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Real-time conversation about the TWiT shows. Watch live at http://live.twit.tv or listen live using an Icecast compatible player at http://twit.am/listen.
Leo Laporte
Live now: This Week In Google, with Jeff Jarvis and Gina Trapani. http://live.twit.tv. Discuss here...
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Believe latest 'Carpool with Robert Llewellyn' had Bowie's son in it. - Hawklu
every things fine here cant hear the gurl of course - daveccorey
Google Groups is Dead might be interesting to cover :) http://bit.ly/Q6XmK - Digitalxero
I like to watch the pre-game show and then turn it off and listen to the podcast when it comes out. Haha! I'm probably in the minority there, huh? - Michael Kaiser
I'm pretty interested in a netbook running Android. I saw a video of an Asus Eee PC on the snapdragon chipset running Android & I was impressed. - Jason Hansen
Cell phones that are locked require 3 yr contract in Canada plus additional fees. - Greg
Well, hashtags make sense when using things like lost or #Lost... :) - Holger Eilhard
hash tags started from IRC ... all rooms in IRC start with # - z3cka
hashtag sidebar here gr8t call thanx guys ...as usual - Pam Gwenzi
Tease: Gina lust over the Droid, Jeff joins Google's Data Liberation Front, and we'll show you how to find all your Google accounts in just one place. - Leo Laporte
Leo Laporte
Live now: This Week in Google with Gina Trapani and Jeff Jarvis. http://live.twit.tv. Discuss here..
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I am recovering from Halloween (Sunday morning)... Please talk quieter :P - Johnny Worthington
While you all are waiting to go on the air. A question for Jeff: What's really the common theme for your mediawonks-list on Twitter? - Gabriel
They also weren't doing a browser, an OS and a phone OS - Johnny Worthington
Discussing about Motorola Droid and other Andrioid related stuff today? - Gideon Guillen
google sites are acting up for me at the moment :s - Chriz
Fatal error: Out of memory (allocated 3407872) (tried to allocate 30720 bytes) in /home/ginatrapani/completewaveguide.com/includes/parser/Parser.php on line 1101 on completewaveguide.com - Atul Arora
"Fatal error: Out of memory (allocated 1048576) (tried to allocate 491520 bytes) in /home/ginatrapani/completewaveguide.com/includes/DefaultSettings.php on line 2625" - Don Bonaddio
The pitfall of fast media propagation, is not being able to properly verify the information propagated and its consequent risk of the spread of potentially inaccurate information... - Ciro
GOOD SHOW HAAPY HOLLOW WEEN EVRY 1 TRICK OR TREAT - daveccorey
google.com/music - Don Bonaddio
Doesn't work in Canada (Google Music) - tytycoon
Tease: Coming up on This Week in Google, Eric Schmidt predicts the web's next five years, a Google maps mystery, and Gina makes a big announcement. - Leo Laporte
what was the big announcement? - Mark
the published audio is only 30 minutes :( where's the rest? - Tom
Inspiring Show! I every much enjoyed your show last week, TWIG: 14. From 54:45 to 57:45 your conversation reached into the higher levels of Maslow's Hierarchy. Public discussions like one (and much more in bits and pieces throughout) are both special and important. I believe that changes in our society have made inspired work much more accessible. When people do what they love and love... more... - timapatterson
GOOD SHOW every things a ok in georgia - daveccorey
Sarah Lane
Live Now: This Week in FUN with Sarah Lane & Martin Sargent! http://live.twit.tv
HI sarah and marty is it time 2 play twat peak yet - daveccorey
The fat should be worked off in boot camp. That should be half the point of boot camp. - Mauricio
gr8 show - echostreamer
Leo Laporte
Live now: Security Now 221 with Steve Gibson and guest John Graham-Cumming on why Javascript must die (http://www.jgc.org/blog...). http://live.twit.tv Discuss here....
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Tease: The problem with Javascript and security. Guest John Graham-Cumming says it's the "elephant in your browser." - Leo Laporte
Firefox closes 11 critical exploits: http://www.macnn.com/article... - Leo Laporte
Digital ants take on computer worms: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id... - Leo Laporte
They all laughed at Christopher Columbus When he said the world was round They all laughed when Edison recorded sound They all laughed at Wilbur and his brother When they said that man could fly - Mark
Yeah -- and we are all going to go back to using Lynx. - Brian Sullivan
adobe can make a PDF viewer 200MB and five thousand files on the hard drive somehow - Mark
When I use Spinrite I get an error "Division Overflow Error!" :( - Mark
Funny I was just thinking about Security Now! today imagining Steve Gibson would be having a field day with the Twitter viruses etc. - James Robertson
Audible Pick: More Information Than You Require UNABRIDGED By John Hodgman Narrated by John Hodgman, Dick Cavett, Jonathan Coulton, Zach Galifianakis, Ricky Gervais, Ira Glass, Robin Goldwasser, Rachel Maddow http://www.audible.com/adbl... - Leo Laporte
You look like you're Riverdancing Leo - Johnny Worthington
LEOS AUDIOS UP VEDIOS DOWN HI AMBER - daveccorey
351 NOW WNOW VEDIOS AND AUDIOS ON THAT MAKES NO CENTS - daveccorey
I also "hate Adobe" especially Flash, but also anybody who installs crap with no opt-outs - midnightgolfer
Leo Laporte
Live now: Dr. Kiki's Science Hour, talk with us via http://vidly.com/ using the #DKSH tag - 1. Thoughts on H1N1 and the vaccine issue? 2. Does science have a PR problem? 3. What is your favorite science experience? http://live.twit.tv. Discuss (or post links) here...
Some people are scared of getting the H1N1 vaccine because it was not tested a longer time, some people can't get it if they are allergy to a vaccine. I think another reason some are affair of the stories they have heard of other vaccine effects from the news. There is a short supply of the H1N1 in my area so it only going to kids and older people. - Emery Walker
here a site by Health Department of United State: http://www.flu.gov/ - Emery Walker
I heard a rumor of a scandal that Wall Streeters were green-lighted for the vaccine. - Richard ¿digame? Walker
What about this? Cat who got swine flu from his people? Another good reason to keep cats inside in case they can give the virus to other cats. http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009... - shelter watch
Leo Laporte
Live now: Windows Weekly 129 with Paul Thurrott, Ed Bott, and Kirsten Sanford. http://live.twit.tv. Discuss here...
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Ed Bott joins us to discuss Windows 7 upgrades ... and I think we finally have answers Upgrade scenarios and tips Feedback from Microsoft ... And some apologies - Leo Laporte
I've heard that Microsoft only holds activation information for somewhere around 45-90 days. Any confirmation or truth to this? - Steve Mesik
I wonder how much of Microsoft's revenue comes from the desktop OS vs Office, SQL Server, Exchange, etc. and what'd happen if they just gave away the OS... - Ken Sheppardson
I remember the biggest fear was that Microsoft could remotely "deactivate" Windows and charge for continued use or require a recurring subscription payment. - Steve Mesik
$5 Vista + 7 Upgrade < 7 Full. Sounds like a deal for PC builders - Steve Mesik
Windows 7 off to a record start - Leo Laporte
Microsoft lowers prices on hosted Exchange To better compete with Google Apps Also improves the service - Leo Laporte
Do we have any info yet on corporate adoption of Windows 7? Is the "wait for the first service pack" conventional wisdom still holding up this time around, or are institutions jumping on 7? - Ken Sheppardson
Are we talking about Microsoft-hosted Exchange or third party hosting? I used to have third party hosting before I jumped to Gmail. Their pricing was (and still is) ~$10/mo pre user for a min of 3 users e.g. http://www.intermedia.net/exchang... What pricing's been lowered? - Ken Sheppardson
Audible pick of the week: Googled: The End of the World as We Know It by Ken Auletta "In Googled, esteemed media writer and critic Ken Auletta uses the story of Google's rise to explore the inner workings of the company and the future of the media at large. Although Google has often been secretive, this book is based on the most extensive cooperation ever granted a journalist, including... more... - Leo Laporte
Tip of the week: Make the Windows 7 Upgrade media work every single time http://www.winsupersite.com/win7... Rundown of advice from Microsoft about installing with Upgrade media - Leo Laporte
Software pick of the week: SkyDrive Explorer "SkyDrive Explorer is a free, easy-to-use, but very powerful extension for Windows Explorer. With SkyDrive Explorer you can make any every-day operations with your documents from Microsoft Live SkyDrive service using Windows Explorer, as if they were on your computer." Sort of. At least 25 people recommended this tool this week http://tinyurl.com/skydriv... - Leo Laporte
Software pick of the week #2: Connectify Turn your Windows 7 laptop into a wireless hotspot Enables a feature that was supposed to be included in Windows 7 but was dropped Bad news: It doesn't work with all wireless hardware Thanks to Steve Moore for the tip http://www.connectify.me/ - Leo Laporte
Hypirony - Ken Sheppardson
Tease: Paul Thurrott and Ed Bott gnaw the Windows 7 upgrade bones and we've got a rare Windows 3.11 tip. - Leo Laporte
Good show hi from georgia - daveccorey
Leo Laporte
Live now: MacBreak Weekly with Andy Ihnatko and Alex Lindsay. http://live.twit.tv Discuss here....
