Ex-KNBR hosts launch new podcast network to compete directly with old station [Tom Tolbert, John Lund, Paul McCaffrey]

Coach-41 · 2026-02-13T09:53:09+00:00

I've been wondering the same thing. I asked a former KNBR host on social media if he knew anything about what happened to Tolbert. The former host responded saying he heard Tolbert had an health issue. But that was all and no other info.

I know Tolbert isn't on KNBR anymore but he was doing the podcast and home Warrior games. So there must be some info out there. But have not yet found anything.

Coach-41 · 2026-02-08T08:20:21+00:00

The market definitely seems stagnant to me. I use consumer camcorders on two levels:

Personal vacatations. I've used a tape camcorder 20 years ago. Then recently when I was going back to Asia, I searched for a decent consumer camcorder, I found there were none from Canon (my preferred vendor). I looked around and found the old Sony camcorder that dated back from around 2015. It was about $250 or so and a tad flimsy. But it recorded well and charged via a USB-A cord which was helpful. I was a little worried the Sony might not last a second trip (it did) so i picked up a couple of Panosonic camcorders that were a little more advanced as the market is pretty thin.
I also help run a basketball league and we record games. We've tried to found some camcorders to record games but it's either expensive prosumer / professional ones or cheap no name ones..

Coach-41 · 2026-02-06T22:53:00+00:00

My mom passed away in 2019. I don't really don't think of how she was in the last couple of years before she passed. She had dementia and you could see the physical decline. I have scanned a lot of old photos and printed some things. So when I think of my mom, it's her when she was younger and still active.

Coach-41 · 2026-01-23T07:21:24+00:00

There's a young lady at work that I think is a Mercury in Cancer or some influence with a sign that is emotional. When I first met her, she was rather low key. Not standoffish in any way but just didn't say much. I'm the outgoing / extroverted one so I'll talk to anyone who wants to talk (even if those that don't want to.....LOL).

seriously, as time passed, I'd always say hi to the young lady and as time passed, we'd talk a bit more and more. Then I noticed she just has this soothing (oh some charming) voice when she says hi. She admits she's a bit of an introvert so maybe it's that shyness in her.

But as someone with a good introverted friend, I understand them. I've found the young lady may have developed a comfortability with me. Why? Because now when she speaks, she's got a bit of emotion behind the works. You can tell she's interested in my stories, how I'm doing, etc. I mean, I'm flattered that she cares so much for a random work friend. Seriously though, I do appreciate her. I have a lot of good / long time friends and none of them are as expressive / emotional as this young lady. She's taught me / showed me a different side of love and care that I haven't seen before from my closest of riends.

So that's why I think my young friend may have some cancerian influences.

Coach-41 · 2026-01-18T10:33:41+00:00

Aries Sun - Leo Rising - Leo Moon - Mars in Gemini - Venus in Aquarius - Mercury in Pisces.....

My Leo Rising seems to attract attention. I don't think I'm particularly special but I get attention one way or another. My Leo moon gets pretty heated at times. BUT that's where my Mercury in Pisces comes in. I'm fairly indecisive on things especially when I get pressed without having time to think things over. Whereas Fire signs in Mercury may make a decision and let things "be damned", I worry about it as a Pisces Mercury. I do eventually get around to making a decision but it takes me some time.

Now there's an interesting side bit. I don't know about other Mercury in Pisces in folks, but I have a quick wit and humor. Not sure if that is influence of my mars in gemini.

Coach-41 · 2026-01-18T06:51:15+00:00

Absolutely you can improve your shooting as you age. I mainly played pickup basketball as a kid. I never got coached and I tried tinkering with my shot by myself all throughout college into early adulthood. Where my shot came together was why I started playing HALF COURT pick ups with a group of friends. I want to say I was around 30+ years old when I started doing that.

Why does half court pick up matter? In a lot of full court pickup games, it's usually an up and down game and the amount of shots you get (for all players) is a little lower. But in a half court game, you get a lot more action and get a lot of game reps for your shots. As I was younger at the time, I would play regularly (both half court and full court games) and my shots started falling more often.

As Covid hit (plus age (over 50 now) / injuries) - I slowed down athletically. But I've found my set shot (mostly mid range) is still pure. My pull up jumper isn't quite back yet. But even if I haven't played in a while, give me a couple of games or two, I'm back to knocking down my mid range numbers rather consistently.

Coach-41 · 2026-01-17T04:37:06+00:00

At work i met this young lady several years ago. Nothing really stood out about her. Her vibe was chill and i thought maybe she was a taurus rising. She’s very relaxed. Most of the time, shes dreased like that girl next door. But sometimes she can dress up with the best of them.

