4 posts tagged “gloves”

A common problem Leo finds with camcorders is the quality of the built-in microphones, and that includes his Canon EOS 5D Mark II (Episode 742) which he uses to take HD video.  He uses a good quality microphone made by Rϕde Microphones, called the Stereo VideoMic.  It has a standard camera shoe-mount for fitting on to camcorders and cameras.  It is a stereo X/Y condenser microphone, with a low noise circuitry, 2-step high pass filter, powered by a 9V battery (with a battery indicator), and is connected to the camcorder via a mini-jack.  Comes with a windshield for the mic.  It may not be as effective as a unidirectional mic as a shotgun mic, but as a super-cardioid mic, it accepts sounds from the front and sides but very little from the back of the microphone.  Leo uses it on his 5D Mark II and his Canon VIXIA HV30 (Episode 552) camcorder.

If you already have a good quality XLR connection microphone, Leo recommends the Beachtek DXA-2S Audio Adapter.


Car Battery Maintainer
John Slanina from California, better known as jammerb on the TWiT Army and the chatroom, recommends the Solar-Powered Battery Saver Plus, from 4lots.com.  Ideal for people who use their cars only rarely, this 1 Watt 12V car battery maintainer which you can put above the dashboard uses solar engery to trickle-charge your car battery to keep it from going flat.



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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.


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Leo's Christmas Day recommendation is a collar for your pet - with GPS.  The RoamEO shows the location of your pet on the simple colour LCD screen on a hand-held device.  It works within a radius of a mile.  You can also set up your own GPS "Fence" for your pet, a perimeter outside which an alarm on the collar will sound, with which you can train your pet to come back once the alarm goes off.



Newspaper Brick-Maker
Adam Mason writes to Leo to tell him that he need not worry about the stacks of newspaper accumulating in his house (before Leo gets his Amazon Kindle, which he will review in the next TTTT).  The Newspaper Brick-Maker from Taylor Gifts compacts slightly dampened newspaper stacks into logs for your fireplace.

GizWiz Holiday Greetings
Watch Dick's holiday greetings on YouTube.

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