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Overview of Apple's New iPod Touch-Based EasyPay Retail Store Checkout System http://www.macrumors.com/2009... - sunkenplanet
Apple’s iTunes Pitch: TV for $30 a Month http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/2009110... - sunkenplanet
China Unicom Reports Only 5,000 New iPhone Users Since Launch http://www.macrumors.com/2009... - sunkenplanet
27-inch iMacs having performance issues? http://www.engadget.com/2009... - sunkenplanet
Apple Introduces Apple TV 3.0 Software With Redesigned User Interface http://www.apple.com/pr... - sunkenplanet
Aperture X Before Year's End http://www.hardmac.com/news... - sunkenplanet
Analyst: Apple Executives Share Thoughts on e-Book Market, iPhone Profits http://www.macrumors.com/2009... - sunkenplanet
Apple Tablet Incoming? Engineer Ramps Up Travels to China (AAPL) http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-e... - sunkenplanet
Apple Says Booting OS X Makes an Unauthorized Copy http://apple.slashdot.org/story... - sunkenplanet
Adobe Getting Snarky Over Flash on iPhone - http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2009... - James
For September, Book-Related Apps Overtook Games On iPhone http://apple.slashdot.org/story... - sunkenplanet
Chinese Supplier: We’ve Got iPhone 4G Parts, Pictures - http://gizmodo.com/5395679... & http://www.chinaontrade.com/apple-i... - James
Well, Quicktime went from 7 to X in snow leopard. haha - sunkenplanet
goodd show hi from ga do u know if theres any defrence in the aliean computers 4 better or worst cents dell took over - daveccorey
Apple rejects Macworld iPhone Superguide from App Store... for using the word 'iPhone' - http://www.engadget.com/2009... - James
Audible Pick: The Judgment of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade that Gave the World Impressionism UNABRIDGED By Ross King Narrated by Tristan Layton http://www.audible.com/adbl... - Leo Laporte
Hacker attempts to extort Dutch iPhone owners - http://www.macnn.com/article... - James
Newly discovered Safari bug could mean big fees for some iPhone users - http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2009... - James
That is so crazy. lol - sunkenplanet
Alex's Pick: Squarespace for the iPhone http://itunes.apple.com/WebObje... - Leo Laporte
Andy's Pick: Salling Media Sync syncs your iTunes songs and photos to your phone http://www.salling.com/MediaSy... - Leo Laporte
Leo's pick: TWiT for iPhone/iPod Touch http://itunes.apple.com/WebObje... - sunkenplanet
Tease: Andy reviews the Droid, Apple rejects the iPhone, and Adobe gets snarky. - Leo Laporte
anyone have 1st hand accounts of new 27" iMac in use? - franzstehrn from iPhone
good show hi from ga - daveccorey
Leo Laporte
Live now: FLOSS Weekly 94 with Randal Schwartz, Jono Bacon and Rob Savoye of the Gnash Project. http://live.twit.tv. Discuss here....
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I'm using swfdec 0.6.0 right now (debian lenny ppc) and I can't watch this with it. Will Gnash work? :) - directeur
Leo Laporte
Live now: The Daily Giz Wiz with Mad Magazine's Maddest Writer, Dick DeBartolo @thegizwiz. http://live.twit.tv. Discuss here...
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11/9 Mon 956: DockTunes http://tuffdocksystems.com Audible: More Expertise Than You Require by John Hodgman - Leo Laporte
11/10 Tue 957: Mystery gadget - Leo Laporte
11/11 Wed 958: Twitter Peek http://twitterpeek.com - Leo Laporte
11/12 Thu 959: Honeywell Germ Free Cool Mist Humidifier http://www.honeywellcentral.com/product... - Leo Laporte
11/13 Fri 960: Bostaroo http://www.boostaroo.com/ Audible Pick: Sample Permission Slips: Every Woman's Guide to Giving Herself a Break Unabridged By Sherri Shepherd Narrated by Sherri Shepherd http://www.audible.com/adbl... - Leo Laporte
Leo Laporte
Live now: Net@Night 125 with Amber MacArthur. htttp://live.twit.tv. Discuss here....
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In the effort for giving each side equal time, no vetting of if those people should be listened to is done - Johnny Worthington
81°F (27°C), sunny and Spring here in Brisbane :) - Johnny Worthington
Don't worry Amber... I can't get Foursquare either... *geo-grumble* - Johnny Worthington
It's elementary dear Watson! - Johnny Worthington
It's like pouring all your ad dollars into just TV or radio. You have to be where your customers are - Johnny Worthington
Los Fail Whale - Johnny Worthington
I follow lots of non-english speakers on FriendFeed because of the rich posts (great pictures etc). - Johnny Worthington
Leo, I was thinking the other day. How long until someone makes a 'slutty girls at my school' list and the media runs with it - Johnny Worthington
Does it come with a rag to wipe the pizza oil of your iPhone screen? - Johnny Worthington
Um... you can't have your phone on during the flight! Most people need it for take off and landing - Johnny Worthington
Do you get to keep your phone on during take off if you have this app? - Johnny Worthington
$100 AUD... 4000kbps down... 500kbps up... metered, slowed after 25GB - Johnny Worthington
John Mayer tech support call: http://gizmodo.com/5029743... - Leo Laporte
OK... that done it... I'm signing up (I've held out as long as I could) - Johnny Worthington
Leo... look deeper. - Johnny Worthington
It's not just tech - Johnny Worthington
Audible Pick: More Information Than You Require UNABRIDGED By John Hodgman Narrated by John Hodgman, Dick Cavett, Jonathan Coulton, Zach Galifianakis, Ricky Gervais, Ira Glass, Robin Goldwasser, Rachel Maddow http://www.audible.com/adbl... - Leo Laporte
"Sweden: Take a drink" - Johnny Worthington
can you get the Rockband robot to level my Tauren Shamen (World of Warcraft) to level 80? - echostreamer
Leo, in regards to FriendFeed and Robert's post, it's fair to say that he doesn't speak for the community nor is he a valid representation of a 'regular' user. If one person no longer finds value in a community, it does not mean that community is no longer valuable... Plus it was the Sunday after Halloween. Are we not allowed to have some fun? - Johnny Worthington from iPhone
Leo Laporte
Live now: This Week In Tech with Natali Del Conte @natalidelconte and Jason Calacanis @jason. http://live.twit.tv. Discuss here....
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Hi Leo - x5315
Welcome Natali! Hi Leo :) - Hector
First time I'm tuning in from the beginning of the show...I feel like I should skip this because I like to listen in the car. - Cassidy
Hello, Leo! - Nolan Alston
Hey everyone :) - Matthew Marley
How are we all ? - Matthew Marley
Cassidy... it's a different experience from the produced podcast - different, but good - Chris Heath
So when Leo starts publishing the edited videos on Roku and such, will we see the clock behind him skipping after each removed blooper? - Hector
Turn-by-turn is ok leo, but apple requires developers to provide their own maps :) - Lasse Reiersen-Gravdal
Apple just bought a map company though, maybe they're going to offer it. - x5315
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/wealth_... Wealth of Networks by Jochai Benkler, brilliant! - Leo Laporte
Is live.twit.tv up? It doesn't seem to load. And the bitgravity feed isn't loading in VLC either... - Rob Miller
No, there seems to be some issues. At least i'm having issues. - x5315
I just got the bitgravity feed working now in mplayer - Rob Miller
Darn, have to wait until next week now to hear about the twitmobile. - Rob Miller
buonasera @natali ;) and ciao to @jason mohamed ali calacanis :-p - alex
Had to stop watching the live feed, has he said what his car is yet? - Matthew DeVries
next week on the car - cxx dxx
This week's friend feed thread was very sparse... People are leaving in droves. - Hector
Great job! - Hector
Tease: This Week on This Week In Tech, Natali del Conte shows off her Droid, Jason Calacanis talks about SOX, and Patrick Norton fights for a free Internet. TWiT is next! - Leo Laporte
Here's my bet, though I'll lean out and say it's a droptop... http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Geoff Schaadt
good show leo GOOGEL WAVE 4 DUMBYS << - daveccorey
Leo Laporte
Live now: The Tech Guy Radio Show with Leo Laporte. TWiT at 3p Pacific/2100 UTC with Natali DelConte, Patrick Norton and a player to be named later. http://live.twit.tv. Discuss here...
