Episode 1093

Order for Induction
Leo has just received from the President an Order for Induction to the next Lasertag War on 31 May 2010, organised by Ziggy Tomcich.  Leo has been drafted for the war.  For an account of the last lasertag war Leo joined, in September last year, see Episode 916.

Order for Induction to Lasertag War
Wow, I Need That !!
Andrew Darlow, loyal listener since Day 2, occasional correspondent and editor of Imaging Buffet, finally gets to watch the recording of the show live now that it’s moved to Saturday.  Leo seems to love everything Dick covers on the show and Andrew decided to conduct a survey of all the DGW shows using a robot.  For 63.4% of Dick’s gadgets, Leo explains, “Wow, I need that!” For 21.7% of them, Leo explains, “Wow, I need that,” finds it online and buys it immediately.  For 12.9% of the gadgets, they’re no longer available on the web, but Leo goes off to his local Best Buy to get them anyway.  The remaining 2%, Leo already owns.

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Episode 1092

Video Show?
Troy Peterson from East Syracuse enjoyed Leo’s round up of iPad Cases in Episode 1082, but would have enjoyed it more had he been able to see the products themselves.  When will the Daily Giz Wiz be released as a video podcast?  Soon, Leo promises.  With the departure of Colleen, the schedule of rolling out video podcasts may be slightly delayed, but Ken Sheppardson will step in.  In the meantime, the videos are available on YouTube’s TWiT channel.

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Episode 1091

Dick’s Demo
You can watch Dick’s demo of the MyTDriver at the Hardware Show on Dick’s madmaddest channel on YouTube.

A Wrong Righted
Leo was saying on the show (Episode 1076) that his Breville Variable Temperature Kettle (Episode 947) was defective.  He never returned it, but now he’s been contacted and given a replacement that works.

Musical Chairs
Life Of Zin writes to complain that Leo didn’t play the Punk Letters Jingle, not even once, in the entire month of April.  Michael Jackson was played 4 times.  The recently discovered 60’s Letters Jingle was played only once.  10 days elapsed before Santana was played again.  Please play the Punk jingle this month, in honour of Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols (who was born in May).

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Episode 1090

A New Video of Dick’s Gadget Warehouse
Dick shot a video of his Gadget Warehouse recently with his Creative Vado HD (Episode 994), and you can see the video on Dick’s channel madmaddest on YouTube.

Inflation Calculator
Back in Episode 283, a listener found an inflation calculator from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.  David Campbell has found the CPI inflation calculator.  His 1974 Texas Instruments handheld 5-function calculator would cost $835 today.  The Marantz 5120 would be $1,335 today.  Leo’s parents’ $50,000 2-acre house in Santa Cruz in 1972 would cost $250,000 now.

How Leo Became A Trawler Person
Leo takes issue when Dick calls him a “trawler person”.  As far as Leo can remember, it was Dick who first suggested that Leo should get a trawler if Leo wanted to see the world on a boat but speed was not an issue for him.  For once, Leo got it right.  See Episode 231 (22 January 2007), starting at about 7′40″.  Anyway, Leo thinks he is a trawler person.  He wants a trawler with a figurehead – maybe a TWiT Tug.

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Episode 1089

A Review of Plantronics Voyager 855
Tim Hopkins suggests a review by Dick and Leo of his favourite Plantronics Voyager 855 but ends up doing that himself.  It has a standard boom mic and earpiece, but you can add a second earbud.  During work, he can keep one ear free, and if he wants stereo sound, he puts the second earbud in.  This model itself has been discontinued, but Tim wouldn’t mind a review of any modern replacement from Plantronics.

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MAD Collectibles
The MAD Magazine Clock (Episode 1065) has been auctioned off, and Dick got about a month’s worth of rent for the Gadget Warehouse (where Dick is has been the longest-standing tenant).  A MAD collector called Tim Johnson has offered to help auction off some of his MAD stuff, and you can find them at MAD Collectibles, including an unopened Alfred E Neuman Packing Tape, and some original MAD Minute tapes.

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