Check it out.
No, seriously. Check it out.

So that annoying splash screen is going to stick around until the end of the week . . . because I think it looks pretty cool.
Or maybe I’ll take it down right now.
The e-mail consensus is that I look angry . . . which is kind of a drag, because I thought I looked tough.
Grr!! Check me out! I’m tough! Yeah! Tough! Grrr!!
Does anyone buy that?
Didn’t think so.
Today, I shot an interview for this thing that’s going to be on ABC during May Sweeps, called “Our Favorite Stars: Then And Now.”
I guess I’m one of their favorite stars, or something. It’s pretty cool. 🙂 I got to talk about WWdN, recall some memories about Stand By Me and Star Trek, and talk about my books. We shot it at the ACME Comedy Theatre, which is cool, because ACME will get some national TV exposure out of it.
If anyone saw me on TechTV’s The Screen Savers yesterday, LOSING in the Great PC race, here’s what happened: Roger and I planned out how we were going to assemble the machine, and, on a scale of 1 to awesome, everything went totally great . . . except we both forgot that the P4 needed power.
Yeah, it’s been awhile since I put together a machine.
But you know what? It’s really easy. If I can do it, anyone can do it.
Heh. “Do it.” Cool.
Chris DiBona also did a review of Red Hat 9 that you may find useful. I haven’t gone to 9, yet. I’m still 8.0 with about a thousand apt-rpm additions. I’m terrified that upgrading to 9 will break my box . . . so I’ll upgrade the machine Anne and the kids use first. 😉
Anne’s friend Ashley is in town for the rest of the week with her insanely cool kids. We’re going to be doing the Los Angeles tourist thing until Sunday, so blogging will be pretty light, if at all.
Several people have asked what happened to comments. Sadly, they’ve been disabled until I can figure out a way to ensure that people can act like mature adults, and not mouth-breathing idiots. Several readers have chosen to join the Soapbox community, and there’s cool commenting going on in there.

How about a Thought For Today?

“Do what thy manhood bids thee do, from none but self expect applause; He noblest lives and noblest dies who makes and keeps his self-made laws.”

-Sir Richard Francis Burton

How about that annoying splash screen, huh?
Don’t worry, it’s just there for today, to announce the arrival of COOL NEW WWDN SHIRTS!!
Check them out.
No, seriously, check them out!
Update: The response has been incredible! I am really happy. I think this design is just awesome, and apparently so do you guys.
But here’s the coolest thing, ever. When we were watching “24” tonight, Ryan said to me, “Hey, Wil, do you have any extra T-shirts?”
“For who?” I said.
“For me, man! Your shirt is so cool, I want one! And some stickers, too!”
I gave it to him, and he told me he’s going to wear it to school tomorrow.
I tried to act tough, but my grinchy heart grew two sizes today.

(thanks to Richard from Suffern, NY, who created the image, and asked the question)

She loves Big Brother:

“I don’t have a problem with (government surveillance). I don’t have anything to hide,” Turner said. “I wish there was more government monitoring. I want to know if somebody on my block is reading a book on how to build a bomb or if there is anyone reading ‘Catcher in the Rye.’ They say there’s a link between that book and many serial killers.”

Hey, I read and enjoyed “Catcher in the Rye.” I encouraged my stepson to read “Catcher in the Rye,” and several of his friends also read it. Reading books is dangerous! Reading makes people think! Serial killers don’t kill people! Books kill people!
So I think you should do your civic duty, and report us to the FBI because . . . well, we might be up to something you don’t like. Something dangerous like reading a book. Maybe not now, but maybe sometime in the future, or maybe not at all.
But you’d better take pre-emptive action, because that is the American way.
. . . you want Freedom fries with that?