Episode 847
June 9, 2009 VX Nano Mouse Reprise
Right at the beginning of the show, Leo asks Dick if Dick has done the Logitech VX Nano before. Dick doesn't think so, and the chatroom, who have already dozed off at the sound of another TTTT, do not demur. Leo has been prompted by Steve Gibson's recent recommendation of this mouse in Security Now! Episode 197 to cover it on TTTT. So, on Leo goes. Then Dick reveals that he is already using that mouse.
A quick search over at Ludwik's GizWizSearch would have revealed that Dick did actually cover this gadget, in Episode 523. What's funnier is, Leo himself was half way into his introduction of this mouse in Episode 522, but when he found out that it was going to be one of Dick's gadgets for the week, he switched to the Tom Bihn Western Flyer instead. It has to be fate, that the VX Nano should appear on the show 3 times. It is a neat little mouse, and worth a reprise. Listen to excerpts of the 2 earlier episodes.
What takes Steve Gibson's fancy, and Leo's, is VX Nano's very fast scrolling ability (particularly useful for long web pages and verbose posts, like the insideDGW blog). "Zero-friction", is how Steve describes it.
Gadget Encores
With the sheer number of gadgets covered in the Daily Giz Wiz, it is a wonder that gadgets have not been repeated more often. The only other gadgets which have been featured twice were the HydraBrush in Episodes 226 and 480 (which Dick was aware of), and a Gadget Warehouse resident, the Motorola add-on MP3 player for cellphones (Episodes 380 and 630).
iTunes Misbehaving
Mike Gigabyte has found that the Daily Giz Wiz, apart from being in the Podcast category, has now crept into the iTunes Music folder, so that it gets shuffled and played at random along with the rest of his music. And "What is wrong with that, my friend?" one may ask. But Mike asks if Leo has put the wrong tag on the downloads. Leo doesn't think so, but can't really figure out why this is suddenly happening. Either it's because of all the jingles, or iTunes thinks that the Giz Wiz Got Talent.
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