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GREAT SHOW LEO every yjings ok from georgia 2 day - daveccorey
Leo, i sent a delicious bookmark for:twit today (i see that you don't have many stories in there yet) - it's a great article about google's turn-by-turn navigation in android. i know you touched on it a little during TWiG yesterday, but this would be a good one for twit too. There's also some great info about teleatlas and navteq in there as well. I didn't know that tomtom and nokia bought them up or that goodle was going without their maps now. - Chris Heath
Did Leo reveal his new car yet? Sounds like he got one bad for the environment. I've very disappointed in him. - Fnord
I drive about 20 miles a week. How many do you drive? - Leo Laporte
what was the car? I was thinking it might be a Tesla - Mark
No it's a 17 mpg city car - not the best for the environment. I would never buy such a car if I commuted still, but I rarely go very far. - Leo Laporte
I heard him say what brand it was by accident last week. - Chris Heath
yeah 17mpg is shocking, but as you barely drive it doesn't really matter - Mark
leo is the twit tv channel going to work on tivo? as well as roku? - Jim Fuller
I am actually surprised they still make 17MPG cars though - Mark
Jim, he's said that it would eventually... it is something that twit wants to do (not sure if they're currently working to get that done though) - Chris Heath
I hope it's soon I would hate to have to buy a roku when I already have a tivo hd. - Jim Fuller
Leo, the twit-stories room http://friendfeed.com/twit-st... seems to have /twit/twit delicious source, and three others for specific shows 216-218 ... seems like just the /twit tag would be good enough, right? that would be a pain to have to add each show's delicious feed source to the room each week - Chris Heath
Leo Laporte
Live now: Dr Kiki's Science Hour with Dr. Gavin Schmidt, NASA climate scientist. http://live.twit.tv. Discuss here...
I work in agriculture (nutrition and fertilizers) and we often talk about things like nitrification. When you till a field, elements like nitrogen escape from the soil and go up into the atmosphere. How much are things like farming practices worked into climate modelling? - Johnny Worthington
Oh no. That sucks. Sorry you have to deal with that Leo - Johnny Worthington
GOOD show from ga VAIMPIRES VS ZOMBIES - daveccorey
happy hollow ween show sarah and marty good show evry1 - daveccorey
Leo Laporte
Live now: Maxwell's House with Ray Maxwell, "Inattentive Pilots." http://live.twit.tv Discuss here....
They should have been flying the plan, not tending to their farm... - Johnny Worthington
How dangerous was this in terms of fuel load? (Knowing how razor thin the airlines run their services) - Johnny Worthington
They were 'sitting in the drive way' to listen to that last chapter of the auidobook - Johnny Worthington
Leo Laporte
Live now: Windows Weekly 128 with Paul Thurrott. http://live.twit.tv Discuss here....
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Tease: tackling the Windows 7 upgrade conundrum, office in the cloud, and bottom line security advice. - Leo Laporte
Item 1: Windows 7 Upgrade - The good, the bad, the ugly Some people are having problems I've been speaking with Ed Bott about this, and we're trying to work through it Microsoft is not helping, and they've actually accused people of breaking the law by clean installing Windows with Upgrade media. This is almost always completely wrong. The issue: Microsoft fooled people into buying... more... - Leo Laporte
I had W7 beta on my PC (purchased originally with Vista native), purchased the full RC and did a clean install. No problems other than having to reinstall some apps. - Christopher Gambol
OK, I hope you bring this back around to what we're actually supposed to do... I'm going to be installing one of my 3 Amazon-purchased upgrade licenses on a rebuilt desktop this weekend--from which I've already wiped XP to install the RC--on a new, clean disk... what is it Microsoft wants me to do? - Ken Sheppardson
You installed the RC, or you installed the purchased version, Christopher? - Ken Sheppardson
Enough, Microsoft. No One Is Endorsing Piracy. Obviously. http://community.winsupersite.com/blogs... - Leo Laporte
On a related note RE Win 7 install... I actually emailed Paul on this... if I have a 30GB SSD and a 1TB+ hard drive, what's the optimal way to install Windows 7? Put everything on the SSD and use the HDs just for data, i.e. the "Users" directory? Put "Program Files" on the HD? Install to the hard drive and just use the SSD for pagefile.sys or something?... - Ken Sheppardson
...is it even worth it to mess with a split config like this? Hard drives are getting bigger, small SSDs are cheap... - Ken Sheppardson
Ken - sorry I should specify. I installed the purchased final version (pre purchase through Microsoft store and downloaded) on top of the RC. Did I get that right? I had Vista, then got the W7 beta and did a clean install. - Christopher Gambol
I always have separate Windows and Data partitions or drives. I usually make a separate partition for the pagefile and temp files as well. But don't use an SSD for the pagefile - it will burn it out prematurely. I put Windows and Programs on an SSD and data/temp files/pagefile on a mechanical drive. - Leo Laporte
So is RC or beta to Window 7 production is considered an upgrade? Hmm.. - Ken Sheppardson
I've historically always had a D: partition for "Data"... not putting the pagefile on the SSD is a good tip. Thanks, Leo ... I wish there were a guide for doing this somewhere... maybe on some sort of super Windows site... ;-) I'd have to think a small SSD + big HD is going to be a more and more common machine config. - Ken Sheppardson
You are going to run into the same problem when your HD dies and you bought the Upgrade version. Now you mostly likely not going to have old media. - Philip Griego
Ken - I kept hearing and reading Paul's advice that a clean install was better than an upgrade. So for $50 I got the full W7 production software and installed it. It works very well.... absolutely no problems aside from having to reload some games and apps. - Christopher Gambol
I just came across this while reading about net neutrality, and I think it applies here as well: - Steve Mesik
Seems to me Microsoft should be giving away the OS, so they can sell more copies of Office. Razor/razorblade thing. But that's a bigger convo. :-) - Ken Sheppardson
Thank god we have people like Paul, that are willing to sort through this situation; even though it's his given profession. - mark dekruyter
If you do a "Custom" install, but don't format your drive and setup creates a backup of your Windows folder, does it delete "Program Files" and other installation-created directories that contain non-Microsoft data? - Steve Mesik
All these requirements for a previous version somewhere are BS. Either let me enter the key for a version that's eligible for upgrade or worst case let it validate off media. - Ken Sheppardson
Item 2: Windows 7 and the wider ecosystem Windows isn't just Windows That's why I cover more in my book And now Microsoft has what it calls "Signature Software" - Leo Laporte
Item 3: LA dumps Microsoft for Google Apps - Leo Laporte
Item 4: Office 2010 public beta in November - Leo Laporte
Item 5: Twitter coming to Microsoft, Google search Facebook coming to Microsoft - Leo Laporte
OneNote synced with Live Mesh: best combination ever. - Steve Mesik
Anyone have the BlackBerry Storm with OS 5.0? It has GREATLY improved my Storm's performance. The spruced-up UI graphics are nice too. And RIM FINALLY added flick scrolling (about time!); it works well, though a bit less smooth than on the iPod Touch. - Thunderwing
Audible Pick: You Only Live Twice Unabridged By Ian Fleming Narrated by Simon Vance http://www.audible.com/adbl... Another great James Bond book. "When Ernst Stavro Blofeld blasts into eternity the girl James Bond has married only hours before, the heart and zest for life goes out of Bond. Incredibly, from being a... more... - Leo Laporte
Tip of the week: Stay secure People have misunderstood my advice about just using common sense to be secure online. Here's what you can do. Install good AV. Enable automatic updates in Windows. Keep up to date. Be smart online. It doesn't have to be difficult. http://www.microsoft.com/securit... - Leo Laporte
Software pick of the week: Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool The Windows 7 USB/DVD Download tool allows you to create a copy of your Windows 7 ISO file on a USB flash drive or a DVD. To create a bootable DVD or USB flash drive, download the ISO file and then run the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download tool. Once this is done, you can install Windows 7 directly from the USB flash drive or DVD. http://store.microsoft.com/Help... Plus: Update on VLC vs. Media Player Classic Cinema - Leo Laporte
Leo's software pick: Ninite, http://ninite.com/ - Leo Laporte
Leo Laporte
Live now: This Week In Computer Hardware with Ryan Shrout and Allyn Malventano of http://pcper.com. Farewell to UGM - our winner Gabe McG joins us to take posession. http://live.twit.tv. Discuss here..
Item 1: Lynnfield system build: which graphics card should we use? High - Radeon HD 5870 - $389 Mid - Radeon HD 5850 - $259 Budget - GeForce GTX 260+ - $165 Budget-er - Radeon HD 5750 - $129 or Radeon HD 4850 - $99 - Leo Laporte
Item 2: Intel X25-M 'G2' TRIM Enabled Firmware and SSD Toolbox Review link for what allyn will discuss (IOPS) is here: http://www.pcper.com/article... And corresponding redaction of said firmware - Leo Laporte
Can't listen, but could Ryan/Allyn offer his opinion on the best overall SSD these days that's widely available (i.e. not the X25-M)? Is http://www.pcper.com/article... current? - Ken Sheppardson
Item 3: Intel and Numonyx announce vertical Phase Change Memory http://www.pcper.com/comment... - Leo Laporte
Item 4: SATA 6G 6.0 Gb/s Performance Preview - Seagate XT drive tested http://www.pcper.com/article... - Leo Laporte
Item 5: ASUS previews upcoming MBs with USB 3.0 and SATA 6G http://www.pcper.com/comment... - Leo Laporte
is the live stream down? - tytycoon
that show rocks - echostreamer
HI FROM GA - daveccorey
Leo Laporte
Live now: FLOSS Weekly 93 with Randal Schwartz and guest, Puppet creator Luke Kanies of http://reductivelabs.com. http://live.twit.tv. Discuss here...
