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I am making a deliberate effort to leave my phone as far away from my attention as I can, whenever I am able. I'm not looking at the news, I'm not scrolling the feeds, I'm not posting. I'm leaving it in my pocket, my car, in the kitchen, just … not in my face. This…
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i’m calling it ‘wil wheatcon’ until i can think of something better – WIL WHEATON dot NET
In an average year, I travel to around 5 or 6 cities for conventions. Almost every time I announce an appearance, the most common response is some version of "that's great! When are you coming to [my town]?" I'm not coming to your town, but I am coming to your computer (or your tablet or…
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You may recognize Wil Wheaton's name from his acting work in television shows like The Big Bang Theory, Leverage, and Star Trek: The Next Generation, or 1985's timeless classic, Stand By Me. You may recognize his voice from one of the many audio books he's narrated, including number one New York Times bestseller, Ready Player…
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blog In an average year, I travel to around 5 or 6 cities for conventions. Almost every time I announce an appearance, the most common response is some version of “that’s great! When are you coming to [my town]?” I’m not coming to your town, but I am coming to your computer (or your tablet or your phone or even your TV, I think) on June 7 for a virtual convention that needs a much better name than Couch Con, because at this moment in time, that creates a very specific, very unfortunate, image. (Maybe it will happen today). Seriously, I hate every name I think of for this. What would you call a virtual convention where I am the guest of honor, the toastmaster, the featured author, and also the only guest? Wil Wheatcon is kind of cute, I think, but I feel like there’s something better. If you have one, would you comment? The Untitled Wil Wheaton Virtual Convention came out of an unrelated meeting with my friends and partners in crime at Stands about how we wanted to turn some of my designs into stickers. One thing lead to another, and I’m just going to get to the graphic you’ve probably looked at already: [IMG: Join Wil Wheaton (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Stand By Me, Big Bang Theory) for a live virtual event featuring a fan-driven Q&A panel, where you can hear stories, insights, and moments you won’t get anywhere else. For those looking for something more personal, a limited number of Meet & Greet spots offer a chance to connect in a smaller group setting.] I love going to cons, and spending time with my people. I love sharing how much we love all our nerd shit. I love the safe place we create together. And I know that money is tight for everyone right now, everything costs more than it should, and just the price of a ticket can put a con out of reach for a lot of people. And that’s not even accounting for whatever we spend on merch, art, autographs, and photo-ops. [IMG: Wil Wheaton fandom has always lived at the intersection of sci-fi, gaming, internet chaos, heartfelt sincerity, and extremely specific jokes that somehow become part of your personality. This sticker collection leans directly into that energy with designs inspired by tabletop adventures, spacefaring mischief, fandom pride, and the wonderfully self-aware sense of humor that Wil has spent years cultivating both on screen and off. Equal parts nerdy and sarcastic, these stickers feel right at home on laptops, water bottles, notebooks, gaming cases, convention bins, and any surface that could use a little more chaotic good energy.] So a big, big part of my wanting to do this is the opportunity to do something convention-ish, which is way more affordable, at just fifteen bucks. Hell, get ten friends together and everyone can cover the ticket with the change in their pockets. People still have change in their pockets, right? I have met tens of thousands of people over the years. I know that this is an unscientific, heavily-skewed metric that would fail any peer review, but I still think it matters that the single most common thing they tell me is some version of “I loved your panel discussion. I wish you’d had more time for questions.” Well, if you’re one of those people, this is probably going to crawl your dungeon. We have as much time as we want, I can take as many questions as I want, and if enough people ask, I’ll even read you some flash fiction I wrote. And we’re offering some break out, private meet and greets, for anyone who wants that experience. Oh, I’m also going to pull my kitty ears out and put them on