting worried, checking this page a few times every day as I wait to go back to work tomorrow (teacher). How can I waste away my vacation with no WWDN to read??

Hoping I can be somewhat coherent tomorrow at school...

Jennifer S.

So glad to hear you had a great Christmas and New Year.
One of my friends has lent me Dancing Barefoot
and Just a Geek to read.
I was supposed to read Dancing Barefoot first
but I started with Just a Geek,lol.
I have now read the first 70 pages and I LOVE IT!
I do plan on buying book, a bit broke at the moment but I do plan on buying it :)

Glad to hear that you're having a great winter break. Mine officially ends tomorrow when I go to a new job. I am almost done reading "Just A Geek" (I know I'm a Johnny Come Lately) and have loved every moment. It has truly inspired me. Anyhoo. Best of luck Wil...I look forward to reading more.

Gotta love this crazy weather, while the west coast is getting slammed with rain we here in the Mid West are getting pounded with snow. I am glad to hear that you had a good holiday. Welcome to 2005 and hope many more for you to come

Sorry to hear about the hard drive. My PowerBook made a very similar noise about a month ago, waking me from a sound sleep so I could witness its death. It's certainly not a fun experience. Hopefully you've got some good backups. I didn't, but thankfully, DriveSavers was able to do a great job getting back gigs of emails, photos, and music. Happy New Year!

Glad to have you back, Will...and sorry to hear about the ongoing saga of your iBook. I love them to death, but some are just serious lemons that seem to be continually plagued with problems. Here's to hoping your AppleCare's still in effect.

I'm number six! Wait, thats nothing to be excited about. Hey wil, buy a dell.

It's comforting to know you use spell check too :)

Sorry to hear your iBook died. If it's any consolaiton, mine died last spring. The cost to repair it was more than the value of the machine, so sadly, it is making itself useful as a paperweight.

Mind you, I quite like my iMac G5!

Simpsons season 5 includes one of my favourite events with Groundskeeper Willie - the one where he gets greased up by Lunchlady Doris and goes after Santa's Little Helper in the ventilation ducts.

"There's nary an animal alive that can outrun a greased Scotsman!" - Willie

and my 2nd favourite quote from same episode,

"More testicles mean more iron." - Lunchlady Doris

Enjoy!!

I just set this page up as my home page last week cause i read it so much, Then You leave for a week :)

Welcome back and Happy Day After the Holidays

ARRRRG back to friggin work :(

i'm sorry but: boy am i glad that mine (ibook) wasn't the only that decided it had have enough for a while...

now i had to download the Gnomedex 4.0 audio on a win98 machine (with a 56k modem, mind you). argh!

good luck with your story! and yes, you should do that (and earn some money) before you come, sit here and make pithy wwdn contributions. ;)

cherioX

Yay!!! Your back!! We were getting worried.
Hubby and I read Just a Geek over the holidays and we LOVED it! Your a great writer Wil and we look forward to reading more! Wishing everyone a great 2005!

Glad to have you back, Uncle Willie - I had checked in earlier today to get some info on gmail4troops and saw the front page blank, and it wasn't till then that I realized how long your well-deserved break has been (I usually just check the RSS for new posts before hitting the site).

America: The Book, the audiobook, and the country are outstanding - good luck with the iBook!

Hope you backed up the hard drive before it failed! I hope you can recover your data/programs, but it sounds like (pardon the unintentional pun) that it has gone to that big, magnetic bulk eraser in the sky.

Wil: I've been on another planet for the last couple of years, so didn't drop by your Blog/site until a day before you went on your break. I've been plowing through the archives the whole time you've been away, and had a great time catching up. I'm still at least 18 months backlogged, so haven't missed the fact you haven't been posting. I love what you've written...

Hey Will,

Sounds like you got one of the iBooks that came from the more recent (year or two) of bad ones... I had one of the orginal white iBooks for a while, loved it.. Never had any problems... But a friend of mine has a newer one, and he had a logic board problem.. Always back up! Even if it is a mac!

