5 posts tagged “biography”
SmartSwipe
Security for Online Shopping
Link: smartswipe.ca
According to NetSecure, although traditional SSL encrypts the data in transit from the web browser on your computer to the secure server of the e-commerce site, hackers may still be able to access the information while it's on your computer or its memory before the data is encrypted. SmartSwipe uses a technology called Dynamic SSL, which interacts with traditional SSL. It encrypts the data at the SmartSwipe hardware itself and initiates the SSL key negotiation from SmartSwipe (and not from the personal computer), so that the encryption is extended further back to the earlier point in time where the information is read from the credit card. SmartSwipe works with Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover and JBC, but only on Windows XP and Vista and on Internet Explorer. Those who are interested in the security side of the technology may want to read up on NetSecure's documentation on Dynamic SSL to see if their claims are made out. Dell is now selling SmartSwipe as an accessory.
Squirrel iPhone Credit Card Swiper
Rumour has it that Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is going to make an iPhone hardware and software solution, codename Squirrel, for accepting credit card payment on a card swiper connected to the iPhone. Here's the TechCrunch article.
The March of Technology
Dick is much amused by a frankfurter stand in New York with a red Neon sign flashing "Open". Wouldn't people know, muses Dick.
Waterproof Housing for the Nokia
Alessandro Abate is taking his Canon EOS 50D and a 300mm lens on an Alaska cruise to celebrate with his wife their 25th wedding anniversary. He wonders if Leo can recommend a waterproof housing for his cherished camera while kayaking. If he doesn't need to take photo while kayaking, Leo suggests a waterproof cinch bag, but if he wants to shoot through the protective cover, it's going to cost him.
Warnings from Sandrino
If Leo is going to name his autobiography "Just One More Podcast" (see Episode 812), Sandrino's wife, who is an attorney, is ready to collect their share of the royalties. Also, his daughter has just been accepted into the San Francisco Institute of Art and they may pay a visit to the TWiT Cottage while in the neighbourhood. Leo will be ready with his TWiT Mat.
Listen to Episode 858
Go to TWiT
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Zelco Peanut Emergency Lites
Portable Lighting
Link: Zelco
Shy like Johnny Carson
Dick and Leo are shy at parties, like Johnny Carson. So was Ethel Merman when she first appeared on Match Game (original stories in Episode 167). The only thing that separate Dick and Leo from them is talent.
From Comic Books To Television
David Sexton of New Jersey (who suggested the Spoon Sisters Wire Identification Labels to Dick, Episode 283) writes in about the Monster HD channel on Cable Satellite, and a documentary called "From Comic Books To Television" which talked about EC Comics, Bill Gaines and his dislike of the Comics Code.
David Sexton wonders if Bill Gaines ever considered reviving Tales from the Crypt, and whether anyone has written a biography of him. Tales from the Crypt have been republished in hard cover and can be found at EC Crypt: www.eccrypt.com. Dick's book Good Days and Mad covers many stories about Bill Gaines.
Listen to Episode 411
Read Dick's Write-Up
Go to TWiT
ViewSonic VX2435wm
Widescreen 24" LCD Monitor
Link: Viewsonic
"And then I sat down and recorded another podcast"
Listener Bradley McGuffey is enthusiastic about Leo's unauthorised biography, "I Never Met The Man" (Episode 320). It will be full of "... and then I sat down and recorded another podcast ..." Leo is recording 8 podcasts today, because he has to go off for a reunion at Yale, from which he dropped out.
Frank Langella
Listen to stories about Frank Langella, and stories Langella himself has to tell.
Listen to Episode 324
Go to TWiT
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Sanyo SPT-1500 Sportable
Portable Cassette Player with Pedometer
From 1994, the Sanyo SPT-1500 Sportable was a portable and "sportable" Walkman-style cassette tape player, with alarm clock, AM/FM radio, a pedometer and even a metronome that you could jog to.
King Of Comedy
Leo is reading the book "King Of Comedy" about Jerry Lewis and highly recommends it. Leo would like to have an unauthorised biography of himself which will have nothing about Leo in the book and will be called "I Never Met The Man".
New York Times Review
The New York Times review of Dick's book Good Days and Mad had some wonderful things to say about it, except that the reviewer thought that Dick talked an awful lot about himself. Of course no one should do that in an autobiography.
A Catamaran for Leo
Steve Castelli from Buffalo, New York suggests a sail boat for Leo, a catamaran with a solar motor. Unfortunately Leo has gone off the idea of yachting, until he gets the Totino account. For the time being, he'll get a dinghy which he will sail on the local tidal slew, or a kayak for Jennifer.
From the Bahamas to Canada
Dick has sailed all the way the Bahamas to Canada, done the St Lawrence Seaway, and loves the canal system in upstate New York.
Coleman Remote Control Camp Light
Camping Accessories
Link: Coleman
A tent light by camping specialist Coleman that gets attached to the roof of the tent by magnetic force. The remote works from about 20 feet away. There's a non-remote-control version, or as Dick calls it, the nun remote control version.
Dog Days of Summer
Leo reads from Wikipedia an explanation for the "Dog Days of Summer", and Dick wonders how his own morph gets on to Dick's entry on Wikipedia. The morph has now been taken off, though.
Alfred E Newman - a biography
Learn about Alfred E Newman's origins and how Al Jaffee came to name him Alfred E Newman. And more on the history of Mad Magazine, including its early days as a comics book. Or, read Maria Reidelbach's book Completely Mad.
Mad Minute
First housing project from Alfred E Newman's own corporation Alfco, the Leaning Tower.
