I plan on doing a live blog from the Lost panel at Comic-Con on Saturday, but before I do, I need to see how it works and get some feedback from you guys.

This little live blogging trial run begins at 8 AM PST today. You can get an email reminder about it from what I gather, or just sit in here and wait.

For my premiere live blogging performance today, I will be pretending to sit in on a Battlestar Galactica panel where they reveal ALL!

Here is the recap of the entire thing, the text version:

Wednesday’s Live Blogging test

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8:05	Welcome to the live blogging test-o-rama!

8:05	Anyone out there? You can supposedly ask questions and stuff and whatnot…

8:07	Okay, so here we are at the Battlestar Galactica panel at Comic Con in San Diego. I’m friggin’ tired, it’s been a very long day, but the sight of Tricia Helfer is enough to ease my pain.

8:07	[Comment From Adam] Woah, perfect timing.  I just loaded this page.

8:07	Heya Adam, thanks for stopping by

8:08	Oh wait, I can do smilies…

8:08	OMG, Tricia Helfer just winked at me!

8:09	Erm…and now Edward James Olmos just winked at me….

8:09	[Comment From Jason] But she was thinking about me…

8:09	Doubt it my friend, you are all the wait in Austin, no one cares about people in Austin

8:09	[Comment From Jason] Bit of a lag on my end…

8:09	That’s cause I have to add your comments manually

8:09	[Comment From Adam] Looks like it’s working.  Ask Tricia if she’ll be on Caprica in Greystone’s head.  Cuz like that’d be sweet if he just thought he was nuts and seeing a random vision but we’d all know otherwise.

8:10	Adam - I agree, let me raise my hand here a second and ask!

8:10	She said no, but that she wouldn’t mind being in MY head. Yikes!

8:11

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8:11	Testing image insertion, which is very, very cool

8:11	[Comment From Jason] If you get a lot of people asking you questions from Pop Critics is that going to distract you from listening there?  Since you have to do the comments manually.

8:12	Yeah, it probably would…it may have to be more of a one-way street…because I wont be able to ask questions anyways, so if readers ask me stuff, I’ll probably not be able to answer them. But still, we’ll see how it goes.

8:12	[Comment From Cap'n Schwartz] I have a question for Jaimee Bamber… hot hot in real life is tricia helfer and are you hitting that?

8:13	Even in a live blogging session, the Cap’n can’t spell correctly, but let me ask

8:14	He said she’s just a’ight…nothing compared to Mark McDonnell

8:14

erm Mary

8:14	Freudian slip he said…now I’m going to ask him who Mark is

8:14	[Comment From R.A. Porter] Who’s the final cylon?

8:16	Jamie says it’s either The Middleman or Michael Westen

8:17	[Comment From Adam] Technical question out of curiosity: does the Comic-Con provide free WiFi for everyone, then?  Or will you have to connect some other way like through your wireless cell provider or something?

8:18	Actually, Sony Picture is providing free wi-fi for the entire convention to promote Eagle Eye - Now, 150,000 people connecting to one wireless router is a disaster waiting to happen.

8:18	[Comment From Cap'n Schwartz] Please ask Baltar, to Briefly describe in full detail, the universe and give 3 examples…

8:18	He asked who the hell this Cap’n is and why I’m accepting questions from him

8:18	[Comment From R.A. Porter] Jason makes a good point. It’s probably not a bad idea to limit comments a bit. Also, are you going to prep the liveblog? Get pictures and videos ready to go in the media section? Just in case they’re appropriate

8:19	Yeah, I am trying to figure out the best way to do that…I’d like to take some photos of things, and have them ready to upload…but video, not sure how I will be able to do that really, unless I use my phone.

8:19	Comments will be limited, yes…I don’t HAVE to post anything you guys say

8:19	[Comment From Cap'n Schwartz] Would the cast prefer to extend the tv show and add more seasons OR to make movie stories such as Razor….

