Daily Giz Wiz 623: Cool Hut
Episode 623 of the podcast
| Subject: | Review of Cool Hut |
| Released: | Wednesday 30 July 2008 |
| Length: | about 14 minutes |
| Download file: | dgw0623.mp3 (6.6 MB) |
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Short info
Go anywhere this summer with the Cool Hut backpack system that includes a cooler, shade, chairs, music and more.
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Detailed information
Link: CoolHut
Dick saw this gadget at the Marine Aftermarket Trade Show at Las Vegas. The CoolHut is the equivalent of the Swiss Army Knife for a backpack. Ideal for the beach or camping. It has a cooler with a 24-can capacity, a tray for sandwiches, ....... , a waterproof awning big enough to shade the "ground lounge" of 50 sq. ft . area with UV protection, complete with 2 lounge chairs, and an amplifier and speakers for the iPod. A higher model, called the CoolerHut, includes Inflatable cushions.
Following the Party Line
Floss Weekly co-host, DGW fan and regular correspondent Randal Schwartz has a story to tell about a "party line" (Episode 614). Alex, a friend of his, lived in a house in the late 70's with a party line. Alex loved playing online games on his 300-baud modem connection, and had to wait until the line was free. One day, Randal and Alex wanted to play a game and picked up the phone to check the line. They overheard a neighbour say, when asked if they could be overheard on a party line, that all you could hear when the line was engaged, was a series of clicks - the classic noise of Alex's modem.
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