Balancing on a giant rubber ball in a broadcast studio and control room carved out of a cottage in Petaluma, Calif., Leo Laporte is an unlikely media mogul.

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Leo Laporte plans to start a morning show this spring to compete with drive-time radio broadcasters.

From that little town in California wine country, he runs his empire, a podcasting network, TWIT. For 30 hours each week, he and the other hosts on his network talk about technology — topics like the best e-book reader or how to get rid of a computer virus — for shows that he gives away online.

Nerdy, yes. Silly, no. TWIT gets its name from Mr. Laporte’s flagship podcast, “This Week in Tech,” which is downloaded by a quarter of a million people each week. He produces 22 other technology-focused podcasts that are downloaded five million times a month. He also streams video all day long that captures his podcasting and a weekend radio show on computers, “The Tech Guy,” that reaches 500,000 more people through 140 stations.

Leo Laporte é ídalo.

He sees you when you’re sleeping, he knows when you’re awake, he’s copied on /var/spool/mail/root, so be good for goodness’ sake.

Via @betaorezende.

2 – Alf, o ETeimoso (ALF) e Os Êta Terrestres (Third Rock From The Sun)

Sério! Qual o problema na hora de traduzir uma série de aliens aqui no Brasil? Existe alguma lei em que elas sempre tem que serem nomeadas por um tiozão tosco que faz piadinhas infames?

A fodona ALF ganhou o tosco nome de Alf, o ETeimoso, mas o que fode mesmo é a versão brasileira de Third Rock From The Sun: Os Êta Terrestres.

SBT dominando a lista, parabéns.

Via @interney.

=-O

Via @GFortes.

Quando a gente achava que as inscrições de vídeo mais bizarro do ano já tinham acabado…

Via Good.

It’s helping us all understand that the Internet isn’t just for tweeting what you had for lunch, watching (and making) viral YouTube videos, sharing family pictures on Facebook and buying stuff on Amazon

Via @nandop.

Levando-se em conta que a senha é, basicamente, para colocar comentários não me espanta as senhas serem bem fracas.

Via @DeLuCa.

Sabe como é… Chega dezembro e a galera fica sem job. Dá nisso.

As já tradicionais criações de fim-de-ano do @FabioYabu.

“John Lennon’s family and friends today”: What do they look like? According to Yahoo! (taking a page from the Washington Post) they look like a World of Warcraft orc or monster or something. No wonder the Beatles broke up!

Via @marlonzanatti.