for a Wil Wheatcon exclusive autographed 8×10, if that’s your thing and you wanted to add some whimsy to your life. A few people I know have done this kind of event, and they all tell me that it’s so much fun, so uplifting, and a wonderful way to spend a couple hours together. I believe them, and I’m excited to experience that for myself. I hope you’ll join me! I’m so glad you are here. If you’d like to get my updates via email, here’s the thingy: I want to take a moment and say thank you for all the messages of comfort and support that so many of y’all have shared with me since Marlowe passed. I haven’t ever felt this kind of grief, for this long, in my life. When I am feeling the most sad, when I’m sobbing until I can’t breathe, I feel closest to her, so all I can do is go through it, honor it, and embrace her memory. There’s a dog on Instagram called Wesley the Chicken Nugget. I adore him, and I love it when his person shares photos and video of him being a dog, so I completely understand how we can love animals we’ve never met. I know that lots of you loved Marlowe, and that comforts me every day. So thank you, from Anne and me, for choosing to be kind. I had to take a couple weeks off from recording stories for It’s Storytime (I’ve come to believe that four or five weeks of bereavement leave isn’t unreasonable) but we’re back to work and there’s a new story this week that I wanted everyone to know about. It’s called To Carry You Inside You, by Tia Tashiro. Here’s my intro: I grew up in the entertainment industry, not by choice, so I had a front row seat to the abuse and exploitation of child actors like myself. I grew up absolutely terrified of upsetting anyone on the set, robotically doing whatever I was told, so I could just get through it and have one of the precious and rare hours of my childhood where I got to just be a kid, before I was ripped out of childhood and thrust back into a place I never wanted to be. Today, we are going to visit a future where child actors are still exploited, still used up and discarded, facing an adult life without purpose, that they were never prepared for, because nobody cared what happened to them past an arbitrary age. We will meet a young woman who is doing her best to assemble the pieces of a stolen childhood into a fulfilling adult life. It isn’t what she wanted, or would have chosen for herself, but she’s doing her best, which is all any of us can do. This is one of those examples of speculative fiction that I point to when I talk about the power of storytelling that lands on different people for different reasons. This story isn’t about me, but holy shit is it about me. In fact, when I reached out to Tia and asked for permission to do the narration, I mentioned that she captured the experience of being a child actor so perfectly and honestly, she must have some firsthand experience … imagine my surprise when she told me that she didn’t, that she used her imagination to create those moments. Holy shit. That’s incredible. Please let me know what you think, if you listen. Anyway, I’m doing my best to promote the show and just let people know it exists, but I keep getting crushed by the algorithm. On Threads, the posts before and after I talked about the podcast have thousands of views and hundreds of interactions, but my post about this episode has like 20 interactions and has only been seen by about 2000 of the 5000000 accounts that follow me. That seems … odd. And honestly, it’s kind demoralizing that one of the few direct ways I have to tell people this exists seems to work against supporting that. I’ve tried letting Bluesky know, and the 13 people who tend to notice me there are excited about it, I’m sure, but it just doesn’t seem to get traction there at all. If anyone reading this has experience bringing something to an audience who will probably love it, but just don’t know about it, I’d be grateful to hear anything you have to say about it. Last thing, that is explicitly in service of promotion: If you listen to the podcast, you can help me out by rating and reviewing it wherever you are subscribed. The show’s audience is growing slowly but steadily, and I know it isn’t because of me; it’s because listeners are recommending it. That means so much to me. Thank you. Fourteen years ago, Anne and I went to Pasadena Humane Society to see some of the construction our fundraising supported. While we were there, we chatted with Kevin, who was our adoption coordinator for our dog, Seamus. Seamus had been part of our pack for about a year, and we were talking with Kevin about how much we loved him, what an incredible dog he was, and how happy and grateful we were to have met and adopted him. I remember saying, “I don’t