28 posts tagged “pizza”
Bounceback Ultimate
Backup Software
Link: CMS Products
A piece of software from CMS Products, the Bounceback Ultimate. It backs up everything (data, operating system, settings) on your hard drive to any external USB hard drive, which is a bootable backup. You can also back up to multiple drives, create versioned backups, enable encrypted backups, recover any lost data from the backup, restore your computer to a previous state, and if your hard drive has failed, even boot up from the USB hard drive (as long as your computer BIOS supports booting from a USB device). You can buy from CMS a hard drive with the software installed, or you can buy the software as a stand-alone product.
Leo's China Tour
Leo is nearing his China Tour. He'll be staying at the Raffles Hotel in Beijing first, visit the Great Wall of China from there, the terracotta warriors in Xian, the Li River in Guilin, turn back to Beijing before going on the Geek Cruise, which will visit places in Korea and Japan. He will be leaving the TWiT Cottage on 2 July and come back on 18 July.
Missing 499
Curt Estridge, whose letter was referred to in Episode 841, listens to the Daily Giz Wiz at work with one earbud, leaving half an ear for his boss. Curt does listen to a stereo podcast which it is OK to listen to with one ear, and that's "Says You", also available on Audible. Curt loves the Daily Giz Wiz, and all the MAD Magazines he's won from the WTHII game. He hasn't missed a MAD issue, except Issue 499 which he couldn't find anywhere. Dick invites Curt to send him an email to sort that out.
Leo doesn't beg
Leo is looking for cycling accessories, including the cyclocomputer-GPS Garmin Edge 705. Leo will not beg for it from Garmin, but Dick might. Dick's got Plantronics to send Leo a Voyager Pro (Episode 829) for him to review.
Pre-View Unit Controversy
Just don't talk to Leo right now about review units, as yesterday, Leo, ever the nice guy, threw an uncharacteristic fit on TWiTLive during the Gillmor Gang show, over his being one of a select group of tech journalists who had been given a review unit of the Palm Pre. Read a summary of it on John C Dvorak's blog, which also has a clip of the video that contains strong language from Leo in reaction to comments from Mike Arrington.
Anyone who has listened to Leo for any length of time knows how meticulous Leo tries to be in returning review units, and how many gadgets he's had to buy for himself, to avoid even the appearance of a possibility of conflict of interest, even though it is fairly common for journalists to keep some review units - in which case the reviewer needs to prove his credibility in the long term, and many journalists have succeeded in doing so. But it is against this background that Leo's reaction and use of language must be understood. It must have been extremely galling for Leo, who has spent so many years building up a reputation of integrity and a relationship of trust with his audience, to find himself at the wrong end of a suggestion of a possible lack of independence by another tech journalist as experienced and knowledgeable as Arrington, just because Leo got a review unit.
Arrington has put his side of the story on TechCrunch. In the midst of the explanations and justifications in that blog post, Arrington has made an apology. Leo in response has also made an apology in the comments section. Read it all for yourself.
Listen to Episode 846
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Leo's China Tour
Leo is nearing his China Tour. He'll be staying at the Raffles Hotel in Beijing first, visit the Great Wall of China from there, the terracotta warriors in Xian, the Li River in Guilin, turn back to Beijing before going on the Geek Cruise, which will visit places in Korea and Japan. He will be leaving the TWiT Cottage on 2 July and come back on 18 July.
Missing 499
Curt Estridge, whose letter was referred to in Episode 841, listens to the Daily Giz Wiz at work with one earbud, leaving half an ear for his boss. Curt does listen to a stereo podcast which it is OK to listen to with one ear, and that's "Says You", also available on Audible. Curt loves the Daily Giz Wiz, and all the MAD Magazines he's won from the WTHII game. He hasn't missed a MAD issue, except Issue 499 which he couldn't find anywhere. Dick invites Curt to send him an email to sort that out.
Leo doesn't beg
Leo is looking for cycling accessories, including the cyclocomputer-GPS Garmin Edge 705. Leo will not beg for it from Garmin, but Dick might. Dick's got Plantronics to send Leo a Voyager Pro (Episode 829) for him to review.
