LOL: Life of Leo: Top 10 Reasons Why There’s No TWiT Live Today
SEO
· 9 months ago
I am wondering why you have written these 10 funny points in descending order..??
bigshotprof
· 1 year ago
The REAL top ten reasons:
10. Realized that Twit Live is an anagram of little vw and spent hours flashing back to your hippie days. 9. Someone on Gizmodo called someone else an idiot, and you spent the rest of the day researching Apple's new Diot. 8. Sat in the studio, drunk and dejected, because Sumi Das won't return your calls. 7. Sick of coming in the studio and having to clean up the Giz Wiz. 6. Got stuck in the Badlands with your level 11 Warlock, and a guy's gotta have priorities. 5. Intern was sick, and you couldn't find "On." 4. An especially gut-wrenching episode of Tyra made you come to grips with your feelings for Dvorak. 3. Still bitter over having not been chosen the new Mahalo Girl. 2. Spent day continuing to strategize for Hillary. 1. Checked all of your sources, read all of the blogs, scanned all of your notes and came to realize that there was absolutely nothing that you needed to say!
amazingaaron
· 1 year ago
LOL @ "...you come to grips with your feelings for Dvorak."
psimac
· 1 year ago
Seesmic video reply from Disqus to Leo's LOL blog
Jeff O'Hara
· 1 year ago
Glad your not choosing to sit naked in front of TWiT Live today. My eyes would burn!!!
Austin
· 1 year ago
Ahahaha "no more room to store the pee" Good stuff Leo, enjoy your day!
JIm
· 1 year ago
You got, take the day off, well deserved! appcasts.tv
gothick
· 1 year ago
Wow, my Greek lessons are finally coming in useful. I didn't have to click on that to know what it meant :)
thecolor
· 1 year ago
oh, no... visual on the 1st (number one reason). :O
mark Anthony
· 1 year ago
enough with the nudity; us Brits are just about to eat
timw077
· 1 year ago
Thank you for NO twitlive for item #1 alone!
Dakota O'Neill
· 1 year ago
Lol Leo, Good for you.
Reards
· 1 year ago
Lol...funny, goofy and smart....hmm, the same reasons I listen to you I gues.
puter_geek
· 1 year ago
Sigh....OK, your excused.
Russell Harrower
· 1 year ago
lol very funny, I hope you got my email about the new shoutoo UI and radio station we are launching cant wait to get a reply from you
Austin Prime
· 1 year ago
Leo your amazing haha.
mDot
· 1 year ago
3. It’s half-price day at Keny’s Donuts.
Not good for someone who sits on his tush all day!
Alex
· 1 year ago
It's okay Leo. I'm backlogged with TWiT podcasts... listening to Tech Guy now
Ben
· 1 year ago
Well deserved!
Pentaxfan
· 1 year ago
Are you sitting Naked in your beanbag chair in front of the TV eating cheetos? See Ron White stand up comedian if this is you! Enjoy your day! Happy Fathers Day Leo! Hope it's a good one for ya!
Zoyx
· 1 year ago
You knew I had the day off today, didn't you. Conspiracy, I tells yah.
cbartlett
· 1 year ago
I remember Patrick badgering you on TWiT about being able to stick to your self-prescribed schedule. Are you conceding he was right?
peterh_oz
· 1 year ago
Is number 1 related to number 5?
Digitarius
· 1 year ago
Oh Leo, you sitting on camera naked would do nothing but bump the numbers up! I'm not sure Stickam could handle it, frankly.
peterh_oz
· 1 year ago
cbartlett ... the schedule was supposed to be 5hrs a day, 5 days a week (Mon & Fri off) so Leo's been WAY exceeding the schedule.
tdubya
· 1 year ago
#1 was a little bit too much info Leo!
hobanet
· 1 year ago
leo, boss, buddy, amigo. it's cool! get away from the computer. the sun is your FRIEND!
PedroFonseca
· 1 year ago
God knows we don´t want to see Leo naked !
RobininNYC
· 1 year ago
hahaha! rest you need young Twit walker!
