Chief TWiT :twit: / is on Nostr

Leo Laporte, podcaster & tech pundit. Founder of the TWiT Podcast Network https://twit.tv. Admin at twit.social. Blog and contact info at https://leo.fm/about

Last Notes

2024-10-06 16:41:29

Hard to believe it’s been 1,000 episodes of TWiT. At 2p PDT/5p EDT/2100 UTC today the original panel from 2005 reassembles to celebrate. https://twit.tv/live

2024-10-03 18:02:16

How nice. My boy was on KTLA plugging his new cookbook and he ran into Rich DeMuro!
https://cdn.masto.host/twitsocial/media_attachments/files/113/244/801/269/731/713/original/b39d723c5ded80b2.jpeg

2024-10-01 20:25:29

I can now cross post to everything thanks to @jasonsnell and CcroissantApp.com!

2024-09-20 20:56:27

Lisa and I just got home and wait til you see what the guys did with the place. Check it out on TWiT this Sunday at 2p Pacific/5p Eastern/2100 UTC.

2024-08-03 16:12:24

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@npub1xl5…wsca I've always wanted to do a coffee special. My home studio will be ready in a week. When's good for you?

2024-07-26 23:47:07

Wonderful talking with @npub1gje…x06g on her new podcast Uneven Distribution! https://hearsayculture.com/podcast/tech-changes-everything-except-us

2024-06-17 14:01:09

I mentioned on TWiT yesterday that there was little reason to go to the movies these days because most motion pictures are crappy sequels or part of an existing (sad) cinematic universe. I underestimated the problem.
https://www.experimental-history.com/p/pop-culture-has-become-an-oligopoly

2023-10-05 20:43:41

I think it might be time to warm up the Lisp muscles. The Advent of Code is right around the corner. I stalled out last year on Day 16. Stupid binary tree searches get me every time. But this time I WILL be ready!
https://www.redblobgames.com/pathfinding/a-star/introduction.html

2023-09-19 16:03:39

I love the simple FidoNet BBS rules. There are only two:
• Don't be excessively annoying.
• Don't be easily annoyed.
I was a FidoNet Sysop in the mid 90s and I can verify that the rules worked. Word to live by.
https://wiki.c2.com/?FidonetRules

2023-07-09 05:45:21

Loads of fun visiting the Computer History Museum in Mtn View with two bona fide geeks.
https://cdn.masto.host/twitsocial/media_attachments/files/110/682/516/804/194/903/original/03002c16a1a56443.jpeg
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https://cdn.masto.host/twitsocial/media_attachments/files/110/682/517/212/576/769/original/395c6de8e6f84efa.jpeg
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2023-07-07 11:44:50

I sincerely hope Threads follows through with their plan to federate. It will give other Fediverse users a controlled pipeline to the zeitgeist.
By judiciously following Threaders here we’ll be able to have safe access to the people, news, and brands we could never convince to use Mastodon without having to submerse ourselves into the massive, undifferentiated flood of info over there.
This is a good thing, yes?

2023-06-21 13:48:03

Don’t kid yourself. “Artificial intelligence“ is just Big Tech’s way of saying “hey, it’s not our fault. It’s the machine’s!“ In point of fact, every malign use of “AI“ is really just some human-composed algorithm doing something that maximizes profit at the expense of people. We must not let these companies off the hook. They’re in charge. Not the machine. Pay attention to the man behind the curtain.