think I will ever have another dog who isn’t a pittie. He is so sweet, and affectionate, and so gentle, and …” I stopped because I saw a volunteer walking a puppy toward us. She was tiny and underweight, but she had the biggest smile. I knelt down to meet her, and she did a somersault into my lap, wagging her tail so fast I couldn’t see it. “Well, they are just like this!” I concluded. Then I loved on that puppy until Anne gently told me it was time to let her walk into the shelter. I was completely in love with her, that fast. She reached into my heart and never left. The next day, it was Anne’s birthday. We went down to the beach for a long walk, as is tradition. We were approaching the Manhattan Beach pier when I said, “I just need to confirm with you that we are not adding another dog to our pack, because I can’t stop thinking about that puppy.” Anne told me that she didn’t pet her, because she knew that she’d fall in love, too, if she did. I don’t recall what we said to each other, but Anne called PHS and asked them to put us on a waiting list to adopt her. A few days later, Marlowe came home with us, and she was my baby girl for over a decade. Even when she was an old lady, she was my little girl. Just over a month ago, we found out Marlowe had lymphoma. It was so aggressive, it moved so quickly, we couldn’t stop it. We did everything we could for her, but we had to say goodbye to her last month. I miss her so much, my heart hurts. It’s been a month, and I still look for her everywhere in the house. I’ll be okay, and then something will remind me of her and I am sobbing in a heap on the floor. This is the first time in my life I have experienced this kind of grief, this kind of loss. When we lost Seamus, at least Marlowe was here for both of us while we grieved (and we were here for her, when she grieved). Now there’s just a big empty house and my broken heart. I will miss her forever, my sweet little girl. There’s a lot happening in my world right now, joy and sorrow, and I don’t have the spoons to write about it. But I’m having a Stand By Me moment that I wanted to share before it passes. Yesterday, my narration of The Body by Stephen King (the novella that was adapted into Stand By Me) was released. I have wanted to do this for years, and I can’t believe I never wrote about it here. I’ll address that in the future, because it’s a cool story. Simon and Schuster, the publisher, has been super supportive and enthusiastic about this release. They gave me a whole chapter to share, and it’s at the end of this week’s1 It’s Storytime With Wil Wheaton, available now wherever you get your podcasts. Today, I am the subject of a truly wonderful column in the New York Times that includes interactive clips from my narration, scenes from Stand By Me, and the text of the novella. It’s a beautiful piece that genuinely surprised and delighted me. And it comes just a few days after we were the subject of this incredible essay, also in the New York Times, about our Stand By Me Live tour2. Tonight, Jerry and Corey and I are together on Entertainment Tonight3 to talk about the movie’s theatrical re-release, which starts on Friday. I’m glad you’re here. If you’d like to get my posts delivered to your inbox, here’s the thingy: I had to take last week off, so we are replaying one of my favorite performances, End of Play. ↩︎This weekend, we are in Anaheim Friday, Seattle on Saturday (see you at No Kings, Seattle), and Portland on Sunday. Tickets are still available for all three shows. ↩︎In Los Angeles, that’s 7:30pm on CBS, check your local listing to be sure. ↩︎ blog I am making a deliberate effort to leave my phone as far away from my attention as I can, whenever I am able. I’m not looking at the news, I’m not scrolling the feeds, I’m not posting. I’m leaving it in my pocket, my car, in the kitchen, just … not in my face. This fits into my efforts to slow down and be more present. It’s creating space I desperately need to decompress, get bored, let my mind wander and come back with a fun and creative idea. Today, I was out for a minute and saw this little art installation on a telephone pole. It was weathered quite a bit; it’s been here for awhile. And it was beautiful to me. It was a few moments better spent than they would have been looking at anything on my phone, or anything I could have been listening to. It wasn’t dysregulating, it didn’t increase my internal DEFCON level. I chose to experience and appreciate this thing that someone made when they were very much not thinking about me, because it was exactly where I needed it to be, exactly when I needed it. I took some pictures (using only the camera and nothing else on the phone) so I could remember the moment, and share the art. They’re pretty big, so I’m gonna put them behind a jump. (more…) 1 2 … 778 Next