8:19	[Comment From Cap'n Schwartz] The Cap’n agrees… limit everyones questions but mine!!!

8:20	Katie Sackoff just told me that she’s ready for it to end, especially since they are already done shooting, but a movie or two would be awesome. Also, she’s the final cylon. - OOPS!

8:20	[Comment From Adam] That’s what I was thinking–all those people connecting to one access point.  But I suppose they know what they’re doing!

8:20	I heard that access point only allows 7 connections

8:20	[Comment From Jason] Have you decided which panels you are going to live blog from?

8:21	Well, the main issue is battery power…I’ll have a backup with me just in case, but if I have time to recharge in between, I will. I was thinking about the Eisner awards on Friday night, but that’s a 3 hour ordeal…

8:21	For right now, I definitely want to do the Lost panel…and the BSG one would be cool, but it depends on how far apart they are, and if there is any way for me to find power…if I have power, I might just live blog for awhile.

8:22	[Comment From Cap'n Schwartz] LOL watch that be accurate….

8:22	Baltar just said HE’s the final cylon, but no one buys it

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8:23	Would love to see this panel too

8:23	[Comment From Jason] When you stop blogging does this post become permanent or something?

8:23	Good question, we’ll find out…would be nice to get a transcript that we can post here later…I assume you will be able to, would be ridiculous otherwise.

8:23	[Comment From Adam] I heard that EARTH was the final Cylon, and the Cylons call it Cybertron.

8:25	Bear McCreary just whispered to me that Galactica is actually the final cylon

8:25	[Comment From Cap'n Schwartz] Dollhouse?  someone get his mancard…

8:25	I seriously hope you are joking

8:25	[Comment From R.A. Porter] The whole session can actually be played back afterwards.

8:25	ooooh….but can there be a transscript? Wow, they have prewritten text…and POLLS

8:25

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Is this live blogging cool or what? Yes  ( 50% ) No  ( 0% ) Mike, you suck  ( 50% )

8:26	I wish I had gotten a digital recorder, I could paste audio here

8:26	[Comment From Adam] Is this a free app?  It seems too good to be free.  Also, if it comes down to it, you can always copy and paste and make a transcript that way.

8:26	Seriously, it is free

8:27

[Be Right Back Countdown]

5 minutes

8:27	That was cool - away timer. Dang, I just need power and this would be fun to do for awhile.

8:30

[Be Right Back Countdown]

10 minutes

8:38	[Comment From Cap'n Schwartz] this is all pretty cool, the pics, timer, voting, very neat man…

8:38

Yes

8:39	The real curiousity is WHO will be here on Saturday to watch the live blogging

8:39	[Comment From Adam] Very cool!  Have to go now, have a great day!

8:39	See ya Adam

8:39	[Comment From R.A. Porter] hey guys. This has NOTHING to do with BSG, or the live blog. Check this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhnxUbUi_nM

8:39	I totally watched that last night on ESPN

8:39	CAT FIGHT!

8:40

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8:40	there you go

8:40	[Comment From Cap'n Schwartz] {raises hand}.. i’ll be here … all incorrect spelling and all…

8:40	[Comment From Cap'n Schwartz] <----- cant see youtube at work =/

8:40

awwww

8:41	[Comment From R.A. Porter] ooh. I love the way the embedded video works. Much cleaner.

8:41	Yes, pretty cool…dang, maybe I need to figure out a way to record video and put it on here from my phone…

8:42	The big thing is getting it from the phone to the laptop, I lost my little microSD card adapter

8:44	Maybe if we get a post up tomorrow to prep for Saturday, and then promote it a bit, Stumble it, Digg it, etc…we’ll get a lot of traffic

8:45	[Comment From R.A. Porter] I sadly think I’ll have to miss it. I’ll be in Vegas this weekend.

8:46	that’s cool

8:48	Alright boys, I think we’ll close this thing down for now - Thanks for helping me test it out, and I’ll be posting blogs tomorrow in preparation for Saturday…and maybe Friday.

8:50

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