Known as MAD's Maddest Writer, co-host of The Giz Wiz with OMGchad at www.GizWiz.TV, The Giz Wiz on ABC's World News Now, and on Tech Guy Labs with Leo Laporte on www.TWiT.TV.
July 9, 2010 Slingbox on the iPad
In Episode 1103 Leo said the Slingbox does not work on the iPad. Steve Romeo wants to make a small correction. The iPhone version of the Slingbox app works on the iPad.
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July 8, 2010 Change of Clothing
Having started watching the video for the show, Ken McLean is dismayed to find that Dick and Leo change their clothes only once a week. That gives Dick a brilliant idea – a green screen T-shirt.
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July 7, 2010 LED Bicycle Wheels
Listener John suggests, for fans of LEDs, that they check out MonkeyLectric‘s LED Bicycle Wheels.
MonkeyLectric's LED Bicycle Wheels
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July 6, 2010 Canned Unicorn Meat
Jay York has a comparable story to Dick’s about MAD’s receipt of a copyright infringement warning letter from Star Wars’ attorneys. Think Geek‘s April Fools joke was the Canned Unicorn Meat, which was referred to as “the other white meat”. The attorneys for the National Pork Board considered it an infringement of the Board’s own slogan, and issued a cease-and-desist letter to Think Geek, who replied, in its press release, that it was never their intention to cause a national crisis, or misguide American citizens about the differences between a pig and a unicorn.
Think Geek's Canned Unicorn Meat
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July 5, 2010 A New Co-Host
Leo has skived off to Foo Camp and in his place this week is newish TWiT recruit Tom Merritt.
UStream on Roku
Peter Costello from Cheesequake has just found that uStream is now on the Roku. Now he can watch the live recording of the Daily Giz Wiz even when his computers are all busy doing other stuff.
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