Daily Giz Wiz 488: The iTornado for Mac
Episode 488 of the podcast
| Subject: | Review of The iTornado for Mac |
| Released: | Wednesday 23 January 2008 |
| Length: | about 15 minutes |
| Download file: | dgw0488.mp3 (6.7 MB) |
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Short info
Move files from PC to Mac and vice versa with the USB-connected iTornado.
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Detailed information
Link: The Tornado
Following the original Tornado (Episode 244), which was limited to PCs, the iTornado enables file transfers between Macs and PCs as well. It works in the same way, just extend the retractable cable (4 feet) and plug the ends of the device into the USB ports of 2 computers, and the files on both computers will be displayed on the screens of both computers. No software need be installed on either computer. Just drag and drop files from one computer to another.MacBook Air
Dick is interested in hearing about the MacBook Air fom Leo. Despite its beautiful ultra-thin design, Leo has a few qualms about it: lack of ethernet port, lack of an optical drive and only one USB port.
Wait For Dick
Another parcel arrives for Dick while Dick and Leo are recording the show. It's from Scottie of Scottevest, whom Dick met recently at CES. Dick is not revealing what's in the parcel, until tomorrow. Meanwhile, Leo brags about his cargo pants.
A Digital Clock that was not a Digital Clock
Gary Bennett goes to bed to the sounds of pillow talk from Dick and Leo. Their recent discussions on clocks (Episode 430) remind Gary of an old clock from his younger days, back from the 60s or 70s.
It was a "digital clock" that wasn't really digital. It flipped to the next digit every hour or minute. Wikipedia describes it as an analogue clock with digital display, sometimes also called a "flip clock". Dick and Leo assure Gary that he wasn't imagining it.
You can get a Copal Flip Clock on eBay, a Digimate from Plastiphile.com, or get one of many new retro flip clocks available online.
This gets Dick and Leo on to Solari departure boards (the method of display being called flap display or split-flap display), pin clocks (available from Stupid.com), Gray's Papaya, Frankfurters and Bill Gaines.
It was a "digital clock" that wasn't really digital. It flipped to the next digit every hour or minute. Wikipedia describes it as an analogue clock with digital display, sometimes also called a "flip clock". Dick and Leo assure Gary that he wasn't imagining it.
You can get a Copal Flip Clock on eBay, a Digimate from Plastiphile.com, or get one of many new retro flip clocks available online.
This gets Dick and Leo on to Solari departure boards (the method of display being called flap display or split-flap display), pin clocks (available from Stupid.com), Gray's Papaya, Frankfurters and Bill Gaines.
(source: insidedgw.vox.com)
