11 posts tagged “australia”
Targus Flexible Mobile Keyboard
PDA Keyboard
Link: Targus
Turn-The-Tables-Tuesday
A flexible keyboard that rolls up for portability, which Akash Sablok introduced on "The Lab With Leo". Works with USB and PS2.
Setting the Bar
Tim from Australia notes that Leo has set the bar so low with the Spork (Episode 182) that anything else seems great.
GizWizBiz Hats ...
... are selling like hot cakes. Dick has sold 70 already and has only 30 left. Hurry up!
The Lab With Leo now on Google Video
All guest segments from The Lab With Leo are now on Google Video. Check them out. Dick and Patrick Norton were on the set recently. Photo available on Flickr.
Record-A-Call Telephone Handset
Telephone Recorder
Link: übergizmo archives Red Ferret
From Dick's Gadget Warehouse
Replace your handset with this Record-A-Call Handset with its built-in cassette recorder. Insert an MC60 micro-cassette, push a button, and record away.
Tim from Australia says the Audible offer of a free download works for him. Would this be the same Tim from Australia who showers to the sound of DGW every morning?
Listen to Episode 365
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Point It
Picture Dictionary/Travel Accessories
Link: Spoon Sisters
Pack This Pad
Packing List for Travel/Travel Accessories
Spoon Sisters
Chuckles - Clowns and Candies
Listen to Dick and Leo's views on clowns, and a long encyclopedic discourse on candies, including an introduction to the website Old Time Candy, the Winsome Lass, and Mexican Hats (aka Lick 'em and Stick 'em, previously known as Wet 'em and Wear 'em).
Encore Presentations
Danny Whitmer from Sydney, Australia tells Leo that the euphemism for "re-run" he was grasping for in Episode 297 was "encore".
It's the Cord Snake. It's supposed to keep 2 objects securely connected or fastened. However, it is not designed as a load-bearing device.
A Hello from Mama Laporte
Mach Speed Trio TV5
Camera/Camcorder/PMP/Audio Video Recorder
Link: Mach Speed
The Mach Speed Trio TV5 is an all-in-one portable device as a digital camera (5MP), camcorder, voice recorder (built-in mic), camcorder, AV recorder (AV in) - direct from TV, plays music, video and games on the 2.5" LCD screen or play video on your TV from the AV out. SD card slot for memory expansion.
Finally, the Old Letters Jingle
Finally an answer to the old Letters Jingle riddle. Pete from Melbourne, Australia discovered DGW around Episode 120 and listened to archive episodes for 7 hours a day for several days in a row. He tells Dick and Leo that the old Letters Jingle was submitted by a Finn Heinrich Antonin, played from Episodes 151 to 160, and George Wood's debuted in Episode 166.
We Get Letters
Leo replays the Finnish letters jingle, and for good measure, plays the Ray Charles version of We Get Letters in the Perry Como Show.
Listen to Episode 303
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Marware iPod Shuffle Dock
USB Travel Dock for the 2nd-Gen Shuffle
Link: Marware
A USB travel dock for the 2nd-Gen iPod Shuffle from Marware. The new Shuffle does not come with a USB plug any more and requires a dock and cable to connect to a computer. The Marware dock is like a USB thumb drive and is much handier than Apple's dock and cable method.
The Doom of Society
Despite his protestations, Dick loves the Toothpick Bird (Episode 282) because it's lowered the bar so much for him. Dick remarks that even the Spork (Episode 182) has generated tons of love mail. Years from now, later generations are going to find out the reason for the doom of our current society - all because we worship the Toothpick Bird as God.
File Numbering
Only This Week in Tech has a 4-digit file numbering, but of course, of all the podcasts Leo does, the only show that has the remotest chance of reaching a 4-digit number is the Daily Giz Wiz.
An Apple Cables Tip from Leo
The iPod video actually works with normal AV cables (3.5mm jack to 3-way RCA cables). Just switch them around. Plug the red RCA jack to the TV's yellow RCA port, the yellow RCA plug to the TV's white RCA port, and the white RCA plug to the TV's red RCA port. There is no need to buy the expensive ones from Apple.
Gadget Dreamhouse
Leo said he'd love to have a cellphone with 2-way video conferencing functionality (Episode 278). Tim from Australia says, "Come to Australia!", to use their 3G bandwidth there. Or come to most of Asia and Europe.
Listen to Episode 293
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Seiko Chronograph Quartz Watch
Chronograph Quartz Watch
Link: Seiko
This was Dick's first quartz watch which he bought in the 1970's for $200 (after a discount of $50).