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Luke Kanies is the founder of the Puppet project and also founder and CEO of Reductive Labs. He's been speaking and publishing on open source and system administration for almost ten years. Prior to Puppet, he was a significant contributor to Cfengine, along with many perl modules and LDAP tools. He's also the father of identical twin girls and deserves every bit of the punishment they dish out. - Leo Laporte
Tease: replace your sysadmin with a little ruby pal, the puppermaster, Luke Kanies tells you how. - Leo Laporte
what the hell is this? - Mark
I just tuned in and I appear to have entered the twilight zone - Mark
You also need a bumper sticker "You have just been passed by the President Of The Internet" - Johnny Worthington
Leo Laporte
Live now: Security Now 220 with Steve Gibson, Q&A #78. http://live.twit.tv. Discuss here...
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Firefox update today (for 3.0 and 3.5) http://en-us.www.mozilla.com/en-US... - Leo Laporte
Time Warner's SMC 8014 router has a serious security flaw (affecting 65,000 users): http://www.privacydigest.com/2009... - Leo Laporte
The FCC's comment period on the Net Neutrality rules begins now through January. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_p... - Leo Laporte
Holy crap, the clock went back in England last week and I keep missing TWiT live by an hour - Mark
Is Internet Access a human right? It is in Estonia, Finland, France, and Greece. http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008... - Leo Laporte
Amazon Kindle owners read 300% more books: http://www.nytimes.com/2009... - Leo Laporte
I'd read more books if I had to spend hundreds of dollars on a bookshelf before I was able to read a single page of a book. - Mark
Question [ 01 ] - Marv Schwartz at Case Western Reserve University commented about the Mozilla/Firefox PlugInCheck: Hey Steve, By now, you probably already know that in order to get www.mozilla.com/plugincheck to work with NoScript, you have to allow both www.mozilla.com and www.mozilla.org. Thanks again for your wonderful SecurityNow programs. Marv - Leo Laporte
Question [ 02 ] - Paul in "London, Ontario Canada" wonders about making online banking safer? Hello Steve and Leo. Long time listener and I love the show. You both are doing a great service and I appreciate your podcast every week. My question is that my bank is offering a program Rapport by Trusteer to help protect my online banking transactions. I was just wondering if you have any... more... - Leo Laporte
Questio [ 03 ] - Abhi Beckert in Cairns, Australia has a Mac OS "TEN" Tip... Hi Steve & Leo! Have you heard of the "ClickToFlash" plugin for Safari on the mac? It's a free/open source plugin which disables flash by default, replacing all flash objects in the page with a simple box, which you click to load the actual flash object. Apple has reported that flash causes more crashes under... more... - Leo Laporte
Flashblock does the same for Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US... - Leo Laporte
Quetion [ 04 ] - Paul in Lancaster, PA wonders about Custom Apps versus Commercial? Steve & Leo, The story of the Starbucks employee whose computer got infected by visiting a knitting site raised an interesting question for me: Is it better to write a web application like a forum or online store from scratch or to use an off- the-shelf system. The way I see it, custom apps allow the... more... - Leo Laporte
Question [ 05 ] - John in Baltimore, MD wonders about SSL Certificate Strength and Key Length... Steve, Our recently discussion of SSL and man-in-the-middle attacks got me thinking when recently I needed to update my website with a new SSL Web Server certificate that uses the 1024 key length. I noticed that both the Entrust Root CA and Intermediate CAs use the 2048 key lengths. My... more... - Leo Laporte
Question [ 06 ] - Lex Thomas in Research Triangle Park, NC is reminded of a Programmer's Adage from 1984: While reading some articles talking about the 'just released' Windows 7, and the imminent Ubuntu release, I stumbled upon an old programmer's adage which was attributed to Datamation magazine: “The activity of debugging, or removing bugs from a program, ends when people get tired of... more... - Leo Laporte
Question [ 07 ] - Tim Lemmon in Atlanta, Georgia tried giving Disney the knuckle... Steve. My family went to Disney World 3 years ago. When entering any of the theme parks, we had to swipe our membership card, AND scan our index finger for entry. Then I heard one of your podcasts about this subject. I always said I'd try my knuckle if I ever went back. Last week, we did... The entrance... more... - Leo Laporte
Question [ 08 ] - Eric, reporting from an undisclosed location, asks about Port knocking, SSH security and Security Now... Hello Steve, Your show is great, I have been listening since you first started putting out this podcast series and I am so glad that you have been doing it. Thanks! I am at a University and recently had someone hack in to my SSH server (I was using freeSSHd for... more... - Leo Laporte
Question [ 09 ] - Joe Dorward in Berkshire, England realized that the free internet access at the British Library might not be safe ? Steve, PS - if Leo reads this - I'm a Scot living in England who doesn't mind him doing his Scottish accent to read this. ☺ I was at the British Library in London last week, and there were people everywhere with laptops. Very few had books open, and I... more... - Leo Laporte
Question [ 10 ] - Eric Nichols in Odessa, DE brings us the Security Disaster of the Week: Subject: FIOS WEP crack - no packet sniffing necessary I've been a long time listener and heard a rumor that the ESSID of a FIOS access point is actually a packed version of the MAC address of it's network interface. It's a neat way of generating unique ESSID's. However they should have stopped... more... - Leo Laporte
Tease: Steve answers questions about protecting open wi-fi access, Disneyland knuckleheads, and a new way to secure your bank account. - Leo Laporte
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Live now: net@night with Amber MacArthur and guest Mignon Fogarty, Grammar Girl!!! http://live.twit.tv. Discuss here....
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News of the week Internet domain names face big change http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldse... The internet is set to undergo one of the biggest changes in its four-decade history with the expected approval of international domain names - or addresses - that can be written in non-Latin script. - Leo Laporte
Geocities shuts down http://www.pcworld.com/article... Yahoo acquired GeoCities in 1999 for $3.57 billion in stock, but the deal didn't go well, as new terms of service placed on users sent many of them scurrying. Facebook memories of friends departed When an account is memorialized, we also set privacy so that only confirmed friends can see the profile or... more... - Leo Laporte
What about ICANN auto-forwarding? - Johnny Worthington
RE: Domains: That is very interesting. I wonder what THAT will do to SEO? - Karma Martell
I drank a small toast to Geocities on Monday night - Johnny Worthington
5 billion and a Segway - Johnny Worthington
It's a Linguistics Smackdown... Whom shall emerge the victor? - Johnny Worthington
I love Grammer Girl; now I use semi-colons with pride and accuracy. #ChrisGambol60 - Christopher Gambol
Is there a potential market for a freelance copy editors for blogs? I have read a few that could need it :) - Johnny Worthington
5318008 - Johnny Worthington
There is Johnny, if you want to work for $15/hour for 3 hours day and get up at 5 AM. - Karma Martell
I do that too Leo... I make a point of it - Johnny Worthington
Ahhhh this it too funny Leo...I, as you know, work at a University and the students actually use lol in papers...It is kind of sad - Bill Heslin
Is anyone reeeeeeally watching what they type so there is no grammatical errors? :) - Johnny Worthington
'i before e, except after c.... except in these cases' gets my goat - Johnny Worthington
No Johnny..they aren't, which is sad. I have students that email me about things they want on campus and I think I'm reading an 8 year old sending me the email. - Bill Heslin
The Tech Grouch - Johnny Worthington
Our guest: Mignon Fogarty, Grammar Girl. Her new book is "The Grammar Devotional" http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/static... - Leo Laporte
Sit or Squat App http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news... SitOrSquat can determine your location via GPS (if available) and show you a map of nearby toilets, drawn from an online global database of bathrooms maintained by other users. Selecting individual bathrooms brings up hours of availability, a basic rating for the discriminating type, and even user-submitted photos. - Leo Laporte
Best Halloween Costumes Ever http://mashable.com/2009... Four geeks from Tampa -- John Savio, John Matthews, Reko Rivera, and Bobby Hartman -- recently teamed up to create human-sized and, most impressively, functional iPhone costumes. Each costume weighs around 85 pounds, and is powered by a car battery worn, we're told, between the trick-or-treater's legs. Hooking... more... - Leo Laporte
Video of the Week - Grocery Store Musical http://viralvideochart.unrulym... - Leo Laporte
Hey, nothing wrong with that :) - Johnny Worthington
Colour? - Bill Heslin
Or Color? - Bill Heslin
We are wrong with most of our spelling in North America - Bill Heslin
He was drunk with power - Johnny Worthington
That was mostly for you Johnny ... LOL...from FFundercats that Josh gets on you about some of your spelling...and pronunciation...We are in the minority with spelling - Bill Heslin
Aussie's just plain bastardise the Queen's English... - Johnny Worthington
But it's so much fun...:) I Now order a flat white here in NJ and they just look at me like I'm a fool..and yes I might be, but, I make all those Starbucks fools understand coffee is much better in other places...And btw...Sydney coffee was the best I ever had... - Bill Heslin
Where is the headphone jack?... No, wait... don't tell me - Johnny Worthington
We're on vacation Bill... plus, there is proper ways to ask for Leo's time. Don't worry, we will but Fridays and Mondays are his time. - Johnny Worthington
hi good show from a suny day in ga finly - daveccorey
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Live now: The Daily Giz Wiz with Mad Magazine's Maddest Writer, Dick DeBartolo. http://live.twit.tv. Discuss here....
