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Jawbone54 · Sep 28, 2015, 12:51 PM

Well, this sucks, although Dvorak has invested increasingly into his shtick over the years. I've always enjoyed how his presence somewhat blows up the show (especially when Patel was on).

The Final Dakar · Sep 28, 2015, 12:52 PM

Oh. Well then.

Banning is still an overreaction, though.

subego · Sep 28, 2015, 12:53 PM

Duh.

The Final Dakar · Sep 28, 2015, 12:54 PM

Originally Posted by subego

Duh.

Touché

ort888 · Sep 28, 2015, 01:10 PM

He's been unbanned.

subego · Sep 28, 2015, 01:23 PM

But most emphatically did not apologize.

The Final Dakar · Sep 28, 2015, 01:25 PM

Originally Posted by ort888

He's been unbanned.

Just reinforces the perception of Leo being moody.

subego · Sep 28, 2015, 01:31 PM

Originally Posted by The Final Dakar

Just reinforces the perception of Leo being moody.

My cynical view is Leo will spin this as him taking the higher ground.

subego · 07:26 AM

Leo Twitter-slammed Dvorak, again.

Cap'n Tightpants · Sep 29, 2015, 09:40 AM

Leo's an embarrassment, I can't fathom why anyone would choose to listen to him now.

subego · Sep 29, 2015, 10:43 AM

I feel he's crossed the border of embarrassment into the land of having entirely lost his mind.

I remember accusations of him being poison back when I was still a fan. I can't imagine what his reputation in the industry is like now.

subego · Oct 7, 2015, 12:37 PM

Looks official. TWiT's leaving the studio when the lease is up.

The Final Dakar · Oct 7, 2015, 12:45 PM

Yeah, that is not news. Where are they going to, though? I imagine not back to the cottage.

ort888 · Oct 7, 2015, 12:53 PM

They could rent out the back room of the Community Center on show days. Or maybe Chuckie Cheese. Or the Sunday School room at Father Ballecers church.

subego · Oct 7, 2015, 01:06 PM

Leo says he considered building it in his garage.

subego · Oct 7, 2015, 01:09 PM

Originally Posted by The Final Dakar

Yeah, that is not news. Where are they going to, though? I imagine not back to the cottage.

It's news in the sense Leo actually said it.

The Final Dakar · Oct 7, 2015, 01:33 PM

Meh

subego · Oct 7, 2015, 04:03 PM

I was expecting him to make it public less than 18 months in advance.

subego · Oct 9, 2015, 10:48 AM

Looks like the lease is up in 6 months. I knew a year-and-a-half was too far out to wind up the spin machine.

They had an option to renew for an extra year, which is where I was getting 18 months.

starman · Oct 9, 2015, 06:19 PM

I'm so effing glad my brick is now useless.

subego · Oct 9, 2015, 07:30 PM

I almost bought one. Definitely felt I dodged a bullet.

Jawbone54 · Oct 10, 2015, 11:53 AM

I didn't think I "knew" anyone that bought one.

No wonder you guys feel like you've been crapped on.

subego · Oct 10, 2015, 12:30 PM

As is probably obvious, I was a true believer.

Probably the most embarrassing admission I can make was I bought into the claim they had quality sponsors who they liked.

"Allan Mulally, CEO of Ford and my pal! these cars are so great! I love my Mustang! Ford Sync is the best! No more ads? **** Ford... me and the wife get Audis."

Thankfully, I had shaken it off already when it was time to get a new car.

subego · Oct 10, 2015, 11:27 PM

**** me, Mike Arrington.

subego · Dec 10, 2015, 12:08 AM

I imagine no one cares at this point, but TWiT whacked Mike Elgan.

The Final Dakar · Dec 10, 2015, 10:58 AM

And what was the excuse?

Jawbone54 · Dec 10, 2015, 12:14 PM

I do care, but I didn't know. I haven't kept up with anything in the TWiT universe for many weeks.

I've searched a bit, and can't find anything on it.

Cap'n Tightpants · Dec 10, 2015, 12:29 PM

Does it really matter what Leo does anymore? The guy dares to criticize anyone else after throttling the Golden Goose with his own hands?

subego · Dec 10, 2015, 02:15 PM

Originally Posted by The Final Dakar

And what was the excuse?

Leo is firmly in "old media" mode.

Elgan just disappeared. One day he was there, next day he's gone. No excuse, no explanation, no chance for a good bye.

Doing this to people is one of the things I hate the most about the industry, and I bet you could get Leo to say the same thing back when he had a soul.

I'm sure chat will get up in his grille this weekend, so he may come up with something, but as of now, AFAICT he's been mum.

subego · Dec 10, 2015, 02:21 PM

Originally Posted by Jawbone54

I do care, but I didn't know. I haven't kept up with anything in the TWiT universe for many weeks.

I've searched a bit, and can't find anything on it.