Pre-View Unit Controversy
Just don't talk to Leo right now about review units, as yesterday, Leo, ever the nice guy, threw an uncharacteristic fit on TWiTLive during the Gillmor Gang show, over his being one of a select group of tech journalists who had been given a review unit of the Palm Pre. Read a summary of it on John C Dvorak's blog, which also has a clip of the video that contains strong language from Leo in reaction to comments from Mike Arrington.
Anyone who has listened to Leo for any length of time knows how meticulous Leo tries to be in returning review units, and how many gadgets he's had to buy for himself, to avoid even the appearance of a possibility of conflict of interest, even though it is fairly common for journalists to keep some review units - in which case the reviewer needs to prove his credibility in the long term, and many journalists have succeeded in doing so. But it is against this background that Leo's reaction and use of language must be understood. It must have been extremely galling for Leo, who has spent so many years building up a reputation of integrity and a relationship of trust with his audience, to find himself at the wrong end of a suggestion of a possible lack of independence by another tech journalist as experienced and knowledgeable as Arrington, just because Leo got a review unit.
Arrington has put his side of the story on TechCrunch. In the midst of the explanations and justifications in that blog post, Arrington has made an apology. Leo in response has also made an apology in the comments section. Read it all for yourself.
Listen to Episode 846
Go to TWiT
The Giz Wiz Home Page
Plantronics Voyager Pro
Bluetooth Headset
Link: Plantronics
The Voyager Pro from Plantronics is a bluetooth headset designed for heavy business users, with a bigger size but better performance and battery time. It has 2 noise cancelling boom microphones, one of which is used to collect sound for ambient noise analysis. Great for blocking out wind noises. When you mute the mic, a message only you can hear will tell you that the mic is muted. Leo is loving the Calisto Pro from Plantronics, and this Voyager Pro sounds promising to him.
DGW in Surround Sound
Leo's new mixer from Telos, the Axia, will be capable of outputting surround sound called Dolby Headphone, and he wonders if listeners would prefer that. How about good old Quadraphonic sound?
A TerraTrike for Leo
Leo has been sent a Terratrike (after Dick and Leo talked about it in Episode 815). Leo took delivery of it during Maxwell's House last week. Leo is going to review it in about 2 weeks' time. It might end up as Abby's new transport, or TWiT's special limousine service. Take a sneak preview of it here.
Leo's new mixer from Telos, the Axia, will be capable of outputting surround sound called Dolby Headphone, and he wonders if listeners would prefer that. How about good old Quadraphonic sound?
A TerraTrike for Leo
Leo has been sent a Terratrike (after Dick and Leo talked about it in Episode 815). Leo took delivery of it during Maxwell's House last week. Leo is going to review it in about 2 weeks' time. It might end up as Abby's new transport, or TWiT's special limousine service. Take a sneak preview of it here.
Better Laundry Rooms than Home Theatres
Kevin Sweeney from Grand Junction, Colorado has written to defend Dick about the Earth Day series, the Wonder Wash and the Countertop Spin Dryer (Episodes 818, 819). He cannot believe how stoically Dick put up the abuse Leo dished out about them. A lot more people have laundry rooms than have home theatres, and not everyone can afford the Mini E (Episode 811). Kevin for one is going to give the laundry gadgets to his wife for their 20th wedding anniversary - and their final, add Dick and Leo.
Great Dinner Options
Dick went as a special guest to a convention called Boys And Their Toys. On his way to the hotel, the young limo driver assured Dick that he had chosen the right hotel, because his dinner options would include Burger King, Taco Bell and White Castle, and the subway is just around the corner.
Listen to Episode 829
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GE 911 Emergency Light Switch
Emergency/Signalling Light Switch
Link: Defense Devices
Loyal listener Mike Gunn brought this gadget to Dick's attention. The GE 911 Emergency Light Switch has been discontinued by GE, but is still available from many sellers. Designed to be used with your front porch light, it has 3 power positions: On, Off and Emergency (which sets the light flashing). When you have to call 911 for an emergency, you put the light switch to the Emergency mode, and the flashing light in your front porch acts as a beacon to guide the emergency services to your house. You could of course, as Dick and Leo suggest, use it as a signalling light to alert the pizza delivery guy, or the taxi driver who is picking you up. Dick thinks there should be a Front Porch LED Programmable Messaging System (like the Programmable Licence Plate in Episode 72, and the Programmable Rear Deck Digital Message System in Episode 271).