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11/2 Mon 951: Nikon S1000 PJ [http://www.nikonusa.com/Find-Yo... - Leo Laporte
Audible Pick: Sample The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America Unabridged By Timothy Egan Narrated by Robertson Dean http://www.audible.com/adbl... - Leo Laporte
yo dick what kind of head phones do you use - daveccorey
Energy bar? - Johnny Worthington
Also contributes to a drop in the birth rate - Johnny Worthington
Amazon should give him $200 and some velcro so he won't drop it... - Johnny Worthington
11/3 Tue 952: 5Barz Cell Phone Booster http://5barz.com/ - Leo Laporte
pods? - Mike Chelen
oh yeah, http://steadepod.com/ it supposed to be like steadycam? - Mike Chelen
11/4 Wed 953: Steadepod http://steadepod.com - Leo Laporte
and the background music for the video is awesome - Mike Chelen
You need one for the glove compartment for your new car - Johnny Worthington
yeah Larry Wilmore is quite funny on the daily show - Mike Chelen
Audible Pick: Dates from Hell: True Stories from the Front UNABRIDGED By Katherine Ann Samon http://www.audible.com/adbl..., or I'd Rather We Got Casinos UNABRIDGED By Larry Wilmore Narrated by Larry Wilmore http://www.audible.com/adbl... - Leo Laporte
logged-in user - Mike Chelen
Love it like pudding - Johnny Worthington
leo and windows, sitting in a tree - Mike Chelen
Hahaha! Johnny - Bill Heslin
what kind of pudding? - Mike Chelen
So it IS like pudding... Those last 3 ones were in the same bowl - Johnny Worthington
The last 3 were like combining vanilla, chocolate, and tapioca in the same bowl Johnny :) - Bill Heslin
supersize my pudding - Mike Chelen
So you truly are a cottage industry... - Johnny Worthington
*its taking over zee land scape* - Mike Chelen
...... If I could only modify this for my hands-free topping needs... hmm - Johnny Worthington
Leo did you get a Dodge Challenger Classic? or maybe a Chevy Camero? - Philip Griego
11/5 Thu 954: Simple Human Sensor Soap Pump http://www.simplehuman.com/product... - Leo Laporte
"what is beyond?" - some questions no one can answer - Mike Chelen
btw, what is with the datestamp? - Mike Chelen
Mike he's marking the date of the show for airing I believe - Bill Heslin
Bill: are different segments appearing on different dates? - Mike Chelen
Yeah we record a whole weeks worth of episodes on Tuesdays - so the date is the air date - Leo Laporte
Yes Mike - Bill Heslin
ahh, thanks for the explanation of the mystery! =) - Mike Chelen
Keyboard Cat - Johnny Worthington
yes exactly :D - Mike Chelen
Does the Roku work outside the States? - Johnny Worthington
In some countries I think Johnny...But alas, I don't think in Australia..Imagine that! - Bill Heslin
*SHOCK* :P - Johnny Worthington
Mums would use this... "Have you done your homework yet?" - Johnny Worthington
we aren't using mibbit :D - Mike Chelen
But we had no other context... It was the best at the time - Johnny Worthington
All that defraggin - Johnny Worthington
and partitioning - Bill Heslin
Updatin' the kernel? - Johnny Worthington
lol - Bill Heslin
Johnny, do you join the IRC chat at anytime? Never see you in there unless you under another nick - Bill Heslin
Not really... - Johnny Worthington
mibbit is usually fine, if you absolutely *have* to leave friendfeed, which, thankfully, we dont ;D - Mike Chelen
Johnny, IRC chat room is saying only U.S. now for the Roku.. - Bill Heslin
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Live now: MacBreak Weekly with Andy Ihnatko and Alex Lindsay. http://live.twit.tv Discuss here....
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'Aperture X' Scheduled for Launch Before End of Year? http://www.macrumors.com/2009... - sunkenplanet
Phil Schiller: No More Apple Products This Year http://gizmodo.com/5390583...] - sunkenplanet
Apple to Refurbish Subway Station Adjacent to Future Chicago Store http://www.macrumors.com/2009... http://www.ifoapplestore.com/db... - sunkenplanet
iPhone on verizon, apple's choice http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/2009102... - sunkenplanet
Apple Reportedly Bumps iPhone 3GS Manufacturing Orders Nearly 20% http://www.macrumors.com/2009... - sunkenplanet
Bill Keller: Apple Tablet 'Impending' http://gawker.com/5389636... - sunkenplanet
New get a mac ads (haven't talked about it on MBW) http://www.apple.com/getamac... - sunkenplanet
Wasn't this week's episode supposed to go through all the calls the voicemail has gotten? Guess it was just a joke. - sunkenplanet
Speaking of the "Max Tax" I only buy used so someone else pays the tax and the retail penelty. - bert boan
Leo's Pick: The Dog of the South http://www.audible.com/adbl... - Leo Laporte
Andy's Pick: The Wind in the Willows By Kenneth Grahame Narrated by Terry Jones http://www.audible.com/adbl... - Leo Laporte
@Leo: Did you see the Anti-Droid ad? http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Holger Eilhard
Dustin of Mac ZFS (http://github.com/dustin...) is on FriendFeed, btw: http://friendfeed.com/dlsspy - Ken Sheppardson
I have a FreeBSD machine with a ZFS root, but haven't put effort into ZFS root on OS X. I just use it for external media currently. ZFS is oh-so-much-more trustworthy than HFS, in general. - Dustin Sallings
good show from a rainy day in georgia - daveccorey
What was the automated Windows installer app that Leo just mentioned? - Andrew Muir
I can't see/read the clock behind Leo. Is it just me or is it too dark in there? - shelter watch
How do you spell ny night? - Ben
Ninite Windows installation automator: http://ninite.com/ - Leo Laporte
Yeah, looks dark to me too, shelter. - Ken Sheppardson
Thanks Leo! - Andrew Muir
Very cool, thanks - Ben
Tease: We stare down the menace from Redmond, Alex gets addicted to another iPhone game, and Aero glass in emulation... - Leo Laporte
Is that a new mic? (sorry if this has been asked already) - Dan Benjamin
There's no break-in period these days. The tolerances on the engines are such that they're ready off the line. But that topic's a bit like global warming in terms of lack of consensus :-) - Ken Sheppardson
I should say, I know it's a different mic, just wondering what it is. - Dan Benjamin
what was the iphone app that leo hooked Alex on? Missed the name of it. THX - Donna
thx Leo. off to itunes.... tra la la la... - Donna
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Live now: This Week In Tech 218 with John C. Dvorak, Dwight Silverman, and Patrick Norton. http://live.twit.tv Discuss here....
