This Week in Tech · Monday, July 27, 2026
During the show, Leo Laporte used an AI to generate introductions for his guests, including himself. The AI humorously produced a bio for Laporte that included his secret work on the IBM PC Easy Writer manual in 1981 and for Devindra Hardawar a philosophy degree from Amherst College. Alan Malventano's bio mentioned his Navy service and work as an NSA contractor.
“Okay, so we all know you're president and CEO at Connect Safely. And by the way, congratulations. You're now doing radio hits all over the New York, on the big cities. Yeah. Where where do you look for it? Like, how do you know? What does it say?”
“Larry, secretly, secretly wrote the IBM PC Easy Writer manual in 1981. Yeah. Is that right?”
“Did you know Devindra Hardawar has a philosophy degree from Amherst University? Sold printers at Office Max, got hooked on Tech TV in the 90s, launched the filmcast in 2008 and has attended CES a dozen times, despite your disdain for Las Vegas. Is that all true?”
“You have a checkered career. Former US Navy chief petty officer. He did networking on submarines. Reactor operator on submarines. Reactor operator. Uh then networking. You were an NSA contractor. Hundreds of review stories review stories at PC Perspective. That's how we met. In fact, you became a Twit regular on This Week in Computer Hardware. Lately lamented. Uh and then the AI says from Navy to storage journalism to AI storage is a clean arc to walk through. Yeah. Fair.”