A similar idea is Emergency Beacon's 911 Light covered by Dick back in Episode 33, which automatically lights up after you dial 911.
Leo's Crown
Dick and Leo refers to a crown given by Jennifer to Leo. Leo showed it in between shows. See the blog post for Episode 757 for a video of Leo's crown.
John Ficarra on CNN
While recording the show, Leo manages to watch CNN too, and notices that John Ficarra, Editor-in-Chief of MAD, is on. It's a piece about Barack Obama, and MAD's latest cover "The First 100 Minutes". You can watch it on CNN, or youTube.
A Gadget Hero
Ian from Schenectady, New York, who has been listening since Episode 1, writes to Dick and "the other guy". His wife doesn't get why he prefers listening to people talk, and he just keeps his head down. A few months ago, Dick covered the itzbeen (Episode 588). With a new-born daughter, Ian decided to give the itzbeen to his wife who went everywhere with it religiously. They gave the itzbeen to a friend, who thought it was the greatest gift she ever received. It's now become a standard gift to expecting mums. Ian's wife now wonders if the Giz Wiz has anything else neat for her, and while she still doesn't get why he loves TWiT, she's now a little more understanding when he brings home another LED gadget.
A similar idea is Emergency Beacon's 911 Light covered by Dick back in Episode 33, which automatically lights up after you dial 911.
Leo's Crown
Dick and Leo refers to a crown given by Jennifer to Leo. Leo showed it in between shows. See the blog post for Episode 757 for a video of Leo's crown.
John Ficarra on CNN
While recording the show, Leo manages to watch CNN too, and notices that John Ficarra, Editor-in-Chief of MAD, is on. It's a piece about Barack Obama, and MAD's latest cover "The First 100 Minutes". You can watch it on CNN, or youTube.
A Gadget Hero
Ian from Schenectady, New York, who has been listening since Episode 1, writes to Dick and "the other guy". His wife doesn't get why he prefers listening to people talk, and he just keeps his head down. A few months ago, Dick covered the itzbeen (Episode 588). With a new-born daughter, Ian decided to give the itzbeen to his wife who went everywhere with it religiously. They gave the itzbeen to a friend, who thought it was the greatest gift she ever received. It's now become a standard gift to expecting mums. Ian's wife now wonders if the Giz Wiz has anything else neat for her, and while she still doesn't get why he loves TWiT, she's now a little more understanding when he brings home another LED gadget.
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).
Kill A Watt PS
Power Strip with Electricity Usage Monitor and Surge Protection
Link: Cable Organizer
Dick and Leo have referred to the Kill A Watt in passing before, in Episodes 553 and 642. This new product, called Kill A Watt PS, retains the main functions of the previous gadget - electricity usage monitor with surge protection - but adds a power strip (8 extensions) to the bargain.
The monitor itself can give you information on how much electricity you are using. It can now also check the quality of your power supply by monitoring voltage, line frequency, amperage and leakage. The on/off switch also gives you a soft power up to prevent power spikes. The circuit breaker is adjustable to a choice of 2, 5 10 or 15 Amps. It even includes an EMI filter reducing AC power noise.
Seasonal Letters Jingle
Jared Heffner from Indiana wants more seasonal versions of the Letters Jingle, in addition to the Festive Version. A Spring version with violins and birds, a 4th July version, and a Halloween version. Leo asks George Wood, one of our theme-meisters, to get to work.
Listen to Episode 706
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The monitor itself can give you information on how much electricity you are using. It can now also check the quality of your power supply by monitoring voltage, line frequency, amperage and leakage. The on/off switch also gives you a soft power up to prevent power spikes. The circuit breaker is adjustable to a choice of 2, 5 10 or 15 Amps. It even includes an EMI filter reducing AC power noise.
Seasonal Letters Jingle
Jared Heffner from Indiana wants more seasonal versions of the Letters Jingle, in addition to the Festive Version. A Spring version with violins and birds, a 4th July version, and a Halloween version. Leo asks George Wood, one of our theme-meisters, to get to work.
