Comment by donatj
5 hours ago
Most of what I know him for was coming on TWiT, driving Leo Laporte nuts, and making claims that ended up not coming true.
He was a hilarious curmudgeon. He will be missed.
5 hours ago
Most of what I know him for was coming on TWiT, driving Leo Laporte nuts, and making claims that ended up not coming true.
He was a hilarious curmudgeon. He will be missed.
Curmudgeon is the perfect term to describe.
He was a great part of TWIT. I liked his obscure software references (lotus Jazz was one I think).
He also found this new thing is like that old thing.
His non positive takes were a great addition to the show.
When Leo banned him is actually when I stopped listening to TWiT. Apparently he came back a few years later, but I never did.
Apparently Dvorak was against net neutrality. He had the worst takes
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> lotus Jazz
I actually remember that.
Praising IBM PS/2 modularity and ease of service on Computer Chronicles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoAH1aHmwR0&t=637s
He pulled one apart and couldnt put it back together for the rest of the episode :-)
He was a very readable columnist for PC Mag among other places. He was also more focused on being interesting and at least a bit provocative than being correct.
>He was a hilarious curmudgeon.
Agreed.
>> He was also more focused on being interesting and at least a bit provocative than being correct.
So exactly like everyone today, but also interesting?
He set the style of being confidently incorrect. At least he was entertaining.
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Probably. With some exceptions, he wasn't flat out wrong. But he did push the boundaries from time to time.