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Episode 755

30 January 2009, 7:37 pm

Panasonic CPA
Cheque Printing Accountant
Link: biocomp.net
Dick's Gadget Warehouse

Thanks to a reminder by listener Steve Horlick, originally from Brooklyn who now lives in Gillette, Wyoming, Dick talks about the Panasonic CPA – the Check Printing Accountant. From 15 to 20 years ago, this gadget looked like a thick calculator, which could print out your cheques (you would [...]

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Episode 754

29 January 2009, 4:30 pm

NJOY NPRO Starter Kit
Electronic Cigarette Substitute
Link: NJOY

At CES, Dick saw someone apparently smoking a cigarette and wondered why. It turned out it was not a cigarette, but some kind of cigarette substitute or alternative. You screw a fully charged battery to an atomiser, then at the other end, insert an NJOY cartridge. You can start [...]

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Episode 753

28 January 2009, 4:38 pm

Clickfree Transformer
Automatic Backup Cable
Link: GoClickFree

From the makers of Clickfree Backup Drive (Episode 629) and Clickfree DVD Backup (Episode 639) comes another innovation, and this time with a lot more freedom. The Clickfree Transformer looks like a USB extension cable, but plug it into a USB port, plug any USB External HDD into the other end [...]

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Episode 752

27 January 2009, 4:31 pm

Chia Obama
Chia Collectible
Link: Chia Obama
Turn-The-Tables-Tuesday

Leo got a heads-up from listener John "Sumo" Riopel (siouxmoux on TWiT Army, and geeklinks on Vox) about the ultimate Obama collectible. From the makers of Chia Pets comes Chia Obama, a terracotta bust of Barack Obama with Chia leaves sprouting from his head. You can read John Riopel's blog post. [...]

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Episode 751

26 January 2009, 4:17 pm

ioSafe Solo
Disaster Resistant External Hard Drive
Link: ioSafe

Dick went to CES 2009 early to attend a demo of the new product from ioSafe. The ioSafe Solo is a USB2 external hard drive, but it's no ordinary CompUSA External HDD Enclosure (Episode 67). It has a specially designed and constructed enclosure that is "indestructible", or disaster resistant. [...]

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