Post AVYSmPgD9m533dZCu8 by ochaos@techhub.social
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(DIR) Post #AVYPuG0qgPFTWuGiVE by leo@twit.social
2023-05-11T18:48:19Z
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25 years ago today a minor cable channel named ZDTV (later TechTV) launched. https://youtu.be/9GjuA-sO9Bk #zdtv #techtv #amazeyourself
(DIR) Post #AVYPyIKg03edsnT57I by thegibson@hackers.town
2023-05-11T18:49:01Z
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@leo I still miss it.
(DIR) Post #AVYR3WNzHEr6s34ZwO by chase@twit.social
2023-05-11T19:01:11Z
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@leo You very quickly became my primary source for tech news and how-to’s from your shows on ZDTV. Nowadays, I’m a university technology librarian and still follow you and watch/listen to your podcasts. Thank you for all you’ve done and continue to do!
(DIR) Post #AVYSbl8j1r8OQep94y by MattO@twit.social
2023-05-11T19:18:34Z
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@leo I have such fond memories of seeing your show live. I brought the whole family and I remember you immediately turned to my ste-daughter and said, “You must be the one they drug here.” That moment endeared me to you.
(DIR) Post #AVYSmPgD9m533dZCu8 by ochaos@techhub.social
2023-05-11T19:20:30Z
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@leo I still have a ZDTV stress cube.... somewhere.
(DIR) Post #AVYV1I67pQijnJuTfE by SnoopJ@hachyderm.io
2023-05-11T19:45:34Z
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@leo I always think of a segment from one of your shows talking about some new upstart programming language that was mostly good for students when someone asks me how long I've been writing PythonBlast from the past, good memories :)
(DIR) Post #AVYY1iGipEl4pBl8pk by onpaperwings@typo.social
2023-05-11T20:19:17Z
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@leo As a teenager growing up in rural Missouri who loved computers and had just gotten Direct TV, watching you and Kate was world-expanding.I still remember vividly the episode where you unpacked the colorful iMac for the first time!
(DIR) Post #AVYb9rf25bNa8Ii1Ng by adamsdesk@fosstodon.org
2023-05-11T20:54:23Z
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@leo It was exciting times back then.
(DIR) Post #AVYg4tevjQTcea6yrg by AlfredPoor@technews.social
2023-05-11T21:49:31Z
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@leo I've always been proud to be a guest on those early shows.
(DIR) Post #AVYiKhxPCtd4tzQ85A by userid_required@mastodon.social
2023-05-11T22:14:47Z
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@leo All I can think of is how far we’ve come from RealVideo.
(DIR) Post #AVYlwnw3jC7kJHeExE by chrisbeiting@mastodon.social
2023-05-11T22:55:16Z
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@leo every day at lunch we’d watch the rerun of TSS from the night before and I’d watch the live show when I got home. It was a staple all the way until G4 took it over. You, Kate, Kevin, Sarah, Yoshi, Patrick, Dvorak, Kay, Megan, Martin, and countless others were my tv friends and it felt like we were part of a little club that only the cool nerds knew. Thanks for coming into our homes for a sadly brief few years. It was a lot of fun.
(DIR) Post #AVe8FrvYHQVEyThqLY by Joe@twit.social
2023-05-14T12:58:47Z
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@leo it changed mine as well. Having a dedicated channel for people like us was incredibly validating. I felt the same way about the radio show. I still miss TechTV terribly.
(DIR) Post #AVeZLedpHreIGjOlRg by joytoworld93@techhub.social
2023-05-14T18:02:22Z
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@leo You and ZDTV are part of IT history.
(DIR) Post #AVkb6YYZ8U2VELk8zw by denise@twit.social
2023-05-17T15:50:20Z
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@leo The Screen Savers: It’s Complicated™️😂🤗
(DIR) Post #AVpZWF5hUlDRRXf9LU by av8or@twit.social
2023-05-20T01:26:00Z
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@leo I was a kid. I BEGGED my parents for ZDTV. We didn’t even have cable. I mowed lawns from dusk til dawn and at 8 or 9 years old (whatever I was) paid for satellite TV myself. An uncle came over and helped me install the dish. Spent the next two and a half decades watching and listening to Leo Laporte! Not ashamed to admit I actually cried watching the final episode of “Call for Help”. It was like losing a childhood friend.
(DIR) Post #AX55m137wDAQaBIaki by pixelbud@techbacon.social
2023-06-26T11:00:13Z
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@leo I was a teenager and watched you on ZDtv via satellite. It changed my life too. Solidified a career path in tech. Thank you SO MUCH.
(DIR) Post #AXK9rlZXhzgJVRrDiy by pixiekat@tech.lgbt
2023-07-03T17:25:35Z
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@leo I don't think I had ZDTV but I remember finally getting to see Screen Savers and TechTV when I was in my first or second year of uni back in 2000-2001? I recall that was the first place I saw XP since I was still on a Windows 98 HP machine that I got just for college (Zip drive not included ;)).