Ask Paul: September 11 ⭐

Happy Friday! We're still recovering from travel, so let's kick off the weekend a bit early with some great reader questions.
"A US judge dismisses two lawsuits against LinkedIn over its scanning of browser extensions, saying users voluntarily expose data by downloading extensions"

You can't use the law to stop stupidity, I write while looking at a motorcycle helmet
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Vernon L. Vincent asks:

After 1000 episodes of Windows Weekly (congratulations on that, by the way), what do you see as the show’s strengths and the reasons for its longevity? Is there anything you would like to do on the show that you haven’t done yet? What aspects of the show over the years are you most proud of? For me, I loved the times Chris Capoesella was able to be a guest. But I’m sure you have other things that you are equally if not more proud of.

There's a lot that had to happen for this to still be a thing 20 years in. Which is the other Windows Weekly-related milestone: We recorded the first episode of Windows Weekly 20 years ago this month, on September 28, 2006. That's interesting because Windows XP was still the current Windows release at the time, with Vista expected to ship in November that year for businesses and then in January for consumers. That feels like a lifetime ago, because it was in many ways. My kids were 8 and 5 years old, respectively, and today they're both adults and on the far side of college. And I had to really think about this one, but it was also four homes ago, not counting Mexico. Long story short, I'm old.

I can't explain why it's lasted, really. There's a business side to this that I have nothing to do with, for starters. But for whatever reason, Windows Weekly has been one of TWiT's top three shows pretty much forever, so that leads to advertising and is why it hasn't fallen by the wayside like some other shows. There's just the desire or ability to keep doing it, I guess, and you can say this type of thing about websites, blogs, YouTube channels, or whatever else, but anyone can start a podcast: The trick is to keep doing it. And that's something I am OK at for some reason. I just show up.

(I said this to George when I joined BWW and we started Thurrott.com; I can't promise whatever audience but I can promise that I will write and publish articles seven days a week for the rest of my life. And that's what I do, still.)

Also tied to the longevity bit, there are other people responsible for putting it all together, the recording, the editing, the publishing, and so on. If I were responsible for any of that, this would have ended many, many years ago.

It's impossible to overstate how important Leo is, not just as a personality or celebrity or whatever, but because of his deep and broad knowledge of such an incredible range of information. There are few people I would bother to keep going with for so long, but he's at the top. And for whatever it's worth, Leo and his wife Lisa are...