21 posts tagged “keyboard”
Wii Fit
Video Game
Link: Nintendo
Turn-The-Tables-Tuesday
Leo looks in fine fettle these days, not because of his new super duper glasses, his new eyeliner, or his new wig, but because he has been working out and improving his balance on the Wii Fit. Since the Wii came out, Leo has never found the urge to buy it, but one day the "little woman", or the wee bonnie lass aka Jennifer Laporte, decided that she wanted the Wii Fit. The Wii Fit is a video game played on the Nintendo Wii. It's a balance board on which you improve your balance and fitness through different games and exercises such as yoga, skiing, soccer heading, hula hoop.
Leo still feels that the Wii is not for serious gamers but not a bad idea for casual gamers like Jennifer, or as a fun family or social game.
Butter And Eggs Parade
Leo is going to suggest to the Committee a Wii Fit Brigade float.
Wining the Lottery
Leo searches desperately under his desk for a letter and manages to find a letter from Dennis Payot, Senior from Glide, Oregon. Dennis has bookmarked many gadgets, and one day, when he wins the lottery, he will get round to buying them. Dick and Leo wonders if Ludwik has a running total of the costs of buying all the DGW gadgets.
Dennis thanks Leo for his TTTT recommendation of the CCrane Wifi Internet Radio in Episode 712. His wife works in the Far East and after work she can listen to radio stations from her home country, while he listens to hockey games from Canada. And as long as the TWiT Network is there, in the famous words of Dick, "I'll be here."
Leo's Mexican cleaning lady is not so impressed, though, as Leo has yet to find a radio station she likes.
Wifi Radio for Mama Laporte
Leo finally decided to choose the CCrane Wifi Radio for Mama Laporte (see Episode 747), who can now listen to the audio feed from TWiTLive. Leo listens to BBC Radio 3 a lot, and wakes up to Ancient FM.
Listen to Episode 772
Go to TWiT
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Leo still feels that the Wii is not for serious gamers but not a bad idea for casual gamers like Jennifer, or as a fun family or social game.
Butter And Eggs Parade
Leo is going to suggest to the Committee a Wii Fit Brigade float.
Wining the Lottery
Leo searches desperately under his desk for a letter and manages to find a letter from Dennis Payot, Senior from Glide, Oregon. Dennis has bookmarked many gadgets, and one day, when he wins the lottery, he will get round to buying them. Dick and Leo wonders if Ludwik has a running total of the costs of buying all the DGW gadgets.
Dennis thanks Leo for his TTTT recommendation of the CCrane Wifi Internet Radio in Episode 712. His wife works in the Far East and after work she can listen to radio stations from her home country, while he listens to hockey games from Canada. And as long as the TWiT Network is there, in the famous words of Dick, "I'll be here."
Leo's Mexican cleaning lady is not so impressed, though, as Leo has yet to find a radio station she likes.
Wifi Radio for Mama Laporte
Leo finally decided to choose the CCrane Wifi Radio for Mama Laporte (see Episode 747), who can now listen to the audio feed from TWiTLive. Leo listens to BBC Radio 3 a lot, and wakes up to Ancient FM.
Listen to Episode 772
Go to TWiT
The Giz Wiz Home Page
Seal Shield Silver Seal Keyboard
Dishwasher-Safe Keyboard
Link: Silver Shield
Keyboards and mice collect all sorts of dirt, grime and bacteria over time, but are difficult to clean. Leo is known to have put his keyboards into the dishwasher for cleaning, and listeners have tried that too, some less successfully than others (see Episode 560).
Now finally there is a consumer keyboard designed to solve that problem. At CES this year, Seal Shield exhibited their line of Silver Seal Keyboards which are waterproof, spill-proof, dishwasher-safe and antimicrobial. The surface of the keyboards is coated with "Silver Seal" which uses silver ions embedded in high grade plastic to create an antimicrobial solution that inhibits or slows down microbial and bacterial growth. When the keyboards get dirty, they are can be fully submerged in a sink of sudsy water, or put into the dishwasher, for a thorough cleaning. They come with a "Seal Cap" which protects the USB connector during cleaning. Dick was given a sample which survived his modest dishwasher.
Dick and Leo think this is a great product, even though the name "Seal Shield Silver Seal" is a bit of a tongue-twister. Also available are dishwasher-safe mice and universal remotes. Leo is going to get a numer of these keyboards for the TWiT Cottage, and perhaps a dishwasher too.
Another Glowing Keyboard for Dick
Dick warns Leo that before he orders his keyboards, he should know that a new glowing backlit model is coming from Seal Shield. It's the Silver Flex, also dishwasher-safe and anti-microbial.
