I noticed the other day that Wil Wheaton runs Debian, so I dropped him a note. Wil is probably best known as the actor who played Ensign Wesley Crusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation, though I’m very sure he gets tired of reading that–so, scratch that, I’ll just say fellow geek
Sure enough, he responded, and we now have a nice little email conversation going. I even got him to send Deb an email (Stand by Me was one of her favorite movies as a teenager).
Another one for the cool department. I normally poke fun at the celebrity obsessed (you know the type, the people you see at the airport reading People or Us Weekly instead of the newspaper), but I have to admit, this is just way too cool to not brag about here.
Ensign Crusher, report to bridge, Cpt. Shuttleworth is awaiting your report
It appears to be a deja vu, might the matrix has been reprogramed, but when I read Ians article about Wil “Ensign Crusher” Wheaton running Debian Linux, I had to laugh.
In the moment I’m watching Star Trek TNG Seasons 1-7 again, just because I can’t sl