Gordon Medley
· 1 year ago
Alright, I let this one slide. No Leo for company today :(
peterh_oz
· 1 year ago
BTW ... In relation to number 4 ... The next time this occurs is Feb 2009. And on that day UNIX time will reach 1,234,567,890 decimal seconds (on February 13, 2009 at 23:31:30 GMT). Which is 15:31:30 PST (I think?). Anyway its 10:31:30 on 14 Feb in Sydney & Melbourne & Tassie.
ricanelite
· 1 year ago
Awesome list leo! Have a great day off and enjoy MGS
lepton
· 1 year ago
OK, but we need a doctor's note when you come back - that's school policy!
ricanelite
· 1 year ago
Great List Leo! Have a wonderful day off! Oh and enjoy MGS
heyjosh
· 1 year ago
Unplug. Go outside. Breathe the air.
Just be sure to take your iPhone, PDA, GPS watch, flip-cam, wireless lav mic, solar charger and video glasses with you...you know, just in case.
Horse N. Buggy
· 1 year ago
Here's hoping you don't have a vinyl sofa!
Casey
· 1 year ago
#1 reason for me... so i can get some work done at work today.
PooPsTech
· 1 year ago
OMG - too much information on the last part! LOL!
Listener_xyzzy
· 1 year ago
Damn! Couldn't you have held out one more week? I could have one the office pool!
Ben
· 1 year ago
Leo sitting around naked. WAY too much info there bud XD Have a good day off :-)
Jody
· 1 year ago
And you left off the main one. Overload from 5 teenagers. 4 to many.
digitatodd
· 1 year ago
thank you for not sitting around naked on stickam! enjoy the weekend!
lemieuxster
· 1 year ago
And, if I am not mistaken, Fridays are usually off anyway? Right?
jimconnolly
· 1 year ago
...wonder if Chris Pirillo pee's in a bucket?
Jim Connolly The Tech News Blog
Edson
· 1 year ago
Please, turn the camera off ... (while naked) !!!
ant
· 1 year ago
happy fathers day leo
Rokkster
· 1 year ago
You deserve it!
HotmilkGT
· 1 year ago
you forgot to mention the heat~~ oh brain toniq sound good right about now..
Tv's Travis
· 1 year ago
while i appreciate your candor, the mental imagery is a bit much. however...it's the truest of statements. enjoy the well deserved day off from the camera =)
Ron Stevens
· 1 year ago
11.When you came home last night,your wife asked you,who the hell are you? 12.In order to find your home,you had to use a GPS. ...
curt
· 1 year ago
sound like to me You need a couple alcoholic drinks and to sit around the house naked to finish this week off. for one day Have a good time.
motionblur
· 1 year ago
What - no twit live guest hosts? You can't have the studio just sitting there. That's lost opportunity. :)
Seriously, enjoy your day off.
Vstromdek
· 1 year ago
Nice list; I laughed.
Roomeister
· 1 year ago
I hope your not that guy who is using the lawn mower naked, with the beer in the cup holder
xgdfalcon
· 1 year ago
Cool. Now I can catch up on my podcasts. I'm sooo behind. Thanks to TWIT Live, I'm still listening to Tuesday podcasts today!
Chris
· 1 year ago
Tell us the truth Leo. Your going to your local Apple Store to get in line for the new iPhone!!
Darrell
· 1 year ago
Old men need time off! I can say that since I'm older than you and need time off too.
Albert
· 1 year ago
You had me "googling" the word "paraskevidekatriaphobic"...
Jaxpolice
· 1 year ago
You are the biggest nut I have ever followed on twitter. This was very funny. Have a Great Day! and put some cloths on... ya left the web cams running and the world will see ya!!!!!
virtuoso2199
· 1 year ago
Good for you, Leo, you work like a madman! Enjoy your time in the sweet California sun.
feel free to take the day off! Enjoy you day off with your family!
NastyMe
· 1 year ago
#7 is a poor excuse, Leo. You do have a window, right ?
Tony
· 1 year ago
Hopefully you can combine number 5 with the number 1 reason, thanks for reminding me its Friday the 13th forgot about it till just now. Great job with the video over the past couple of days, thank you enjoy the time off, you have earned it.