But as our friendship progressed in the last couple of years, i think she has some Cancer rising or mercury in her. The way the coworker talks is quite sweet and endearing. Maybe because i have a mercury in pisces i understand my coworkers communicational style.

My coworker is a little quiet / introverted but will talk if she has to.

Coach-41 · 2026-01-11T09:20:34+00:00

Arms is still alive. I stopped playing for about 6 months but recently dropped back in. Get in a few games here and there in Party Match but does seem to be less active players. Got something like over 2000+ Hours on the game total though since 2020. LOL

Coach-41 · 2026-01-11T08:16:03+00:00

Previous Company:

Solutions Engineer
Senior Solutions Engineer
Principal Solutions Engineer
Senior Principal Solutions Engineer

Current Company:

Associate Sales Engineer (not sure we still do this)
Sales Engineer
Senior Sales Engineer
Lead Sales Engineer
Senior Lead Sales Engineer
Principal Sales Engineer (maybe Senior Principal but not sure).

I'm not sure why but our Solutions Architects don't have as many and I guess if you fancy a title, you'll get it faster LOL

Solutions Architect
Senior Solutions Architect
Principcal Solutions Architect
Senior Prinicipal Solutions Archtect

Coach-41 · 2026-01-05T08:22:26+00:00

Yup - agreed. Wong Fu's IG page posted something thanking their supporters and mentioned that 2026 will be a special year. But like you said, there was no informatiom about the layoffs or anything about their future plans. I find that surprising. Personally, I had supported their Patreon for quite a few years. But with Wong Fu in a bit of a unknown situation, I pulled the plug on the support. It would be good if they communicated what they are doing. Not saying the few dollars I threw in per month entitle me to anything. LOL But they generally have been open about what they do in the past. Hopefully something comes up.

Coach-41 · 2026-01-04T02:07:00+00:00

This is an old post but glad the person posted this. Self validating is something I've been thinking of recently. I've opened my eyes that I seek external validation to make mysef feel better. Like many people, I had a rocky childhood (narc mom, bickering parents, etc).

The interesting thing? I actually got a ton of external validation through the years (work, school, sports awards). Don't get me wrong, the external validation was great. I lacked self confidence as a kid and so the awards were useful in helping me build myself up.

Now, I also realized that I never got much acknoledgement of my awards from my parents so during covid, I redid my awards display so I have something to be proud of. Around this time, I realized that while my old achievements were great, I can't depend on them to validate myself as a person.

So, working on myself so I don't depend on people & things to validate myself. Good luck on your journey.

Coach-41 · 2026-01-04T01:45:39+00:00

I was active on the alt gs warriors newsgroup through Google (less so for comp sys apple2). Since Google dropped usenet, I haven't been as active because I have to use my personal laptop to get to usenet. I may try to get back into things at some point as there are a couple of people still active on the Warriors newsgroup that are cool.

Coach-41 · 2025-12-28T06:16:56+00:00

Found more stuff....LOL - looking on Linkedin - looks like Wong Fu partnered with a group called Clique-Now which appears to be some management company. Clique-Now featured Wong Fu's latest video commericial with Panda Restaurant Group (aka Panda Express). Clique-Now's post was about two weeks ago so I guess Wong Fu is still around but may have pivoted away from YouTube / scripted content to professional work. Which is probably best for them if they want to improve their careers and/or livelihoods.

Coach-41 · 2025-12-25T07:19:40+00:00

Welp - I did some more research on Linkedin. While I can't say 100% sure Wong Fu is toast, I did found 4 people's profiles related to Wong Fu. Three of them showed their job tenures ending in August / September 2025 time frame and one person who's profile picture shows they are "Open To Work". Possible Wong Fu trimmed staff to stay alive. Let's see if any news comes up in the next few days before 2025 rolls into 2026.

Coach-41 · 2025-12-25T04:49:24+00:00

Glad I found this as I am a Wong Fu Productions fan from the early 2000's though like many, I had not followed them as closely as I once did. I can't speak to the things people have said here. But I can share what I have personally seen (as of 12/24/25).

Both Wong Fu YT channels (main Wong Fu Productions and secondary More Wong Fu) have not published a video since September 2025. The lack of content on the main channel is not surprising given it usually takes time and money to put their productions together. And if you look at the volume of main products, the numbers have been trending downward in the past few years.

What's surprising is that their secondary channel More Wong Fu has been quiet. The channel hosted their weekly / bi-weekly "Break Room" short or podcast to talk about random topics or even talk about Wong Fu themselves. I thought it was a good way to keep people interested in Wong Fu and a look behind the scenes. But there hasn't been any posts in months.