In Defence of the Cell-Mate
Kevin Selle boldly goes where no one wants to tread. He is standing up for the Cell-Mate (Episode 744), and encouraging the company to forge ahead. Why stop with the cellphone? Who could argue against the benefit of a giant velcro patch on your head and attaching stuff on to your head so you won't lose it again? Keys-Mate, Spork-Mate, Flashlight-Mate, Passport-Mate (hello, Jennifer), Purse-Mate (goodbye to the Purseguard, Episode 406) come to mind. Just don't try it with the UroClub (Episode 598).
Now finally there is a consumer keyboard designed to solve that problem. At CES this year, Seal Shield exhibited their line of Silver Seal Keyboards which are waterproof, spill-proof, dishwasher-safe and antimicrobial. The surface of the keyboards is coated with "Silver Seal" which uses silver ions embedded in high grade plastic to create an antimicrobial solution that inhibits or slows down microbial and bacterial growth. When the keyboards get dirty, they are can be fully submerged in a sink of sudsy water, or put into the dishwasher, for a thorough cleaning. They come with a "Seal Cap" which protects the USB connector during cleaning. Dick was given a sample which survived his modest dishwasher.
Dick and Leo think this is a great product, even though the name "Seal Shield Silver Seal" is a bit of a tongue-twister. Also available are dishwasher-safe mice and universal remotes. Leo is going to get a numer of these keyboards for the TWiT Cottage, and perhaps a dishwasher too.
Another Glowing Keyboard for Dick
Dick warns Leo that before he orders his keyboards, he should know that a new glowing backlit model is coming from Seal Shield. It's the Silver Flex, also dishwasher-safe and anti-microbial.
In Defence of the Cell-Mate
Kevin Selle boldly goes where no one wants to tread. He is standing up for the Cell-Mate (Episode 744), and encouraging the company to forge ahead. Why stop with the cellphone? Who could argue against the benefit of a giant velcro patch on your head and attaching stuff on to your head so you won't lose it again? Keys-Mate, Spork-Mate, Flashlight-Mate, Passport-Mate (hello, Jennifer), Purse-Mate (goodbye to the Purseguard, Episode 406) come to mind. Just don't try it with the UroClub (Episode 598).
Verbatim Tune Board
Speaker Keyboard
Link: Verbatim
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With a little help from his friend Dick, Leo got this keyboard from Andy Marken. LED-backlit, the Verbatim Tune Board or Speaker Keyboard has built in stereo speakers, with bass boost, complete with sound controls and music playback controls, and can save you some wiring as all it takes is a USB connection. Leo has the Mac version, but a Windows version is also available.
Back from France
Leo is back with Henry from Rennes after their visit to Abby, but Jennifer is stuck in Paris as she has lost her passport. While Leo was in France, Dick went on Stickam on both Tuesdays.
Check out Leo's blog post "France Montage" and the links there to his photos from France.
An Ozzy Jingle?
East Coast Girl on the Chatroom suggests there should be a jingle for whenever Ozzy comes on TWiTLive.
Ten Questions from Dr Mark
Dr Mark Sukoenig put in 10 questions for Leo. What does an A battery look like? Why do Dick and Leo sound as energetic on the Friday show as they do on the Monday show? What is a Luma and how safe is it to pet one?
Themed to the Gills
Paul Minshall, apart from doing the 12 Days of GizWiz, has done a country-style jingle for the Daily Giz Wiz. Visit http://paulminshall.com/themes to play the Country Giz Wiz jingle.
Listen to Episode 732
Go to TWiT
The Giz Wiz Homepage
Back from France
Leo is back with Henry from Rennes after their visit to Abby, but Jennifer is stuck in Paris as she has lost her passport. While Leo was in France, Dick went on Stickam on both Tuesdays.
Check out Leo's blog post "France Montage" and the links there to his photos from France.
An Ozzy Jingle?
East Coast Girl on the Chatroom suggests there should be a jingle for whenever Ozzy comes on TWiTLive.
Ten Questions from Dr Mark
Dr Mark Sukoenig put in 10 questions for Leo. What does an A battery look like? Why do Dick and Leo sound as energetic on the Friday show as they do on the Monday show? What is a Luma and how safe is it to pet one?
Themed to the Gills
Paul Minshall, apart from doing the 12 Days of GizWiz, has done a country-style jingle for the Daily Giz Wiz. Visit http://paulminshall.com/themes to play the Country Giz Wiz jingle.
Listen to Episode 732
Go to TWiT
The Giz Wiz Homepage
Belkin Flip Wireless
Wireless KVM Switch
Link: Belkin
Dick has recently got himself a new high-end computer from HP, and although he still has the ClickFree Backup Drive (Episode 629) to back up stuff from his computers, he is still keeping the old computer and he finds himself having to swtich between the two. So he has ordered the Belkin Flip, a KVM switch. There are different versions of the Flip, but Dick's version is the Flip Wireless, which enables you to connect both computers to one set of keyboard, video monitor and mouse.
