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October 08, 2003

Blog has become former actor's portal into new career

Blog has become former actor's portal into new career

Posted on Sun, Oct. 05, 2003

By Dan Gillmor
Mercury News Technology Columnist

Wil Wheaton is not, repeat not, Wesley Crusher.

Wheaton, 31, isn't sorry he played the role of the brainy but somewhat annoying teenager on ``Star Trek: The Next Generation'' back in the 1980s and early 1990s. He's proud of it.

But some fans of the show utterly loathed the Crusher character. A once-notorious Internet discussion group was called ``alt.ensign.wesley.die.die.die'' -- and the tone of the postings fit the newsgroup's title.

In 2001, the Pasadena resident launched a Weblog (www.wilwheaton.net), in part to ``undo a lot of the misconceptions directed toward me because of the character I played on Star Trek,'' he says.

His online journal mixes intensely personal observations with commentary on modern life, politics, technology and entertainment. It tells you a lot about who he really is: a thoughtful and intelligent family man, with a bent toward geekiness and political activism.

The blog has become Wheaton's portal into a new career as a writer. And Wheaton has established a new kind of connection with his audience.
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