You know John Hodgman as the PC guy in all of those Mac commercials (or perhaps from The Daily Show). I don't know if he really uses a PC in real life (he could very well be a Mac guy), but I do know that he's a very funny man. Last night he spoke at the Radio and TV Correspondents Dinner, and gave a very clever speech about President Obama, nerds, geeks, jocks, and Star Trek. You can tell Obama genuinely enjoyed the speech.
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6-20-2009 @ 6:50PM
Usama said...
I love John Hodgman, that was great.
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6-20-2009 @ 7:39PM
La-Di-Dah said...
Thanks for posting this. Thoroughly enjoyed it (as well as Obama's input). And I got all the Dune references! I am a nerd!
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6-20-2009 @ 8:04PM
B said...
Obama definitely knew the name of the god that was worshiped in Conan the Barbarian.
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6-20-2009 @ 11:00PM
David said...
Excellent stuff - thanks for posting, Bob.
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6-21-2009 @ 8:11AM
Guy said...
This is lovely - I enjoyed it. Thanks Bob for the great stuff here.
http://www.goarticles.com/cgi-bin/showa.cgi?C=1686261
http://www.goarticles.com/cgi-bin/showa.cgi?C=1617393
http://www.goarticles.com/cgi-bin/showa.cgi?C=1678444
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6-21-2009 @ 9:27AM
Paul said...
The Hodge Man is definitely a proud Mac user.
His books ("The Areas of My Expertise" and "More Information Than You Require") are some of the funniest reads you'll find anywhere. For fans of his books (or even readers of his great blog), it's no surprise his speech at the Radio & TV Correspondents Dinner was so great.
We did a little Q&A with him last year, if anyone's interested: http://www.showbizmonkeys.com/features.php?id=1014
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6-22-2009 @ 5:43AM
Jason B said...
Didn't look down at notes once - very impressive.
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6-22-2009 @ 8:12AM
Jason said...
i'd love to see someone make a character sheet on that guy.
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