7 posts tagged “gas”
Chatterbug
VoIP Device
Link: Chatterbug New York Times Article
Another Birthday
Steve Weiner has been listening to DGW since Episode 1. He watched GizWizLive on 20 June 2008, and noted that Dick and Leo should have realised that the day had a further significance. It was the 66th birthday of Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys.
Roz Rows
Dick thinks Roz Savage is very brave to row across the Pacific, when sailing from Miami to the Bahamas was dangerous enough for him.
Listen to Episode 615
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Chatterbug
VoIP Device
Link: Chatterbug New York Times Article
Another Birthday
Steve Weiner has been listening to DGW since Episode 1. He watched GizWizLive on 20 June 2008, and noted that Dick and Leo should have realised that the day had a further significance. It was the 66th birthday of Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys.
Roz Rows
Dick thinks Roz Savage is very brave to row across the Pacific, when sailing from Miami to the Bahamas was dangerous enough for him.
Listen to Episode 615
Go to TWiT
The Giz Wiz Home Page
IBM Microdrive
Data Storage
Link: IBM Press Release
Stop the Jokes
Norwegian Stian Kristiansen is recovering from a hernia operation and begs Dick and Leo to stop the funny business. And no Mad Magazine please.
Listen to Episode 570
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HYmini
Hand-held Windmill Generator/Portable Charger
Link: HYmini
You can use the HYmini to charge your 5V portable devices. It also doubles up as a flashlight.
Sit Up!
Leo is back on his GopherSport Anti-Burst Fitness Ball (Episode 322), while Dick is slumped on his chair in a comfortably bad posture.
VCR Plus
Sharon from PoCo (Port Coquitlam) in BC, Canada loves the VCR Plus episode (Episode 560). She tells Dick that TV guides in Vancouver still print the VCR Plus codes. Her parents have been using the codes for 7 years. Jim Nelson also writes in to say that he still uses the codes.
Regis
Leo thinks Regis is great and does his work without anyone knowing it. For a photo of Regis in his office, go to Leo's Flickr.
It's A Gas
Dick and Leo mentioned the Mad recording "It's A Gas" yesterday, and again today. A listener James Baldwin has found the recording on YouTube and emailed Dick the link. Dick has embedded it on his home page, or listen to it here.
Listen to Episode 568
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iSoniCast
iPod Accessory - Wireless Streaming
Link: Monster Cable
Mad Currency
Randal Schwartz, Perl expert, co-host of FLOSS and long-time fan of DGW, came across an entry on Wikipedia about fake denominations of US currency and found that the Mad currency (3-dollar bill) which Dick talked about in the past (see, e.g. Episode 121) has made its way into that entry. Dick goes on to describe the Alfred E Neuman postage stamps that Mad used to make.
Spork Cartoon
Dick and Leo mention in passing a spork cartoon which listeners have written in about. Leo says he is going to save it for the Letters Section, but naturally he forgets. While we wait for Dick and Leo's memory to come round, here's one which is pretty good, by Jakin J Waldock.
Listen to Episode 567
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Celebrate 200 Episodes !!!
200th Episode Contest
A similar contest as the one for Episode 100. Guess a word frequently mentioned in the DGW netcasts. The prizes are donated by Andy Marken of ADS Tech. They include the Imation Clip Drive, Verbatim USB Smart Drive with Migo Software, Verbatim Store 'N Go Smart Drive with Password Protection, ADS Tech USB Mini TV Receiver, ADS Tech Instant FM Music USB. In due course, Andy Marken is to contribute even more prizes. The answer, winners and full list of prizes appear in Episode 210.
The birth of DGW
Leo was in New York to appear on Regis, and he suggested the idea of a daily gadget podcast to Dick, at the Hudson Hotel.
Speed Reading
Paul Grade from Zurich, Switzerland listens to DGW on his daily walk to work. He heard Episode 188
and said Dick and Leo's dismissal of speed reading was too hasty, as
people are still learning it. Leo heard that JFK could do 10,000 wpm.
Mad Minute
New movie business. The radio programme Synopsis.
Listen to Episode 200
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Digisette Duo 64
MP3 Cassette
Link: PCMag
Dick's Gadget Warehouse
Best of CES 2001. An MP3 player on its own, but you can also play it in a cassette tape player. 64MB built-in storage. Transfer of mp3 files was done via a USB cable. Later versions had expandable storage, built-n mic. It was actually reviewed on the Screensavers on Tech TV.
Charley Weaver
Listen to Dick and Leo's discussion on Charley Weaver, his daughters Rosanna and Patricia Arquette, the film Medium, and Mad's take-off called "Tedium".
The podcast that makes ...
... its own gas?
Listen to Episode 125
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