SUB-PAGE (https://wilwheaton.net/2026/03/in-which-i-take-a-deliberate-moment-to-appreciate-art/) in which i take a deliberate moment to appreciate art – WIL WHEATON dot NET
I am making a deliberate effort to leave my phone as far away from my attention as I can, whenever I am able. I’m not looking at the news, I’m not scrolling the feeds, I’m not posting. I’m leaving it in my pocket, my car, in the kitchen, just … not in my face. This fits into my efforts to slow down and be more present. It’s creating space I desperately need to decompress, get bored, let my mind wander and come back with a fun and creative idea. Today, I was out for a minute and saw this little art installation on a telephone pole. It was weathered quite a bit; it’s been here for awhile. And it was beautiful to me. It was a few moments better spent than they would have been looking at anything on my phone, or anything I could have been listening to. It wasn’t dysregulating, it didn’t increase my internal DEFCON level. I chose to experience and appreciate this thing that someone made when they were very much not thinking about me, because it was exactly where I needed it to be, exactly when I needed it. I took some pictures (using only the camera and nothing else on the phone) so I could remember the moment, and share the art. They’re pretty big, so I’m gonna put them behind a jump. [IMG: pxl_20260310_1808261037144525436254672848] Art is so important, y’all. Make time to experience it. Allow it to inspire, comfort, and challenge you. I love public art, and I love the artists who create and install it. Please support your local arts community. I’m glad you’re here. If you’d like to get my posts in your email, here’s the thingy: Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky More Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest [H3] Like this: Like Loading… [H3] Related [H3] Discover more from WIL WHEATON dot NET Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email. blog [H2] Comments (34) Beautiful pole, it is a feast for the brain to process, frolicking with ideas, imagination. Reply Is that the Necronomicon cover peeking out in the middle there? Reply I love this. I am going to take a page from your post and put this phone down and get outside. ? Reply I got charging stands for my phone, placing them at the far edges of my desk and nightstand. They let me glance at notifications without picking up my phone to acknowledge or clear them. Meaning I get the space to choose to ignore (or delay) them, freed from the temptation of doing something, anything, when I was holding my phone anyway. The world doesn’t need me as much as my ego wishes it did. Including my own world, at least as viewed through my smartphone. Reply This. So much this. Reply Awesome! Thanks for sharing, I’ve been looking at as much art as I can lately. So much better than the news. I also started the Whyte Python World Tour audiobook this morning and have been loving it! Reply The world needs you. You are appreciated. Your art and your craft need you as we need the gift you offer. We need you. Perhaps, we just want to know you are there creating and sharing. However…I can’t say we need our phones or vice versa. It’s amazing how well we survived prior. I like to believe we will survive post. I know it connects me to the people with him I feel I can connect, resonate, and grow because of. Thanks for being you. Reply The 1st weekend in June Columbus has a great Arts festival along the river. Anything you can imagine. Worth the time to explore. Reply Nature is art too and can provide a moment of calm, even if it’s just the way a particular street’s trees sit against the sky and clouds. Reply the remnants of what looks to be a uniform make the rest of the depictions so much more poignant/disturbing/meaningful. thank you for taking the time to share what someone needed to share with us. Reply I wasn’t expecting all the texture from telephone pole art! Wow, very nice. Reply That grabbed me, too. It was even more wonderful in person. I could feel the rain that the cardboard absorbed during the last big storm, and the heatwave that’s dried it out. Reply I agree that Street & Public Art is so important and valuable to the community. I just wrote a whole comment about how badly public art is taken care of in my area by the local authorities, but I’ve deleted it because the theme of your post was about finding the joy. I love finding new public and street art in my area, I love that people create such beautiful work and share it with the world. I love to take photos of my findings and share with my friends in other cities. The creative