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Hi Leo I get a message of TWIT IRC saying Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at embed.mibbit.com - Emery Walker
Mibbit seems down, use a proper irc client... point it at irc.twit.tv - Chris Heath
The irc isn't working for me. - Chris Bombria
Try Chatzilla - Sebastian
Costco has Windows 7 family pack for $125...makes it $45 per license after tax. - The Griff
Was it newton??? - Roberto Bonini
recursion - Mikhail Garber
I'm On Windows 7 on all my machines - Roberto Bonini
Im on Windows 7 - Sebastian
I'm waiting to get my free Win7 from Dell - Jay Michael
OS X baby! - Stelian Iancu
Patrick Norton Jr is cute, how old is he? - Stelian Iancu
Looks like the same age as my older son. - Stelian Iancu
I install Chatzilla but don't know how to get it pointed to irc.twit.tv - Emery Walker
I have snow leopard on MacBook and just installed Windows 7 on HP Pavilion - Martin Cooper
Emery, type /server irc.twit.tv - Chris Heath
I would use MIRC for IRC - Jay Michael
then type /join #twitlive - Chris Heath
then change your nick with /nick nickname - Chris Heath
mIRC for Windows and X-Chat for Linux - Sebastian
web chat is one not working - Siouxmoux Riopel
"the crying room" - Squealing Rat
I'm getting an error when I go to live.twit.tv - Victor Hooper
I think the irc is full. I can't log in either - min
irc is not full, just broken! - Squealing Rat
irc has overflow so you just end up in another channel - Chris Heath
IRC works fine - Sebastian
it the norton effect - Siouxmoux Riopel
irc is not broken, mibbit is having problems, not irc.twit.tv (mibbit is the web embed) - Chris Heath
For someone who says they don't care about twitter, Leo spends a lot of time talking about it... - jccalhoun
the web interface is down and ime dammed if installing somthing that has loads of servers set up and tried to connect to some radon fracking sever fail - Maurice Walshe
just another twitter show - Mikhail Garber
brizzly is the new power twitter - Siouxmoux Riopel
This is why I use Mibbit. IRC is beyond me - Conrad Boone
so irc is broke then - min
I love twitter! - Colide81 (James)
Maurice get the chatzilla firefox addon - Chris Heath
were else is it sown live? - Victor Hooper
ustream, and stickam - Chris Heath
stickam is dead - min
I think this is going to be a very "obvious" episode of TWiT - Mark
blaa blaa blaa twitter twitter twitter - jccalhoun
it works! tanx - Victor Hooper
every show except for SN was talking about twitter this week - min
Thank you Chris for helping me - Emery Walker
you need an irc client to get to the chat. Mibbit is down - Ari
google profile, google now knows everything about you - Siouxmoux Riopel
Google already knows everything about me. They have my email. - Tom Horn
AOL...ouch....that's the kiss of death - min
I am using Ustream full view http://cdn1.ustream.tv/swf... - Emery Walker
no kidding john. who's heard of half this stuff - Victor Hooper
Me :) - Roberto Bonini
not enough news i guess. add filling here - Preternat (Ken Cadby)
I used wakoopa for a while and then it got old - Jay Michael
Windows7 baby - Craig
Trying to get mIRC to work is definitely the least fun I've had watching TWiT - Conrad Boone
IRC chat still not working over here - wyliesau
xchat's better - Preternat (Ken Cadby)
xchat's free too - Preternat (Ken Cadby)
It says I need Microsoft Agent, because it doesn't come with Windows 7 - Conrad Boone
OpenProj for project managment and Dia as a visio replacement - johniac
if you have firefox you should just get the chatzilla addon for IRC - Chris Heath
yeah, chatzilla's an easy starter - Preternat (Ken Cadby)
just got into irc.twit.tv - Martin Cooper
Stream is fine in Canada - kevin_lo
the streme on twit live tv is not working but ustreme if fine - Victor Hooper
stream's fine in switzerland too - wyliesau
but IRC sucks - wyliesau
ok its working now finally but the chat is odd - Victor Hooper
irc was always odd - min
whoa, 850+ odd... mibbit must be back up - Preternat (Ken Cadby)
Yes, Mibbit's fixed. I have to remove a load of IRC clients now - Conrad Boone
if you are a college student check your college's bookstore. I can get win7 for $20. that's cheaper than the online student thing - jccalhoun
it is an odd episode this week, something doesn't feel right - Mark
does validation have require .edu connection as well? - Preternat (Ken Cadby)
and/or updates? - Preternat (Ken Cadby)
Why do this show always turns into a Windows bashing session? - archaictree
Apples' OS has not been trouble free. - archaictree
I just remembered Patrick was supposed to be on this show... - jccalhoun
Sheamus!!!! - Roberto Bonini from iPhone
yeah, i think media servers are finally gonna make a dent - Preternat (Ken Cadby)
I want twit to stream to my atari 2600 - Siouxmoux Riopel
what was that? Nook-E what? could be a title - Preternat (Ken Cadby)
helloo gentlemen - Pam Gwenzi
hi pam. maybe i'm the only one. - Preternat (Ken Cadby)
gentlemen? - Preternat (Ken Cadby)
so which politicians can we actually expect to codify reasonable net neutrality laws? - Preternat (Ken Cadby)
even half the techs listening to leo don't understand the complexities - Preternat (Ken Cadby)
I would like to buy Virtual World of Twit for my facebook page - Siouxmoux Riopel
Geocities will live on Internet Archive - Siouxmoux Riopel
think i added geocities to my hosts file once - Preternat (Ken Cadby)
Yes Leo Lycos is still in business. But no one uses it. - Siouxmoux Riopel
all the old search engines are still around. hotbot.com, altavista.com, webcrawler.com, and excite.com are all still around - jccalhoun
Tease; This week on TWiT, John C. Dvorak weighs the case for and against net neutrality, Dwight Silverman rates Windows 7 a winner, and Leo kicks his Farmville addiction. - Leo Laporte
can't wait lol! - Jay
i downloaded the new twit podcast and got security now with steve gibson! :D woops leo! - Kenneth Sundby
they ack'd that problem it was a cutting room floor mistake... it's fixed now - Chris Heath
good show waiteing on patric with did u see u2s live shpw on youtube lastnight from california - daveccorey
you can stil watch it on outube 2 day veryy goodif your a u2 fan - daveccorey
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Live now: The Tech Guy Radio Show with Leo Laporte, http://live.twit.tv. Discuss here...
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Yayz - Eevee from IM
hello there.. - Pam Gwenzi
Rather quiet in the cottage today - Rick Schmidt
Hello pam2 - Eevee from IM
leo need help getting following on twitter my twitter id is emailforhelp - Richard Thomson
Hi everyone - Eevee
broken link. remove the dash. - Vezquex: God of FF
Good show every things ok from georgia - daveccorey
Hi Yah Mr. LaPorte!! Is there a way to get into the IRC chat? I am unable to get in IRC chat at this time.... and the STICKAM site appears to have been down for forever. Thanks so much for all you do, Leo! You are Top Of The Line!!! - daintyjune
I had issues with Product Key with clean install using Upgrade. The way through it is to leave the key out altogether and continue. Then follow http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009... - 1x29
IRC Chat appears to be down in the UK 21:22 GMT - Maurice Walshe
Same here in SE Texas 16:27 - 1x29
Loving LEO's entry for Eurovision - Maurice Walshe
Definitely :) I could see that going viral on youtube no problem... - 1x29
Yeh and get the rest of the staff in 70's style ABBA outfits as the backing group - Maurice Walshe
Tell me someone recorded that! - Rick Schmidt
I am often mistaken for the Numa Numa guy...... :( - Johnny Worthington
+1 Rick: I was thinking the same as it was on! - 1x29
I think I'd pay for a JW version. Talking about bringing FF back to the fore ;-) - 1x29
@Rick Collen and Dane probaly have it safely recorded for use in pay negociations :-) - Maurice Walshe
Yeah, Dvorak in da cottage... - 1x29
is the chatroom not working? - Xenophrenia
Its this week in mikes! - Darryl Adams
IRC is still down - Maurice Walshe
Still no chat feed! - Mike Freeman
IRC Still down but JCD got in - Erle Stride
I wonder if Leo knows that irc.twit.tv is down - Gus
I asked Leo to blog about the problems with the tricaster and video. Anybody know what's up? - Judith Gerdin
Leo IRC chat is down - Theodore Grabow
think they're having twit in the other room ; ) - Xenophrenia
Who's kid? ah, Patrick. - Judith Gerdin
Looks like a 60's beach boy shirt - Maurice Walshe
The IRC problem seems to be a mibbit problem, so the web version is down until mibbit fixes it.. if you use a proper IRC client you can get into the chat - Chris Heath
because football is so little action, you need to watch multiple games, good idea - cxx dxx
Let him play a computer game? - kevin_lo
Leo! IRC is definatly still down! - Ben
IRC is frozen - Xenophrenia
Leo Laporte
Live now: This Week in Google with Jeff Jarvis, Gina Trapani, and Danny Sullivan of Search Engine Land. http://live.twit.tv. Discuss here...
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*Googles achronistic for definition*................ oh... - Johnny Worthington
I'm ready for doing the shownotes on the wiki Leo. Got your tip done already. - John-Paul Dickie
my first wave with Wave....woot! - Mike Lewis
iDon't get it and iDon't care, it's a lame ad :) - notagolfer
Does Droid have enough 'coolness' to overtake the iPhone? - Johnny Worthington
are you Waving? where! where!? :D - Bicentennial (Franc)
What happened to the rumored Verizon talks with Apple? - JR Holmes
*cough* Pre *cough* - Johnny Worthington
Ah, 5mp on a tiny sensor, just what the world needs. Anyway, iPhone needs good competition. - notagolfer
Apps are what make your mobile device. And, the number of fart apps you have. - Mike Nayyar
Verizon licensed it - notagolfer
Leo beat me to the punch on that joke. - Mike Nayyar
Sand people chorus ringtone - notagolfer
I have Jabba laughing as my notification tone. Kinda scary at 3AM in the dark! - Mike Lewis
haha - Vince
Real time search returns different variations of clocks - Mike Nayyar
But does it link to my Adult Friend Finder account? - Mike Nayyar
The question is... How would normal users feel about a search engine using their Facebook data. A lot of people like the walled garden of Facebook, especially with their jobs. - Johnny Worthington
Johnny: this could be what helps open up Facebook for people. Searching Facebook is kind of the "final frontier" that Facebook needs to conquer, and this could accelerate people down the path of being open with their data, and sharing things across platforms (i.e. beyond facebook.com) - Mike Nayyar
most of my twitter and facebook follows list are non-friends - guess google will be searching a lot of work/industry related people for my "social" - bear (aka Mike Taylor)
even the partial streams they offer are subscription based - you have to tell twitter what list of ids you want to arrive over the firehost - bear (aka Mike Taylor)
What happens if someone buys Twitter - Johnny Worthington
Wave would be good for show notes...anyone doing this? - Dale
It might start working ... finally :) - notagolfer
With the acquisition of FriendFeed, FaceBook has brought in some powerful advocates for Google juice. - JR Holmes
Twitter has kind of hit the post page Internet by having a (relatively) open API and allowing apps (which generate profit from the functionality of the API) to profit - Mike Nayyar
I can be 100% right, but if I Tweet when you guys are asleep... - Johnny Worthington
Authority only applies if you live in New York or San Francisco, have a television show, and are featured on the Twitter recommended user lists... - Mike Nayyar
I can send invites individually...via brizzly - Mike Lewis
I have 10 brizzly invites, but I'll only give it out if Jeff follows me ;) - Mike Nayyar
I am a GoToAssist customer and just love it! -- i really like the reboot and reboot into safemode features. - Chris Heath
Alta Vista was huge in 96 - Mike Nayyar
WOW... i got broadband before Danny Sullivan?? - Chris Heath
For Wolfram Alpha, it needs to become more semantic, with the ability to accept natural language search and return result based on nonsensical input, such as "DO ANYBODY NO WHY..." - Mike Nayyar
Google has ads in between the knowledge - Johnny Worthington
How do you get a Brizzly invite? Thanks in advance. - Tom Stiles
Leo could work in some strippers and penis discussion into the TWiT Network - Mike Nayyar
just say the word Leo - i'll go visit NYC - bear (aka Mike Taylor)
Leo's business model: "I'll do it for me, just pledge your undying devotion to me" - Mike Nayyar
i just installed Windows 7 - Roberto Bonini
I use Chrome for Mac right now. Pretty speedy! - Mike Nayyar
most likely it's hard because they don't have full time mac devs on the team - bear (aka Mike Taylor)
Is it me, or does Gina's camera shake a lot? - Charles LePage
So google can't hire some full time mac devs??? Its not like they are cash strapped. - Roberto Bonini
I saw a "Go Google" billboard Thursday at Denver International Airport. - Mike Nayyar
Tease: This Week on TWiG, Danny Sullivan from Search Engine Land joins us to talk about Google's social search, Jeff Jarvis invents Howard Stern 3.0, and Gina Trapani sorts by magic. This Week in Google is coming up next... - Leo Laporte
GREAT SHOW every things ok to day funny how some days bufferings better than otheres - daveccorey
I switched over to Firefox from Chrome, and the buffering came way down. - Roberto Bonini
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Live now: This Week in Computer Hardware, with Ryan Shrout of http://pcper.com. http://live.twit.tv Discuss here....