Happy Holidays Wil! Long time no talk.
I just finished reading Just a Geek and Dancing Barefoot. It was great to re-read your great postings from back in the day when I logged onto your Yahoo page. I was a bit nostalgic...and yes a bit teary eyed as I followed your growth from Yahoo to WWdN. I look forward to more of your writing. Have a glorious New Year.
-Cat [San Diego]

God! You were gone for SO long, Wil! It was almost like that SNL skit where the words from the teleprompter disappeared. And you wonder what has happened.

"Is there anybody out there???"

Happy New Year to you, Anne and the kids, Wil.

One a side note to anyone in Southern California:
I went and saw Love Machine at the Acme Comedy Theater before Christmas. It would be worth everyone's while to get dinner and then go see it on a Saturday night through March, I think. There are some incredibly funny sketches and Wil's wrote some great ones. (I'm not being biased!) I won't blow the surprise and tell you about the sketches. Suffice it to say, however, that it's a satisfying and pleasant two hours. I encourage everyone to go see it. The Acme Comedy Theater is on La Brea Blvd 100 feet South of Beverly Blvd in the Fairfax District.

Well, perhaps it was something the wife said - after I get in from a night of gaming... but I am getting a different vibe here than I am used to.

Then there is the chance it's tied to my lack of proper sleep...

...and yes, I have been reloading the font page here more than once a day for what seems like a month... surfing the archives almost sate'd me.

...I'm feeling selfish, I wan't 'Wil the Geek' to write more, is he bing replaced by 'Wil the big writer'?

...loookie, sleep.

Spellcheck is overrated, well so I hear.

Glad your "almost" back.

hey! welcome back Wil. long time reader, first time poster. did anyone notice Wil was nominated for a "Best of" Blog award on blobmechanics.com?

Wil is nominated for "Best Big-Name Blogger. the URL is http://www.blogmechanics.com/bob/ and you have to scroll down a bit to find it. Vote now and Vote often!

merry christwanzamanukuh! and happy new year. definately sorry to hear about the ibook, i am a die-hard mac addict but all i can say is...
gosh! idiot!
hurrah for napoleon.
ciao!

>>"(It's a little-known fact that books published in the month of thereabouts always win awards, so I'm leaning in that direction.)"

as i was going to continue...
I'm still laughing about what you said (that I quoted).

glad you're back, good luck with the writing gig!

Hey Wil,

Happy New Year from Down Under.

I finally got to read JaG (my autographed copy from Mysterious Galaxy - Thank goodness for international shipping). In fact I started it on Christmas Eve while I was staying at my parents place. I kept saying to myself.....just the rest of *this* chapter....ok...just the rest of *THIS* chapter.

3 Quarters of a book and its now 2.30am, I put it down because I fell asleep. I put the dustcover back on and bookmarked my spot....or so I thought. In the morning I discovered that the cover was on upside down and back to front and the bookmark was at the beginning, not the end.

But I LOVED IT!
I finished it sometime on Christmas Night. ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS BOOK!

Keep it up....and I hope the new year brings you lots of good ideas for your next book.

cheers
Lauren

Happy New Year, Wil and family! Glad the winter break was relaxing for you all, it was for us too. Looking forward to reading your new story - about as much as I'm looking forward to reading the next Harry Potter book!

Have a good year

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Nice to hear that most things are going good. No offense, but in my opinion Apple computers suck. From experience of course. My two new years resolutions is to get both of your books and read them. LOL. Hey I know this is late, but Happy New Year Wil! (and family of course)I wonder what will be in store from you this new year. Can't wait to find out. By the way how is Chris doing? (the one that had cancer)

Morgan

Hey Wil,

You need to get yourself a Windows machine to play poker. Don't forget bonus code IGGY or TAO4 or any of the others... as for which company to go with, I hear Michael Dell is a big GOP contributor, so you may want to look into HP or something. I think http://www.opensecrets.org/ will give you some info on which way the contributions lean for computer/tech companies.

