Episode 1010

Audible Discrepancy
Long-time listener Mr B is troubled by the discrepancy in the number of books between the Audible jingle and what Leo says on his shows.  Is it over 50,000 books, or is it over 65,000 books?  To resolve this, Mr B has created an Audible Counter.  At the time of recording, the total number is 73,001, and growing.  Dick and Leo are just astounded what a nerdy audience they have.  However, Leo quickly finds out the trick - just do an empty search on Audible.

A Sink for the Car
Mr B is also troubled by Leo advertising a sink for a car.

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Episode 1009

TV Volume Regulators
Dick has tried other TV volume regulators including the Audiovox VR1 (or Terk VR1) in Episode 804, and they haven't worked very well.  Until CALM gets passed in Congress, the SRS Labs Analog Volume Leveler and the digital HDMI version the MyVolume Adaptor may be the solutions.

MyVolume Adaptor and Analog Volume Leveler
Ziegfeld Season Pass
One never knows who might be listening to the Daily Giz Wiz.  Dick talked about going to the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York to see the movie Nine in Episode 994, and it so happened that loyal listener Doug Oines, who is the head of the company which operates the Clearview Cinemas including the Ziegfeld, was listening to the show, and has offered a season pass to Dick!  Unfortunately, his chain doesn't have a presence in Petaluma, and so no season pass for Leo.

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Episode 1008

Plantronics Headsets
The model that TWiT has been sending out to their guests most recently is the Plantronics .Audio 655 (Episode 987), which has also just had a refresh by Plantronics at CES.

Costs and Averages - The Real Total
A "slightly obsessed listener" was listening to some old episodes, and heard another listener's challenge, in Episode 563, for Ludwik to calculate the total costs (up to that point) of all the gadgets covered in the Daily Giz Wiz.  In Episode 572, Ludwik rose to the challenge.  Slightly Obsessed, with all due respect to Ludwik's programming skills, believes that Ludwik's program understated the facts and was woefully inadequate.  He has listed out all the gadgets in a spreadsheet, and with the patience of a saint, the persistence of a boarhound, the single-minded dedication of someone with absolutely no social life, he has calculated the total to be $121,134.  Slightly Obsessed intends to continue to calculate the costs and averages for the Daily Giz Wiz.

From the description, Leo thinks at first that it's Dane, but the address of Slightly Obsessed being Hollywood, Leo thinks he may well be George Clooney.

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Episode 1007

Nexus One
Leo loves the Google Nexus One.  The only thing missing for him is support for Audible.  Also, no multi-touch support yet, although that may come later.  Watch Leo review the Nexus One.  Video courtesy of odtv.me.



Gadget Aviary
Verena Fuchs was much amused by the Penguin Tea Timer (Episode 942), and has a few suggestions of her own, including the Penguin Air Purifier and the Penguin Humidifier.

Penguin Air Purifier
A Comedy Show? That's a Revelation
Leo comes uncharacteristically well-prepared today, and even has a letter to spare.  Listener Al Spalding (who last wrote in Episode 782) was for a long time slightly irritated because Dick and Leo didn't spend enough time talking about the gadgets, until the penny dropped when he heard that the Daily Giz Wiz won the Best Comedy Podcast Award.  It's supposed to be ha-ha funny!

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Episode 1006

CES 2010
The TWiT crew had a blast at CES 2010, or at least Leo did.  The TWiT staff worked their butts out.  This year's CES was full of Slates and 3D TVs.

What A Treat
Twila Dick from Ridgeway, Ontario, Canada thinks it was really quite a treat to watch Dick and Leo do the Daily Giz Wiz live at CES, and to see Leo and Dr Kiki meander through the halls, showing gadgets like the Lenovo U1 and the new Google Nexus One.  She hopes that one of these days all this new technology will meander its way through to Canada.

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