5 posts tagged “professional”
Knife and Fork Lift
Cutlery for Dieting
Link: Knife and Fork Lift
A bit of a gag gift designed by Tom Madden, the Knife and Fork Lift takes a different approach towards dieting from the Checkmate Appetite Intake Controller (Episode 466). It's and knife and fork set, weighted down like a pair of dumbbells (and we're not talking about Dick and Leo).
Disclaimer
The Knife and Fork Lift carries with it a disclaimer, just as Leo's show TWiT Fit does (and as should all of Leo's shows). The Daily Giz Wiz has its own disclaimer - created by Dan Lueders - see Episode 601.
Giz Wiz Meetup - As Planned
At the time of recording, Dick and Leo were still planning the meetup. Eric Shank from Wild Planet would be taking along the Beat Blender, which he invented, for a demonstration. Leo had great plans too and hoped to take with him his Verizon MiFi ("Don't leave home without it" is Leo's new slogan), his new Olympus EP-1 Micro Four Thirds camera and Ozzy the Papillon. To cap it all, he might a grand entrance in his Terratrike.
Giz Wiz Meetup - As it Happened
Very little of what Leo "planned" materialised. Despite that, everyone had fun last night. John Slanina, better known as jammerb was there and was kind enough to post a slideshow of some of the photos he took at the meetup soon after the meet-up. Don't miss the last photograph - it's a very special Spork.
Julie Bernstein of FunCrunch has also posted her pics taken at the TWiT Cottage (during the recording session) and at the meetup. Here's her set of photos.
Dick in Petaluma and TWiT Cottage
Dick had a grand time in California this time. He appeared on Leo's radio show on Sunday, went on the Wine Train on Monday, had a test run in listeners Darrell and Marilyn Holmquist's new Tesla yesterday, after which he and Leo went back to the TWiT Cottage for a fun time recording next week's shows, including Episode 900. Fans have made lovely gifts for Dick and Leo for Episode 900, and so don't miss the show. If you can't wait, go to odtv.me to watch or download the video - but don't forget to download the audio podcasts still, as TWiT needs the numbers for podtrac and the sponsors.
Presto Saves the Day
Marcia Richardson installed the Presto OS (Episode 834) on her Toshiba laptop. Her windows installation was attacked by a dastardly virus but she was able to continue using the machine by booting into Presto. Finally, some good came out of the show!
Listen to Episode 893
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Siyoteam Card Reader and Bluetooth Dongle
USB Card Reader and Bluetooth Adapter
Link: USB Geek
Inspiration from a Toilet Roll
Life is like a toilet paper roll: The closer you get to the end, the faster it goes.
YooRyoo
Chris, signed "Yours in satire and underwerked", is an avid follower of DGW but is disappointed by how few of the DGW gadgets are Web 2.0 related. Chris and his friends have created a website yooRyoo dedicated to Web 2.0 technologies, with a twist. Learn all about My FaceLift, OnStarBucks and Yahoo's latest name change.
Mad Men
Mad Men is not about the Mad Magazine, but an AMC TV show about the Madison Avenue advertising industry set in the 1960's.
Listen to Episode 619
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CEntrance MicPort Pro
USB Interface for Studio Grade Microphone
Link: CEntrance
Turn-The-Tables-Tuesday
After the Marky Sparky toys, Leo gets another heads-up from Dick with this gadget.
The MicPort Pro acts as a mic preamp for your professional microphone and provides a USB interface to connect to your computer. One end has an XLR port for your mic, and the other end has a USB port to connect to the computer via a USB cable.
It has a 1/8" headphones jack, and volume control buttons for the mic and headphones. USB-powered. Ideal for mobile podcasters and musicians.
Tom, or Chuck, points out that the particular voice that Leo was looking for was not that of Harold Peary in The Great Gildersleeve (Episode 382), but Frank Nelson. Leo plays a sound clip of Frank Nelson saying "Y-e-e-e-s".
InsideDGW writes in about the Free Old Time Radio Shows website where you can hear many old radiio shows including the Great Gildersleeve.
Confusion over the GEC Chimes
It remains unsettled whether the G-E-C chimes of NBC had anything to do with General Electric Company (Episode 377), despite Wikipedia. Leo thinks his NBC engineer is a more authoritative source.
Leo is Wrong
So many people are saying Leo is wrong that Dick and Leo think there should be another jingle for it.
Listen to Episode 397
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Ultimate Ears Super.fi 5 Pro
Earphones
Link: Ultimate Ears
The Barbra Streisand of Podcasters
Leo demonstrates his versatility with a special rendition of Evergreen.
Magnavox and the Genuine Article
Magnavox (Episode 265) reminds Carl from beautiful Richmond, BC, of a Simpsons episode, in which Homer recognises the "genuine articles" with the labels Magnetvox, Somy, and Panaphonic.
Coincidentally, it was also in Episode 231 that a previous letter from Carl was read, in which he wrote about the Ultimate Ears 5C.
Listen to Episode 272
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SeeEye2Eye
Eye Contact Enabling Device for Video Chat/Teleprompter
Link: Bodelin
Karaoke Version of Letters Jingle
Dave of Birmingham, Alabama, wants Dick and Leo to sing along to the Letters Jingle. Sadly they oblige.
DGW Anniversary Coming Up
Tomorrow is another TTTT, but also the First Anniversary of DGW.
Listen to Episode 251
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