The Occasional Solipsist

After a lengthy hiatus from reading Wil Weaton's blog due to excessive 'poker posting' I have recently begun reading his blog again regularly, and I'm glad for it. Turns out that the nerdy ensign that everyone wanted to see go up in a warp core explosion actually grew up to be a really good writer (those dark months where all he ever talked about was his burgeoning poker career notwithstanding). I highly recommend either of his books, Dancing Barefoot and Just a Geek.

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As I was reading through his latest posts, I found his flickr gallery linked and found this image that reminded me I have to start thinking about how to top last year's jack-o-lanterns. Previous years have seen the Kirk era Trek insignia, a Communion-esque alien face, and other similarly interesting (to me) designs.

This image of Wil's pumpkins got me thinking that I am going to try to carve something indicative of my status as gainfully employed computer geek. An emoticon maybe? An asterisked password? Or maybe this year should see a nod to my daughter's current fascination with everyone's favourite Sesame Street pal, Elmo?

Anyone have any other ideas?

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