Listen to Episode 706
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Warmmi USB Heating Mouse
Temperature-Controlled USB Mouse
Link: vavolo.com
For the summer, Dick has the Flexii USB Mouse which has a fan for cooling (Episode 646). The winter equivalent is the Warmmi USB Heating Mouse, also available from vavolo.com. USB-powered, it uses infrared rays to warm up your mouse-operating hand in winter - up to 45°C. There is an on/off button on the USB wire to turn the heat off when you don't need the heating.
Live Audience
During this week's taping, Leo has in the studio a live audience - of one - Barbara.
Buzzers Old and New
Leo has a buzzer ready for the studio audience's reactions to Dick's jokes, but William Castle, maker of low budget horror thrillers, had selected seats in cinemas wired up with buzzers for his film "The Tingler", to give the audience a jolt. Read about the Tingler on Wikipedia, or imdb.
Here's the trailer of the Tingler, introduced by William Castle himself. You can also watch the beginning of the film on YouTube.
Live Audience
During this week's taping, Leo has in the studio a live audience - of one - Barbara.
Buzzers Old and New
Leo has a buzzer ready for the studio audience's reactions to Dick's jokes, but William Castle, maker of low budget horror thrillers, had selected seats in cinemas wired up with buzzers for his film "The Tingler", to give the audience a jolt. Read about the Tingler on Wikipedia, or imdb.
Here's the trailer of the Tingler, introduced by William Castle himself. You can also watch the beginning of the film on YouTube.
Mad Study Group
Rick the Vegas Cabbie as a teenager used to go to a friend's home to read the Mad Magazine, all 15 of them. He wants to thank Dick, Al Jaffee, Bill Gaines and the Usual Gang of Idiots for giving him a good time.
The Vegas Cabbie has driven Leo, Dick and Amber MacArthur in Las Vegas, and put them on videos, which you can find on YouTube. Links to Dick's video can be found in Episode 492. Leo's video (Part 1) can be found here, and Amber's here.
Dots Gloves
The Chatroom has found some gloves for Leo, in case he hasn't got something for tomorrow's TTTT. Dots Gloves - gloves with tips compatible with the iPhone touch screen.
Listen to Episode 681
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Rick the Vegas Cabbie as a teenager used to go to a friend's home to read the Mad Magazine, all 15 of them. He wants to thank Dick, Al Jaffee, Bill Gaines and the Usual Gang of Idiots for giving him a good time.
The Vegas Cabbie has driven Leo, Dick and Amber MacArthur in Las Vegas, and put them on videos, which you can find on YouTube. Links to Dick's video can be found in Episode 492. Leo's video (Part 1) can be found here, and Amber's here.
Dots Gloves
The Chatroom has found some gloves for Leo, in case he hasn't got something for tomorrow's TTTT. Dots Gloves - gloves with tips compatible with the iPhone touch screen.
Listen to Episode 681
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AppleCore's aTV Flash
Software Hack for the Apple TV
Link: AppleCore LLC
Turn-The-Tables-Tuesday
AppleCore's aTV Flash is a software upgrade for the Apple TV (Episode 152), which does not void the warranty for the Apple TV. It's a collection of Open Source hacks for the Apple TV. You reformat your Apple TV, put the software on your own USB flash drive, plug it to the back, reboot it, and you get added capabilities for the Apple TV, including playing various media formats which Apple TV cannot, and plugging in your own external USB hard drive.
You can also do it yourself for free, with Patchstick.
An Unbiased Comment
Leo has a letter to read, c/o Dick. An employee of Shoes.com A J Fuller is peeked that Leo has mentioned Zappos.com for getting shoes, but has never mentioned Shoes.com.
Under the Desk
Dick recently learned that Charlie Chaplin in the silent film Modern Times operated all the devices and gadgetry under the table all by himself, which reminds him of Leo. It's all under the desk, including Leo's TTTT gadgets.
Thanks to zhackwyatt who's left a comment on this post, we now have links to the portion of Modern Times where all the "automated" machines were working (which in fact were operated by Charlie Chaplin from under the desk). It's near the end of this video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDnDaDYZ2AQ, and continues on at the beginning of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fyyt3JGGvk.
