Episode 1040

Road Whiz and Greensfinder
Ultradata's Greensfinder was also called the Golf Guide in some iterations.  You can see the Golf Guide in the picture below, along with a Talking Road Whiz.

Golf Guide and Talking Road Whiz
TWiT Cottage East
Leo has been thinking about having a morning show done from the East Coast.  That project is now taking shape.  TWiT will have a studio in New York, with SquareSpace making space for TWiT from their new SOHO office.

Gadget Warehouse Finder
Listening to Episode 1030, Jeff Pinn from Rochester decided to follow Leo's directions to Dick's Gadget Warehouse.  Jeff is familiar with New York but couldn't quite visualise the warehouse's location.  Google 360 didn't help.  Dick explains that the warehouse is inside Sofia Brothers Warehouse at the corner of 83rd Street and Amsterdam Avenue.  For more details, see Episode 850.

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Episode 1039

Logitech LapDesk N700
For a previously covered laptop stand, see Episode 457, the LapWorks Futura.

Logitech LapDesk N700
Disney Smellitzer
The Paint Pourri in Episode 1020 reminds Daryl Holmquist of Disneyland's scent emulator which produces scents and smells reminiscent of that particular part of Disney World.  Daryl refers to it as the Smellolizer, but apparently the name is Smellitzer, and the technology involved has been patented by Disney.  Perhaps one day DGW listener Ricky Brigante can write about it on his Inside the Magic blog.

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Episode 1038

Folkmanis Puppets
You can see how Dick, with the help of stage-"hand" Dennis Wunderlin, demonstrate the Folkmanis Puppets in the video below - courtesy of Team ODTV at odtv.me.



Turn On the Buzz
Leo has been welcoming Google Buzz with open arms, as he does with most things new, but even Dick finds it rather appealing, because every time he turns it on, he gets a bunch more followers.  Follow Dick from his Google Profile page.

Giz Wiz Gadget Involved in Scandal
John Toben from Marietta, Georgia, faithful listener since Episode 1, reports the top story of the day in the Atlanta Paper.  An airport manager was at a meeting negotiating with Delta Airlines.  He accidentally left his Livescribe Pulse Smartpen (Episode 653) behind, with the recorder turned on.  Delta was pulsing with rage after they found it out.  You can read the story on ajc.com.

Funny how, 18 months after Dick first talked about the gadget, it's suddenly come back to the fore again, most recently in Episode 1030.

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Episode 1037

ZipShot Tripod
J A Gate has a suggestion for Leo's camera gear: a very light-weight tripod called the ZipShot Tripod, by Tamrac.

ZipShot Tripod

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Episode 1036

DGW in Year 5
Last week the Daily Giz Wiz marched into its 5th year.  Episode 1 was released on 20 February 2006.  It all started one day when Leo was at the Hudson Hotel in New York with Dick ...  See also Episode 99.

Illuminated Key Cap
Leo met someone the other day who invented a key cap that illuminates the key-hole, although it may not have been the same gadget as the Nanolite (Episode 996).

Keychain Spy Camera
When Dick talked about the Keychain Spy Camera in Episode 1029, he had mislaid the email from the listener who told him about it.  That was Chuck Lohr, and you can find his review at chucklohr.com/808/.  The technology inside, a hacker friend of Chuck’s has found out, may well be part of a cellphone package from China.  Chuck is slightly worried about Leo's order, as even for an inexpensive little gadget like this, there are knock-offs and some are not as good as others.

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