Author: Joseph Dickerson

Morning, everyone. # Just got bike parts for my two sons' new wheels at Toys r us… Almost bought a Cylon action figure from BSG but resisted the temptation… # Heaven help me, I'm tempted to buy this: http://is.gd/1oYGC #gijoe…

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RT @GaryLocke Walt Disney World monorail crash kills employee – The Associated Press http://tinyurl.com/ryoqgx # Just rewatched Shawn of the Dead – nothing goes better with celebratory holiday feasting and drinking than zombies, in my opinion. #BRAAINNS # AudioBoo: Happy…

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Ah, another morning where the family let me sleep in. Thanks, it was greatly appreciated. # Just watched (finally) Alien v. Predator (it's "cheesy SF weekend" here at the Dickersons) and I was pleasantly surprised. Not bad at all. #…

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Ah, a four-day weekend. Plans: Lots of grilled meat, tasty beverages, and as little of anything else as possible. # The three Star Trek uniform T-shirts ordered from Kelloggs arrived & oldest son immediately put the command shirt on… Awesome.…

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AudioBoo: Review – Survival Apps For The Iphone http://boo.fm/b35587 # Day 2 of usability testing – yesterday we had the participants in a room that could sit thirty people. Today? Tiny room, could fit 6, maybe. # Day 2 of…

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Usability tests today… I actually have a ton of stuff to test, but I can't keep each participant for 2 hours. #UX # After a six month manufacturing delay, have finally got my classic Star Trek tricorder. Enjoying scanning things…

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(checks trending topics) Good, no celebrity died overnight… # So… Is Tuesday suppossed to suck or is it just me? Sigh. # Well the review of the functional prototype went well, though we didn't get to the screens I knew…

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nother day, another celebrity death. RIP impressionist/comic Fred Travalena… http://www.fredtravalena.com/index01.html # Doing UI designs on a deadline…LOTS of them. But I have the primary interaction model nailed (methinks) so it's cut, paste, and tweak. #UX # @DVDGeeks Well Wayne Newton…

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Ok, I'm up, I'm up! # Wow, TV pitchman Billy Mays has died. http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/article1014018.ece # RT Vintage 2.0 – Glossy Retro Takes Over Web Design http://bit.ly/3pX6kp (via @JesseNewhart) # Forget Michael Bay, I'm watching the original Transformers cartoon with my…

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I’M A BIG FAN OF PITCHMEN, THE REALITY SHOW, AND I NOTE WITH GREAT SADNESS THE PASSING OF BILLY MAYS THIS MORNING. HERE’S A FUNNY CLIP IN HIS MEMORY. [youtube]DtHI6e_Exhc[/youtube]

@NathanFillion Yup, went there last year, no Firefly OR Doctor Who at the SF Museum in Seattle. They're dead to me now. in reply to NathanFillion # The one true Elvis. And there's nothin' funny 'bout it at all. ♫…

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Sad. Very sad. But, as De Kelley said at the end of Star Trek II, “He’s not dead. As long as we remember him.” Here’s one thing I remember: Captain Eo, the movie he did for Disney’s Epcot park. Here…

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