| Friday, 13 June 2008, 9:53 am Tags: TWiT Live |
10. I did 20 hours of video in the past two days and I’m exhausted.
9. It’s time to give someone else a chance on Stickam.
8. My Energizers finally ran out.
7. There’s no more room under my desk to store the pee.
6. It’s been a month since I’ve answered my email.
5. My wife is coming home and I’ve got some ‘splaining to do.
4. I’m paraskevidekatriaphobic and I’m planning to run for the cure.
3. It’s half-price day at Keny’s Donuts.
2. Metal Gear Solid 4 beckons.
and the number one reason I’m taking today off…
Sometimes a guy’s just got to sit around naked.
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Ahahaha “no more room to store the pee”
Good stuff Leo, enjoy your day!
You got, take the day off, well deserved!
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Wow, my Greek lessons are finally coming in useful. I didn't have to click on that to know what it meant
Glad your not choosing to sit naked in front of TWiT Live today. My eyes would burn!!!
oh, no… visual on the 1st (number one reason). :O
Thank you for NO twitlive for item #1 alone!
enough with the nudity; us Brits are just about to eat
Lol Leo, Good for you.
Lol…funny, goofy and smart….hmm, the same reasons I listen to you I gues.
Sigh….OK, your excused.
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
Leo your amazing haha.
3. It’s half-price day at Keny’s Donuts.
Not good for someone who sits on his tush all day!
It's okay Leo. I'm backlogged with TWiT podcasts… listening to Tech Guy now
Well deserved!
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!
You knew I had the day off today, didn't you. Conspiracy, I tells yah.
I remember Patrick badgering you on TWiT about being able to stick to your self-prescribed schedule. Are you conceding he was right?
Is number 1 related to number 5?
Oh Leo, you sitting on camera naked would do nothing but bump the numbers up! I'm not sure Stickam could handle it, frankly.
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.
#1 was a little bit too much info Leo!
leo, boss, buddy, amigo. it's cool! get away from the computer. the sun is your FRIEND!
God knows we don´t want to see Leo naked !
hahaha! rest you need young Twit walker!
Alright, I let this one slide. No Leo for company today
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.
Awesome list leo! Have a great day off and enjoy MGS
OK, but we need a doctor's note when you come back – that's school policy!
Great List Leo! Have a wonderful day off! Oh and enjoy MGS
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.
Here's hoping you don't have a vinyl sofa!
#1 reason for me… so i can get some work done at work today.
OMG – too much information on the last part! LOL!
Damn! Couldn't you have held out one more week? I could have one the office pool!
Leo sitting around naked. WAY too much info there bud XD Have a good day off
And you left off the main one. Overload from 5 teenagers. 4 to many.
thank you for not sitting around naked on stickam!
enjoy the weekend!
And, if I am not mistaken, Fridays are usually off anyway? Right?
…wonder if Chris Pirillo pee's in a bucket?
Jim Connolly
The Tech News Blog
Please, turn the camera off … (while naked) !!!
happy fathers day leo
You deserve it!
you forgot to mention the heat~~
oh brain toniq sound good right about now..
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 =)
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.
…
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.
Couldn't agree more with number 1!!!
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! http://www.epeopleplus.com
Mike
What – no twit live guest hosts? You can't have the studio just sitting there. That's lost opportunity.
Seriously, enjoy your day off.
Nice list; I laughed.
I hope your not that guy who is using the lawn mower naked, with the beer in the cup holder
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!
Tell us the truth Leo. Your going to your local Apple Store to get in line for the new iPhone!!
Old men need time off! I can say that since I'm older than you and need time off too.
You had me “googling” the word “paraskevidekatriaphobic”…
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!!!!!
Good for you, Leo, you work like a madman! Enjoy your time in the sweet California sun.
well here is how you take care of you urine problem
http://www.stadiumpal.com/
feel free to take the day off! Enjoy you day off with your family!
#7 is a poor excuse, Leo. You do have a window, right ?
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.
I think reason #1 falls into the 'overshare' category…
Slacker!
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/
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
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 !
Seesmic video reply from Disqus to Leo's LOL blog
The last thing anyone needs to see is you naked. Thx for turning off the camera. Enjoy the 13th of Friday.
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.
It looks like it's finally starting to cool down a little in Petaluma over the next several days; that's nice.
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.
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.
Happy fathers day!
You only have one reason and you saved it for last.
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I hope you enjoyed a fine bottle of wine on your day off. Happy Father's Day, Leo!
Thanks to your day off, Leo, we'll all be able to get a lot more accomplished. Enjoy it – but we will miss you!
Leo to you and the other TWiTs – Have a Happy Father's Day
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!
Leo, you're awesome. Teh Enz.
Sounds like its time to sit on the bean bag chair on the floor, eating some Cheetos, and play some video games!
LOL @ “…you come to grips with your feelings for Dvorak.”
Seesmic video reply from Disqus.
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.
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
Everyone needs a naked room
While you took the day off, I did this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC4wK3QLCnQ
Enjoy…
-Agenator
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?
Jerry Pournelle is painful to listen to! Please don't have him back.
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
For some reason my Firefox 3 hates loading leoville.com…
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.
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.
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.
NZ IPhone prices are causing a bit of angst
http://stuff.co.nz/thepress/4612002a6009.html
http://blogs.nzherald.co.nz/blog/your-views/200…
Enjoy
nice life man!
regards,
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good one
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