Ultravioletmars
· 1 year ago
I think reason #1 falls into the 'overshare' category...
People tend to forget we were born without clothes. Once in awhile, it's great to just sit around naked and let everything "hang loose". It re-invigorates those genes we have in common with the monkeys and brings back our connection with mother earth.
See you on the Internets, Mr LL
synmirror
· 1 year ago
hey Leo thats no problem anybody with more than >6 coultons on the coultonmeter can take a day of anytime ;) thanks for the great content !
fafaflunkie
· 1 year ago
The last thing anyone needs to see is you naked. Thx for turning off the camera. Enjoy the 13th of Friday.
Joe
· 1 year ago
Maybe everybody has just been too polite (or laughing too hard) to tell you that your camera hasn't been off and you mislabled the "Live" and "Standby" switch.......maybe......it could have happened.....but nobody is going to tell.
SpringRubber
· 1 year ago
It looks like it's finally starting to cool down a little in Petaluma over the next several days; that's nice.
seniormint
· 1 year ago
Leo,
The whole point of your grand media experiment is to create a situation where you can work 20 hours when the spirit moves you and 0 hours when it doesn't. I will try not to be jealous and simply wish you all the best. Now if I could only come up with something that give me that same kind of freedom while keeping a roof over my families head.
msamethyst1
· 1 year ago
Leo, Great list and I hope you enjoyed your day off and thanks for the longs days the last 2 days. It's only on those days that I get a chance to catch Twit Live.
kniht
· 1 year ago
Happy fathers day!
Gene
· 1 year ago
You only have one reason and you saved it for last.
Joe Gilbert
· 1 year ago
I hope you enjoyed a fine bottle of wine on your day off. Happy Father's Day, Leo!
SuzeMuse
· 1 year ago
Thanks to your day off, Leo, we'll all be able to get a lot more accomplished. Enjoy it - but we will miss you!
Daphne
· 1 year ago
Leo to you and the other TWiTs - Have a Happy Father's Day
Mrs. Flinger
· 1 year ago
Leo, you're awesome. Teh Enz.
Tucker
· 1 year ago
Seesmic video reply from Disqus.
Cedrick
· 1 year ago
We will miss you. I will see you on my ppc wm6 mogul mobile phone via skyfire browser tomorrow. skyfire.com check it out Leo please it has been the best.
reechard
· 1 year ago
Leo, on the last TWiT it came to my attenzione that your accent Italiano needs a piccolo bit of help... If you screen this I'm sure it'll improve:
"Mafioso" a film by Alberto Lattuada (criterion collection) four stars - in Italian - Milan Sicily & NY
Leo, just listed to the debate on metering the internet. John's argument is much more accurate than your claim that there is no cost to bits. There are limited bits. Your enterprise makes use of a significant amount of bandwidth on the consumer and producer end. You said' "I'm putting out high bandwidth content" and you don't want that limited. Fortunately or unfortunately, a higher number of bits moving about will have fees attached to them. Why shouldn't those who use more pay more. John briefly, finally after a long debate realized that indeed you are in a conflict of interest. Face it. You can't be neutral, when the issue affects you. I know you defend the internet and want few limits on it. It can be transformative on the content distribution side because let's face it, your cost of distribution approaches $0. You compete against content creation schemes that have significantly higher costs. The business development model of amazon has the same advantages over bookstores. Shouldn't amazon users pay the cost of almost free access to the resource?
