Daily Giz Wiz 689: Travelon Sheets

Halloween is big in Petaluma, especially in D Street.  They even dress up the chickens!  And when you're tired of costumes, you can see some great bands at the Phoenix Theater and McNear's Mystic Theatre (which must be the only theatre in the States with a British spelling), which Kim and Robin from Wild Planet visited recently.

TSA has created so many new business opportunities: Ziplock bags, TSA travel locks (Episode 38), laptop cases (like the Brenthaven in Episode 674), and now these toiletry sheets.

Security was tested at various airports recently, with the help of security expert Bruce Schneier.  TSA's protective measures are no more than a "security theater", according to the article "The Things He Carried" in the Atlantic Magazine.

Join Audible - and get Little Golden Hood narrated by Leo (which is a free download anyway), or Paula Poundstone's "There's Nothing In This Book That I Meant To Say".  Dick's favourite quote from her is "I was such a lonely child that I created 2 imaginary friends, and they would play only with each other."

Geek celebrities including Veronica Belmont, Geoff Smith, Felicia Day, Gary Vaynerchuk and Patrick Norton are taking part in a project by humanety.com, offering a half-hour Skype video chat on auction to the successful bidder.  The money will go to the charity named by the celebrity.  Dick is taking part and his charity is going to be his own favourite, the Animal Haven, a no-kill shelter.  Dick's auction starts today, 30 October 2008.  "Humanety, we're all in this together."

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Earl of Southfield, Michigan and proud member of the TWiT Army has among others 2 copies of Good Days and Mad (hardcover and paperback), a GizWizBiz Inka Pen, a Plantronics 650 headset, 3 Open-X's, a Flip Ultra.  No Titanium Spork yet but may soon be added to his ballooning inventory.  Purveyors of these gadgets should be begging for sponsorship of DGW.  He's even bought items mentioned on TTTT.  That should be proof enough.

Earl has been listening since Episode 1, and a long-time fan of the Screen Savers from the Kate and Leo days (not the Titanic pair, but Kate Botello and Leo Laporte).