Going Boldly . . .

Posted on By Wil

I just added some pictures to my flickr stream from Star Trek the Tour. My battery died real fast (stupid me for not bringing an extra) so there aren’t many. However, I’m really happy with the ones I got.

This is my favorite, which was taken by my awesome wife:

Going Boldly

"When I was a teenager, I got tired of sitting in this chair really
fast. As an adult, though, it brings back only fond memories. Seconds
before this photo was taken, I typed my fingers across the Okudagram,
using the same series of commands that I made up to send the ship to
warp speed.

Yes, I was such a geek, I invented my own fake logic for driving the
spaceship. When you’re sitting there saying ‘Aye, Sir,’ for hours at a
time, you’ve got to do something to keep yourself entertained, right?"

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Comments (59)

  3. Great pictures, Wil. That reminded me of my “experience” on the simulator at the Hilton in Vegas. My spot was next to a panel (okudagram, apparently). I started tapping my fingers across the panel. Someone from the “crew” yelled at me to stop doing that since I didn’t know what I was doing. It was fantastic.

  4. That fake logic warp drive thing? I do the same thing but I use it at my work computer if I want to look like I’m working on a really complicated pivot table when in fact I’m just trying to remember the words to the theme from The Facts of Life.

  5. I think think that (making up “fake” sequence of buttons for various functions) is totally *cool*! Shades of _Star Quest_–and who says the only “real” is the one we can see around us?

  6. Hi Wil,
    I’m 24 years old and grew up watching ST:TNG. I wanted to be your character on ST for years as a young boy. I had my mom comb my hair like Wesley and I built Tricorders out of cardboard and tape for away missions.
    I was just at the Star Trek Experience in Long Beach during the opening weekend and took a picture in engineering remembering a scene you worked in.
    I sat in the same seat on the bridge of the NC1701-D your picture is in and pretended to do just what you were doing. All of this prompted this comment I’m making out of pure nostalgia. I’m a pretty normal tech guy now but sitting there felt like some sort of childhood accomplishment and I went back through the line 3 times to explore the bridge by myself.
    I ended up at your blog from Bad Astronomy and before that Digg.
    I just wanted to post a thanks for your work on ST. Your blog is very interesting and I’m already enjoying reading it.
    I’m glad you’re doing well and thought your end ‘movie’ for the ST Experience was hilariously entertaining =P

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