Episode 1098
May 26, 2010 MAD is Back
In Bill Gaines’s time, MAD had 8 issues a year, then 12 issues a year when Time Warner acquired MAD. Last year, it changed to a quarterly publication. Now it’s decided to be bimonthly. Dick is technically not on the staff of MAD. He’s a “permanent freelancer” (out of choice) – basically someone who is there most of the time but with absolutely no fringe benefits. Don’t give Leo too many ideas!
Tech Talkback
Dick enjoys the freedom of being a freelancer and working with smaller independent enterprises (such as TWiT). Just the other day, TWiT’s video editor Erik Lanigan asked to do a show, Leo said yes, and that’s how Tech Talkback came about.
Roasting Beans
Silvio from Escondido, California, has been a listener of the show since the beginning, and in fact started listening to Leo on a radio show with John C Dvorak. He heard Leo talk about roasting coffee the other day, and Silvio has a story to tell. His parents immigrated to the States in 1962. Back then it was difficult to find good espresso coffee in southern California. His mother used to buy green coffee beans and roast them in the backyard with a roaster she brought from Italy. The aroma was magnificent, but the neighbours thought they were nuts, and Silvio felt they were the Italian version of the Addams Family.
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