41 posts tagged “clock”
Weather Direct WD-3103
iTalk Clock
Cateye Micro Wireless
Cyclocomputer
Link: Cateye
But the TTTT gadget for today is the Cateye Micro Wireless, CC-MC100W. It is a bicycle computer (sometimes called a cyclocomputer) which is a speedometer and odometer, with LED backlight, which gives you your speed, maximum speed, distance travelled etc, like a little dashboard on the handlebar of the bike. It is wireless in the sense that it does not need to be wired to the speed sensor which sits on one of the spokes of a bicycle wheel.
Coming Next on TTTT
Leo has an abundance of gadgets to talk about these days. Next week he will cover his new heart-rate monitor.
Health Warning
Many people, including doctors and nurses, have written in after Leo talked about the dangers of swallowing the BuckyBalls (Episode 827). The letter which Leo has picked is from Phil Tilsley of Ferndale, Washington. Phil's wife works as a 911 medical dispatcher, and can confirm that strong magnets pose a serious hazard to children. Strong magnets when swallowed can join together inside the intestines causing a blockage.
Listen to Episode 842
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The Zircon Repeater
Tape Measure Voice Recorder
Link: Amazon
Zircon has other interesting products, including StudSensors, their modern versions of the old StudFinder.
From A Fellow Correspondent
Phil Baker, currently technology columnist for the San Diego Daily Transcript, and whom Leo first met when Phil was working for Seiko, writes in about his new book. Phil has been involved with many classic products such as the Polaroid SX 70, the Folding Keyboard and the Apple Newton. If you're interested in what's involved behind the scenes in the development of gadgets, check out his book "From Concept To Consumer", available on Amazon and Barnes and Noble, or on the Kindle Store.
Dick's Next Visit To Petaluma
Dick first visited TWiT Cottage on 27 June 2008 for Episode 600 and GizWizLive. Episode 1000 is coming up but thatwill be next year. Episode 800 is just next week and too soon. So Dick might come over for Episode 900, and that's about 5 months away. Dick and Leo are considering doing a public event for Episode 1000, maybe in New York City, driving an Oscar Mayer Wienermobile decorated as a Golden iPod. Suggestions from listeners are not welcome, though, as they are tired of hearing "Get out of my life," "Stop podcasting," and "Give me a break."
Hitting the Wall
Leo took Henry to the Louvre in Paris to see the Mona Lisa. Henry wasn't impressed by its size. Wait till he gets to the Great Wall of China then.
Moshi IVR Clock
Voice-Operated Clock
Link: Moshi Lifestyle
Nero Fettled While Rome Burned
Leo is in fine fettle; Dick is in medium fine fettle; Nero fettled while Rome burned, and Dick fiddles with the Moshi all this time.
Those Days Are Dead Gone
No matter how obscure a Warehouse gadget might be, there's always someone who has owned or used it before. Kenneth Helchein was a photography major at the School of Visual Arts in New York. He managed to get hold of a Sony CV-2000 (Episode 770) from the school, and lugged the video camera and portable deck up and down flights of steps, down the subway, walked blocks and blocks to his grandmother (born in 1892, an emigre from Russia) to record stories from her earlier days. "Those days are dead gone!' said Grandma, and all that gear for nothing.
Moshi's Revenge
Dick wouldn't let go of the Moshi, and finally got it to accept his command to set the time. Leo cheered, and kicked his screen to oblivion. Moshi's revenge.
Listen to Episode 784
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Star Trek Shuttlecraft Magellan Clock Radio
Star Trek Clock
Link: Star Trek Gift Shop
Telemania used to make telephones modelled as trains and Elvis Presley, but it ventured into making radios for this Star Trek Shuttlecraft Magellan Clock Radio. AM/FM Radio, alarm clock, and you could wake up to the radio or the Star Trek red alert.
Friday the 13th Encore
Listen to Leo explain triskaidekaphobia and try to pronounce paraskavedekatriaphobia, and to Dick's story of Bill Gaines looking for a 13th floor for the Mad Office, as in Episode 590.
Valentine Plans
Dick will still be at the Miami Boat Show for Valentine's Day tomorrow. Leo is leaving later today with Jennifer for San Francisco to spend a romantic evening away at a boutique hotel, and having breakfast in the morning at Mario's Bohemian Cigar Store. Leo has got his Valentine present lined up this year - thanks to Cammy Blackstone in Munchcast Episode 58. Jennifer is getting chocolate-covered caramels topped with sea salt from Fran's Chocolates, which happen to be President Obama's favourite, and Obama happens to be Jennifer's favourite at the moment. She's using Obama soap (the Obama Bar - "The Audacity of Soap") and an Obama purse!