The first Seiko Chronograph was introduced in 1964 for the Tokyo Olympics. The first quartz watch (commercially available) in the world was the Seiko Quartz Astron 35SQ, introuduced on Christmas Day 1969, and cost $1,250. Dick was shown one of them by Bill Todman of Goodson-Todman Productions.
Prior to the quartz watch, the watch considered the most accurate was the "tuning fork" watch, the Bulova Accutron, first introduced in 1960 as the Accutron 214.
Dick once proposed an April Fools joke on Regis but was rejected by Michael Gellman. Hear what he proposed to do.
Letters Jingle Unspoiled
Louis from Melbourne, Australia loves the Letters Jingle and want an uninterrupted version without Dick and Leo's voice-over. Leo obliges and for good measure, throws in the closing D-A-I-L-Y jingle as well.
Listen to Episode 260
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New iPods
MP3 Players/PMP
Link: MacWorld Coverage
Leo was at the Apple Showtime Event on 12 September 2006. The iPod video gets a brighter screen and games. 2nd gen iPod nano, with colours like the old iPod mini. A new tiny iPod Shuffle. Movies downloads from the iTunes Music Store (now just called the iTunes Store). A new version of iTunes to play those movies and to give you gapless album play.
Streaming to your TV
And lastly, the iTV which will come out in 2007 (and renamed as the Apple TV).
iPod Toilet Rolls
Steve Jobs at the Showtime Event said that some manufacturer had done a toilet roll with an iPod dock. See Episode 186.
DGW Commercials
Folks from the UK are aghast at the idea of Leo doing the commercials himself in the middle of the shows.
Gadget Tragic
Richard Reid from Brisbane, Australia describes himself as a "gadget tragic". The only thing that stands between him and some LED-festooned piece of garbage is his marriage. He used to be an early adopter. His adoptions included the Apple Newton, the Zip Drive, the Jaz Drive, the Psion PDA, the Cassiopeia PDA, the Polaroid FX70.
Farewell, Amber
Amber has taped her last Call For Help episodes and is moving on to the City TV Network in Canada.
Longest Show
At 23:57, this DGW has broken the previous record of Episode 149, and has made Dick completely bereft.
Mad Minute
A repeat of the commercial from Alfco's new tax accountants.
Listen to Episode 152
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Excalibur Motorised Pool Lounger
Pool Lounger
Link: Excalibur Electronics
This pool lounger operates on 12 D batteries, has 2 motors to power it along, with directional controls.
Wall-Shattering DGW
Dick's gadget is so astounding that a picture falls off the wall in Leo's studio.
Cheerio ...
... to David Greenwood from Melbourne, Australia (who won last month's WTHII), his children Rachel and Alex, and wife Mandy.
Gadgetising
Martin O' Connor from Galway, Ireland had www.gadgetising.com registered for Dick.
Mad Minute
Election Campaign by Alfred E Neuman.
Listen to Episode 148
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iHome2Go
Portable iPod Speaker System/Alarm Clock
Link: iHome
iHome2Go is another
iPod acessory, a portable speaker system with a dock for all iPods (including the Shuffle) and an alarm clock, so you can wake up (or sleep) to the sound of your music. Comes in a travel case, with a remote control. Black, white or silver. Runs on 4 AA batteries, or AC, and the dock acts as a charger when it's connected to AC.
Waking up to the sound of DGW
Jan from Germany now sets DGW to play in the morning to wake him up.
It's Official
Paul Minshall's gravy jingle is now the official jingle for DGW.
Jingle from Dougall
Leo plays a jingle by Dougall/Dugal from Australia - an echoed version of Leo/Dick singing "It makes its own gravy" and "I'll be here".
Album Art
Leo mentions that at the request of some listeners, he's put a picture of the gadget, instead of Dick's smiling face, into the album art. It started with Episode 121.
Listen to Episode 124
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ANYCOM BIWAS20 Bluetooth Speaker System
Bluetooth Speakers
Link: ANYCOM
This AnyCom 2.1 system provides high quality audio from any bluetooth device that supports the A2DP profile, or from an analogue source through the 3.5mm audio jack. Comes with a USB Bluetooth dongle. It uses a 2.5-inch bass driver and two integrated satellite speakers powered by a 20 Watt amplifier.
Showering to the sound of DGW
Tim from a small coastal town in southern Australia has his shower every morning while listening to DGW via an FM transmitter. Mini-Morning Radio.
Although Dick and Leo have previously referred to the contents of emails and letters from listeners, Tim is the first listener whose name is specifically mentioned as part of the letter-reading.
You've Got Mail
Leo got El Edwards from MakinWavs to record a specially customised mail notification for himself. What was it?
Listen to Episode 47
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