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Weekend Reading

November 15th, 2009, 8:00 am by Jayson Peters

C-3PO tweets as ‘Star Wars in Concert’ begins U.S. tour

October 1st, 2009, 10:50 pm by Jayson Peters

o2__ad_head_Anthony Daniels, who was the voice of C-3PO in all six Star Wars films and is now traveling the country with “Star Wars in Concert,” has added Twitter to his famed 6 million forms of communication. The British actor, who narrates the musical tribute to the saga at 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday at Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, uses the handle ADaniels3PO.

His first words to online followers: “Today my first tweet and tonight my first performance with Star Wars In Concert in the U.S.!”

He then went on to tweet during dress rehearsal, intermission and immediately after his Thursday’s performance at Anaheim’s Honda Center, the start of a whirlwind U.S. tour that doesn’t let up until December.

I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Daniels last month when he stopped in the Valley to promote the event and to check out Jobing.com Arena’s facilities. He’s very generous with his time — a 25-minute interview with four reporters turned into 45 minutes before we knew it, and I got the impression he could have gone on — and he has truly come to appreciate what his character means to generations of fans worldwide.

You can read my full interview with Anthony Daniels here and, in part, in Friday’s Take2 section of the Tribune.

Tech Bytes

September 12th, 2009, 12:39 am by Jayson Peters

Disney D23 Expo: Say hello to CactusCarl!

September 9th, 2009, 12:05 pm by Jayson Peters

cactuscarl_twittearsThe “ultimate Disney fan experience” is about to begin, and while we’re not going to the D23 Expo, Sept. 10-13 at the Anaheim Convention Center in California, we’re still giving you a glimpse of all the action.

We’re welcoming a new voice to Nerdvana: “Cactus Carl” Jimenez. He goes by “CactusCarl” on Twitter, and he was part of the team that worked on opening MGM Studios in Florida. After that he spent several years working for Radio Disney here in the Valley.

Carl is currently the special events manager for the Children’s Museum of Phoenix — but this week, he’s just a guy on vacation who’s agreed to “cover” the D23 Expo in Anaheim for us via his Twitter feed. Read the rest of this entry »

How many characters is “I’m too busy playing World of Warcraft to update.” anyways?

July 5th, 2009, 9:30 pm by Chris "KeL" Adams

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Twitter has expanded its reach once again, this time into the mythical world of Azeroth. That’s right, the Internet’s latest fixation has been combined with the world’s most popular computer game, World of Warcraft. This unholy alliance goes by the name TweetCraft. The TweetCraft client lets you send and receive all of your 140-character newsflashes while delving deep into ancient tombs or slaying an entire family of dragons. It will automatically send out updates when you log into the game or complete an achievement. I guess Alt+Tab is too much work nowadays?

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