dusan maletic
· 1 year ago
JCD makes one crucial mistake (which even the Leo didn't get): bandwidth problems are not due to the few heavy users but due to the failure of ISPs to keep up with the technology. If they provided us with the state of the art system, everyone would be able to use Internet at the rate of few todays heavy users without any issue. If ISPs provided us with the up-to-date system, we still wouldn't notice any issue with the few existing heavy users. But, they provide us with the outdated system and blame any problems on advanced users who do keep up with the modern technology and its capabilities... Technology develops fast. Still, technology develops FIRST and than people make use of it. First, the small number of first adopters. Than, others follow and it becomes a mainstream. ISPs can't sit idle (as they do) and must match their capabilities with the technological advancement. They have first adopters as a warning "canary in the mine". If first adopters experience problems, ISPs better fix it or soon the majority of us will have the same problems. Now to the cost issue. ISPs in many countries worldwide (with varying social, economic, political and geographical issues) already provide the state-of-the-art Internet access to their customers. At reasonable cost. Most importantly: WITH PROFIT. If they can, so can the USA ISPs. But, they are lazy dinosaurs who unfortunately presently hold necks of both the Govt. and users in their monopolistic mouths. It will take a new and clever provider to make "killing" from this situation by providing modern Internet access at reasonable rates. Some are already growing "out there"... Market is merciless and if profit is possible someone will emerge to get it. Finally, "Why shouldn't those who use more pay more": As I mention technology is developing fast. Say, today normal users maybe get 30-40GB per month. In few months I can bet it will be 60-80GB. And so on. So, in few months, if charged by amount you'd pay double for same "class" of usage. Or prices would need to be adjusted monthly... (Which they won't be. The whole "need" for charge by the byte is stemming from the ISP greed, not from real need or lack of profit). Also, there are some crucial Internet structure issues: ex. huge part of the bandwidth is in the ads... Make user pay by the byte and he is the one who'll pay for all those fancy Flash ads and such. Can I as such user go to the ad producer and say: I didn't want this, give me my bandwidth money back? Also the spam... If I receive a gig' of spam - who pays for it? Internet is simply not structured for "by the bit" consumption. And the technology is such that it is not needed.
dusanmal
· 1 year ago
JCD makes one crucial mistake (which even the Leo didn't get): bandwidth problems are not due to the few heavy users but due to the failure of ISPs to keep up with the technology. If they provided us with the state of the art system, everyone would be able to use Internet at the rate of few todays heavy users without any issue. If ISPs provided us with the up-to-date system, we still wouldn't notice any issue with the few existing heavy users. But, they provide us with the outdated system and blame any problems on advanced users who do keep up with the modern technology and its capabilities... Technology develops fast. Still, technology develops FIRST and than people make use of it. First, the small number of first adopters. Than, others follow and it becomes a mainstream. ISPs can't sit idle (as they do) and must match their capabilities with the technological advancement. They have first adopters as a warning "canary in the mine". If first adopters experience problems, ISPs better fix it or soon the majority of us will have the same problems. Now to the cost issue. ISPs in many countries worldwide (with varying social, economic, political and geographical issues) already provide the state-of-the-art Internet access to their customers. At reasonable cost. Most importantly: WITH PROFIT. If they can, so can the USA ISPs. But, they are lazy dinosaurs who unfortunately presently hold necks of both the Govt. and users in their monopolistic mouths. It will take a new and clever provider to make "killing" from this situation by providing modern Internet access at reasonable rates. Some are already growing "out there"... Market is merciless and if profit is possible someone will emerge to get it. Finally, "Why shouldn't those who use more pay more": As I mention technology is developing fast. Say, today normal users maybe get 30-40GB per month. In few months I can bet it will be 60-80GB. And so on. So, in few months, if charged by amount you'd pay double for same "class" of usage. Or prices would need to be adjusted monthly... (Which they won't be. The whole "need" for charge by the byte is stemming from the ISP greed, not from real need or lack of profit). Also, there are some crucial Internet structure issues: ex. huge part of the bandwidth is in the ads... Make user pay by the byte and he is the one who'll pay for all those fancy Flash ads and such. Can I as such user go to the ad producer and say: I didn't want this, give me my bandwidth money back? Also the spam... If I receive a gig' of spam - who pays for it? Internet is simply not structured for "by the bit" consumption. And the technology is such that it is not needed.
mark m
· 1 year ago
Jerry Pournelle is painful to listen to! Please don't have him back.
Just_John
· 1 year ago
Are you kidding? Even Jerry Pournelle's flem is wicked smart. I love the guy. I wish I had a living grandpa with that kind of wisdom and insight. More, more, more
Alex
· 1 year ago
For some reason my Firefox 3 hates loading leoville.com... :(
CoreyJ
· 1 year ago
Yes, please have Jerry Pournelle back ! (phlem or not.) Keep up the good work.
