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Q&A: John Hodgman on Perfecting the Illusion of Expertise John Hodgman is an expert. At everything. (OK, maybe not sports.) But where he really excels is in creating the illusion of expertise — and not letting pesky facts intrude on that authority. From his first book, a compendium of faux trivia aptly titled The Areas of My Expertise, to his fiction-spewing shtick on The Daily Show to his role as the bloviating PC in those Mac ads, Hodgman handles the most obscure subjects with an aura of invincible confidence. The fact that it's fake? All the funnier. Hodgman talks to Wired about his latest book, More Information Than You Require (out in October), and his new area of bona fide expertise: being semi-famous. Wired: Is your character on The Daily Show the same person narrating your books? Or, for that matter, the PC in your Mac ads? Hodgman: I should clarify at this point: I'm not that John Hodgman. There's a guy who goes on The Daily Show claiming to be me. And there's a guy who goes on the Mac ads claiming to be me. Wired: You should sue! Hodgman: No, I would say that the Resident Expert on The Daily Show is all me, or at least a heightened aspect of myself. Aside from finding humor in the deadpan descriptions of things precisely as they are, I just veer off into the fantastic and the absurd. Wired: And that has made you slightly famous. Hodgman: Well, I always had this desire to celebrate and somehow be a part of things that I thought were really great. When I wrote about Battlestar Galactica for The New York... Wired.com Publ.Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT Source: Wired.com How To Pack Light for Geek Travel Just because you're a geek doesn't mean you have to lug around your weight in gadgets and They Might Be Giants t-shirts when you travel. Follow our guide to lighten the load on your back, but still maintain your cred among the geek elite. Wired.com Publ.Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT Source: Wired.com Obama vs. McCain: The Wired Scorecard What do Barack Obama and John McCain say, and what have they done, about policies that matter to Wired? We describe and analyze five issues: broadband, H1B issues, investment in green tech, net neutrality, spectrum. They may or may not come up in Wednesday’s third and final debate. But that doesn’t mean you have to be uninformed or apathetic. Wired.com Publ.Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT Source: Wired.com 'Children in Need' Could Unite All Surviving Doctor Whos Reports claim the seven surviving actors who played The Doctor will reunite for this year's BBC 'Children in Need' telethon. That means David Tennant and Peter Davision would join Tom Baker, Colin Baker, Sylvestor McCoy, Paul Mcgann and Christopher Eccleston for a reunion fans thought was impossible. Wired.com Publ.Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:32:00 GMT Source: Wired.com Kenya's Elephants Send Text Messages to Rangers The text message from the elephant flashed across Richard Lesowapir's screen: Kimani was heading for neighboring farms. The huge bull elephant had a long history of raiding villagers' crops during the harvest, sometimes wiping out six months of income at a time. But this time a mobile phone card inserted in his collar sent rangers a text message. Wired.com Publ.Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:10:00 GMT Source: Wired.com Airlines Say No Porn for You American and Delta say they'll block "inappropriate content" from in-flight wi-fi, a move some call the first step down a slippery slope. Wired.com Publ.Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:15:00 GMT Source: Wired.com

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