Daily Giz Wiz 247: Kick Off
Episode 247 of the podcast
| Subject: | Review of Kick Off |
| Released: | Tuesday 13 February 2007 |
| Length: | about 14 minutes |
| Download file: | dgw0247.mp3 (6.2 MB) |
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Short info
Automatically reboot your computer when it's stuck - great for unattended servers, or podcast posters - with the Kick Off.
(source: twit.tv/dgw247)
Detailed information
Link: Sophisticated Circuits
A gadget that Leo found under his desk. Kick-off ! is a small USB device that monitors a system (which needs to be 24/7 such as a server) and automatically restarts it when it crashes. Kick-off! provides application crash detection, logging and preventative restarting capabilities.Slim-Line Leo
Leo is on a special no-caffeine diet which succeeded in losing 6 pounds for him in a week.
Hayes SmartModem
Listener Wex worked for Hayes Tech Suport in its dying days. Dennis Hayes was a classic geek who invented the SmartModem (Episode 245) but a bad businessman who could not realise one could not go on selling modems for hundreds of dollars. A model the MobiModem sold for $1,200.
(source: insidedgw.vox.com)
