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Episode 942

Penguin Tea Timer
Tea Making Timer
Link: stupid.com
Turn-The-Tables-Tuesday
 
Thanks to listener Steve Leth, whose letter was read by Dick in Episode 938, Leo presents to us the surprise gadget of the week, the Penguin Tea Timer available on stupid.com.  You can hang the ball strainer (provided) or a tea bag from the beak of the Penguin, set the [...]

Episode 941

SafetyGate
Power Supply Safety
Link: safetygatestore.com
 
If for any reason a power outage occurs and you forget to turn off an appliance, you or your child may get injured when the power comes back on and the appliance restarts.  The SafetyGate keeps the appliance turned off until you turn it back on.
Happy Birhday to Dick
Today is Dick’s birthday.  [...]

Episode 915

SecuraCard Wallet
Beeping Wallet
Link: LA Times and Beeping Wallet
Dick’s Gadget Warehouse
 
Dick’s SecuraCard Wallet dates back to 1991, was made by a company called Koltov, and would sound a beep if a credit card left its slot.  For the wallet to work, every slot had to be filled with a credit card or a card fill-in.  It [...]

Episode 886

Picture Keeper
USB Thumb Drive for Photos Backup
Link: Picture Keeper
 
The Picture Keeper is a USB Thumb Drive (4, 8 or 16GB) with pre-loaded software that searches your computer for picture files and back them up to the thumb drive.  Subsequent backups are incremental.  It can be used to back up pictures on multiple computers.  There is [...]

Episode 884

LG enV3
Cellphone
Link: LG
 
The third iteration of the LG enV (version one in Episode 219), the enV 3 is available in the US at Verizon.  This time it has a 2.6" internal LCD screen (320 x 240 pixels), a 3 MP camera (stills and video), a qwerty keyboard, a microSD card slot, and supports bluetooth stereo. [...]