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Episode 20 - Goats and Gods of 2005
Episode 20 - The Goats and Gods of 2005. Stephen and Charlie wrap up the year by talking about the best and worst of the year. They also update listeners on products like the Honda Civic Hybrid and the Fly Pentop Computer. And they give away another Store-n-Go drive from Verbatim.
Articles You Need to Read
Fly Pentop Computer
A Whole New Approach
By Ella Turner
The Fly Pentop computer ($100, LeapFrog) is a unique new product. Responding to television commercials running at least every half-hour, thousands of kids are nagging their parents for this expensive toy. Designed for users ages 8 to 12, it has useful features, including the ability to create and use a functional calculator, program a schedule, and it can even remember your friends’ birthdays for you. However, some parents may wonder if this pricey, modernized version of a ballpoint pen is worth it. Here’s our review.
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Podcast Quick Tip
Taking the show on the road
If you have a favorite podcast, chances are you want to take the show with you where ever you go. But if you are one of the small 15% of the MP3 player crowd that doesn’t own an iPod, taking some of the fancier (i.e. enhanced) podcasts with you may seem like an impossibility. In this Quick Tip, Stephen Schleicher shows you how to convert a M4B file into something you can burn to CD or put on one of those other music players.
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Stephen Schleicher Charlie White 5. RFID
5. Movie Studios
4. Belkin Wireless G Printer Server
4. TiVo
3. ROKR E1
3. Blu-Disc Combatants
2. Sony DRM
2. Sony DRM
1. Xbox 360
1. Network News
5. The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
5. Google
4. Slingbox
4. Hybrid Cars
3. TiVo
3. AMD
2. Sony PSP
2. HDTV
1. iPod G5/iTunes
1. iPod Nano
Rapid-Fire Roundup® of Cool Products
iGroove by Klipsch
Plug your iPod into this self-amplified single-piece stereo speaker unit, on sale for $240 at Target, and you'll hear crisp bass and shimmering highs like you've never heard before coming out of that portable music player. The iGroove by Klipsch is compatible with the iPod nano and the video iPod, and it works with other MP3 players and satellite radio receivers, too. This high-performance unit features dual 2.5-inch fiber composite woofers and dual one-inch tweeters. From the makers of the fantastic-sounding Klipsch speakers for home theater and audiophiles, the iGroove not only sounds great, it looks like a million bucks, too.
Tivo Wireless G USB Adapter
Hate running 100 feet of network cable to your home theater just so you can enjoy TiVo to Go Services? The Tivo wireless G USB Adapter allows you to transfer media for your TiVoToGo or for multiroom viewing. Frees up a phone line but may not be fast enough for the latest streaming features with Yahoo Tivo.
Sonare Babble
Here's a new piece of technology that lets you push a button and all of your words are scrambled. Do you work in a crowded office, and sometimes saying things you hope your cubicle mates won't hear? For $395, Babble from Sonare gives you privacy without having to lock yourself into a padded cell. It's not just a bunch of white noise, either, it actually takes what you're saying and scrambles it in such a way that people in the next room or cubicle can't understand a word you're saying -- but that person you're talking to on the phone will hear you normally.
iBall
Oregon Scientific invites you to unleash your iPod with the iBall. Plug your ipod into this wireless base station, and the iBall can play your music from 100 feet away. A perfect way to dock your ipod near in your home office and listen in the bedroom.
Humanscale Liberty Chair
Here's the next generation of chair coolness, the Liberty Chair by Humanscale has a form-sensing mesh back, and uses an intelligent counterbalanced recline mechanism that gives you just the right amount of support regardless of your size or weight. At the same time, the chair lets you lean way back while maintaining a constant eye level. It’s great new chair technology, and of course, the chair is the most important part of your home office.
The Albert Einstein Action Figure
Forget Wolverine, Cyclops, Batman and Superman figures, the uber geek will have no use for such things. Instead, you can show off and prove brawn is no match for brain with the Albert Einstein action figure. About the same size as other action figures, you can have albert explain the theory of relativity Professor X or any other action figure in your collection.
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