Episode 855
June 19, 2009 Spy Cams
P3 International's Desk Clock Video Camera was first shown to Leo when he visited Dick's Gadget Warehouse in Episode 246. Back then P3 was having a clearance sale and the gadget was still on its website. It is no more. These days you can get spy cams and nanny cams hidden behind fruit baskets, door bells, smoke alarms, alarm clocks and so on, with much better low-light performance, and in colour too. Check out e.g., Brickhouse Security and Surveillance Spy Cameras.
Alfred E Neuman Mouse Pad
Dick has rented the current space for his warehouse from Sofia Bros for 21 years, at $350 a month. That's about $85,000 - plus 5 years in another room before that. You can support Dick by buying some of his MAD stuff and GizWizBiz gadgets. Available now are some vintage Alfred E Neuman MAD Mouse Pads made 13 years ago, at Dick's Mad-Stuff.
Wall-E and the Beam Scope
Several listeners, including Daniel Holth from Gainsville, Florida, have written in, about Wall-E and his giant Fresnel lens which he used to watch his iPod in the film, which is out on DVD and Blu-ray. The film has quite a few geeky references, one of which being Wall-E's personal Beam Scope (Episode 735). Below is a comparison of the details in the DVD and Blu-ray versions, on hifi-writer.com., where Wall-E watching his iPod video through the magnifying lens.
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