Known as MAD's Maddest Writer, co-host of The Giz Wiz with OMGchad at www.GizWiz.TV, The Giz Wiz on ABC's World News Now, and on Tech Guy Labs with Leo Laporte on www.TWiT.TV.
April 2, 2010 Print-Printing a Building
Brian Drake wrote about the fab@home project in Episode 923 and Leo did a show on FLOSS Weekly on a related project called MakerBot. The latest development is you can do a 3D model of a building – on the moon! Check out the 3D printer called D-Shape.
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April 1, 2010 KiWi PLX
Victor Gossler writes in about the CarMD covered by Leo in Episode 1047. I was fully expecting someone to tell Dick and Leo that Dick had talked about the gadget way back in Episode 178, but Victor wants to talk about the latest development for similar devices. There is a product called the PLX KiWi, which also has an iPhone app called the KiWi Wifi.
PLX KiWi
TWiT Succession Plan
Leo has been advised to have a succession plan for TWiT in case anything should happen to him, so that Dick can keep getting his bouncing cheque every month. Dick, Dane and Colleen are already preparing an LED-backlit tombstone for Leo.
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March 31, 2010 Jackie Mason and Me
Leo has the same dilemma as a lot of famous people, like Jackie Mason. They want to be recognised and want to be left alone at the same time.
Frozen Sausage and SawStop
The story of someone using a frozen sausage (see Episode 1041) to control the iPhone’s capacitive touch screen has triggered a letter from Jeffrey Vento. The body transmits electric currents, and it’s the same idea behind the SawStop. See how it works.
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March 29, 2010 Free iPads
Leo has to buy quite a few iPads, which he will cover soon on TTTT. He needs to send one to lisatickledpink, one of her followers, and Houdini7 who’s made the TWiT iPhone app (and an iPad app is coming).
Broken Brogan
Daryl Holmquist wonders if Leo meant the brogan maintenance process when he talked about the military manual in Episode 1050.
Nosy Egg Separator
Steve L has been reminded by the Up Chuck (Episode 1032) of a similar device introduced by Martin Sargent on TechTV – with the egg white flowing out of the figure’s nostrils.
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March 28, 2010 Soundboard
Leo has a new launching pad for all his jingles – Ambrosia Software’s Soundboard.
This Is Not It
Bill Kenny, who listens to the show only just about every day, writes in to correct Leo’s misconception that Michael Jackson’s “This Is It” was shot with an ordinary camera. No, it was not. It was shot with the RED camera. Developed by the man who gave us the Oakley Thump Sunglasses (Episodes 8 and 99), the camera has 4 times the resolution of Full HD.
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