Episode 1115

Another Gadget Warehouse Poet
In addition to Rick Maxon, long-time listener Danny Whitmer from Australia has also contributed to the opening verses for Warehouse Friday.

Up In The Air Miles
Dick and Leo talk about George Clooney’s movie Up In The Air, air miles, and Time Magazine’s article on 10-million-air-miles members.

A Symphony of Old and New
Alvin Jones from Tampa, Florida still has a 27″ Symphonic CRT TV set and has been trying to find a way to play digital media on the old TV without connecting it to his computer or burning a DVD.  He found the Sony SMP-U10 USB Media Player on compusa.com (also available on Amazon).  It can connect to both modern and old TV sets, and can play media from any USB drive.  Now Leo might play old TechTV programmes on a black and white TV in the background in the studio.

Sony SMP-U10 USB Digital Media Player

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Episode 1114

Sneaky Snickers
As soon as he heard that Leo was fond of Snickers, Rodney Johnson, who works for Snickers, sent a whole load of them over to Leo.  There goes Leo’s diet.

The Time-Hallowed Doohickey
Bob Hamilton has learned everything he knows about gadgets from the Daily Giz Wiz.  However, he does have a question.  The Doohickey that Dick and Leo talked about, doesn’t work for Bob.  He tried replacing a part, but to no avail.  Dick and Leo have fun offering solutions.

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Episode 1113

A Beacon for New York
Dick goes against the current of bad reviews by critics and recommends the show Banana Shpeel at the capacious Beacon Theatre in New York City.  Leo on the other hand has enjoyed The Heights which is currently on in Petaluma.

Dick’s 8mm Movies
It was at the Beacon Theatre that Dick shot some home movies using 8mm film many years ago, starring a number of Match Game guests.  For Dick’s account of how these home movies came about, see Episode 60.  The old theatre still has its old organ, and Dick talks about the Underground Organ Society again (see Episode 1009).

Gone Gaga!
Brad Batchelor is thankful for TTTT, or to be fair to Brad, for the TTTT jingle.  A while ago he had a Lady Gaga tune stuck in his head for 3 days (“gaga ooh la la …” – from Bad Romance), which drove him gaga.  He listened to the Daily Giz Wiz, heard the TTTT jingle, and gone was Lady Gaga.  Now he’s got the TTTT theme stuck in his head.

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Episode 1112

HTC EVO
Leo has forsaken the iPhone and has been infatuated with Android of late.  His latest love is HTC's EVO.

HTC Evo
DGW Video
Dick reminds listeners that the Daily Giz Wiz videos are available on YouTube.  In fact, by the time this shows airs, all DGW shows can be watched or downloaded directly from TWiT’s website.

SlenderTone
Today’s letter comes from a listener who cares about Leo’s weight, and it’s not Rodney who sent Leo a ton of Snickers.  Andy Lane has used and can highly recommend to Leo SlenderTone’s System Abs (with different versions for men and ladies) for Leo’s waist.  Andy gets a six-pack from using it.  Leo hasn’t tried and can’t vouch for it.
SlenderTone's System Abs

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Episode 1111

A Minute of Silliness
3 June was the 18th Anniversary of Bill Gaines’s death.  Dick observed a minute of silliness in his honour.

Abby Graduates
Abby has finally graduated from high school, and Leo spoke at the ceremony.  No alcohol involved, according to Leo.

iPad Out of Stock? Get a Case First
Newly-wed J York sends a thank-you note to Dick and Leo for Leo’s round-up of iPad Cases (Episode 1082).  He and his wife received a $1,000 Best Buy gift certificate for their wedding last month, and decided to buy an iPad.  They sat down to watch Episode 1082 on YouTube, and chose Marware’s Eco Vue.  They now have the case, but unfortunately don’t have an iPad yet – out of stock at Best Buy.

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