arts, while always important, are even more important right now helping us find peace and joy while the world is so crazy. Reply Nice one. Glad I’m not the only one trying trying to disconnect from the constant bombardment of the digital world. I feel so much better when I’m just present in the real world without all the negativity and distractions. ✌️❤️ Reply I love it ! It definitely beats looking at our phones ! Our art therapy for the day . Reply It’s important to embrace art and beauty and not just in the worst of times, like now. To always hold it close to you. Also, if some juvenile 30-year-old quasi-movie star out there wants to suggest that an art form you love is dying or should die, ignore them. It’s hard when it is all over social media but try. Thanks, Wil. Reply Hi Wheaton! Have you ever been a fan of indie comix art? Just curious. Either way, Keep on keepin’ on. Keep on truckin’! Reply Thanks for sharing this artist’s work with all of us! I love how this is a non-commissioned piece that is done just because it is art and speaks so much. Art with no strings attached is the best art. I wish I lived in a place where people could put up art like this and it wouldn’t just be taken down for some by-law issue. There is public art in my town, and it is good, but it is all commissioned. It’s not the same as art in the wild. Reply Thank you, Wil! This is the least depressing thing I have seen in a long time. ❤️ Reply Beautiful! One of my favorite things to do is wander around my neighborhood (with my sweet dog) and take photos of plants, art, the sky, rocks, or any number of things that catch my eye. No other use of my phone during these time except to make some images that please me. Sometimes I share them, sometimes I don’t. ? Reply Hi, Wil. I just wanted to let you know that my wife and I tried your “Soup. Black Bean. Hot” recipe and really liked it. We’ve now made it quite a few times. (I wanted to post this comment over there only that post has comments closed.) Reply Hey, that’s great! I’m so glad you enjoyed it. Reply Inspirational and insightful! Reply Thank you for your writing about staying off the phone and taking time to get bored. It is just what I need to hear today, especially from somebody I very much respect, you Will Wheaton. The pics of the art in the telephone were great. Reply Capturing street art has been a habit of mine for years… Helps that I lived in Melbourne for a good chunk of time, somewhere that recognises it’s importance (hello Hosier Lane!) Reply The Pueblo Magico where I live is covered in murals of all styles. It’s a shifting kaleidoscope of color and intent that’s wonderful to experience. I’m glad you found some too! Reply Awesome. I try to take a picture or two every time I go for a walk – it helps me to actually see things, and often there are some delightful little things to be seen. Reply That’s lovely. Thanks for sharing. Reply If you like interesting found art like this and if you have Netflix, check out the documentary “Secret Mall Apartment”, about a group of artists who created an apartment in an unused interior space inside a mall in Rhode Island and they occupied it for several years before being discovered. The whole documentary is fascinating, but at 23:40 there is a segment about a secret outdoor art installation that you might enjoy. I also love the surprise of coming across things like this and have my own collection of photos of fun and random things. <3 Reply read somewhere, somewhen “where there’s a Wil there’s a way” anyways, thank you sir Reply ” life is short // eat dessert first ” (grabbed somewhere, forgot when/where) Reply Thanks for your time last night in Pittsburgh with Jerry and Corey. Thanks for letting me get a close up look at your octopus tattoo as well when we had the professional photo op. I know that you both want to give fans time, but also need to guard your time for your sanity so I didn’t say anything else to the three of you with that long line of photo op folks. Please indulge me for a few moments to gush at how special it was to have the three of you share what you did with us. Watching Stand By Me with you and hearing you talk afterwards was a lovely emotional rollercoaster. I’m gladdened to hear that Rob was such an awesome human being in addition to a phenomenal director. I suspect he had an inkling of the troubles you each endured and that made each of you perfect for your roles in the film and I love that he made you all feel safe and worked with each of your on your scenes. Together you made magic. You may not have liked the job you were forced into but you all are phenomenal actors and don’t any of you forget that. Please tell Corey and Jerry I said that. I love each of you. I