2 posts tagged “gotcha”
Snappy Video Snapshot
Screen Capture Device
Link: Atomic Internet
Dick's Gadget Warehouse
This is not a reproduction of an Easter Island statue, but a product from the mid 1990's, made by Play Inc, called the Snappy Video Snapshot. You connected it to a parallel port of the computer. It had composite video in and out, which you hooked up to a video source such as your VCR or TV set, and when you pressed the Capture button, Snappy Video Snapshot would do a screen capture for you. It would also cost you $199.
It was ranked 39 in PC World's 50 Greatest Gadgets of the Past 50 Years in 2005. The latest iteration of this product was Snappy 4.0, still available at the time of writing on Amazon.
Play Inc went on to create the Trinity Video System. One of its CEOs, Paul Montgomery, had previously worked with Tim Jenison at NewTek, which produced the Video Toaster, and now makes the TriCaster, a video switching system which Leo has just bought for the TWiTLive.
Here's a clip, from 1990, from the TV programme Computer Chronicles (from www.archive.org), with Paul Montgomery and Tim Jenison showing a demonstration of the Video Toaster on an Amiga.
Two years later came the Video Toaster 2.0. Here's the promotional video to show what it was capable of in 1992.
Here's a clip, from 1990, from the TV programme Computer Chronicles (from www.archive.org), with Paul Montgomery and Tim Jenison showing a demonstration of the Video Toaster on an Amiga.
Two years later came the Video Toaster 2.0. Here's the promotional video to show what it was capable of in 1992.
Gotcha
Jonas from Norway enjoyed Episode 556's Gotcha, as he loves pranks and jokes with his gifts. However, he hasn't needed to use Gotcha yet, since all he needs to do is give his friend one of Leo's TTTT gadgets like the toothpick bird. Cheaper too.
Law and Order
Woody Allen finally decided not to use Dick's boat for his next film after all, but Dick's boat will now appear in Law And Order. Dick will tell us about it next week. Meanwhile, you can read about it on Dick's website.
Listen to Episode 565
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Jonas from Norway enjoyed Episode 556's Gotcha, as he loves pranks and jokes with his gifts. However, he hasn't needed to use Gotcha yet, since all he needs to do is give his friend one of Leo's TTTT gadgets like the toothpick bird. Cheaper too.
Law and Order
Woody Allen finally decided not to use Dick's boat for his next film after all, but Dick's boat will now appear in Law And Order. Dick will tell us about it next week. Meanwhile, you can read about it on Dick's website.
Listen to Episode 565
Go to TWiT
The Giz Wiz Home Page
Gotcha Gift Boxes
"Fake" Gift Boxes
Link: Gotcha
Designed by graphic designer Arik Nordby, these gift boxes are available for sale through The Onion. The recipient is misled and disappointed by what is revealed by the gift box, only to find the real gem inside.
Audible is back on DGW
Leo has said elsewhere that Audible is not featured on all of TWiT except DGW because of the short length of the show, but apparently Audible does want to be on DGW. Quite right too. Leo suggests "An Evening With Dick Cavett". Sign up at www.audible.com/gizwiz to get your free download.
A Place for Dick
Chaz Benedict, who lives near Petaluma, writes in to correct Leo who said in Episode 549 that there is no Sheraton in Petaluma. Dick is going to Petaluma to visit the new TWiT studio. He likes what he sees, the big desk, the Aphex Aural Exciter, and the Heil microphone.
TWiT Live
TWiTLive.tv is up and running, with new staff Colleen and Frédérique. Earlier Leo was streaming TWiT. Follow Leo's Twitter updates on TWiTLive at Twitter.
Listen to Episode 556
Go to TWiT
The Giz Wiz Home Page
Audible is back on DGW
Leo has said elsewhere that Audible is not featured on all of TWiT except DGW because of the short length of the show, but apparently Audible does want to be on DGW. Quite right too. Leo suggests "An Evening With Dick Cavett". Sign up at www.audible.com/gizwiz to get your free download.
A Place for Dick
Chaz Benedict, who lives near Petaluma, writes in to correct Leo who said in Episode 549 that there is no Sheraton in Petaluma. Dick is going to Petaluma to visit the new TWiT studio. He likes what he sees, the big desk, the Aphex Aural Exciter, and the Heil microphone.
TWiT Live
TWiTLive.tv is up and running, with new staff Colleen and Frédérique. Earlier Leo was streaming TWiT. Follow Leo's Twitter updates on TWiTLive at Twitter.
Listen to Episode 556
Go to TWiT
The Giz Wiz Home Page
