6 posts tagged “cairo”

The gadget with the lowest tech and lowest price, according to Dick.  The TT Pack is a restroom kit which contains a toilet seat wipe, toilet seat cover, hand wipe, tissue, paper towel and disposable gloves.  Brought to you by Eye 2 Eye Ideas.

Are We Related?
Trevor from Sebastopol, Australia was glad to hear that both Dick and Leo are watch junkies.  So is he.  He's got loads of watches, most of which have flat batteries.

Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair has done a special on Mad.  See the article, with early Mad covers, online.

Spork Commercial
At Dick's request, Leo plays the Spork TV commercial.


Listen to Episode 558
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From 2003, Fellowes produced the Mobile Proximity Alarm.  It was slim enough to velcro it to a piece of electronics, and you were supposed to keep the main unit in your pocket.  When you got more than 15 feet away from the designated device, the Mobile Proximity Alarm would sound an alert.

Smart Cards
John Decarlo notes, in response to Episode 450 about the Compaq Smart Card Keyboard, that although smart cards were not widely adopted, they were widely touted among many, and adopted by some, companies and campuses.

Totally Crappy E-Cards
Check out Dick's new site for E-cards  By the way, he is still keeping the wacky website from last Christmas, bestholidaywishesfromdickdebartolomadsmaddestwriterandthegizwiz (the name of which Dick probably can't remember), and its later replacement whatthehellisthenameofthatwebsite.

Listen to Episode 475
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Gifts Heard Only on DGW
The podcaster of Media Junkyard writes in to say, play the Festive Jingle all year around.  He and his brother do gift "themes" every year, and this year, it's gadgets heard only on DGW.

Christmas for Dick and Leo
Hear how Dick and Leo are going to celebrate this Christmas.  Learn about the conflicting traditions in Leo's family, and all about the Algonquin, Dorothy Parker, Parker House, and the Parker House rolls.


Listen to Episode 466
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Another PMP from SanDisk, 2.4" screen, 16GB (with SDHC support) and aggressively priced.  The new Sansa View makes it easier to download media, including videos and podcasts.  Supports video formats of MPEG-4, H.264, and WMV.

Holiday Arrangement
Leo thinks they are going to have a week of "Best of DGW", then a week of holiday, and they'll come back in the New Year after Dick has been to CES.

An Old Letter
A listener wrote in some time ago (after Episode 379, the CardioChek), making the observation that there was Leo on his live video feed, sitting in front of the mic for 3 hours doing nothing, and then there was Dick in his apartment opening packages, putting his fingers into devices, bleeding himself and checking his cholesterol.

Leo's Live Feed
Leo is recording this batch of shows "live" on video on ustream.tv, and 196 people are watching.  You can try your luck in future to get the feed on twit.tv/live.

GizWizBiz USB Smart Button
Steve Miller, of Westerville, Ohio, a bit of a gadget hound himself (see Episodes 279, 376), is one of the 17 people who bought Dick's USB Smart Button, which has freed his hard drive of the space previously necessary for Dick's web address!  Although he already had a Dysan vacuum, he still bought the Roomba (mentioned in Episode 451) which is excellent for going under the bed.

Listen to Episode 459
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The Backup Pal is a backup device for your cellphone contacts.  Just connect the cellphone via an adapter/tip specific to your cellphone, press and hold the "BACKUP" button on the device, and your contacts on your phone memory and on the SIM card (where applicable) will be backed up and saved in the flash memory of the Backup Pal.  The saved contacts can be restored to the same phone, or to a different phone (provided it's a supported model and you have the adapter/tip for it), by pressing the "RESTORE TO PHONE" button.  However, it can store the contacts for one phone only.  A multi-phone model is being promised, presumably at a higher price, if it does come.  At the moment, only specific models of Nokia, Motorola and Samsung cellphones are supported.

What is also being promised is a PC Connectivity Kit which will connect the device to the PC for editing and printing (Windows only).  Smartphones (Blackberry, Treo, Pocket PC) are not supported but are again in the works.

A similar product covered by Dick a long time ago is the Cellstik (Episode 27) which has similar functions (and limitations).  Dick explains on the show that an adapter/tip he has been waiting for from Cellstik has yet to be made.  Whether the Backup Pal will suffer the same fate remains to be seen.

Festive Letters Jingle is Back
Will Cool from Portland, Oregon who on the last occasion was dreaming about an in-sink garbage power shredder (Episode 226), is waiting for the Festive Letters Jingle and asks when the holiday season officially begins.  NOW, says Leo - the first Monday of November.

GizWizBiz USB Smart Button
Dick saw this gadget at a trade show which is produced in bulk with your own customised logo.  Plug it into a USB port and the LEDs will light up and change colours.  Press the button and it will take you directly to Dick's website.  Selling for $17.99 plus postage.  Check out Dick's video on MySpace.



WTHII October '07
It's the Tiger Taco, for keeping cardboard carton flaps in place and under control.  Ideal for unpacking.  Available in steel or plastic.  Hundreds of entries this time and over a hundred people said it was a taco holder.  One said it was Pacman hit by a truck.