wish we could have had River and Rob longer. Neither was done with work that would have been great had they stayed with us longer. I love that you’re telling stories in other ways and anticipate every new Storytime with you and other audio work as well as your writing. Though I’m a little older than you four, your characters helped me though some things too. Especially the when you and River had the moment about being awkward and weird. The way he told you that everyone is weird hit so hard and helped so much. You and I share so many hobbies that it’s fun to see and hear about your various adventures. I also act on stage (and sing and do theatrical lighting), play DnD, both work professionally with and spare time tinker with computers and love good storytelling especially science fiction. I enjoy many of the same musical artists that you do so when you share things in that area that’s fun too. I want to thank you all for continuing the work you did on this movie in all aspects of your professional lives and taking the lessons Rob gave you about work and life to others you work with and to us, your fans. Thank you for taking this time to share more than your screen performances with us. Much love from Pittsburgh Garth Reply Always a joy to see a post from you, Wil. That’s some very interesting art. It is very hard to stay away from the news these days, it is ubiquitous. I try not to look at it if I possibly can avoid it. Posts like yours are a big help. Reply Very cool to come across Better than a refrigerator door this way everyone can see Reply [H3] What's on your mind?Cancel reply This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
SUB-PAGE (https://wilwheaton.net/2026/05/im-calling-it-wil-wheatcon-until-i-can-think-of-something-better/) i’m calling it ‘wil wheatcon’ until i can think of something better – WIL WHEATON dot NET
In an average year, I travel to around 5 or 6 cities for conventions. Almost every time I announce an appearance, the most common response is some version of “that’s great! When are you coming to [my town]?” I’m not coming to your town, but I am coming to your computer (or your tablet or your phone or even your TV, I think) on June 7 for a virtual convention that needs a much better name than Couch Con, because at this moment in time, that creates a very specific, very unfortunate, image. (Maybe it will happen today). Seriously, I hate every name I think of for this. What would you call a virtual convention where I am the guest of honor, the toastmaster, the featured author, and also the only guest? Wil Wheatcon is kind of cute, I think, but I feel like there’s something better. If you have one, would you comment? The Untitled Wil Wheaton Virtual Convention came out of an unrelated meeting with my friends and partners in crime at Stands about how we wanted to turn some of my designs into stickers. One thing lead to another, and I’m just going to get to the graphic you’ve probably looked at already: [IMG: Join Wil Wheaton (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Stand By Me, Big Bang Theory) for a live virtual event featuring a fan-driven Q&A panel, where you can hear stories, insights, and moments you won’t get anywhere else. For those looking for something more personal, a limited number of Meet & Greet spots offer a chance to connect in a smaller group setting.] I love going to cons, and spending time with my people. I love sharing how much we love all our nerd shit. I love the safe place we create together. And I know that money is tight for everyone right now, everything costs more than it should, and just the price of a ticket can put a con out of reach for a lot of people. And that’s not even accounting for whatever we spend on merch, art, autographs, and photo-ops. [IMG: Wil Wheaton fandom has always lived at the intersection of sci-fi, gaming, internet chaos, heartfelt sincerity, and extremely specific jokes that somehow become part of your personality. This sticker collection leans directly into that energy with designs inspired by tabletop adventures, spacefaring mischief, fandom pride, and the wonderfully self-aware sense of humor that Wil has spent years cultivating both on screen and off. Equal parts nerdy and sarcastic, these stickers feel right at home on laptops, water bottles, notebooks, gaming cases, convention bins, and any surface that could use a little more chaotic good energy.] So a big, big part of my wanting to do this is the opportunity to do something convention-ish, which is way more affordable, at just fifteen bucks. Hell, get ten friends together and everyone can cover the ticket with the change in their pockets. People still have change in their pockets, right? I have met tens of thousands of