I just re-found you and I have some podcasts to catch up on.
Except got caught (in underwear) yesterday at the shop, had been out to an afternoon event. It was 90+ and even being out for the 10 minutes from car to event and 10 back, had me sweltering. So since it was after 5PM, and we had no scheduled visitors, I left sweaty "business casual" clothes in restroom, and planned to cool it for awhile and then put back on the shorts and polo I started the day with. One of the great things about having our own business, no dress code, except if we have customers expected-be dressed.
Naturally a new customer who found us on Google, had talked to my wife and stopped in. So I had to hide in the office behind closed door, while Marcy worked the showroom.
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10. Realized that Twit Live is an anagram of little vw and spent hours flashing back to your hippie days.
9. Someone on Gizmodo called someone else an idiot, and you spent the rest of the day researching Apple's new Diot.
8. Sat in the studio, drunk and dejected, because Sumi Das won't return your calls.
7. Sick of coming in the studio and having to clean up the Giz Wiz.
6. Got stuck in the Badlands with your level 11 Warlock, and a guy's gotta have priorities.
5. Intern was sick, and you couldn't find "On."
4. An especially gut-wrenching episode of Tyra made you come to grips with your feelings for Dvorak.
3. Still bitter over having not been chosen the new Mahalo Girl.
2. Spent day continuing to strategize for Hillary.
1. Checked all of your sources, read all of the blogs, scanned all of your notes and came to realize that there was absolutely nothing that you needed to say!
Good stuff Leo, enjoy your day!
appcasts.tv
Not good for someone who sits on his tush all day!
Just be sure to take your iPhone, PDA, GPS watch, flip-cam, wireless lav mic, solar charger and video glasses with you...you know, just in case.
enjoy the weekend!
Jim Connolly
The Tech News Blog
oh brain toniq sound good right about now..
12.In order to find your home,you had to use a GPS.
...
Seriously, enjoy your day off.
http://www.stadiumpal.com/
BTW, news for the UGM is coming next week on new GFX cards:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/io_1213359923849.html
and ATI can't be far behind...
http://www.unleashonetera.com/
See you on the Internets, Mr LL
thats no problem anybody
with more than >6 coultons
on the coultonmeter can take a day of anytime ;)
thanks for the great content !
The whole point of your grand media experiment is to create a situation where you can work 20 hours when the spirit moves you and 0 hours when it doesn't. I will try not to be jealous and simply wish you all the best. Now if I could only come up with something that give me that same kind of freedom while keeping a roof over my families head.
Great list and I hope you enjoyed your day off and thanks for the longs days the last 2 days. It's only on those days that I get a chance to catch Twit Live.
If you screen this I'm sure it'll improve:
"Mafioso" a film by Alberto Lattuada (criterion collection) four stars - in Italian - Milan Sicily & NY
Enjoy...
-Agenator
just listed to the debate on metering the internet. John's argument is much more accurate than your claim that there is no cost to bits. There are limited bits. Your enterprise makes use of a significant amount of bandwidth on the consumer and producer end. You said' "I'm putting out high bandwidth content" and you don't want that limited.
Fortunately or unfortunately, a higher number of bits moving about will have fees attached to them. Why shouldn't those who use more pay more.
John briefly, finally after a long debate realized that indeed you are in a conflict of interest. Face it. You can't be neutral, when the issue affects you. I know you defend the internet and want few limits on it. It can be transformative on the content distribution side because let's face it, your cost of distribution approaches $0. You compete against content creation schemes that have significantly higher costs.
The business development model of amazon has the same advantages over bookstores. Shouldn't amazon users pay the cost of almost free access to the resource?
Technology develops fast. Still, technology develops FIRST and than people make use of it. First, the small number of first adopters. Than, others follow and it becomes a mainstream. ISPs can't sit idle (as they do) and must match their capabilities with the technological advancement. They have first adopters as a warning "canary in the mine". If first adopters experience problems, ISPs better fix it or soon the majority of us will have the same problems.