Ahhhhhh... HE LIVES! Good to see your back WW!

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man here coming to you live from atop Trump Tower. And yes, I AM freezing my keister off! And NO ol' Donald has NO idea how to lock down his WAPS! Hehehehe... Just taking a quick break before heading back up toward Harlem.

Was sooooo Stoked when I found your site! I don't get a ton of time to surf but I've added you to my Firefox bookmarks when those chances come around!

A request - MORE AUDIO BLOGS! That "OLD GLORY' post had me rolling on the floor. While I agree with everything you say in that post hearing 'Ensign Crusher' say $%^#@! was priceless!!!

Take care my friend. Stop by and vist the webhead some time...
Keep On Slingin!!!
Spider-Man

Sounds like your iBook and mine are from the same batch. after the 4th failure I called apple and they offered to replace it with a brand spankin' new g4 iBook. Hrmm let me think about that for just a second - OK.

maybe you should give them a call - maybe they will give you some love.

Poor Wil. *hands virtu-cookie* Go watch The Simpsons with your family and have fun.

Yep, time to lean on Apple to replace your iBook with a new one. I bet they'll do it since you've had so many failures.

Good to hear from you again!

simpsons season five is awsome! the 100'th episode, sideshow bob, the baby with one eyebrow! its all so exciting i could go nuts! (cant wait for season six.)

"Just A Geek" made wonderful Christmas presents.I gave 5 copies to friends and they all seemed delighted.

Welcome back Wil. Wasn't the same without ya! "Just A Geek" rules by the way. About to read it for the second time.

For those who are just getting around to picking up copies of Just a Geek, here's something to keep in mind - not a single bookstore around here has had the book in the autobiography or non-fiction section. I have always seen it mixed in with the Star Trek paperbacks from Pocket Books.

:-)

- Tom

Glad to hear you enjoyed the holidays!!! It feels good to start a new year, eh? ;)

Welcome back!!!! Looking forward to hearing about your holiday break! '05 will be a huge year for you, I can see it now :)

Hey Wil. Welcome back(sort of)! I am a member of a movie quote game on lj, and these quotes were left yesterday: "Shut up? I dont shut up, I grow up, & when I look at you, I throw up!"

"Suck my fat one, you cheap dime store hood."

"I don't think I ever had friends like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?"

I always loved the Suck my fat one quote. Who ever told you you had a fat one LaChance? Have a great time w/the Simpsons!

Welcome almost back, Wil!

Wow. I can't think of anything else. Weird. Um...

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Happy New Year, uncle Wil. Hope that you and your family have a happy, healthy, peaceful and prosperous year.
I look forward to more blogging from you.

I am most pleased that you are back. The silence on your page has been deafening :)

Nice place you have here Wil.

iBook, eh? That'll learn you...lol...:)

Welcome Back Wil Happy New Year and good luck with this writing deal.

When are you going to respond to those Slashdot questions?

Welcome Back uncle Wil

Happy Año Nuevo!
sucks about the iBook, good luck with that.

this is something neat I came across, you might enjoy, i mean if you didn't aleady know about it. :)

americassuburb.com

Welcome back Wil and happy New Year to all. Today while I ate lunch I turned on the TV to flip around (i work at home) and Spike-TV had on TNG; it was the one where Wesley finds out he's accepted to the Academy and he and Capt. Picard have a misadventure investigating a planet and basically Wil saves the good Captain's life. It moved me to a tear when Captain P. said "I've always been proud of you Wesley." Awwww....
good stuff, they just don't make 'em like that any more.