people over the years. I know that this is an unscientific, heavily-skewed metric that would fail any peer review, but I still think it matters that the single most common thing they tell me is some version of “I loved your panel discussion. I wish you’d had more time for questions.” Well, if you’re one of those people, this is probably going to crawl your dungeon. We have as much time as we want, I can take as many questions as I want, and if enough people ask, I’ll even read you some flash fiction I wrote. And we’re offering some break out, private meet and greets, for anyone who wants that experience. Oh, I’m also going to pull my kitty ears out and put them on for a Wil Wheatcon exclusive autographed 8×10, if that’s your thing and you wanted to add some whimsy to your life. A few people I know have done this kind of event, and they all tell me that it’s so much fun, so uplifting, and a wonderful way to spend a couple hours together. I believe them, and I’m excited to experience that for myself. I hope you’ll join me! I’m so glad you are here. If you’d like to get my updates via email, here’s the thingy: Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky More Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest [H3] Like this: Like Loading… [H3] Related [H3] Discover more from WIL WHEATON dot NET Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email. blog [H2] Comments (67) Yaaaaay, can’t wait for WilCon! Reply The Ready Zoom Reply OMG. Reply Wheaton Wil fab con Reply “You have the con” was a good one @Jeff Kemperman. Wil, since you wanted to avoid the association with the word Couch, it seems like you could just suggest people pull up…a Comfy Chair!!!! (insert Monty Python Spanish Inquisition sound effect) Reply “Wilfinity & Beyond” – “Wilcome to the Fungle” – “What You’ve Been Wheaton For” lol Reply Will you sell the officially unofficial wesley crusher fan club tshirts again? I want to get a larger size. And I love the name “Wil Wheatcon” ? hysterical and witty! Reply Yes we will. We are also in the process of developing some more stuff for that fan club, like membership cards. It’s going to be a lot of fun. Reply I know these probably won’t help, but there are no bad ideas in a brainstorm, right? “The (Pod)casting Couch” “Wil’s Big Con” “Crusher Con” … ok yeah, so there are some bad ideas in a brainstorm, I get it. At least I’m trying. Reply [H3] What's on your mind?Cancel reply This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
SUB-PAGE (https://wilwheaton.net/podcast/) It’s Storytime with Wil Wheaton – WIL WHEATON dot NET
[IMG: A man in a black tshirt, arms folded across his chest, smiles. Behind him, a book opens up releasing icons from literature. The background is blue, bordered in light brown shades. The bottom reads: It] You may recognize Wil Wheaton’s name from his acting work in television shows like The Big Bang Theory, Leverage, and Star Trek: The Next Generation, or 1985’s timeless classic, Stand By Me. You may recognize his voice from one of the many audio books he’s narrated, including number one New York Times bestseller, Ready Player One, John Scalzi’s award-winning Collapsing Empire Trilogy, or even his own bestselling memoir, Still Just A Geek. Now, Wil brings you It’s Storytime, with Wil Wheaton, a weekly audiobook podcast, featuring stories that Wil loves, pulled from the pages of Uncanny, Lightspeed, On Spec, and others. You’re going to meet authors you don’t yet know you love, including some who are being narrated for the very first time. Listeners will travel through time, meet some gods, watch people fall in and out of love, and more, brought to life by Wil’s remarkable narrative voice. It’s Story Time With Wil Wheaton is available wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes drop every Wednesday. Subscribe now at Apple Podcasts PocketCast Spotify Pandora iHeart Amazon or grab the RSS directly from me right here. You can also support the show on Patreon, where you’ll get the show with no ads, as well as some spiffy extras that all the cool kids are into these days.
🛡️ Trust Signals — reviews, proof links, trust-theatre flag (Trust & Proof)
| Page | Reviews | Proof links |
|---|---|---|
| / (home) | 6 | 0 |
| /2026/03/in-which-i-take-a-deliberate-moment-to-appreciate-art/ | 3 | 0 |
| /2026/05/im-calling-it-wil-wheatcon-until-i-can-think-of-something-better/ | 4 | 0 |
| /podcast/ | 3 | 0 |
🔗 Identity & Technical Layer — schema JSON-LD: identity chains, entity gaps (Identity & Authority)
Your Diagnosis
Before revealing the machine’s verdict, predict the BS score for each signal. Higher = more BS (more fluff, less verifiable substance). Drag each slider, then submit to compare your judgment against the engine.
