3 posts tagged “samantha who”
VCR Plus
TV Programme Code for VCR
Link: VCR Plus
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
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The Giz Wiz Home Page
Animal Clips
Cable Organisers
Link: Cable Organizer
Other gems from the same site include the mini cable turtle, the velcro wrap, the floor cord cover. Highly recommended by Dick for all your cable organisation needs.
Kill A Watt
Dick also mentions in passing an interesting device sold by Cable Organizer, called the Kill A Watt, which is a surge protector with an amperage and voltage meter - an electricity usage monitor. He says he might return to it, though he never does, until Leo mentions it in another episode in another context, in Episode 642.
A Suggestion for WTHII
Sharon's other half is a pack rat with more unidentifiable junk than any human being should be allowed, which reminds her of Dick, fondly. How about the listeners sending in the photo of a mysterious-looking gadget? Dick likes the idea. If your gadget gets picked for a WTHII contest, you get an autographed copy of Mad.
March '08 WTHII
The button thingy for the March '08 WTHII contest turns out to be the Pants Extender. It extends the waist of your trousers or skirts when you can't get into them any more after a heavy lunch, or a life of culinary binge, as the case may be. A real kluge.
Falsetto Guys
Leo wonders why all their jingles are done by guys who sing falsetto.
Fred's 500XL Desktop Earbuds Speakers
Speakers
Link: Worldwide Fred
Andy Marken chips in again
The generous Andy Marken has stepped into the fold again, offering 10 copies of Cyberlink's YouCam webcam special effects software (see Episode 443) as prizes, to add to the 3 Maxtor portable drives. For details of the contest, see Episode 514.
You can see one of the YouCam special effects, the Polaroid look, in Dick's recent video on the 500XL Earbuds Speakers.
And Now, From Our Own Correspondents
Theme-Free Wednesday Theme
Dan Lueders of Why Me Studio, a DGW listener, and musician and songwriter based in Chicago, sent in a theme to Dick and Leo back in January (which apparently Dick again misplaced - see below). It's for their Theme-Free Wednesday. It was made in response to comments by Dick and Leo in the beginning of Episode 478, segments from which have been incorporated into the theme itself.
Some listeners might remember the name Dan Lueders. He made a Gravy Jingle submission which Dick first mentioned in Episode 115, which was never played, and somehow got misplaced. The jingle submission was later recovered and played in Episode 313 (and played again in Episode 314). By then Paul Minshall's Gravy Jingle had long established itself as the closing theme.
For more information on Dan Lueders, check out his profile on urSESSION, or Promiseland Music.
For a long-winded story of the Gravy Slogan and Jingle, check out the Gravy page.
For more DGW jingles, you can find them on the Jingles page.
Listen to Episode 528
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