Leo's Twitter Updates for 2008-05-22

• @chrispirillo Sorry to hear about your parents. We'll be praying for them. Take care. #
• I apologize to those offended by my story about my wife's publishing venture in this week's MacBreak Weekly. Anyone need "doll" clothes? #

Leo's Twitter Updates for 2008-05-21

• Technology is a mixed bag. I have two sites deleted by hackers and get ripped off for $2000 in an Ebay auction. But then there's Rock Band. #
• Larry Lessig weighs in against the current Orphan Works act. http://snipurl.com/29vn6 Right idea, lousy implementation. Thx @michaelpinto! #

Leo's Twitter Updates for 2008-05-20

• i love you #
• Dang it. Henry got a hold of the Twitter again. Henry, back to your math homework. NOW! #
• @adambutt The newest TWiT song, "I'm A TWiT," is by Geoff Smith. It's going to the TWiT Live theme song. http://thegeoffsmith.com/ #
• A little chilly up here at 34,000. Air's a little thin, too. #

Leo's Twitter Updates for 2008-05-19

• We'll recreate the Ultimate Gaming Machine on TWiT Live and give it away after. No Twittter membership required. http://snipurl.com/29l98 #
• @MasterZap I'm not reneging. I just have to figure out the fairest legal way to give UGM away. Please don't unfollow anyone on my account! #
• @gully666uk I have to get some legal advice on contests. If I can give it away internationally I certainly will. 25% of our audience non-US. #
• @RobertBIrish Absolutely not, Robert. I was just getting overcompetitive (which is a problem I have). We're not going to use Twitter at all. #
• @dogsupporter I don't blame you a bit. I can only say I was drunk and out of control. Everyone follow @kevinrose and unfollow me. Please! #
• The new video card fixed my Mac Pro. It's good as new. Missed ya big fella. (Original Mac Pro: bad ATI X1900 -> new Apple Nvidia 88 ... #

UGM 2008

Ten years ago we launched ZDTV (which later became TechTV) and The Screen Savers, its most popular show. We wanted to begin with a bang, so Kate Botello and I decided to build the "Ultimate Gaming Machine" basing it on Lloyd Case's design from Computer Gaming World. In 1998, that meant a PII 400 Mhz, 128 MB of RAM, and a fabulously expensive widescreen Sony CRT (and a price tag of over $10,000). Here's what it looked like back then... There have been 9 UGMs built since then, the most recent for Attack of the Show in 2005 (which cost around $6000 and was a lot faster). Since I'm launching TWiT Live 10 years later I thought it would be fun to see what the UGM would look like these days. Only this time, we're going to let you build it. Starting Friday, June 6, we'll be inviting you to pick the parts for UGM 2008. From processors, to motherboard, to video and sound system, the choice will be yours. We'll spend a couple of hours debating the merits of each component, with expert commentary to help you decide, then when we reach consensus we'll buy it. At the end of the month we'll assemble our creation and then give it away to some lucky TWiT Live viewer. I'm not sure exactly how we'll give it away. I know I mentioned this on TWiT and proposed a crazy scheme to get me more followers on Twitter. All I can say is I must have been drunk. It won't be necessary to follow me, or Dvorak, and it definitely won't be necessary to unfollow Kevin. I'm going to check with the legal department and find a fair way to do this that doesn't require anyone to join Twitter! We'll kick things off Friday, June 6, at 3p Pacific, 6p Eastern, 2200 UTC with a processor showdown. AMD or Intel, which will it be? I'll have experts on both sides then I'll ask you to decide. June 13 it's Motherboards and Memory. June 20th, video cards and monitors. June 27th storage and peripherals. We'll finish the machine on the 4th of July, choose the best five games for it, and award it to a lucky winner. So join us Fridays starting in June as we recreate one of the most loved bits we ever did on The Screen Savers. It should be a lot of fun, and who knows, you could walk away with UGM 10!