Stuck? Reveal the heuristic lens — how the deterministic page-auditor reads each signal (no AI, pure pattern rules)
These are the structural rules a local, deterministic auditor applies — the same lens you can use to judge each signal. They describe what to look for, not this company’s result.
Classify each sentence as substantive or hollow. Grounding markers — numbers, currencies, dates, technical units, named entities — outweigh marketing adjectives. When fluff sits right next to hard evidence, the fluff is forgiven.
Pull the main entities out of the H1, then check whether they actually recur through the body. A page that announces one thing and then talks about another drifts. Headings with no real sentences underneath read as pseudo-substance.
Count trust words (review, testimonial, rating, verified) against real outbound proof links (Google, Trustpilot, Clutch, G2, Yelp). Lots of trust language with zero verification links is trust theatre. Unlinked logo galleries count against it.
Look at how much sentence length varies. Natural writing varies its rhythm; templated or mass-produced copy is statistically uniform. Very low variation reads as commodity content — unless unique named entities break the pattern.
Inspect the JSON-LD. Is there an Organization or Person schema, and does it carry sameAs links to real external profiles (LinkedIn, socials)? Missing schema or no identity declaration signals an anonymous entity.
Want to apply this lens yourself? The free BS Indicator Chrome extension runs these heuristic checks live on any page. Bear in mind it is a single-page, deterministic tool — it relies only on pattern rules for the page in front of it and does not perform the cross-page semantic correlation this audit uses, so its readout is a starting lens, not the full verdict.
Based on 218 businesses audited.
Blogs, Influencers & Personal Brands BS: WIL WHEATON dot NET (wilwheaton.net)
This site is almost entirely substance with a thin veneer of technical neglect. It avoids every major industry cliche by remaining aggressively personal and project-focused, making it a rare example of a personal brand that actually proves its own authenticity.
Implement Person and CreativeWork structured data (schema.org) to technically anchor the brand’s real-world authority. Add a descriptive H1 to the homepage to improve structural coherence. Convert inline mentions of high-tier press (NYT, Entertainment Tonight) into a dedicated ‘Press’ section with verified outbound links to boost the proof_links_count. Add a formal disclosure page for monetization (Patreon, stickers, tickets) to enhance transparency.
The site perfectly aligns with the ‘Blogs, Influencers & Personal Brands’ category. The content is deeply personal, narrative-driven, and focuses on the creator’s professional projects and personal reflections rather than commercial services.
“The score of 21 is driven almost entirely by the Technical Credibility Gap and Schema Identity pillars. While the content is 95% substance, the site's technical infrastructure (null schema, missing H1s) fails to support the creator's authority, creating a 'technical BS' effect that masks the high-quality content.”
This training module utilizes a snapshot of public data from WIL WHEATON dot NET, captured on May 24, 2026, to demonstrate how machine logic evaluates different types of business narratives.
Purpose: This data is presented under “Fair Use” / “Educational Exception” for the purpose of forensic semantic analysis, allowing users to compare human intuition against machine-generated evaluations.
Notice to WIL WHEATON dot NET: This analysis is part of a non-adversarial audit conducted by 1 Euro SEO. The results provided by 1EuroSEO are intended as professional feedback to help improve any website’s machine-readability and authority signals. The 1EuroSEO BS Detection Tool is a free tool, and anyone can test any company to see how their content is interpreted by AI models.
Any company can use the insights for free and improve its voice by comparing it to industry clichés or competitors. When a company has updated its content, it can always submit a new audit request, which will be reflected in a new current score.
To all users: You are encouraged to visit the live site at https://wilwheaton.net to view the most current version of its content and learn from the source what this company is about and what it offers.