Comments on: What if we could get Wil Wheaton to show up for Open Source Bridge?

By: AdamD

AdamD — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:42:00 +0000

He’s just this guy, you know?

And sadly, he can’t come:
http://twitter.com/wilw/status/2212823886

By: JoannaK

JoannaK — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:45:22 +0000

I’m not trying to squash anyone’s plan – but I recently started following @wilw and found a blog post he wrote about how he’s not too fond of being referred to by and/or approached b/c of his past acting roles. I’m only sharing this b/c I would be the first to scream “Gordy!!! OMG Gordy!” if I saw him, but that’s cuz I’m a complete and utter tool. I want my fellow Portlanders to avoid this embarrassment – not that I’m implying that any of you are tools. Exactly the opposite, in fact. Perhaps we could create an event about how excited we are to have “Leverage” filming in Portland. What’s his favorite beer? Maybe we need to have a “whatever his favorite beer is”-only tweetup and try to bribe him out to see us?…I don’t know, just throwing out ideas here. I totally think Portland can make it happen.

By: Jeff Hardison

Jeff Hardison — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:44:27 +0000

Perhaps it’d be kind to do something for him while he’s in town. What creative thing could we do that pays tribute to the great Wil Wheaton?

For example, we could:
- Interview attendees via video camera about their favorite tech moments of Wil: his thoughts on Linux in Just a Geek, his blogging about DRM, etc.
- A mashup of one of his performances on Star Trek with some song.
- ?
- ?

By: Rick Turoczy

Rick Turoczy — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:36:38 +0000

Thanks, Randal! That was incredibly kind of you. :)

By: Randal L. Schwartz

Randal L. Schwartz — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:02:08 +0000

I’ve dropped him a link to this article. I’m apparently not friends enough with him that he had even dropped a note that he’d be in town, sadly. :( But sometimes, my email gets through.

By: AdamD

AdamD — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:25:11 +0000

As of several years ago, Wil Wheaton was friends with Randal Schwartz (@merlyn), Portlander, Perl expert and host of FLOSS Weekly. I think it’s the single L first name that brought them together.

By: JustinS

JustinS — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:57:17 +0000

I’m too tired to make a “Stand By Me”/lure-@wilw-with-the-promise-of-seeing-a-dead-body comment that doesn’t come across as just plain creepy. They’re all funny in my head, though.