Kimberly Blessing is a computer scientist, a Web developer, a standards evangelist, a feminist, and a geek. This is where she writes about life, technology, women's issues, and whatever else comes to mind.
And I’m damn proud of it. Why do I mention this now? Because on October 13, members of the Ridley Raider Marching Band are reuning to celebrate our long-time leader, Rick Swallow. Be there!
In the meanwhile, check out this video from my freshman year in high school — the Ridley Raider Marching Band performing Scheherazade…
OK, so it’s not exactly the return of Chris Knight… but that was my first thought when I heard that Val Kilmer was going to make a guest appearance on the season premiere of Numb3rs next week.
Val Kilmer played Chris Knight in Real Genius, one of the best geek movies of all time. The movie takes place at a CalTech-like school, where Chris is a legendary math/science student and one of the top 10 minds in America (soon hoping to be two of them). Since Numb3rs also takes place at a CalTech-like school, I could’ve seen a story where Chris Knight visits and helps Charlie Eppes solve some big mathematical problem… but alas, that is not to be.
As it turns out, Kilmer will play Mason Lancer, the mastermind behind the events of last season that led to the discovery that Agent Colby Granger (Dylan Bruno) was a mole within the FBI. Now Granger has escaped from FBI custody, and it is up to Agent Don Eppes (Rob Morrow) and the rest of his team, including his mathematician brother, Charlie (David Krumholtz), to track him down and unravel the mystery.
Adapting to Web Standards: CSS and Ajax for Big Sites by Christopher Schmitt, Kimberly Blessing, et al.