I don't know if I did my LJ right but yeah, that's my blog, careful wil, all I have to say about my family is that trips to mexico are nonrefundable...I'll leave it at that. btw, i finally have the cojones for the first post. yay. mine is usually not open to anonymous however, give or take I will update it soon and leave it open to inquiring minds.

heh, Ibooks, a friend mentioned on my blog converted to ibook after getting a taste of my mother's wonderful IMac. I'm almost convinced. but sending rtx files I found out were less of a pain this semester on the Mac. needless to say my journalism class took that as blasphemy.

wil, you are a talented writer who has influenced my style but I still need to read your books, and I have a few ideas myself in that department for business not taking away from the act of writing. but that requires accounting classes in which so called prereqs are not waived. sure. anyway - my old harddrive is out of commission, said friend feels its not worth getting back but i'm going to start working part time to pay off the bill. and the return is free. so there goes my future MFA. yes, I have learned my lesson, no more morpheus and I will back up my files on my san disk.

Josh: I'll finish the answers to the /. questions this week. I took two weeks of at the end of the year, so I'm catching up on all sorts of outstanding things.

Hopefully, it will be worth the delay.

hey wil, glad to hear you had a good christmas and new year. It's nice to be able to enjoy a vaction!

good to see you back dude, i missed the updates!

"Long days and pleasant nights."

love rach
xxx

I remember that Wil is who I found out about Dork Tower from, because of a mention of him in it, but I found an earlier one.

http://archive.gamespy.com/comics/dorktower/archive.asp?nextform=viewcomic&id=724

Hey, Wil, I've had the exact same experience with my 12" G4 iBook which is LESS than a year old! Grrr, do you think they are lemons? But besides having to send it away TWICE and being on pins and needles to see if my non-backed-up stuff would still be there when the computer came back (it was), I must admit that I do love my iBook! I also love your blog which I only recently became addicted to and which inspired me to start my own last month. Also ordered "Just a Geek." I finally had to delete a few of my references to your blog in my blog because I was worried I was starting to sound like a real sycophant!

Tom-
MY bookstore has his books in BOTH the biography section AND the non-fiction section, as well as autographed copies on display in the front of the store. So there. :)

That's because Borders and Jessie rules :)

Nice to see you back!

I guess I'm lucky, my winter break doesn't end till January 17th (lazy uni students eh..). I'm planning to buy Just A Geek to keep myself occupied until I have to go back to learning stuff!

-Hannah

MY IBOOK DIES EVERY WEEK. I'm on repair number 4 and I'm pushing for a new one! Screen, and Logic board x2. Its really frustrating knowing how much I love mac. I haven't had my "baby" for 3months. Ugh well hopefully this will be time for a new one.
Ben

I've been out of town on my own "winter break" for almost two weeks. I flew back in last night and jumped on the computer today to catch up on WWdN. To my surprise, there was only one new post. There is now at least one thing I'm not behind on! That's saying a lot.

Wil: I'm glad you had a good holiday and a much deserved rest, but as I said, I'm back now, so get back to blogging ;-)

the hilarity would be even more intense if you were to someday make a guest appearance on THE SIMPSONS...maybe you could be homer's long lost evil brother.

oh dude, wil should TOTALLY have a guest appearance on simpsons!!! how perfect would that be???

that sucks about your ibook Wil...

i just replaced my hard drive myself for 20$ in my *ibmcompatable* and because i have everything saved in ghost images on another system, i lost barely a weeks worth of downloads.

*tear*

happy new years wil!

If you were to be on the simpsons, I'd totally watch it. That would rule.

You should upgrade yer comp to the new headless imac that is supposedly coming out. Or even get a powerbook. Those rock!

Welcome back from break, Wil...I have to go back to the excitement that is a high school library starting tomorrow. Hope you've enjoyed the Simpsons Season Five...my favorite is the first episode: Homer's Barbershop Quartet. Being a barbershopper and a Beatles fan, how could it not be my favorite?

Glad you had a good christmas. I recieved a copy of (Just a geek) for christmas, (per request) and wil check it out soon. I just found this site and it looks interesting. Good luck in the new year. Later...

Huh, I must be one of the few people who doesn't find media personalities ranting about the media all that interesting. Something about biting the hand that feeds and all.

