12 posts tagged “simpsons”
Hot Talk Barbeque Spatula
Talking Spatula
Link: jarusa.com
From about 10 years ago, the Hot Talk was hot for about 2 seasons. It was a talking barbeque spatula, with a few recorded comments that got played while you flipped that steak.
Preparations for China
Right now, Leo is in China, probably wearing Scott-E-Vest Lightweight Travel Pants or Travel Shorts, and carrying the Tom Bihn Tri-Star stuffed with Packing Cubes.
When Leo gets back from China, he might talk about the Tri-Star and Scottevest pants on TTTT.
WTHII
The gadget featured in the last What The Heck Is It? game is the Lite Bite, made by Nite-Ize, whose other gadget, a fibre optic flashlight, was also a WTHII mystery back in December 2006.
It's Time for 4th July Fireworks Again
Jan Reesman is a loyal listener. She last wrote in Episode 382 about the Great Gildersleeve. She has a blog called dogsandcats101. Leo remembers her well because Jan used to call his radio show about her blog, whose old name had the word "bitches" in it and she had to be edited out. Her favourite story from Dick is the way Dick watches the 4th July fireworks on the Hudson River, which he explains again. The only difference this year is Dick's old analogue portable TV won't work.
Listen to Episode 865
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Lexmark X9575 Professional
All-In-One Printer
Link: Lexmark
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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Twist-Lok
Drill & Drive System
Link: Lyropatool
The Dick Cam
Dick is on Stickam too while recording the show, and notes that George Wood and Girl Geek are in his chatroom. Dick on Stickam. That's Dickam?
Stay Home Please
Ryan Kenny from Indiana loves DGW and listens to it almost every day. He missed Leo when Leo went to Australia. Stay home please, asks Ryan.
The Return of the Mad Minute
Mad Minute returns. Mini-News Update with Sara Fowler.
Neuros OSD Media Centre
Video Recorder/Converter
Link: Neuros
It makes use of the analogue hole to transfer the input video into digital form, on to your choice of external storage (such as a USB hdd, flash drive, memory cards or NAS). Hook up the Neuros OSD between your video source and the TV (using RCA jacks), connect your storage to the Neuros OSD, and start recording into MPEG4. You have a choice of 2 resolutions: 320x240 at 30fps for playback on portable devices, and 640x480 at 30fps for playback on TV and PC.
It is also a very capable playback device for audio, video and still photo, supporting many media formats, including mpeg4, mov, wmv, flv, avi (including Dvix and Xvid), mp3, ogg vorbis, wma, flac, jpg, bmp and gif. You can choose your playback source from an USB-connected storage, or any memory card in the built-in card reader (supporting most major memory cards), or from any networked source via the ethernet port (such as your NAS or even the internet).
Its firmware is upgradable, and the software includes built-in automatic software update capability. Because the device is based on open source software, Neuros also encourages open development of additional features for the OSD. Comes with a remote control, an IR Blaster, and RCA cables (European models include SCART adapters).
Automatic Podcast Generator
Dick and Leo lament the missed opportunity of getting a push-button automatic podcast generator, while Leo was away in Tasmania, from Ludwik Trammer, DGW's official statistician, database compiler, RSS feeder, general factotum and all-round nice guy.
Missing Feature
Girl Geek Myra Joyce (who wrote in in Episode 495) referred to the letter read in Episode 526 about the Canon Pixma iP4300. To her disappointment, the CD-label printing capability is enabled only in models shipped outside of the US (which could be enabled for US models but only with some dismantling and reassembly of the printer).
The Ultimate Toaster
Leo has come up with an idea for the ultimate toaster. It can print any image you want on your toast. A toast before it's even made and one destined for the Gadget Warehouse.
Listen to Episode 546
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Logitech VX Nano Mouse
Cordless Laser Mouse for Notebooks
Link: Logitech
The Logitech VX Nano was the gadget that Leo was going to talk about in yesterday's TTTT.
What's more, it's made symmetrically, so no bias against lefties. It may well find its way into Ned Flanders's Leftorium.
Botanicalls
After the recent episodes on gadgets for watering plants (Rainstick: Episode 500, and Thirsty Light: Episode 503), Bruce Horn writes in to tell Dick that there's a DIY gadget that can send you an alert on Twitter when your plant is thirsty. It's called the Botanicalls Twitter.
The Little Bootie Box
Shoe Cover Dispenser
Link: Freedom Technologies
The Little Bootie Box is an automatic shoe cover dispenser, which Dick spotted at the recent Miami Boat Show around Valentine's Day. Put your foot in it, and your shoe will be wrapped in a shoe cover. Different choices of materials for the shoe covers available.
Jungle Island
But before going to the Boat Show, Dick took the opportunity to drop by the Jungle Island, formely called the Parrot Island.
Gravy No More?
Bill Mulligan from Batavia, New York, who has listened to DGW since Episode 1, was stunned to hear that DGW is now free of trans-fat, cholesterol and starch (Episode 498). Does that mean that DGW no longer make its own gravy? Dick and Leo assures us that DGW continues to make its own gravy, even though it might be of the low-cal non-fat kind.