Shunk :) - Johnny Worthington
Disappointed with the lack of ARIN and NANOG coverage on TWiT network - Andrew Euell
In what sense. What are the issues that need to be raised? - Johnny Worthington
Item Apple System refreshes base iMac now features a 21.5" 1920x1080 display, a 3.06GHz Core 2 Duo processor, 4GB of RAM, and a 500GB hard drive Apple also offers a 27" model with a 2560x1440 display resolution, $1,699 starting price tag, and Radeon HD 4670 graphics. If you have $1,999 to spare, you can step up to a 27" iMac with a 2.66GHz Intel Core i5 processor and a Radeon HD 4850... more... - Leo Laporte
I heard a lot of people saying yesterday that Apple just brought their processors up to current technology and this wasn't anything new. But I also checked yesterday at my local big box store (which sells Macs and PCs) and this is 1 or 2 revs higher than the current PC systems available for purchase to mum and dad consumers. - Johnny Worthington
There's the same amount of steel and plastic in a BMW and a pick-up truck - Johnny Worthington
I could use it as a second display for my PC then switch when I want Mac - Johnny Worthington
What is the deal anyway with Apple and crappy GPUs? - Christopher A Carr
"...get a freakin Mac..." Leo, you are perhaps not familiar with the latest in Hackintoshery. - Christopher A Carr
Item 2: MSI P55-GD65 P55 Lynnfield Motherboard Review Really cool OC Genie feature for beginning system builders interested in overclocking http://www.pcper.com/article... - Leo Laporte
This is purely consumer based products. - Johnny Worthington
Item 3: AMD Radeon HD 5870 Triple CrossFireX Performance Testing Three $379 graphics cards - expensive but not as much as some previous triple configurations Scaling results from 1->2 cards, and then 2->3 cards No Eyefinity support http://www.pcper.com/article... - Leo Laporte
TURBO MODE!!! - Johnny Worthington
Item 4: Dell Studio One Touchscreen Windows 7 PC Review Optical touch based system from NextWindow - can use anything, ping pong ball Windows 7 adds support for gestures natively, but no native apps yet Bullish on touch? http://www.pcper.com/article... - Leo Laporte
But does it still run Solitaire? - Johnny Worthington
I want a job like Ryan's. :] - sunkenplanet
Probably why Apple didn't do one. Now they have a screen that goes all the way to the edge, maybe - Johnny Worthington
There you go Johnny, Solitaire.... - Christopher A Carr
Item 5: The Microsoft and AMD Ready to Launch Tour is coming to a city near you! Looking to build a really cheap PC? This is a heck of a deal $189 Athlon II X4 620, ASUS 785G motherboard, Windows 7 Ultimate (not for resale) List of cities and dates: http://oem.microsoft.com/script... Lynnfield system build: which graphics card should we use? High -... more... - Leo Laporte
Item 6: Continued Contest: Lynnfield system giveaway - http://pcper.com/contest Winner will be selected for next week's show!! For timing updates on TWICH and PCPer podcast follow me: @ryanshrout - Leo Laporte
Your pick of the week for Windows Weekly - Johnny Worthington
Leo, enjoy your dinner and say thanks to all your staff from all of us. - Johnny Worthington
Leo Laporte
Live now: FLOSS Weekly 92 with Randal Schwartz, Guest: Bre Pettis of Makerbot. http://live.twit.tv Discuss here....
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Makerbot is under $1000: http://makerbot.com - Leo Laporte
Find designs at Thingverse: http://www.thingiverse.com - Leo Laporte
Fascinating. The blind could possibly use this as a way to check out what things look like before they purchase from an online retailer. - Blake Sinnett
hello Leo????? - Pam Gwenzi
hello Pam???? - Leo Laporte
hello Leo!!!! - Johnny Worthington
hello Johnny!?!?! - Leo Laporte
Amazon should just get a bunch of MakerBots going. Upload the STL file, they ship out the object overnight for $3.99 with Prime - Ken Sheppardson
FriendFeed is not going away! http://friendfeed.com/paul... - Johnny Worthington
Tease: A robot that makes other robots? First steps towards a replicator, and its opensource! - Leo Laporte
There was a beta - Johnny Worthington
Opps, sorry, Windows 7 was in beta - Johnny Worthington
You're in a sweet spot... Yesterday's Giz Wiz ad was classic :) - Johnny Worthington
It's not who they give it TO, but if they restrict it to others - Johnny Worthington
HOW R U hi nfrom ga - daveccorey
Leo Laporte
Live now: Security Now 219 with Steve Gibson, Browser Scripting. http://live.twit.tv Discuss here....
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On today's show (tease): Why patches are impossible, the Total (In)security virus, and why writing software shouldn't be too easy. Program note: John Graham-Cumming, http://www.jgc.org/, won't be joining us today as planned to talk about the problem with Javascript. We'll re-schedule in a couple of weeks. - Leo Laporte
The Mozilla Plug-In checker: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US... - Leo Laporte
I would like to know how people are getting these "scare ware" programs on their machines? I've seen several of my buddies get them but I haven't had the pleasure yet. - Jeremy Snavely
Total Security 2009 locks up your system until you pay their fee. http://blogs.usatoday.com/technol... - Leo Laporte
Six Years of Patch Tuesday, by Bruce Schneier. http://www.schneier.com/blog... "Patching is essentially an impossible problem. A patch needs to be incredibly well-tested. It has to work, without tweaking, on every configuration of the software out there. And for security reasons, it needs to be pushed out to users within days -- hours, if possible.... more... - Leo Laporte
Ebay fixes the dongle bypass issue - Leo Laporte
Leo Laporte
Live now: The Daily Giz Wiz 946-950 with Mad's Maddest Writer, Dick DeBartolo. http://live.twit.tv. Discuss here....
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10/26 Mon 946: The Jabra Stone http://jabrastone.com - Leo Laporte
10/27 Tue 947: Breville Variable Temperature Kettle, http://www.brevilleusa.com/tea... AudiblePick : Superfreakonomics by Steve D. Levitt http://www.audible.com/adbl... - Leo Laporte
10/28 Wed 948: Kingston MobileLiteG2 Reader http://www.kingston.com/flash... - Leo Laporte
Oh that's nice... I always loose the USB cord between my reader and the computer... now that I think about it... I would probably loose this too :P - Johnny Worthington
I love the Giz Wiz show, it always amazing what he will come up with. Especially the old gadget warehouse - Beverley Solis
I often find myself singing the Letters themes to myself... I wish I was joking too - Johnny Worthington
SparkyInCorona says The Kingston FCR-HS219/1 is very similar and accepts CF cards. - Leo Laporte
Oh cool... - Johnny Worthington
\m/ >.< \m/ - Johnny Worthington
Best Theme EVAR - Johnny Worthington
Screw You: The Very Best Of TWiT Themes Volume 1 - Johnny Worthington
10/29 Thu 949: The Clean Wave Toothbrush Sanitizer http://www.amazon.com/Verilux.... Audible Pick: Mr. Darcy, Vampyre By Amanda Grange http://www.audible.com/adbl... - Leo Laporte
If anything, it would create a sealed case to key airborne nasties away... We all saw the Mythbusters Poo Air episode - Johnny Worthington
10/30 Fri 950: Sport Count Laptimer Ring http://www.sportcount.com/ G2P - Leo Laporte
Speed Dating - Johnny Worthington
Just make sure it matches your yacht... - Johnny Worthington
GoToMyAudltry - Johnny Worthington
... and when you go to prison, you can track your lap time running around the exercise yard with your ring timer. - Johnny Worthington
Leo Laporte
Live now: This Week In Massive Egos with @baratunde, @therealdvorak, @dspark, & @jlouderb. http://live.twit.tv. Discuss here...