Just press the small round remote to make the switch. You can even configure it to share speakers.
Audio Issues
Leo has been having audio issues in this recording session (Episodes 719 to 724). He hopes that they can be removed in post-production.
Pet Project
John Cleig has adopted "The Animal Rescue Site" as his pet project. He wants to thank Dick and Leo for generating significant traffic to the site.
WTHII 0811
The November '08 WTHII gadget is the Tube Press, for squeezing the last drop of toohtpaste out of the tube. It turned out that Walgreens started doing a promotion of the item after Dick posted the picture for the contest, and lots of people got the correct answer.
Dick started the What The Heck Is It game before the Daily Giz Wiz, probably at the time of The Screen Savers. Check out the Dec '08 WTHII gadget, which is a listener contribution, which stumped Dick.
Audio Issues
Leo has been having audio issues in this recording session (Episodes 719 to 724). He hopes that they can be removed in post-production.
Pet Project
John Cleig has adopted "The Animal Rescue Site" as his pet project. He wants to thank Dick and Leo for generating significant traffic to the site.
WTHII 0811
The November '08 WTHII gadget is the Tube Press, for squeezing the last drop of toohtpaste out of the tube. It turned out that Walgreens started doing a promotion of the item after Dick posted the picture for the contest, and lots of people got the correct answer.
Dick started the What The Heck Is It game before the Daily Giz Wiz, probably at the time of The Screen Savers. Check out the Dec '08 WTHII gadget, which is a listener contribution, which stumped Dick.
VCR Plus
TV Programme Code for VCR
Link: VCR Plus
Dick's Gadget Warehouse
VCR Plus, started by Henry Yuen of Gemstar, was a system of codes for recording individual TV programmes on your VCR. Each programme had its own code, so that you could just enter the code into the VCRPlus-supported VCR machine or remote control, and your VCR would start recording the appropriate channel at the right time. Watch this TV commercial from 1987.
Audible Jingle
Geoff Smith has made an "Audible Pick of the Week" jingle for TWiT. Check out his ringtones on thegeoffsmith.com/.
Keyboard Cleaning
Mike of Eagle River, Alaska took Leo's advice to heart and put his keyboard into the dishwasher, let it dry for a few days, and even put it in the oven. The result upon reconnection? Sparks flew.
Listen to Episode 560
Go to TWiT
The Giz Wiz Home Page
Audible Jingle
Geoff Smith has made an "Audible Pick of the Week" jingle for TWiT. Check out his ringtones on thegeoffsmith.com/.
Keyboard Cleaning
Mike of Eagle River, Alaska took Leo's advice to heart and put his keyboard into the dishwasher, let it dry for a few days, and even put it in the oven. The result upon reconnection? Sparks flew.
Listen to Episode 560
Go to TWiT
The Giz Wiz Home Page
Logitech's diNovo Mini
Mini Bluetooth Keyboard
Link: Logitech
1000 Episodes
Avid listener FreeBSD loves DGW, congratulates Dick and Leo on the successful podcast, and hopes it goes on to 1000 episodes. He also has a story to tell which would go well with the Scala Rider Teamset episode (Episode 369), about teenagers text messaging while driving. He was sitting in Starbucks in Kingston, Ontario, when he heard a crash outside - a lady driver was text messaging while driving and rear-ended the car in front as she turned into the road outside Starbucks.
Episode 500
Dick and Leo are pretty tied up and Dick has not planned anything for Episode 500. Leo suggests that listeners can send in questions to them, and if they answer correctly, listeners can send them crap.
Did you know?
18% of car accidents are caused by women putting on make-up while driving.
Listen to Episode 498
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Read Dick's Write-Up
Sandisk's Sansa Clip
MP3 Player
Link: Sandisk
From a Microbiologist ...
Seth, who was still a microbiology student in Provo, Utah in Episode 137 and let off by a policeman (a fellow fan of DGW) for the failed tail light in his car, has now graduated and is working at a clinical microlab at a hospital. As a microbiologist, Seth comments on the Pocket UV Disinfector (for keyboards) discussed by Leo in Episode 462 (and earlier in Episode 432). UV can definitely kill many harmful microbes, but the best practice for cleaning a keyboard is to use several anti-bacterial tools in conjunction with UV light (or direct sunlight), such as wiping it with a cloth dampened with mild bleach or hydrogen peroxide.
Leo's keyboards are so congealed with fungi and other growths that he prefers putting them through the dishwasher, which he uses for cleaning his rubber shoes as well. Dick is not having dinner at Leo's, unless it's on paper plates.
