13 November 2009, 6:23 pm
Boostaroo
Portable Audio Splitter and Amplifier
Link: Boostaroo
Dick’s Gadget Warehouse
Dick’s original Boostaroo (the real original) dates back to about 15 years ago, when the common portable music player was still the Walkman. It was an audio splitter that plugged into a headphone jack and allowed 3 people to listen to the music. It also amplified the music. [...]
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Tagged 2x speed, amplifier, andrew darlow, audio splitter, audio visual, boostaroo, boostaroo revolution, dgw slogan, festive letters jingle, fine wine, half as boring, imaging buffet, podcast awards, podcast awards voting, speed listening, yoga, yoghurt
6 November 2009, 8:40 am
JVC HR-VP710U
Video Cassette Recorder
Link: JVC VCRs
Dick’s Gadget Warehouse
Dick got this video cassette recorder in about 1999. The JVC HR-VP710U was a feature-laden top-of-the-line VCR: VCR Plus (Episode 560) with Cable Eye, a jog shuttle for moving frames forward and backward, flying erase head for editing, auto tape calibration and even a Family Message Centre. It [...]
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Tagged 710u, aaron murphy, cable eye, girl from ipanema, helical scan, hr vp710u jvc hr vp710u, jvc, next big broadway musical, pacemaker, speed listening, vcr, vcr plus, video cassette recorder, whose line is it anyway, winamp, winamp pacemaker, winamp plugin
22 October 2009, 4:11 pm
Clamplight
LED Flashlight
Link: Blackfire
As the name suggests, Blackfire’s Clamplight is an LED flashlight that clamps on to anything. When there’s nothing to clamp on to, it can stand on the two feet that can be extended.
Emirates Airline
Leo flew on Emirates Airline on his trip to Dubai. The business class offers flat beds, noise cancellation headphones, 20″ [...]
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Tagged 2x speed, alfco airline, auto pilot, blackfire, boonies, bruno, chest beating, clamplight, continental airline, cree, dennis wunderlin, downward dog, emirates airline, flashlight, french lessons, helicopter, home office, iphone 3.0, led, led light, lighting, mad minute, mark p, noise cancellation headphones, north canada, penguin tea timer, pilot, pilot bruno, quebec, rom exercise machine, rosetta stone course, sound effects helicopter, speed listening, st louis du ha ha, sun salutation, toothpick bird, trim button, united airline, vinturi, warrior, weather report, wine aerator, yoga positions
1 October 2009, 4:00 pm
Verbatim Insight
USB Hard Drive with Always-On LCD Display
Link: Verbatim
Dick and Leo play “What’s In the Box?” again with this freshly arrived UPS delivery. Just an excuse to play the Wait For Dick Jingle. The Verbatim Insight is a USB External Hard Drive with a piano black finish, available in 320GB and 500GB, with an always-on [...]
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Tagged 2x speed, accelerated speed, brownies, cocaine, computer accessory, creme brulee, dan lueders, data storage, david pogue, devon blaugh, external usb hard drive, joan baez, nero backitup, podshifter, speed listening, sugar, trinidad, upside down handle, verbatim, verbatim insight, wait for dick jingle, windows 7, windows 7 launch party, wine train
10 September 2009, 4:06 pm
Leapfrog’s Text & Learn
Educational Toy
A PDA for kids, the Text & Learn by Leapfrog offers children a Blackberry lookalike with a qwerty keyboard with which they can play with, try word games and communicate with a doggie called Scout. For children 3 to 6 years old.
2 Facebook Pages for 2-Faced Leo
Leo has 2 pages on [...]
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Tagged apricot, back to school, bill gaines, chimera, disco, double speed, education, evelyn wood, facebook, iphone, labour day, leapfrog, maria romano, non-profit, pda, pda for kids, scout, speed listening, speed reading, speed reading class, steve rubell, studio 54, text and learn, toy
