Archive of entries posted on October 2006

Episode 182

The Titanium Spork
El Crappo Plus
Link: ThinkGeek
Turn-The-Tables-Tuesday
 
Happy Halloween.  Not much else.  The Titanium Spork??!!  'Nuf said.  El Crappo Plus, says Dick.
New Use for Old ClothesMarc L. from Hamburg went to New York recently, and the hotel room was so dirty that he laid his old clothes on the floor to avoid foot infections.
German Joke of the [...]

Episode 176

Bluevoice Bluetooth Watch
Watch with Built-in Bluetooth Headset
Link: ChronoTech
 
A wrist-watch (choice of digital and analogue faces) with built-in bluetooth headset functions.  Push a button on the watch to detach it from the wrist-strap and attach it to your ear to operate it as a bluetooth headset.  Leo smells a Gadget Warehouse candidate.
The Amazing CriswellA listener who [...]

Episode 173

Plantronics Discovery 655
Bluetooth Headset
Link: Plantronics
 
The Plantronics Discovery 655 is a bluetooth headset with enhanced noise reduction technology (which Plantronics calls Digital Signal Processing), and a vibrate ring indicator.  You can charge it using AC, USB, or even an AA battery – adapters included.  Weighs 9 grams.
Nokia N95A listener Alexander Omhoff is quick to point out [...]

Episode 170

Toshiba Sonic Jacket
Boombox Jacket

Link: Eugene Register-Guard
Dick’s Gadget Warehouse
 
Dick showed the Toshiba Sonic Jacket on TV about 20 years ago, a white jacket with 6 pockets for amplifier, speakers and your cassette player.  It was never commercially released.  A forerunner of the Scott E-Vest.
 
Spooky, Friday 13thNear the start of the show, we hear a familiar TV [...]