Episode 871
July 13, 2009 Leo Conducts
Leo was at the Skywalker Ranch watching an orchestra record the score for the PS3 game Uncharted 2 (Episode 864). He picked up a few tricks of the trade from the conductor. Watch him conduct the Daily Giz Wiz Monday Theme (video clip from odtv.me):
Flashlight Stats
In Episode 843, Dick wondered aloud how many flashlights had been covered in the Daily Giz Wiz. Ludwik Trammer of GizWizSearch was paying attention, and with a flick of his fingers (more like a click of the mouse), Ludwik has come up with the statistics. There had been 15 flashlights (now 16), 61 gadgets that emitted light as their main functionality, 13 of which using LEDs.
GizWizSearch Features
This type of information is in fact available to all DGW listeners. All DGW gadgets have been tagged on GizWizSearch, now being done by Alfred Chan of InsideDGW (but for a period of time by another listener Ryan Waterer who shares the credit). Click a tag on the home page and, with Ludwik's coding, you can see all the gadgets with that tag; or just type in a tag in the search box. To see all the tags, click on "More Tags" on the home page, with the more frequently appearing tags in larger fonts. If you want to find more detailed info from the InsideDGW Show Notes, click the "Advanced Search" to the right of the search box and tick the appropriate option.
Dick's Next Visit to TWiT Cottage
Before recording this episode, Dick and Leo chat about Leo's new Obama wrist-watch, more instant coffee from WO, and Dick's visit to TWiT Cottage for Episode 900. As usual, video clip from odtv.me:
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