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Comment on TWiT Specials 138: New Amazon Kindles by Tom

Tom — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 23:46:11 +0000

I just don’t like to have to switch to a device that only does one thing.

Comment on Just finished my 2nd Novel: United Moon Colonies by Andrew V

Andrew V — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 23:05:17 +0000

Hey Tom, Thank you for this book it was a great read or listen or whatever. really enjoyed the audio book, I am going to pick up the kindle version now. Thank You.

Comment on TWiT Specials 138: New Amazon Kindles by Blair Slavin

Blair Slavin — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 06:27:08 +0000

Hey… Tom mentioned that he gave away his E-book device and doesn’t use them…but I missed why he said he doesn’t like them.

ALso… Do you folks think on the Kindle Paper White if the screen is really that white if you don’t have the light on? I ordered mine…but wondered what you thought.

Comment on Tech History Today – May 23 by Shantanu

Shantanu — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 06:22:09 +0000

i was born 23 may 1993

Comment on Tech News Today 553: Mammoth Game of Chicken by Tom

Tom — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 01:13:37 +0000

High praise indeed. All cdit to Sarah Lane who did the research on the story. Cool stuff btw!!

Comment on Tech News Today 553: Mammoth Game of Chicken by Have Blue

Have Blue — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 01:01:54 +0000

As the fellow who 3D printed the AR-15 lower receiver mentioned on this episode (and as a fan of the show), I just wanted to say how delighted I was with the relative accuracy in reporting it! I wish I could say the same for other news outlets – keep up the great work!

Comment on Tech News Today 552: Fiber in the Hood by Dan

Dan — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 20:51:53 +0000

You mentioned that you might need to do a follow up netcast to the “Fiber in the Hood” episode 552 on how to introduce competition. I suggest you interview Dr. Andrew Cohill, a nationally known broadband consultant who led the Blacksburg Electronic Village (BEV) project. His firm is DesignNine.com. I have heard him speak, and he has an excellent and thorough presentation on how local governments can bring broadband (fiber to the home) to their communities. One of his suggestions is very obvious once you hear it: an “Open Ditch Policy” (any time a ditch is opened, i.e. to run a water or sewer line, then at least put in conduit for future fiber runs). From Wikipedia: The BEV was so thoroughly integrated in the Blacksburg community, that in 1998, the town was chosen by Guinness World Records as the “Most Wired Community.”

Comment on Tech News Today 550: The Mountain Lion Wakes by JRD Skinner

JRD Skinner — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 18:22:39 +0000

Hi Tom! I sent you an email earlier, but it was to your yahoo.com address, so I may have been just throwing my words down a hole. My apologies if this a repeated plea, I just wanted to ensure it reached you:

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You probably don’t recall, but, a few years ago, we invoked you as a patron saint for our little fiction podcast, Flash Pulp – well, fast forward a bit, and we’re still at it, but we’ve gotten ourselves into a tussle with one of the slushers at Clarkesworld Magazine: It’s an Asim-off.

Specifically, I was bragging about my sideburns being 50% Lemmy from Motorhead, and 50% Isaac Asimov, and it lead to a “who can be the most Asimov?” competition.

Today happens to be the date of judging – it’s the anniversary of the day Asimov divorced his first wife, a Canadian, which seemed appropriate for our cross-border battle – and I was wondering if we could bother you to act as arbiter?

Essentially it would entail looking at two photos, (which we’ll send along if you accept,) and then you’ll decide which of us is the most Asimov-ian. If you could record a short audio clip of your judging process, for our once-weekly chat show, that would be fantastic, but even a “The winner is…” email would be sufficient.

If you accept we’ll be happy to extend the judging deadline till the weekend, as we realize you’re a ridiculously busy fellow.

Whatever the case, thanks for everything, sir!

Comment on Subscribe to stuff by Howard Hauptman

Howard Hauptman — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 00:14:58 +0000

Tom, I just want to tell you how much I look forward to seeing you on as many of your shows as I can. You are consistantly accurate and insightful and I respect you very much. I understand and respect your decisions with regard to your scheduling your life.
Much love to you and Eileen.
Howard

Comment on About Tom Merritt by Christopher Ganiere

Christopher Ganiere — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 13:52:06 +0000

Frame Rate 85 in the spoiler you stated that the teachers were the worst paid profession – not true in California. Take a gander at a local school board meeting and you will soon find that the teachers are paid more than you. And just think of the benefit package!