We Salute You
Tony Devito doesn't think there was a Salute in Laugh-In (Episode 760), but there was one in Hee Haw and Home Improvement. What Laugh-In did have was the Flying Fickle Finger of Fate Award.
Listen to Episode 765
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Neverlate Executive Alarm Clock
Alarm Clock
Link: Think Geek American Innovative
"Dan, Dan, Dan," sighs Dick, "what do you think this is, sitting on my shelf right here?". "Who do you take us for, complete amateurs?" Leo chips in.
The original Neverlate clock features a 7-day alarm schedule (different alarm time for each day). The new Neverlate Executive Alarm Clock, retaining the same 5" cube body design, can best be summarised as a 2x 7-Day Alarm Clock, as it allows you to set two 7-day alarm schedules, for you and your significant other. Plus 7 extra independently configurable alarms in addition to the two banks of 7-day alarms. The alarms can be set as one of 4 buzzers and 20 preset FM/AM radio stations. You can also use the clock as speakers and charger for your MP3 Player via the USB port, too. The best feature for Dick remains the nap timer fuction - one of his all-time favourites was the Westclox Nap Timer (Episode 40).
Power Needs
Dick has heard about the power cut during the ice storm in Kentucky and thinks the folks there could do with his Honda Super Quiet Generator (Episode 69).
In the Year 2020
Dick and Leo talked about doing podasts in 2020 (in Episode 750), and Tobias Robinson has some gadget suggestions, including 4D glasses and the morphing Smart Spork.
A Riddle from Leo
"What gets wetter as you get drier?" Leo asks, hoping to stump Dick. "Leo, Leo, Leo. Who do you take me for, a complete amateur?" - should have been Dick's riposte. Instead, he quips, "A sponge?"
Next Recording Session
Note the change of schedule. Dick will be off to the Miami Boat Show this week, and the next recording session has been brought forward to Monday (today) at 15.15 (Pacific time) or 18.15 Eastern time. Dick and Leo will do 6 shows including the 3rd Anniversary show for 20th February 2009.
Listen to Episode 761
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Mini Motel
Travel Accessory
Link: Mini Motel
When folded up, the package is only 17" x 12" x 3", but it might be a little difficult to get the tent and all its accessories back into that shape.
Match Game Moments
The Live Stream of Match Game Moments took place on Saturday 29 November 2008, which Dick greatly enjoyed. Unfortunately no one seems to have captured the video stream. Dick hopes that Andy of Stickam has a copy, but if not, he might do it again.
Farewell to Disco Dick
Dick has finally given away his houseboat, complete with a disco, as he told us in Episode 703. He's given it to a charity called Boat Angel. Here's Dick's farewell video:
A Hot Couple
Ralph Evinrude of Evinrude Motors and his singer wife Frances Evinrude had a 100-foot boat. Dick has a story to tell about Evinrude's generosity about replacing Evinrude engines.
A Junkie for Flashlights, Pens, Pocket Knives and Everything Collectible
Most frequently read DGW correspondent Steve Miller from Westerville, Ohio confesses to being a pen, pocket knife and flashlight junkie. He bought a Stanley Tripod Flashlight (Episodes 548), and since the Travelon Sheets (Episode 689), has managed to stop buying DGW gadgets for about a month so far, and hopes that Dick will not be covering pocket knives for a while, or he will be broke. For Steve's earlier collection, read the list in Episode 279.
For those interested in flashlights, Steve recommends SureFire, which has the E2D LED Defender, a tactical self-defence flashlight with a crenellated strike bezel.
Listen to Episode 719
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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.
Listen to Episode 700
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Cobra Traveler
Portable Answering Machine
Link: Fortune Magazine: Products To Watch
Like the Kodak Disc Camera from last Friday (Episode 690), the Traveler was also a "product to watch", thought Fortune Magazine, in February 1991.
Atari Video Music, Sold
Dick sold something from the Gadget Warehouse to a listener, his 2nd copy of the Atari Video Music (Episode 85), still in the box. We've heard that Steve Gibson of Security Now! bought a whole lot of Palms and put them in the freezer. Dick says that when Bill Gaines found a pair of shoes he liked, he would get 10 pairs of them.
Another Title for Dick
Austin from Plymouth, England thinks that Dick, especially on Fridays, should be called "The Wizard of Was". The rest of the week, Dick is just the Giz Wiz at Wizneyland.
Off the Air
Leo has an "On The Air" sign, but he never uses it because he's always on the air. He needs an "Off The Air" sign.
Mad Cocktail
Dick is off to the cocktail party for the Heritage Comics auction for Mad Covers (Episode 687). He hopes there is no cover charge, ha ha, from ha.com!
Making Hay
Dane Golden has been making hay while the sun is still shining. His retirement plan is hey.com.
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