Skip to content
WIL WHEATON dot NET

WIL WHEATON dot NET

  • About
  • Books
  • My Instagram Feed
  • Bluesky
  • Tumblr
  • Radio Free Burrito
  • It’s Storytime with Wil Wheaton
WIL WHEATON dot NET
WIL WHEATON dot NET
  • rediscovering the joy of general purpose computing
    Web/Tech

    rediscovering the joy of general purpose computing

    ByWil 21 December, 2016

    A few years ago, I got to narrate the audiobook of Cory Doctorow’s Information Doesn’t Want To Be Free. It’s primarily about how creators can make a living online, and contains a ton of useful advice on doing that successfully. It’s also about the power and significance of General Purpose Computing. I’ll try to paraphrase Cory in…

    Read More rediscovering the joy of general purpose computingContinue

  • drilling with the laws of robotics
    blog

    drilling with the laws of robotics

    ByWil 20 December, 201619 December, 2016

    So I saw this on Cory Doctorow’s Tumblr right as I was getting ready for bed last night. And all I could think of was a Marine drill sergeant training these robots … so this happened. It may help to hear it in Lee Ermey’s voice from Full Metal Jacket. I DON’T KNOW BUT I…

    Read More drilling with the laws of roboticsContinue

  • blog | Travel

    Daily December 19

    ByWil 19 December, 201619 December, 2016

    Nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh nineteen. So we are still in the mountains for another hour or so, and I’m sitting next to the fireplace, having my coffee and looking through imgur, because I already looked through the news and it was equal parts infuriating and depressing. Side note: Google Play Newsstand is a great app, and I never…

    Read More Daily December 19Continue

  • Daily December 18
    blog | Travel

    Daily December 18

    ByWil 18 December, 2016

    Anne and I snuck away for the weekend. Last night, we watched a movie called Hell or High Water that we both really liked. All I knew going into it was that Jeff Bridges and Chris Pine were in a movie set in Texas about brothers who are robbing banks to save their family ranch,…

    Read More Daily December 18Continue

  • ICYMI: a tiny bit of trolling
    Film

    ICYMI: a tiny bit of trolling

    ByWil 17 December, 201616 December, 2016

    I went to see Rogue One Thursday night with a bunch of my friends, because OBVIOUSLY I went to see it again. I will see it all the times, because I like it that much. It was raining and what passes for cold, here in Los Angeles, so I went to my closet to grab a…

    Read More ICYMI: a tiny bit of trollingContinue

Page navigation

Previous PagePrevious 1 … 76 77 78 79 80 … 774 Next PageNext
Creative Commons License

Search the archives

Search

© 2025 WIL WHEATON dot NET - WordPress Theme by Kadence WP

Scroll to top
  • About
  • Books
  • My Instagram Feed
  • Bluesky
  • Tumblr
  • Radio Free Burrito
  • It’s Storytime with Wil Wheaton