More on the PurseGuard
Check up on the latest sales figures of the PurseGuard Ultra (Episode 406), and learn again about Dick's Piloti shoes (and the spelling) and speed laces. Dick wears the Spyder SV. Leo wonders if the Piloti shoes will fit, as he has feet like pancakes.
A Refund for Leo
Leo has made enough noises about his unfortunate incident with PayPal to enable him to get a refund, finally.
Listen to Episode 637
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You can also do it yourself for free, with Patchstick.
An Unbiased Comment
Leo has a letter to read, c/o Dick. An employee of Shoes.com A J Fuller is peeked that Leo has mentioned Zappos.com for getting shoes, but has never mentioned Shoes.com.
Under the Desk
Dick recently learned that Charlie Chaplin in the silent film Modern Times operated all the devices and gadgetry under the table all by himself, which reminds him of Leo. It's all under the desk, including Leo's TTTT gadgets.
Thanks to zhackwyatt who's left a comment on this post, we now have links to the portion of Modern Times where all the "automated" machines were working (which in fact were operated by Charlie Chaplin from under the desk). It's near the end of this video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDnDaDYZ2AQ, and continues on at the beginning of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fyyt3JGGvk.
More on the PurseGuard
Check up on the latest sales figures of the PurseGuard Ultra (Episode 406), and learn again about Dick's Piloti shoes (and the spelling) and speed laces. Dick wears the Spyder SV. Leo wonders if the Piloti shoes will fit, as he has feet like pancakes.
A Refund for Leo
Leo has made enough noises about his unfortunate incident with PayPal to enable him to get a refund, finally.
Listen to Episode 637
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The Giz Wiz Home Page
Lexmark X9575 Professional
All-In-One Printer
Link: Lexmark
The Lexmark X9575 Professional is an all-in-one printer aimed at the SOHO business user. It is a printer, scanner, photocopier and fax. Connection can be via USB2, ethernet or WiFi (g/b/n). The printer speed is up to 33 ppm (black) and 28 ppm (colour), up to 4800 x 2400 dpi, and can do borderless colour prints. Supports PictBridge direct printing from the camera, with a 2.4" colour screen for selection or editing. The flat-bed scanner has an optical resolution of 1200 x 4800 dpi, 24-bit colour depth. The photocopier is capable of reduction and enlargement from 25% to 200%. The fax supports black and white or colour faxes, with 99 speed dials and 100 pages of fax memory. Auto document feeder capacity of 50 pages.
The Drunk Professor
The last time Leo appeared on Regis and Kelly (which was February 2007: see Episode 246 when Leo was in New York visiting Dick's Gadget Warehouse), he was asked to wear a lab coat which made him look like a drunk professor. He's been invited to go back, but this time, Leo thinks he might insist on a tutu.
Golden Boy
Before Dick's visit to TWiT Cottage for GizWizLive, he could hardly remember Dane's name. This week Dick cannot stop talking about him, and there is now talk that Dane, "who needs to be needed", might defect to GizWiz Productions, especially with the threat of the upcoming spy-cams all over the TWiT Cottage.
Leo mentions the name of Tony among the TWiT crew. He's Tony Wang, the new TWiT netcast editor, taking the place of Dane Golden after the latter's promotion to President and BizDev Guy.
Privacy is Dead
James aka Uncle Big Bad wants to know what Dick and Leo thinks about how the internet has changed everything about your personal life. According to Leo, Google doesn't think there's such a thing as privacy any more.
The Wild Wild West
Learn about Robert Conrad playing James West in The Wild Wild West.
Longest Episode
This show quickly overtakes the recent Episode 628 as the longest episode.
Listen to Episode 634
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The Drunk Professor
The last time Leo appeared on Regis and Kelly (which was February 2007: see Episode 246 when Leo was in New York visiting Dick's Gadget Warehouse), he was asked to wear a lab coat which made him look like a drunk professor. He's been invited to go back, but this time, Leo thinks he might insist on a tutu.
Golden Boy
Before Dick's visit to TWiT Cottage for GizWizLive, he could hardly remember Dane's name. This week Dick cannot stop talking about him, and there is now talk that Dane, "who needs to be needed", might defect to GizWiz Productions, especially with the threat of the upcoming spy-cams all over the TWiT Cottage.
