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Gizmo (other)
A gizmo is a gadget, especially one whose real name is unknown or forgotten. Gizmo may also refer to: Technology * The Gizmo or "Gizmotron", an effects device for electric guitars * Gizmo key, found on certain flutes * Gizmos, interactive online simulations for math and science education from ExploreLearning * Gizmo, a 1996-2001 digital game distribution platform by Mplayer.com * Goodyear GA-400R Gizmo, a one-man helicopter introduced in 1954 Entertainment * The Gizmos, a 1970s proto-punk band * Gizmo, a band formed in 2005 by Stewart Copeland * "Gismo My Way", B-side to the 1974 single "The Wall Street Shuffle" by 10cc * ''Gizmo!'', a 1977 documentary film about inventions * ''Gizmo'', a 1999 play by Sir Alan Ayckbourn * ''The Gizmo'', a book series by Paul Jennings * Gizmo (DC Comics), a character in the ''Teen Titans'' animated series * ''Gizmo'' (Mirage Studios), a 1986 comic book series * Gizmo Duck, a character in the ''DuckTales'' series * Gizmo, a character i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gadget
A gadget is a mechanical device or any ingenious article. Gadgets are sometimes referred to as '' gizmos''. History The etymology of the word is disputed. The word first appears as reference to an 18th-century tool in glassmaking that was developed as a spring pontil.Charles R. Hadjamach: ''British Glass, 1800-1914''. London. 1991. p. 35 As stated in the glass dictionary published by the Corning Museum of Glass, a gadget is a ''metal rod with a spring clip that grips the foot of a vessel and so avoids the use of a pontil''. Gadgets were first used in the late 18th century.Corning Museum of Glass: Glass Dictionary: Gadget}'' (accessed November 4, 2018) According to the Oxford English Dictionary, there is anecdotal evidence for the use of "gadget" as a placeholder name for a technical item whose precise name one can't remember since the 1850s; with Robert Brown's 1886 book ''Spunyarn and Spindrift, A sailor boy’s log of a voyage out and home in a China tea-clipper'' containing th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gizmo (DC Comics)
Gizmo is the name of two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was portrayed by Dov Tiefenbach in live action in season 3 of the HBO Max series '' Titans''. Publication history The Mikron O'Jeneus version of Gizmo first appeared in ''The New Teen Titans'' #3 (January 1981) and was created by George Pérez and Marv Wolfman. Fictional character biography Mikron O'Jeneus A bald dwarf who flies around on a jet pack, Gizmo is a genius inventor who can turn seemingly innocuous objects like vacuum cleaners into dangerous weapons. Gizmo created a corporation which supplied technology to various people, including criminals. Hoping to increase his wealth, Gizmo joined the Fearsome Five through an ad placed in the ''Underworld Star'', a criminal underground newsletter, by the psychopathic criminal Doctor Light. After a number of unsuccessful conflicts with the Teen Titans (and Superman in '' The Adventures of Superman'' #430) Gi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gizmo5
Gizmo5 (formerly known as Gizmo Project and SIPphone) was a voice over IP communications network and a proprietary freeware soft phone for that network. On November 12, 2009, Google announced that it had acquired Gizmo5. On March 4, 2011, Google announced that the service would be discontinued as of April 3, 2011. The Gizmo5 network used open standards for call management, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP). However, the Gizmo5 client application was proprietary software and used several proprietary codecs, including GIPS and Internet Speech Audio Codec (iSAC). History Gizmo Project was founded by Michael Robertson and his company SIPphone. On November 12, 2009, Google announced that it had acquired Gizmo5 for a reported $30 million in cash. Prior to this acquisition, Gizmo5 had a working relationship with GrandCentral (now Google Voice) for years. Upon announcement, Gizmo5 suspended new signups until a Google relaunch. G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gizmo Williams
Henry Lee "Gizmo" Williams (born May 31, 1962) is a former American and Canadian football kick returner and wide receiver. After his retirement at the end of the 2000 CFL season, Williams worked as a motivational speaker. Born into an impoverished family, Williams was raised by his brother Edgar after the death of both his parents as a child, and, after Edgar's death, by an aunt. Despite his background, Williams was able to be a successful high school football player, and was able to enroll at East Carolina University. After graduating from East Carolina, Williams was signed by the Memphis Showboats of the United States Football League. While playing in Memphis, future Professional Football Hall of Famer Reggie White gave the shifty Williams the nickname "Gizmo", which would stick with him through his professional career. Williams was released by the Showboats after one season in the USFL in 1985, and signed with the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League. With t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murray Leinster