Now to the cost issue. ISPs in many countries worldwide (with varying social, economic, political and geographical issues) already provide the state-of-the-art Internet access to their customers. At reasonable cost. Most importantly: WITH PROFIT. If they can, so can the USA ISPs. But, they are lazy dinosaurs who unfortunately presently hold necks of both the Govt. and users in their monopolistic mouths. It will take a new and clever provider to make "killing" from this situation by providing modern Internet access at reasonable rates. Some are already growing "out there"... Market is merciless and if profit is possible someone will emerge to get it.
Finally, "Why shouldn't those who use more pay more": As I mention technology is developing fast. Say, today normal users maybe get 30-40GB per month. In few months I can bet it will be 60-80GB. And so on. So, in few months, if charged by amount you'd pay double for same "class" of usage. Or prices would need to be adjusted monthly... (Which they won't be. The whole "need" for charge by the byte is stemming from the ISP greed, not from real need or lack of profit). Also, there are some crucial Internet structure issues: ex. huge part of the bandwidth is in the ads... Make user pay by the byte and he is the one who'll pay for all those fancy Flash ads and such. Can I as such user go to the ad producer and say: I didn't want this, give me my bandwidth money back? Also the spam... If I receive a gig' of spam - who pays for it? Internet is simply not structured for "by the bit" consumption. And the technology is such that it is not needed.
Technology develops fast. Still, technology develops FIRST and than people make use of it. First, the small number of first adopters. Than, others follow and it becomes a mainstream. ISPs can't sit idle (as they do) and must match their capabilities with the technological advancement. They have first adopters as a warning "canary in the mine". If first adopters experience problems, ISPs better fix it or soon the majority of us will have the same problems.
Now to the cost issue. ISPs in many countries worldwide (with varying social, economic, political and geographical issues) already provide the state-of-the-art Internet access to their customers. At reasonable cost. Most importantly: WITH PROFIT. If they can, so can the USA ISPs. But, they are lazy dinosaurs who unfortunately presently hold necks of both the Govt. and users in their monopolistic mouths. It will take a new and clever provider to make "killing" from this situation by providing modern Internet access at reasonable rates. Some are already growing "out there"... Market is merciless and if profit is possible someone will emerge to get it.
Finally, "Why shouldn't those who use more pay more": As I mention technology is developing fast. Say, today normal users maybe get 30-40GB per month. In few months I can bet it will be 60-80GB. And so on. So, in few months, if charged by amount you'd pay double for same "class" of usage. Or prices would need to be adjusted monthly... (Which they won't be. The whole "need" for charge by the byte is stemming from the ISP greed, not from real need or lack of profit). Also, there are some crucial Internet structure issues: ex. huge part of the bandwidth is in the ads... Make user pay by the byte and he is the one who'll pay for all those fancy Flash ads and such. Can I as such user go to the ad producer and say: I didn't want this, give me my bandwidth money back? Also the spam... If I receive a gig' of spam - who pays for it? Internet is simply not structured for "by the bit" consumption. And the technology is such that it is not needed.
Keep up the good work.
I just re-found you and I have some podcasts to catch up on.
http://stuff.co.nz/thepress/4612002a6009.html
http://blogs.nzherald.co.nz/blog/your-views/200...
Enjoy :)
regards,
Editor
HYPERNOISE WEBMAG
www.twitter.com/hypernoise
Except got caught (in underwear) yesterday at the shop, had been out to an afternoon event. It was 90+ and even being out for the 10 minutes from car to event and 10 back, had me sweltering. So since it was after 5PM, and we had no scheduled visitors, I left sweaty "business casual" clothes in restroom, and planned to cool it for awhile and then put back on the shorts and polo I started the day with. One of the great things about having our own business, no dress code, except if we have customers expected-be dressed.
Naturally a new customer who found us on Google, had talked to my wife and stopped in. So I had to hide in the office behind closed door, while Marcy worked the showroom.
She's coming again today, so I'm prepared.
Get Your Name On! www.epeopleplus.com
Mike