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Episode 980

SuccESP Manual
Manual of Extra-Sensory Persuasion
Link: Weekly World News 9 August 1988 (Google Books Search)
Dick’s Gadget Warehouse
 
“Make any girl do anything you mentally command – with your mind alone!” so claimed the ad for the SuccESP Manual from the scam section of Dick’s Gadget Warehouse – a 34-page booklet on the “science” of extra-sensory persuasion.  The [...]

Episode 975

Seagate Pocket Drive
Ultra-portable External HDD
Link: Seagate Press Release
Dick’s Gadget Warehouse
 
Dick’s version of the Seagate Pocket Drive is only 3 years old (the year the Daily Giz Wiz started).  It looked like a hockey puck with a retractable USB cable (reminiscent of the Tornado – Episodes 244 and 488).  By 2006 it offered 6 and 8 [...]

Episode 973

X10 Mystery BOC
X10 “Box of Crap”
Link: X10
 
Dick has ordered an X10 Mystery BOC and does a “What’s In the Box?” with Leo.  They’re not exactly bowled over.  The conclusion is that the box has been aptly named.  Dick has gone where angels refuse to tread, so you don’t have to.
Match Game and Set
Much more interesting [...]

Episode 971

Seal Shield Silver Surf Wireless Keyboard and Laser Mouse
Dishwasher-safe Input Devices
Link: Seal Shield Keyboard Seal Shield Mouse
 
The previous Seal Shield model that Dick talked about in Episode 756 was a USB keyboard.  This time it’s wireless – the Silver Surf Wireless Keyboard and Laser Mouse, dishwasher-safe and anti-microbial.  Another keyboard to consider is the Seal [...]

Episode 965

Swany Getaway
Travel Accessory
Link: Walkin’ Bag
Dick’s Gadget Warehouse
 
Back in Episode 425, Dick talked about the Swany Smart Cart with Seat from his warehouse (but still available then, still available now, and has a number of other names on the web, including the Walkin’Bag with Seat).  This is another suitcase from Swany, now called Walkin’Bag, which has [...]