Leo mentions the name of Tony among the TWiT crew. He's Tony Wang, the new TWiT netcast editor, taking the place of Dane Golden after the latter's promotion to President and BizDev Guy.
Privacy is Dead
James aka Uncle Big Bad wants to know what Dick and Leo thinks about how the internet has changed everything about your personal life. According to Leo, Google doesn't think there's such a thing as privacy any more.
The Wild Wild West
Learn about Robert Conrad playing James West in The Wild Wild West.
Longest Episode
This show quickly overtakes the recent Episode 628 as the longest episode.
Listen to Episode 634
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The Giz Wiz Home Page
Socket Pocket
Clutter Management
Link: sPerfect Curve
The Socket Pocket by Perfect Curve is just a container to hold your mobile device while it is being charged, without having a great length of cable dangling down the wall and your device cluttering up the floor or your work surface. Unscrew one of the screws on the socket plate and screw in the socket pocket through one of the openings at the back, while the cable can come through the opening at the bottom. Available in white and beigey (or butter cream).
An idea similar to the Drinn, the WTHII gadget for November 2007. See Episode 462.
Omentum
Learn about waist management and the omentum.
Saving Endangered Namesakes
Adam Merkley of the RSL Show (Real Salt Lake, a professional soccer club in Utah) and AYL Soccer was reminded by Leo's story of the Save The Tasmanian Devil Fund of his grandfather's experience at the old Jaguar factory in England. Apparently Jaguar used to make donations to South America to save its namesake, and now still donates money to help preserve the rainforests in South America. Adam suggests that Warner Brothers should help save the Tasmanian Devil because of Taz the cartoon character. Dick says the Mad Crew first. They're still trying to get Time Warner to give them folks at Mad a Christmas Party.
Listen to Episode 564
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An idea similar to the Drinn, the WTHII gadget for November 2007. See Episode 462.
Omentum
Learn about waist management and the omentum.
Saving Endangered Namesakes
Adam Merkley of the RSL Show (Real Salt Lake, a professional soccer club in Utah) and AYL Soccer was reminded by Leo's story of the Save The Tasmanian Devil Fund of his grandfather's experience at the old Jaguar factory in England. Apparently Jaguar used to make donations to South America to save its namesake, and now still donates money to help preserve the rainforests in South America. Adam suggests that Warner Brothers should help save the Tasmanian Devil because of Taz the cartoon character. Dick says the Mad Crew first. They're still trying to get Time Warner to give them folks at Mad a Christmas Party.
Listen to Episode 564
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The Giz Wiz Home Page
Backpack Shield
Bulletproof Shield
Link: Backpack Shield
A bulletproof shield which can fit into most backpacks. According to Backpack Shield's website, it is supposed to stop bullets from virtually all handguns. Essentially a Kevlar sheet, it will protect you from the back, but can also be used as a shield when you put the backpack in front of you. A sad commentary on American society, Leo says.
The company also sells backpacks, including see-through or transparent varieties, for convenient security checks.
VeggieTales
Technopiliac from Toronto, Ontario writes in about the VeggieTales which often parody popular TV shows and films. There's a parody of the Lord of the Rings, called the Lord of the Beans, in which the beans are scared of - an army of Sporks - forged by Lord Scaryman. In the end, the sporks were defeated by Keebler cookies. The parody is available on DVD on Amazon.
That brings back bitter memories for Leo, of the sponsorship that never was, by To[s]tino pizza rolls.
Listen to Episode 524
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Read Dick's Write-Up
The company also sells backpacks, including see-through or transparent varieties, for convenient security checks.
VeggieTales
Technopiliac from Toronto, Ontario writes in about the VeggieTales which often parody popular TV shows and films. There's a parody of the Lord of the Rings, called the Lord of the Beans, in which the beans are scared of - an army of Sporks - forged by Lord Scaryman. In the end, the sporks were defeated by Keebler cookies. The parody is available on DVD on Amazon.
That brings back bitter memories for Leo, of the sponsorship that never was, by To[s]tino pizza rolls.
Listen to Episode 524
Go to TWiT
Read Dick's Write-Up