Murray Leinster (June 16, 1896 – June 8, 1975) was a pen name of William Fitzgerald Jenkins, an American writer of genre fiction, particularly of science fiction. He wrote and published more than 1,500 short stories and articles, 14 movie scripts, and hundreds of radio scripts and television plays. Writing career Leinster was born in Norfolk, Virginia, the son of George B. Jenkins and Mary L. Jenkins. His father was an accountant. Although both parents were born in Virginia, the family lived in Manhattan in 1910, according to the 1910 Federal Census. A high school dropout, he nevertheless began a career as a freelance writer before World War I. He was two months short of his 20th birthday when his first story, "The Foreigner", appeared in the May 1916 issue of H. L. Mencken's literary magazine ''The Smart Set''. Over the next three years, Leinster published ten more stories in the magazine; in a September 2022 interview, Leinster's daughter stated that Mencken recommended ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super Mario Maker 2
is a 2019 side-scrolling platform game and level creation system developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. It is the sequel to ''Super Mario Maker'' and was released worldwide on June 28, 2019. The gameplay is largely retained from that of its predecessor, in which players create their own custom courses using assets from various games across the '' Super Mario'' franchise and share them online. ''Super Mario Maker 2'' introduces new features and course assets, including a single player story mode and new level assets based on ''Super Mario 3D World''. Like its predecessor, the game was met with positive reviews from critics, who praised its user interface, course editing tools, and music, although issues with the online multiplayer mode were criticized. , the game has shipped over 7.89 million copies, making it one of the best-selling games on the Nintendo Switch. Gameplay Like its predecessor, ''Super Mario Maker 2'' is a side-scrolling platform game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ruff And Reddy Show
''The Ruff and Reddy Show'' (also known as ''Ruff and Reddy'') is an American NBC Saturday morning animated television series, is one of the earliest Saturday morning cartoons, and the first series made by Hanna-Barbera Productions. The series follows the adventures of Ruff, a smart and steadfast cat; and Reddy, a good-natured and brave (but not overly bright) dog. It was presented by Screen Gems, the television arm of Columbia Pictures. It premiered in December 1957 and ran for 156 episodes until April 1960, comprising three seasons total. It was repeated on NBC Saturday mornings in 1962–63. Hanna and Barbera created ''The Ruff and Reddy Show'' for their cartoon studio, then named H-B Enterprises. The "buddy" theme had previously been explored in their ''Tom and Jerry'' theatrical shorts, but unlike Tom and Jerry, Ruff and Reddy aren't foes, but housemates and best friends. The series is notable as one of the earliest original animated television programs, and a pioneering use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beetle Bailey
''Beetle Bailey'' is an American comic strip created by cartoonist Mort Walker, published since September 4, 1950. It is set on a fictional United States Army post. In the years just before Walker's death in 2018 (at age 94), it was among the oldest comic strips still being produced by its original creator. Over the years, Mort Walker had been assisted by (among others) Jerry Dumas, Bob Gustafson, Frank Johnson and Walker's sons, Neal, Brian and Greg Walker, who are continuing the strip after his death. Overview Beetle was originally a college student at Rockview University. The characters in that early strip were modeled after Walker's Kappa Sigma fraternity brothers at the University of Missouri. On March 13, 1951, during the strip's first year, Beetle quit school and enlisted in the U.S. Army, where he has remained ever since. Most of the humor in ''Beetle Bailey'' revolves around the inept characters stationed at Camp Swampy (inspired by Camp Crowder, where Walker had once be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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