Month: July 2011

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Nerdist Podcast – Matt Smith, Karen Gillian & Will Wheaton in one room!

Matt Smith, Karen Gillian and Wil Wheaton

Had a bit of a nerd overload yesterday when I came across this podcast recorded at the recent ComicCon in San Diago.

http://www.nerdist.com/2011/07/nerdist-podcast-109-live-at-sdcc-11-w-matt-smith-karen-gillan-wil-wheaton/

I’ve been a huge fan of Wil Wheaton for ages, and followed his blog and even bought one of his books. I’ve loved his small rolls in Big Bang Theory and Criminal Minds, not to mention that Stand By Me is one of my favourite films (probably behind Shawshank Redemption, Casablanca and The Princess Bride, but still top 10!).

And I’ve been a huge Doctor Who fan my entire life (Peter Davidson before you ask, although obviously David Tennant will go down in history as awesome).

So to have Wil, Matt and Karen in one room must have been awesome to see. A total geek out. Oh, and they had a Muppet Moffat!

Oh, and did you know that young Amy Pond was played by Karen Gillian’s cousin! So cool.[1]

Photos here on the BBC America web site: http://blogs.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2011/07/24/doctor-who-stars-matt-smith-karen-gillan-on-the-nerdist-live-photos/#32

[1] This would have been a footnote, but I don’t do footnotes so it’s not.

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Developer Developer Developer North in Sunderland in October 2011

Just woke up to the news that the North East is to gets its first Developer Developer Developer (DDD) community conference.

http://www.nebytes.net/post/DDD-Northe28093Saturday-8th-October-2011e28093Session-Submission-Open!.aspx

The conference is community driven and community organised, and best of all free. You can submit your own proposals for sessions now. I went to one in Reading at the Microsoft campus a few years back and it was really good.

Anyway, put Saturday 8th October 2011 in your diary.

Probably won’t be able to make it unfortunately due to impending birth of my first child, but if you’ve ever thought of going to one of these things but can’t afford the travel time then now’s your chance.

Official site is here: http://www.developerdeveloperdeveloper.com/north/