5 posts tagged “audible jingle”
Beat Blender
Music Mixer
Link: Wild Planet Instructions techdweeb
Released in June 2006 and designed by Eric Shank, the Wild Planet Beat Blender was a music mixer that had 3 tracks controlled by 3 beat selector buttons (Drums, Rhythm and Lead). Each track had 4 or 5 music samples, plus a silent beat. There were 4 tempo settings. From these controls, you could make your own loops. You could even piggyback more than one Beat Blender together to create longer songs. Wild Planet does not make it any more, but hacked versions can be found on the web.
Got Audible
Regular correspondent Steve Miller spent 2 hours trying to get Paul Minshall's Audible Theme out of his head. In the end he had to go to the Audbile website, and bought himself Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, a book previously recommended by Leo and Paul Thurrott of Windows Weekly.
Weekend Pursuits
If you're in NYC at the moment, Dick recommends an exhibition organised by Gladstone Gallery of works by Basil Wolverton, dubbed by a New York Times article as "The Michelangelo of MAD". Then head off to the High Line Park.
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Digi-Vina
Digital to Analogue Vinyl Press
Link: Digi-Vina
The Digi-Vina will not be officially announced till 3rd April, but Dick is stealing a march with a nudge, nudge, wink, wink from the company's PR. The Digi-Vina is a vinyl record press for the home. Previously home vinyl cutters have been available but they tend to be very expensive and strictly for the enthusiasts. The Digi-Vina is going to sell for $999, and what's more, it comes with a recycling unit that uses plastic bottles to produce vinyl blanks, with the help of a blacking agent, before they are cut. The Digi-Vina has connections for USB drives or devices such as the iPod as the input source, which will be processed in the main unit and converted back to good old analogue. A portable version is also in the works, expected for the holiday season later this year.
The Return of the Jingle Singers
The Original Letters Jingle is played today. How we've missed it!
An Offbeat Question
Tony and Jenny Bassett from Warren, Michigan have a offbeat question for Dick and Leo. They've been listening to Paul Minshall's Audible Theme, but wonder what the last line is. Is it "We love climbing on my cow"? Paul is in the chatroom, who can confirm that it's "I love my platinum account."
The Maritimer
The World's First Digital Marine Multi-Chronometer
Dick no longer has the gadget for today. It was a very nice gadget which he gave away to a a friend who also had a boat. All Dick has left is the brochure. The Maritimer had 6 digital clocks for high and low tides, stop-watch, the time of the day, a trip timer and so on, with segmented LED display. It cost a whopping $875, set in a beautiful rosewood panel that came with a bracket for mounting on to the dashboard. It's a work of art.
140 Visits To The Gadget Warehouse, Minus 1, and not all on Fridays
As Dick and Leo have verified, Warehouse Friday started in the very first week of DGW (Episode 5, the Acclimator). Leo reckons, after some dodgy arithmetics, that 700 episodes means 140 weeks, so today's show is the 140th visit to the Gadget Warehouse.
Logical, but wrong. Leo should have known that logic has no place in a show like the Daily Giz Wiz.
Due to the celebration of the early centenary episodes (Episodes 100, 200 and 300), all falling on a Friday, no visits were made to the Gadget Warehouse. That's minus 3.
However, Dick did do a Warehouse gadget in Episode 97 for Tuesday 4th July 2006 (the Flag Waver, which suited the 4th July theme, and in anticipation of the celebration for Episode 100). Dick and Leo also recorded a special episode released on Monday 12 February 2007 (Episode 246), when Leo paid a physical visit to Dick's Gadget Warehouse while he was in New York City filming Regis and Kelly. That's plus 2.
So all in all, there have been 139 visits to the Gadget Warehouse (and 137 Warehouse Fridays). That should depress Dick even more.
The Start of TTTT
Dick and Leo remember that Turn-The-Tables-Tuesday started later. The first TTTT was Episode 122 (iCombi bluetooth headphones) on 8 August 2006, and that's 116 TTTTs so far. For the origin of TTTT, see Episode 115 - which ultimately has the Mad Minutes to thank for.
A Weekend with Dane
That's the prize for the 1000th Episode celebration, whether Dane Golden likes it or not. Methinks the gentleman doth protest too much.
A Schedule for TWiTLive Repeats
Tom Stiles, a Mad fan who found out about DGW a month ago, can't watch TWiTLive, and wonders if Leo can post a schedule of repeats so that he can catch up with the live recording of DGW. Leo's problem is that it is difficult to do that in advance, as the lengths of the programmes are irregular.
In the meantime, various fans in the Chatroom have recorded the shows on their computer, such as kiwinerd (aka Professor Amanda Peet, full-time member of the TWiT Army moonlighting as a serious particle physics professor - who was on The Tech Guy explaining the Large Hadron Collider in The Tech Guy Episode 492). She has very kindly put the shows on odtv.me. You can watch the programmes online, or simply download them for viewing.
Christmas Scheduling
After recording this week's shows, Dick and Leo discuss scheduling for Christmas, when Leo will be off to France visiting Abby. There will be 5 more recording sessions before Leo takes off for France, and the tentative suggestion is they will record one more show each week, which will give them 5 more shows for the Christmas break. That may still leave certains days without a show but Leo needs a break.
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Air Guitar Rocker
Guitar Simulator
Link: Air Guitar Rocker
Dick at the Fort Lauderdale Boat Show
Dick was at the Boat Show in Florida featuring some really high-end boats and yachts, including one that could motor sideways and decked out with complete home theatres, complete with D-Box's simulator chair - the Quest - a chair that rocks along with specially coded movies (see uberreview.com). One cannot go away from the show without getting something for oneself, and Dick lavished on himself by getting the most beautiful and nicest looking boat brochure he'd ever seen.
Last Day for Bidding for Dick
Today is the last chance to bid for a video chat with Dick, on humanety.com, to benefit Animal Haven.
Leo on Election Day
Leo did a special on TWit Live on Election Day with Jason Goldberg of Social Median (see Episode 72 of net@night for the Goldberg interview).
With A Little Help From My Friends
Dan Lueders writes in response to the inquiry by Danny Noonan in Episode 694. Dan is a bass player, a vocalist and a decent guitarist. He writes and produces music for children for Promise Land at Willow Creek Church. He uses loops for the drum tracks and gets help from his cool musician friends: Dane del Principe on lead guitar on the Monday Theme, John Carlson on saxophone on the Wednesday Theme, and Jimmy Riley on lead guitar and vocals on the Thursday Theme.
A Stromberg Carlson Candlestick
Leo has just been given a Stromberg Carlson "candlestick" phone, but it won't be tomorrow's TTTT gadget. It sits on top of Leo's desk which you can see on TWiTLive. For more on these phones, see Telephone Archive.
VCR Plus
TV Programme Code for VCR
Link: VCR Plus
Audible Jingle
Geoff Smith has made an "Audible Pick of the Week" jingle for TWiT. Check out his ringtones on thegeoffsmith.com/.
Keyboard Cleaning
Mike of Eagle River, Alaska took Leo's advice to heart and put his keyboard into the dishwasher, let it dry for a few days, and even put it in the oven. The result upon reconnection? Sparks flew.
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