Episode 1055

MouseRugs and WristRugs
Even though the demand for mouse pads must be dwindling with the advent of laser mice, this company is still making their MouseRugs, including WristRugs  for your notebooks.  Dick thinks Leo should start a mouse rug vacuum cleaner business.  Sounds like a winner.

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The Frame-O-Matic and the Frame and Fame
Dick and Leo talked about Leo’s little-known (in fact never-neard-before) Frame-o-matic camera which Dick saw on the Wine Train, in Episode 1045.  This reminds Cory K of the Kodak Frame and Fame camera, which tops Leo’s. Not only does the photo comes out in its own frame, but a runner shows up to take the framed photo to the nearest museum – complete with an astounding selection of shooting modes.

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Episode 1054

Conan O’Brien Buys Out Revision 3?
While watching Leo crowd surfing at SXSW, John Mayo wants to know if it’s true that Conan O’Brien is joining, or even buying, Revision 3.  No, says Leo, it’s a hoax by Brian Brushwood with the help of the audience worthy of another world record.

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Episode 1053

3D TV
Senior citizen Bob Polente has been following Leo since Tech TV days, and enjoys Dick and Leo’s antics.  Recently Leo has made skeptical remarks about 3D TVs.  Being a fan of 3D movies from the 50’s, Bob could not resist seeing the Panasonic 3D TV which was exhibited at the 2010 Flroida State Fair at Tampa.  He was ready to dismiss it as a gimmick but to his surprise the 10-minute preview of 3D TV on a Panasonic 50″ plasma TV inside a mobile unit was unbelievable.  It was showing clips from the Beijing Olympics and he felt he was inside the arena.

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Episode 1052

Not Even Close Captioning
Jay York has tried out YouTube’s new closed captions feature.  If once in a while, you want a different kind of humour on the Daily Giz Wiz, watching the closed captions of the Daily Giz Wiz video on the TWiT Channel is the answer.

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Episode 1051

Leo's World Record
Leo had a blast at SXSW at Austin, Texas, and that’s apart from meeting up with fans and friends.  Never to shy away from the camera, he became the tech meme of the month for live streaming his “crowd surfing” at the Diggnation party (thanks to the backpack equipment rigged up by Colleen), and set a world record for being the heaviest and bulkiest man ever to crowd surf at a diggnation party at SXSW – well, for something anyway, on URDB.

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Hacker’s Diet
Leo has mentioned a number of times that he shouldn’t weigh himself (and tweet the readings) every day but should do so at longer intervals.  David Phillips recommends that Leo check out the Hacker’s Diet on Wikipedia, devised by Autodesk founder John Walker.

The Unbrideled Pleasures of Churrascaria
No diet could have saved Leo in Texas, when he abandoned himself to the mindless pursuit of epicurean delights at the Fogo de Chao.  Fortunately he went to the restaurant before the Diggnation party, or he would have broken a few backs along with the world record.

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