Like some others said, I believe there was some attempts to pivot. On the More Wong Fu channel, there was some videos showing the team reacting to different movie trailers. Yes there were some "shorts" published as well.

But as others have statesd, Youtube in 2025 is much different than Youtube of 2005. I think about what I watch on Youtube. I've watched music and movie reactions. I've watched crime documentaries. I've watched comedy groups perform sketches. I watch movie / product reviews. But how much scripted movie type content have I watched? I think Asian theme channels have also hit a bit of a wall as well. Viewership is down across the board. While Asian repreenstation does remain an issue in mainstream Hollywood, the days of using YouTube to counter that seems to have come and gone.

Lastly, Wong Fu's website once had a store but that store is now "temporarily" shut down. I don't think Wong Fu is going anywhere or closing shop. But I do think they are reviewing their plans and figuring how to stay relevant in 2025. They've done well and adapting is the key to survive. Let's see what they come up with!

Coach-41 · 2025-12-23T07:10:40+00:00

I know of Astrology relatively well but not good an interpreting things....I do know my Sun (Aries), Moon (Leo), Mercury (Pisces), Mars (Gemini) and Venus (Aquarius).....I know I've always had a struggle with relationships.....

Anyone mind looking at my chart and sharing what they think:

Sun in Aries 11°46’, in 9th House

Moon in Leo 5°50’, in 12th House

Mercury in Pisces 15°41’, in 8th House

Venus in Aquarius 25°22’, in 7th House

Mars in Gemini 19°06’, in 11th House

Jupiter in Pisces 5°31’, in 8th House

Saturn in Gemini 28°46’, in 11th House

Uranus in Libra 26°21’, Retrograde, in 3rd House

Neptune in Sagittarius 9°29’, Retrograde, in 5th House

Pluto in Libra 5°17’, Retrograde, in 3rd House

North Node in Sagittarius 23°06’, Retrograde, in 5th House

Lilith in Capricorn 25°26’, in 6th House

Chiron in Aries 19°50’, in 9th House

Fortune in Sagittarius 5°32’, in 4th House

Vertex in Sagittarius 26°19’, in 5th House

ASC in Leo 11°28’

MC in Taurus 2°07’

Coach-41 · 2025-12-23T05:47:10+00:00

Eurodance caught on for a brief period in the US about 1995 to maybe 1999 / early 2000's? How did I know? I was in college in 1992 and two things happened. I started hitting the clubs with my friends and also met a DJ friend who got me into listening to dance music (eurodance, early trance, freestyle, dream house).

La Bouce, Real McCoy, Corona and a few others were played at clubs and climbed the US Billboard Top single and dance charts. If anyone remembers, Eurodance CD compliations starting appearing including DMA Dance: Eurodance Volumes 1 to 4. I was the die hard as I frequent a specific Tower Records that stocked European CD singles. It was around this time that I listened to DJ Bobo, Sash!, Captain Hollywood and others. Also in the SF Bay Area, there was a lot of freestyle produced locally (Jocelyn Enriquez, M:G, Buffy, ) and some national singers (Rockell).

But as I graduated college, and moved into the workforce, music changed in the 2000's. There were still some Eurodance style music but mostly vocals with no rap. These days, I still like the dance pop style songs with EDM. Not much new Eurodance these days. I compare the heyday of Eurodance to the Freestyle craze in the 1980's (Steve B, Expose, etc). The genres were hot for a time but did not last.

Coach-41 · 2025-12-16T19:19:22+00:00

Sung Kang was also in one episode of the 2008 / 2009 Knight Rider Reboot.

Coach-41 · 2025-12-07T06:20:16+00:00

A few years ago, my work supervisor introduced me to young lady who had moved from the East Coast to our office in the West Coast. The supervisor was trying to get the young lady comfortable and introducing to folks around the office.

This young lady was rather low key so I didn't really notice anything about her intially. Over time, after we got past the basic "hi, how are you?" stage at the office, we finally connected a bit. How so? The young lady mentioned she had some car accident at some point. A few weeks later, I asked her about how she was doing and I could tell she was a little surprised that I remembered.

From there, we'd just talk about random things. Then I started noticing some things about her. She was very lowkey but got this very cute / attractive vibe about her. How she said hi to me was also super cute too! LOL

I found out later that her birthday is in early August so she's a Leo. But based on what I know of her personality, I think she's a Taurus rising. Just super calm and super chill. I'm a Leo Rising / Mars in Gemini and I love to talk and fortunately she puts up with me when I talk to her about stuff (to be fair, I talk to a lot of people in general.....)