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The cottage is busting - Johnny Worthington
need bigger heads - Carey Lumeng
So.. .what's rev3's "burn rate"? - Richard ¿digame? Walker
I can't believe Leo actually called this week's show "This Week in Massive Egos"! - Devon Blugh from twhirl
Yankees suck - Carey Lumeng
leo please tell john c put on a los angeles angels hat on. there gonna win on monday! lol :) - pcguru626
unibrow - Carey Lumeng
thisman.org is viral marketing, the domain is owned by guerrigliamarketing.it - russtbarnacle
The sad thing is that his parents may be fools but he now has this hanging over his head for the rest of his life - Johnny Worthington
Johnny, I'm guessing the boy knows that. That's why he threw up on national television. - Devon Blugh from twhirl
Hoax...why no more well babies? still have wells and babies - Carey Lumeng
Trending topics is what EVERYONE is talking about, not what the tech-set is. Twitter is mainstream after all... - Johnny Worthington
Lists! - Danny Minick
twitter also describes hashtags with mouse over - Carey Lumeng
I read about Twitter Lists on my FriendFeed list called NoisySoMo (Noisy Social Media types) - Johnny Worthington
I was one of the anointed for w/e reason. - Danny Minick
Hey! I love Google Wave. >:( - Danny Minick
hello everybooooooody - Pam Gwenzi
Nice sweater.. - Morten Hovland
If the Secret Service didn't take John out for that sweater... that comment would do it - Johnny Worthington
i wonder if they're going to cover the new $50 wolfram alpha iphone app.. - Nathan Haney
$50!? No thanks. - Danny Minick
Anyone know why the latest TWiG hasn't appeared on the iTunes podcast section yet? - Zane Blandish
Why would anyone pay $50 to find out the distance from here to the moon on your iPhone? I thought that was what Safari+Google was for - Devon Blugh from twhirl
Danny thats what i said, i just use safari and use the webpage way better - Nathan Haney
plus Wolfram has a Web app through Safari mobile for the iPhone that does the same thing for free. - Danny Minick
It's a jumper - Johnny Worthington
exactly. i didnt think they would even charge for the iphone app with the web app in place - Nathan Haney
don't do hottub meetings at las vegas - Siouxmoux Riopel
Hey, what's Stephanie Siemiller doing these days? - Devon Blugh from twhirl
$50 for an iphone app sounds like a lot, and i wouldn't pay that, but it has a scientific calc. built it . . along with statistics calculators, too - casey ferrier
Wow! Bright Orange! The color of evil!! - Devon Blugh from twhirl
@leolaporte Tell @baratunde that Boston misses him. - Margaret McFee
Focus on 'The World' - the one they've abandoned. - 1x29
john C Bright Orange! - Siouxmoux Riopel
In my experience they hold the passports of their [construction workers] too. - 1x29
Dubai´s exploitation of foreign labor is disgusting, and reason enough to never visit. - Morten Hovland
We aren't dumb. Transparency is the essential key then let us make up our own mind. - Johnny Worthington
Laptop dancing? - Johnny Worthington
Hmmm. Something other than laptops in a programmer's lap. - Devon Blugh from twhirl
That campaign sucked on purpose... We are STILL talking about it - Johnny Worthington
Let John finish - Ed Hunter
+1 Ed Hunter. JCD hasn't got to finish one thing yet today :| - 1x29
EXACTLY - Johnny Worthington
Same thing with Social Media. Not everyone is one the cutting edge or has 8 hours a day to spend on it - Johnny Worthington
that's the echo chamber - bear (aka Mike Taylor)
Will you have fairy bread and cups of orange cordial? - Johnny Worthington
Can i point out that twit started by talking about Edward Bernays who said "If you can influence the leaders, either with or without their conscious cooperation, you automatically influence the group which they sway". Isn't a windows 7 party unconscious cooperation? disclosure is irrelevant. - russtbarnacle
can i have the plastic bag? - michael sean wright
The Windows 7 parties is pure genious on behalf of Microsoft. It cost them next to nothing and they get all the techheads talking about it 24/7 + the videos went viral. - Morten Hovland
But don't you think the 'lameness' is on purpose... We are still talking about it. The Windows 7 Party is the PC in Mac vs PC ads - Johnny Worthington
steve balmer tears ? - cxx dxx
That hurt my brain - Carey Lumeng
Wow. :( - Simon Wicks
Thats pretty standard family guy humor tbqh - Morten Hovland
Does someone have their speakers up? Im hearing everything twice.. - Simon Wicks
watching that family guy windows ad episode make me want to buy mac - Siouxmoux Riopel
Watching Family Guy period makes me want to sell my TV - Devon Blugh from twhirl
hi yall! - @baratunde
Too bad tethering isn't supported by AT&T yet for you americans, no more need for open Wifi. - Morten Hovland
Wow, this show is LOUD - George Gray
Great show guys. Very informative and entertaining :) Thanks! - mahjongmi
Audible Pick Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood UNABRIDGED By Peter Biskind http://www.audible.com/adbl... - Leo Laporte
Sometimes Leo likes to just listen - Johnny Worthington
Don't bust on Richmond! Richmond, VA is a great city - George Gray
So between the TSA mommy, the Balloon kid and the "Free stuff" lady - what might explain this surge in IRL trolling? - Morten Hovland
Real Time News: 1% fact, 49% Analysis and 50% making stuff up - Johnny Worthington
Word. - Morten Hovland
time again the world proves to me that there's no such thing as common sense. - Tony, Paradox of FF
Also too... The public is not one entity. 10% may be focusing on an important story but 50% may be on something else and 40% on another. - Johnny Worthington
he's talking about right now the realtime web is populated by the echo chamber - once google marries the click-thru weighted info *with* the realtime push ... *boom* - bear (aka Mike Taylor)
Remember when AOL released the "anonymous" search results? Something tells me I don´t want to know what most people use the internet for.. - Morten Hovland
good point Morten :) - bear (aka Mike Taylor)
Plus it relies on people clicking through. If anything, we are morphing into a bunch of headline readers - Johnny Worthington
Twitter costs trillions to society in loss of productivity - Charbax
Charbax... Talking about what was on TV last night, sports and checking email does as well. Twitter is just another blinking light - Johnny Worthington
Twitter's not wasted nearly as much time as walking all over the office to gossip. - MiniMage, sheeple of FF
Or smoking breaks - Johnny Worthington
Don't get me started on smoking breaks. Bain of construction productivity. Seriously. - 1x29
Show Name: Technicolor Dvorak - Johnny Worthington
John C Dvorak - Now available in Technicolor ? :-) - Morten Hovland
When does the video go up? - Charbax
Boxee? - Morten Hovland
Anything else than itunes? Are there going to be direct links on twit.tv? - Charbax
downloadable video from twit.tv as well? - Tony, Paradox of FF
Will you put the episodes up on Youtube as well? - Charbax
Popcorn is in Europe atleast - Morten Hovland
bye Leo really loved it - Pam Gwenzi
Netfix should have a audio/video podcast section, that would solve a lot of delivery issues ;) - Morten Hovland
How long will it take to publish the video of episode after they have been recorded? odtv.me usually takes a couple days - Charbax
I don't think they publish video. Only audio? - 1x29
Technicolor Dvorak - Johnny Worthington
TWiT - Now available in technicolor :-) - Morten Hovland
This Week in Massive Egos - JR Holmes
Best was your own title: This Week in Massive Egos - JR Holmes
Best was your own title: This Week in Massive Egos - JR Holmes
LOL @ Leo - 1x29
Well he talked about Twit video but no idea when the videos will go up - Charbax
respect, leo - Morten Hovland
"It All Comes Down To Hitler" - Johnny Worthington
the screw you ringtone video is best - Mark
hi from ga good night buffering is still notin sink :( - daveccorey
Leo Laporte
Live now: The Tech Guy radio show with Leo Laporte, episode 606. Later today This Week In Tech with John C. Dvorak, Jim Louderback, David Spark, and Baratunde Thurston. http://live.twit.tv. Discuss here...
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good seeing you at blogworld - fantastic keynote. - michael sean wright
thanks michael - great seeing you, too! - Leo Laporte
Leo, is there any way at all for us to see that video? - Eric Geller
I don't know Eric. It belongs to Blogworld. The stream failed during the speech unfortunately so we couldn't capture it. It wasn't one of my best speeches though - so you're not missing anything! - Leo Laporte
Leo, let's face it, your worst speech is better than most others' best speeches. But at least we will soon get the benefits of your announcement: video episodes! - Eric Geller
Also, I found this video of part of your announcement. http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Eric Geller
Can't hear any drums - Johnny Worthington
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