Operation Gadget

Month: December 2004

  • Scientists Love $89 QX5 Computer Microscope

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteBoingBoing published a neat article that says that serious scientists love an $89 toy microscope that you can purchase from Amazon.com and a number of other on-line retailers. (Note that the price at Amazon is quite a bit less than $89.) The QX5 Computer Microscope from Prima Creations has been uses…

  • Unpacking My Canon PowerShot A95

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteCanon PowerShot A95: My new 5-Megapixel digital camera. See more photos of the box unpacking. [ Photo: Dave Aiello ] December 23rd was a fun day at the Home Office. I received my Canon PowerShot A95 digital camera from Amazon.com. I started unpacking it right away and took a couple of…

  • Mac Rumors’ Buyers Guide Useful to Those Considering an Apple Product Purchase

    Reading Time: 2 minutesMy brother-in-law John Kuykendall is in the market for a new laptop. One of the products he’s considering is the Apple iBook. He’s primarily looking at the 12-inch iBook while I’ve been nudging him toward the 14-inch iBook with the SuperDrive because that model has a much bigger hard drive and the…

  • Nikon Coolpix 8800 Discussed by Chris Pirillo

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteChris Pirillo discussed his initial experience with a Nikon Coolpix 8800. I thought his perspective was interesting, since he’s been a Canon user in the past and decided to give a Nikon prosumer digicam a try. It seems like he will post additional comments soon, so I’d keep an I on…

  • BBC Provides an Introduction to Podcasting

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe BBC provided an excellent summary of the Podcasting phenomenon for people who haven’t caught the wave yet. I’ve been listening to podcasts like The Daily Source Code by Adam Curry and Inside Mac Radio periodically while blogging. I don’t care that I’m not using iPodder or something similar to transfer…

  • 2005 Tour de Georgia Scheduled for April 19-24

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe had a nice visit with Kathleen’s aunt from Atlanta, Jane Kuykendall, over the Christmas holiday. Seeing her got me thinking of the Dodge Tour de Georgia. A quick check of their website indicates that the 2005 race is scheduled for April 19 – 24. No route announcement has been made…

  • Donated to the American Red Cross International Relief Fund to Help Tsunami Victims

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteWithin the last 36 hours, I received an email from my friend Seshadri Rengaswamy who works for Tata Consultancy Service in Chennai, India. He wrote: Hi Dave, Sorry that I could not reply to you yesterday. I was on leave most of last week, in fact I felt the earthquake on…

  • Polar AXN Series Heart Rate Monitors Reviewed by Joel McNamara

    Reading Time: < 1 minutePolar AXN 300: One of the AXN-series Heart Rate Monitors reviewed by Joel McNamara. [ Photo: Amazon.com ] Joel McNamara wrote in yesterday to point out an excellent review of Polar AXN-series heart rate montors that he wrote. The review includes a number of photos of the three AXN watches (numbered…

  • What I Did with My $15 iTunes Music Store Card

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteMy wife gave me a $15 iTunes Music Store Card for Christmas to buy some of “my music” for our collection. I never thought I’d buy a complete album via iTunes, but I spent my $15 (plus 99 cents) on Best of Both Worlds, a two-disc compilation of Van Halen songs…