Here's the inside TWiT link:

inside.TWIT.tv | ...the revolution will be streamed... - Blog - Tech News Today in 2016

Here's Elgan's G+ commentary:

https://plus.google.com/+MikeElgan/posts/VQEJfqwfrFu

subego · Dec 17, 2015, 12:10 PM

Tech News Tonight, Coding 101, Before You Buy, and iFive all went up to podcast heaven today.

subego · Feb 8, 2016, 10:13 PM

Instead of wang pix, this time it's the CEO's hoo-haa.

The Final Dakar · Feb 8, 2016, 11:58 PM

ort888 · Feb 9, 2016, 01:56 PM

This guy just doesn't learn...

starman · Feb 9, 2016, 06:13 PM

Not only that, but how do people support this kind of behavior?

The Final Dakar · Feb 9, 2016, 06:40 PM

Originally Posted by ort888

This guy just doesn't learn...

It's worse, he doesn't care. Like, the only reason I think he works now is he probably can't afford to retire. I get no sense hat he still enjoys his job or the network. I'm really curious what he's going to be doing 5 years down the line. I imagine TWiT will be dead and whatever tech knowledge he has left completely outdated.

ort888 · Feb 9, 2016, 06:46 PM

Now that we have photos of both, someone needs to make an animated GIF of Leo's wang and Lisa's hoo-ha in action.

or maybe not...

subego · Feb 9, 2016, 06:49 PM

You could probably just ask Leo for it.

The Final Dakar · Feb 9, 2016, 06:53 PM

Originally Posted by subego

You could probably just ask Leo for it.

You could probably wait another 9 months for it to get accidentally put on air

Cap'n Tightpants · Feb 9, 2016, 08:39 PM

"Filthy" is right, or it could be that she just goes commando in blue jeans. That can cause a woman's labia to look that color, too.

#bluewaffle?

There's also the bru-ha-ha over the padre allegedly selling out to Acer for a free laptop...

subego · Apr 8, 2016, 02:01 PM

Leo floated the idea of selling bricks to finance the move.

I hope he was trolling.

starman · Apr 8, 2016, 02:50 PM

Originally Posted by subego

Leo floated the idea of selling bricks to finance the move.

I hope he was trolling.

F that. The brick I bought is now useless. Sorry, but no.

subego · Apr 9, 2016, 02:06 PM

That's the thing...

Obviously you're not going to buy one, but it's pretty much a direct insult to you on top of it.

I want to say "this man has no shame", as if that's an insightful observation, but this is Dick Pic Laporte we're talking here.

OAW · May 11, 2016, 12:23 AM

Recently started watching MacBreak Weekly again on my Apple TV 4. A couple of observations ...

1. The average episode length seems to be 2 hours now. Was it always this long?

2. #1 probably wouldn't even be the case if it weren't for Andy Inahtko's incessant rambling. That has to be adding 30-45 minutes to an episode all by itself.

OAW

subego · May 11, 2016, 06:26 AM

I feel like it was an hour to an hour-and-a-half when I used to watch...

And this was when Apple used to have things like new products.

ort888 · May 11, 2016, 10:03 AM

Yeah, Andy Ihnatko became super annoying at some point. I used to like him, but man, that dude can just talk and talk and talk about nothing at all.

I haven't listened to a TWIT show in a year or two now. MacBreak Weekly used to drive me nuts because the host (Leo) was so anti-apple and so stupidly anti-apple. His opinions sounded like something an android troll would write on a comments thread. They were that bad. I have no idea with someone giving them the business when they deserve it, but he was just bitter. He also was grossly uninformed and underprepared for every episode. He frequently had no idea what he was even talking about.

The Final Dakar · May 11, 2016, 10:15 AM

I thin most Twitter shows used to be closer to 1.30, but I think they got stretched to 2 hours so Leo could insert more ads when the going got tough.

OAW · May 11, 2016, 01:40 PM

Originally Posted by ort888

Yeah, Andy Ihnatko became super annoying at some point. I used to like him, but man, that dude can just talk and talk and talk about nothing at all.

OMG sometimes I want to stab myself in the eye with a rusty fork when he starts yakking.

Originally Posted by ort888

I haven't listened to a TWIT show in a year or two now. MacBreak Weekly used to drive me nuts because the host (Leo) was so anti-apple and so stupidly anti-apple. His opinions sounded like something an android troll would write on a comments thread. They were that bad. I have no idea with someone giving them the business when they deserve it, but he was just bitter. He also was grossly uninformed and underprepared for every episode. He frequently had no idea what he was even talking about.

I've heard him mention something about being "persona non grata" with Apple lately. Not sure what that's all about but perhaps that has something to do with it? In any event, from a tech commentary perspective I much prefer Rene Ritchie and Alex Lindsay. Those guys always seem to be informed.

OAW

subego · May 11, 2016, 01:46 PM

He's still making hay out of that? Not really a surprise I guess.

He live streamed an Apple event from his laptop, and Apple stopped talking to him afterwards.

That should date it for you. This was before Apple did their own streams... so 10 years ago? Fifteen?

ort888 · May 11, 2016, 02:07 PM

Originally Posted by OAW

OMG sometimes I want to stab myself in the eye with a rusty fork when he starts yakking.

He's like the 30 year older version of the guy in a trench coat in front of you at the line for the new superhero movie who won't shut the **** up about this and that.