FastPencil
Book-Writing Portal
Link: FastPencil
FastPencil is a book-writing portal which offers free tools and templates to help you write a book, and publish it on demand. The website charges you a commission only when you sell a book. It also charges for other forms of professional assistance, such as getting a professional book cover designer for you, [...]
Archive of entries posted on September 2009
Episode 927
Motorola S805 Bluetooth DJ Stereo Headphones
Bluetooth Stereo Headset
Link: Motorola
Turn-The-Tables-Tuesday
Dick’s coverage of the Jabra Halo last week in Episode 923 has given Leo the idea of doing a series of A2DP-compatible bluetooth stereo headphones. A listener on Leo’s radio show had asked for a recommendation and Leo is exploring a number of options. The [...]
Episode 926
FakeTV
Burglar Deterrent
Link: FakeTV
A heads-up from listener Ian from Australia, the FakeTV is a panel of multi-colour LED lights whose output resembles that of a 27″ LCD HDTV to fool potential burglars into thinking that someone is watching TV in the house.
Flowers for Madame
Another writing credit in Dick’s CV: ventrilooquist Wayland Flowers and Madame.
Hubba Hubba
Leo betrays [...]
Episode 925
Inflatable Dinosaur Toys
Mail Order Scam
Dick’s Gadget Warehouse
More from the Chamber of Mail Order Horrors in Dick’s Gadget Warehouse, these Gigantic Inflatable Dinosaur Toys from 1986 were advertised as “7 Gigantic Dinosaurs”, “thrilling excitement for everyone with this collection of prehistoric dinosaurs”, “prehistoric monsters” which after being tossed in the air, would “always land on their [...]
Episode 924
The Compactor Can
Rubbish Bin with built-in Compactor
Link: Reduce
Dick came across this product at the Gourmet Show in San Francisco on his recent visit to California. The Compactor Can from Reduce is a stainless steel step-on rubbish can with a silicone rubber bellows-like contraption for compacting the rubbish inside with the lid.
Dick thinks Jennifer can do [...]
