Episode 1078

The World of Old Episodes
Jeffrey Pinn just cannot get enough of the Daily Giz Wiz, and has gone back to the old episodes from Episode 1.  His world has never been the same again.  Jeffrey however can’t find Episodes 2-50 on the TWiT site.  There are different reasons for that.  Leo used to post a week of episodes in one go, with one web page for the weekly gizwizzes.  A server migration (or something like that) has also caused the disppearance of certain pages.  Although the web pages may not be there, the downloadable mp3 files have always been available.

The best way to get the old DGW episodes is Ludwik Trammer’s Full Feed.

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Episode 1077

Game Gripper
Josh writes in to tell Leo that he might regret trading in the Droid for the Nexus One (Leo did not), because there is a cool Droid accessory called the Game Gripper pad which slides on to the Droid and allows you to play old Nintendo games on any of the Android game emulators.

Game Gripper for the Droid

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Episode 1076

The Breville Household
Leo’s Breville Variable Temperature Kettle (Episode 947) turned out to be a defective one, but since then he’s bought a Breville Toaster Oven – the Smart Oven.

Breville's Smart Oven
It’s a Scam?
Frustrated Steve C has been trying for years to get a Woot Box of Crap and has never succeeded.  He’s come to the realisation that it doesn’t exist and Woot is just keeping it up as a publicity stunt.  Steve C must have sent the letter before Episode 1072.

MAD Magazine Clock
Dick’s MAD Magazine Alfred E Neuman clock (Episode 1065) is still on eBay, and the auction will close tomorrow.  It’s for a good cause – Dick’s Gadget Warehouse, which by the way, has had a new lift installed recently.

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Episode 1075

CES and Rock Gadgets
Leo used to joke that the CES is where you find a lot of useless gadgets in rocks.  Perhaps the Datawave Wireless Rock Speaker WRS10 was one of them.

Rock Speakers
College-Bound Gadgets
In Episodes 1066 and 1067, Leo talked about the colleges Abby has applied to.  Nick Kay is also sending his son to college this fall, and suggests that Leo should cover gadgets for school-children to take to school on a couple of TTTTs.  Abby is now thinking that maybe she will take a gap year, which Dick dubs the “goof-off year”.

Moving to Saturday
The live recording of the Daily Giz Wiz will be moved to Saturday, starting on 24 April 2010 at about 14.15 Pacific time after Leo’s radio show.  This is partly to accommodate a new TWiT anchor who will take over some of Leo’s shows, whose name cannot yet be revealed.

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Episode 1074

A Gadget for Disphagia
Listener John Stewart has suggested today’s gadget for the Daily Giz Wiz.  Four months ago his mother-in-law started having difficulty swallowing pills.  He found the VitaCarry Handheld Power Pill Grinder for people with dysphagia.  DrMom, the Chatroom’s in-house physician, warns that it’s not suitable for time-release pills.

Leo’s Diet
Leo’s diet is not working.  His Withings readings are going up.  He’s going to give the latest KFC epic a miss – the Double Down that will make you double up.

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