Listen to Episode 493
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Read Dick's Write-Up
LG Voyager
Cellphone
Link: Verizon
Dick follows up his coverage of the V (Episode 9) and the enV (Episode 219) with the LG Voyager. Carried by Verizon in the US, the Voyager has touch screen controls, like the iPhone, and it opens up revealing a Qwerty keyboard. 2MP camera and camcorder, microSD slot, bluetooth capable.
You can subscribe to Vcasts and even TV broadcasts (with a built-in TV antenna). It can also do web browsing, and utilises Verizon's fast 3G wireless.
Nintendo Virtual Boy
Mike Kunkel, who previously corrected Leo about the PSOne in Episode 409, writes in about another vintage game gadget, the Nintendo Virtual Boy, which Leo thought in Episode 450 was a hood you put on a Game Boy. Mike explains what it was.
Listen to Episode 478
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Read Dick's Write-Up
You can subscribe to Vcasts and even TV broadcasts (with a built-in TV antenna). It can also do web browsing, and utilises Verizon's fast 3G wireless.
Nintendo Virtual Boy
Listen to Episode 478
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Read Dick's Write-Up
MP4 Watch Video
PMP Watch
Link: MP3 Watch World
Turn-The-Tables-Tuesday
A 7-in-1 watch - the MP4 Watch Video is a timepiece, plays video, displays photos, plays music (mp3 and wma), voice recorder, eBook Reader, and an optional FM Radio. 1GB storage, headphones included. Available in black, white, blue and orange. Exact specs are not available from the website; nor does it say where to get the optional accessories. The pictures of the watch look different too, even on the same page. It could be the one shown here, or it could be this one - 1.5" OLED screen, 128 x 128 pixels.
UV Disinfector, again
Leo looks for a letter and asks Dick if he's talked about the Keyboard Disinfecting UV Ray Gun, which Leo did in Episode 432 - the Pocket UV Disinfector from Market Gypsy. But this time at least Leo remembers to give credit to the letter-writer (from a PR company).
WTHII November '07
It's the Drinn. A cellphone charging holder that keeps a cellphone or PDA in place when it's plugged into a power outlet for charging. Available from, among others, Spoon Sisters.
"Drinn" was designed in Holland and is a Dutch onomatopoeia for the sound of a telephone when it rings.
UV Disinfector, again
Leo looks for a letter and asks Dick if he's talked about the Keyboard Disinfecting UV Ray Gun, which Leo did in Episode 432 - the Pocket UV Disinfector from Market Gypsy. But this time at least Leo remembers to give credit to the letter-writer (from a PR company).
It's the Drinn. A cellphone charging holder that keeps a cellphone or PDA in place when it's plugged into a power outlet for charging. Available from, among others, Spoon Sisters.
Listen to Episode 462
Go to TWiT
Read Dick's Write-Up
[This episode was originally recorded for release for 11 December 2007. Actual date of release: 18 December 2007.]
Go to TWiT
Read Dick's Write-Up
[This episode was originally recorded for release for 11 December 2007. Actual date of release: 18 December 2007.]
Compaq Keyboard Scanner
Keyboard with Built-In Scanner
Link: Byte.com
Dick's Gadget Warehouse
From April 1996, Compaq had this gadget made in conjunction with Visioneer, the Keyboard Scanner,
with which you could scan documents through the keyboard itself.
Connected to the computer via a serial port. 200 dpi, 8-bit
grayscale. All for $350 only. You can't even get an Asus Eee PC (Episode 447) for that price these days.
Miscue from Leo
Tim, who listens to DGW over lunch, corrects Leo on the Zune 2 (Episode 452). The wifi works without being powered via the dock. Every morning, Tim gets a fresh set of podcasts by sync'ing his Zune with his laptop wirelessly.
Fibre Optic Christmas Tree
Dick has put up his fibre optic Christmas Tree. Hear him half-explain how he got it.
Leo Back On Cue
A Fedex delivery in the middle of the recording, and Leo is right on cue this time with the Wait-For-Dick Jingle (unlike Episode 417). Fun, fun, fun. It's a Christmas gift for Dick's dog, Fairway.
Listen to Episode 46
Go to TWiT
Read Dick's Write-Up
Miscue from Leo
Tim, who listens to DGW over lunch, corrects Leo on the Zune 2 (Episode 452). The wifi works without being powered via the dock. Every morning, Tim gets a fresh set of podcasts by sync'ing his Zune with his laptop wirelessly.
Fibre Optic Christmas Tree
Dick has put up his fibre optic Christmas Tree. Hear him half-explain how he got it.
Leo Back On Cue
A Fedex delivery in the middle of the recording, and Leo is right on cue this time with the Wait-For-Dick Jingle (unlike Episode 417). Fun, fun, fun. It's a Christmas gift for Dick's dog, Fairway.
Listen to Episode 46
Go to TWiT
Read Dick's Write-Up
