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October 16, 2001 Leoville

In the email segment at the end of the show, a viewer asked about finding black components for his computer. My favorite site for that is Directron.com. It's where I found a silver floppy drive to match my Lian-Li PC60 case when I built my new computer in August. Mucking around the Screen Savers site turned up the 11.21.2000 edition of the shownotes with a few more site recommendations. Patrick also recommended Krylon. Problem is, with things like a CD-ROM drive drawer, it can be difficult to keep the spray paint from gluing the button or tray shut. A better way was recommended by Kate Botello back in March 2000 when she built her new all-black computer, the Grace-Hopper: use a Sharpie pen (or other permanent marker). It's a lot less messy. I'm going to try out a silver paint pen on my CD-burner to see if I can get it to match my case.

I have to recommend to any TSS fan interested in behind-the-scenes goings on, that you visit the Leoville message boards, especially the Calling Carol thread. This thread goes wild whenever TSS gets up to something strange, such as Patrick wearing a kilt. Today's drama unfolded a little before 2pm when Laura Burstein tipped off people in the CFH chatroom that she would be smearing stuff on Chris Pirillo's face during Call For Help. A Leoville citizen posted this to the board to alert others to be ready with the video capture. Another citizen suggested that Leo take the opportunity to get revenge on Chris for messing with his computer. Leo was checking his board that afternoon, and the result was what Leo was referring to in the bootcamp segment about licking Chris. The message board includes several screen shots of the important moments.

Posted by Christy on October 16, 2001 10:42 PM

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