I was actually in Old Town Pasadena on Sunday, and I didn't think it was all that bad. Went to Boba World around 3pm and it was half empty. I think what made it worse was the rain, but we parked in our usual garage and found parking right away, and it's free. I think that might be a bit of a walk to the Apple store from there though, you might have gotten attacked by fans along the way.

Best BLOG ending in history, I need not say any more.

Thanks Wil, I was jonesin for some of your always-tasty bloggage! Good luck with 'Little Christmas'! Cheers!

What IS wil's email address i press on the email icon and get this outlook thing that i don't know how to work
If someone could tell me what it is so i can ask some questions?

Dear god, that's freaky. My wife's iBook has had 4 logic board failures since we got it, and just two weeks ago the hard drive started chirping and died on us. Luckily I'm so used to the failures that I backed everything up onto a LaCie pocketdrive and am now running the iBook off THAT because I'm too lazy to bring it to the Apple service people here (they take about 2 months to fix iBooks here).

The Apple support people promised me a Powerbook if the damn thing died again. I wonder if they meant it.

Glad to see you back and to see that you had a nice break. Received Just A Geek for Christmas and spent the next day or so reading it all -- it's a fantastic book! Now I just need to get Dancing Barefoot...
Spend this blogless time thumbing through your archives and listening to your interview on WebTalk Radio from September 19. Very interesting and a good suplement to Just A Geek. Keep up the great work!

Hilarity did ensue at the end of the post. Well, not hilarity, but amusement none the less. I pull stuff like that.
Nice to know ya had a good break

Jessie -

Well, like I said, it hasn't been that way here. As for autographed copies, well, I got my copy of Just a Geek signed at the Stand By Me screening while Wil was here in Austin back in October, and my copy of Dancing Barefoot was bought & signed at the Dallas Comic Con a couple of weeks later.

There's only one place that I can think of around here that has a regular supply of autographed novels, but I think there's a serious difference between buying an autographed book, and getting a book autographed.

At least I have a couple of nice "I Met Wil Wheaton" stories.

- Tom

Hey Wil! First off, I want to tell you that I really enjoy your entire website. I discovered it recently and am at the moment trying to talk my husband into checking it out. He's a writer, too - computer books and blogs. PLUS we're both fans from waaaay back (one of my fave movies ever is Stand by Me). Anyway, I also wanted to point out that your spellchecker missed "forsee," which should really be "foresee." I don't know why it would miss that. Maybe Dan Quayle programmed it? ;)

dig this new search engine I built dude!
Cosmoz.com

Haven't been here in a while... Just wanted to say hi. I hate it when computers die... I'm so bored without them.

My brother's iBook did that too. So we bought seven Dells. Theyre all really cool.

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I look forward to Apple regaining some ground.

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With Steve Jobs (and Moore's law) working so hard for the computing populace, I look forward to Apple regaining some ground

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Your blog is always an entertaining read, and since you update it so often a WB link to it sits prominently in my Firefox browser. Thank you for sharing your thoughts so purposefully.

Your Mac stories bring back great memories, and with Steve Jobs (and Moore's law) working so hard for the computing populace, I look forward to Apple regaining some ground. Your speech will help open some eyes.

Thank you.

Your blog is always an entertaining read, and since you update it so often a WB link to it sits prominently in my Firefox browser. Thank you for sharing your thoughts so purposefully.

Your Mac stories bring back great memories, and with Steve Jobs (and Moore's law) working so hard for the computing populace, I look forward to Apple regaining some ground in the market. Your speech will help open some eyes.

Thank you.

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Your blog is always an entertaining read, and since you update it so often a WB link to it sits prominently in my Firefox browser. Thank you for sharing your thoughts so purposefully.

Your Mac stories bring back great memories, and with Steve Jobs (and Moore's law) working so hard for the computing populace, I look forward to Apple regaining some ground in the desktop market. Your speech will help open some eyes.

Thank you.

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