Episode 1025

Ambilight
The idea of Sylvania's HaloLight is not dead yet.  A few years ago Philips developed the Ambilight, an extension of the same concept, which Dick talked about in Episode 228.

Bozo Ball
For a long time, Leo thought the Bosu ball was called the Bozo ball.  Bosu stands for "both sides up").

A Great Bargain
Gilbert Breen never thought the day would come, but it finally did in Episode 1010, when Dick talked about a warehouse gadget which Gilbert loved and used often - the LG Super Multi-Blue Player BH100.  He owned 3 of them - and got them at BestBuy at a bargain, with firmware upgrades to boot.

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Episode 1024

Google Filter
Leo demonstrates how Google's voice recognition on the Nexus One filters out the four-letter words.

Don’t Stop – Till 5000 ?
Jan Coppett has enjoyed Dick’s humour since the beginning of the podcast; actually much longer as she used to watch Match Game with his mother. She starts her day with the Daily Giz Wiz, and asks Dick and Leo never to stop doing the show. They won’t, until Episode 5000, maybe.

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Episode 1023

TWiTmobile Licence Plate
Here's a picture of the licence plate for the TWiTmobile.

TWiT.tv licence plate
Kilosode
Will Cool has written in again.  In anticipation of Episode 1024, Will wants to give Dick a heads-up, that some of the geekier podcasts have taken to calling it the Kilosode.

Scanned Cheques
Dick doesn't want to upset sweet Frederique, but he wants Leo to let her know, that banks don't accept emailed cheques.  Leo begs to differ.  The USAA has an iPhone app for depositing cheques by sending a photo of the cheque to the bank - Deposit@Mobile.  Time for Dick to open an account there.

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Episode 1022

OWLE and Steadicam
For an even more expensive alternative to the OWLE bubo, there's Tiffen's Steadicam Smoothee.

Steadicam Smoothee
Oy, Gevolt!
Dr Mark Sukoenig doesn't understand what all the hubbub about the name of the iPad is about.  People don't complain about the mouse pad, the launching pad, the landing pad, or crash pad.  For those who don't like the name, Dr Mark says, "iGevolt!"

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Episode 1021

MacWorld Live
Leo will be hosting MacWorld Live this Friday, a la Merv Griffin.  The line-up will include Heather Gold, Roger McGuinn, Adam Savage and Warp 11 featuring Kiki Stockhammer.  It will be streamed on TWiTLive at 2 p.m. Pacific Time.

Thinking Alike
Dick and Leo think that they think alike.  Whether they do or not, it's scary.

Woot Box of Crap
In Episode 973, Dick bought a Mystery Box of Crap from X10, and he wasn't well pleased with it.  He became even less pleased when he heard that listener Nicholas Tudor paid $3 plus $5 shipping for a Woot Box of Crap, which included a hand-held game Einstein Number Wizard, a LG bluetooth stereo headset, a digital video camera, a SanDisk Sansa Clip 8GB refurbished, two Sansa Clips 2GB refurbished, two sets of Sansa headphones, a Belkin XM radio case, the Frogger hand-held game, the Tornado and one Back To Basics Nut Roaster !!!!

Jammerb's Words of Comfort
jammerb, properly known as John Slanina who recently joined the staff of TWiT, is the only one left in the TWiT Cottage who still speaks to Leo.  He tells Leo that Woot does these great deals only 3 times a year: April 1, July 2, and Christmas midnight Central time.  They're very hard to get - in case we get too envious of Nichoas Tudor's catch.

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