Listen to Episode 511
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SmartShopper
Grocery List Organizer and Printer with Voice Recognition
Link: Smart Shopper USA
Once you get a list, manual operations allow you to add the quantity you want for any specific item, or to specify that you have a coupon for that item. The quantity and a coupon icon will appear in the print-out.
The SmartShopper has a pre-loaded library of grocery items, but you can add custom items through Library Management, by keying in the items and saying the names aloud, such as Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers instead of Red Bell Peppers, or Brassiere instead of Corn Syrup. The same method can be used to improve the voice recognition of any existing items.
Lauren Bacall
Dick fills in the details of a proud story about Lauren Bacall on Match Game which he started in Episode 72.
The Simpsons and Mad
Andrew H from Genoa, Illinois tells Dick and Leo, in response to Episode 412, that he was learning all about The Simpsons in his high school Sociology Class the other day, and the multiple levels of maturity of the Simpsons jokes. Just like Mad, says Dick.
Listen to Episode 424
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Amazon's Subscribe And Save
Online Shopping Service Programme
Link: Amazon
Turn-The-Tables-Tuesday
If you buy a lot at Amazon, Amazon Prime may work out well for you. $79 a year, and you get free delivery of everything you buy from Amazon within 2 days of shopping.
But that's not the subject of this TTTT. Subscribe And Save with Amazon is a free beta programme which Leo learned about from Megan Morrone, his fellow netcaster on Jumping Monkeys. If there are goods you order from Amazon regularly, especially household goods, such as toilet rolls, detergent, coffee pods, you can subscribe to them, at intervals you specify, and the goods will be delivered to you automatically, with a 15% discount and free shipping. You will also be reminded a few days in advance that the goods will soon be shipped, and you get the option to change the time of delivery.
To see what goods are covered by the Subscribe and Save programme, click here.
The Simpsons
Dick and Leo muse about The Simpsons and Fox, and Leo plays a clip from the show.
DGW Chimes
Another letter about the NBC Chimes, but with a difference this time. Darcy Fiander, a musician from Toronto, says the Daily Giz Wiz should have its own chimes, D-G-..., but the W doesn't work. So Darcy suggests that the last note should take the frequency of the episode number. He's also willing to create a chime for every episode, but Leo thinks it's too much to ask of Darcy.
Darcy is also the creator of the Toothpick Bird Random Pick, the URL for which Leo misspells on the show. The correct link is at http://282.heyitstva.com/ which is also one of "My Links" to the right, on this blog. The app is made for the iPhone but it works on any browser. The default episode is Episode 282 for the Toothpick Bird, but if you click the bird, it will pick a random episode for you. See also the blog entry for Episode 392.
Gadget Warehouse Theme
Dick and Leo are still waiting for the Gadget Warehouse jingle, at the time of recording. It's already been made. See the blog entry at http://insidedgw.vox.com/library/post/warehouse-jingle.html or go directly to Paul Minshall's blog.
A Dig at Dane
Dick and Leo make a dig at Dane Golden who edits the show and does the InsideTWiT blog. Dane has the last laugh.
Logitech MX Air Mouse
Computer Mouse
Link: Logitech
Apart from being a laser mouse, the MX Air has the "Freespace" motion sensing technology that enables hand gestures to be used as controls for multimedia playing. Comes with a Li-ion battery and a charger.
Dick and Leo Simpsonised
In the new issue of Mad, the Mad staff including Dick are all Simpsonised on the Letters page. Steve Huntriss, web designer, illustrator and artist from Australia has previously done a Simpsonised version of the Call For Help crew, the Laporte family and Leo strangling Bill Gates.
More audible support
DGW has revived Steve Miller's (from Westerville, Ohio) interest in Audible.com, in addition to gadgets, To[s]tino pizza rolls, and music of course. For the gadgets Steve Miller has bought, see Episode 279.
The Amazing GizWizBiz Inka Pen
While the GizWizBiz LED Caps are soon selling out, Dick has added the Inka Pen (Episode 338) to his store, with the logo GizWiz.Biz, for $20, less a penny. Check it out on GizWiz.Biz.
Listen to Episode 376
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Sally The Safety Pig
Safety Device for Water Temperature Control
Link: Amazon
300th Episode Contest Answer
Dick has picked the word "sponsor", and so far only 2 have answered correctly. [This show was recorded 2 weeks ahead.] Leo has picked "LED". Answers sent in have included Tostino, Tostino-pizza-roll, I'll-be-here.
Leo's Giant Garage Sale
After Leo's last garage sale when Jennifer sold off everything for a dollar, Leo is going to have another garage sale where he will be selling off his old junk. The Titanium Spork might be going for a song.
Old Modems
Mike Gunn from San Francisco reminisces about signing up to Compuserve using his 300 baud modem which he bought from Quantum Link, a precursor to AOL.
Listen to Episode 315
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