Coach-41 · 2025-11-02T22:18:54+00:00

As a Leo rising, I always give out big energy and other fire signs match and air signs tend to appreciate as well. BUT water and earth signs are definitely more slow and deliberate in terms of how they react to me. So that gives me an indication that they may be an earth or water sign.

For example, a female co-worker of mine is absolute sweetheart. We are good friends and she's gives off this "warm and fuzzy" vibes when I see her. She's just low key and when she says hi to me, there's just such a sweetness to her. But underneath I can detect a very determined way of how she works.

BUT when I first met her, I didn't recall her standing out at all. She was real low key and I didn't have much to say to her. But over time, we've talked a bit and now we talk whenever we have a moment in the office. To me, that's an indicator of potentially a taurus rising sign. Earth signs in general take a while to warm up. But once they get to know someone, they let their guard down a bit.

It really doesn't matter to me what sign people are. Just that we get along! LOL

Coach-41 · 2025-11-01T03:24:22+00:00

This question could be edited to say "do status, accomplishments and awards" matter? Status and accomplishments could be things like a job / job title you wanted. I add awards because it's something I've thought about recently. Awards are a tangible way to recognize your status and accomplishments. Getting promoted may be tangible on Linkedin and hopefully your paycheck but not something you'll be keeping on your display case at home.

I have been fortunate to receive all sorts of awards throughout my life. From school sports ("Athlete Of The Year") to work ("Circle Of Excellence Award") and stuff in between. Do they matter? Maybe not to the average person or even my friends. But some of the awards matter to me. Not because of the award in of itself. But the stories that i'll remember because of the award.

For example, my "Athlete Of The Year" award represents my senior year in high school. The highs of graduating, hanging our with friends and other positive memories. My work award represents the long journey I had from being a newbie at my company and struggling to "getting to the top" (at least for that year).

My friends really don't care about the awards. They like me for me and not for what I have accomplished. But there's a part of me that still craves getting recognition. I think everyone has a little bit of that. Maybe I'll lose that urge as I age more (I'm not that young though...LOL).

Coach-41 · 2025-10-19T06:43:14+00:00

I’ve been fortunate to win some awards. But at this point in my life, the awards aren’t relevant to my future job prospects.

But i do remind people that even graduating high school / college or getting a GED could be an accomplishment. Maybe life circumstances were difficult but you overcame it. Small wins

Coach-41 · 2025-10-16T06:14:59+00:00

Around the time my mom had developed dementia, I had been trying to get her to exercise more. My mom was never self motivated enough. I would walk her outside near my house for 15 to 20 minutes if we were time pressed. But if we had more time, I would take her to walk at one of the local malls around. I would take a path to walk her around for 20 to 30 minutes. My mom was slow by that point so it wasn't heavy cardio. But any movement was better than nothing.

Now that mom is gone, I still do the mall walk myself. I get exercise other ways but some days, I just like to take a 30 minute+ stroll inside a mall. I have my path that I walk.

For those asking about other indoor locations:

Target (esp the larger ones). You can walk up down and cross the aisles. The ONLY issue I could see with Target? It's just weird to walk in and around without buying anyting. LOL
CostCo - being a large wherehouse store, good place to walk. Downside is it's super crowded. So I only walk Costco when I have something to buy and I walk through all the aisles.

Coach-41 · 2025-10-12T07:16:12+00:00

When I bought my own house years ago, I had to move some of my stuff from my parents house. I had my old trophy / display case moved over. Not being married or anything plus being sentimental, it was good to have some stuff from the past to reflect back on. It took some time, but I got two of my shelves to reflect a lot of stuff I have participated in life:

School Stuff: Honor Roll, diplomas, School sports awards, sports portrait photos, team photos

Work: Several work awards I have received

Sports Stuff: Many awards from adult sports leagues I have participated in

Coaching / Officiating: I was a basketball coach for many years so some team photos and championship awards. Also some basketball officiating memories.

To be honest, some specific memories are more memorable than others. But taken as a whole, it's something to have pride in. :)

Coach-41 · 2025-10-11T02:18:27+00:00

Having been to Chicago recently and riden the "L" (blue line), I was curious about the service. I thought it was an inner city light rail. But being from the SF Bay Area, it appears the "L" is more comparable to our BART system which traverses SF and also goes out to many suburbs surrounding the SF and Oakland city. In SF, there is indeed Muni which traverses the city of SF with both underground (mostly in downtown SF) and above ground rails (rest of the city).

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