Operation Gadget

Month: August 2005

  • Thanks, Judge Bissell

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteJudge John W. “Jack” Bissell, the Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court of New Jersey, retired from the bench today. I’ve known Judge Bissell since about 1990 when I joined the Metropolitan New York – New Jersey Chapter of the National Ice Hockey Officials Association. He was a member of…

  • Mapping Race Courses with a GPS and Google Maps

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteDave Mabe has published a couple of articles on compiling race maps by taking GPS tracklogs, processing them, and running the resulting data file through the Google Maps API. The articles are: Automated Running Logs using Google Maps Course Map using the Google Maps API Looks like he’s getting a lot…

  • I’m Tired of Getting Ripped Off by Splogs

    Reading Time: 2 minutesI want to join my friend Doc Searls in pointing out splogs and urging concerted action from the search engine providers and context-sensitive advertising services to take as much of the profit out of splogs as possible. According to Mark Cuban, a splog is any blog whose creator doesn’t add any written…

  • LSU Professor Maintaining Hurricane Katrina Blog

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteDr. Kaye Trammell, an assistant professor of visual communications at Louisiana State University, has set up Kaye’s Hurricane Katrina Blog and has been blogging regularly all night from Baton Rouge. That’s about 65 miles west of New Orleans. From what I’ve been able to read, Baton Rouge is west of the…

  • 4th Week of August 2005 Workouts

    Reading Time: 2 minutesHere’s a quick summary of the workouts that I did last week: Monday, August 22: Biked 10.6 miles in 52 minutes 29 seconds. Tuesday, August 23: Biked 10.4 miles in 44 minutes 4 seconds. Wednesday, August 24: Biked 10.6 miles in 51 minutes 3 seconds. Thursday, August 25: Rest. Friday, August 26:…

  • August 22 – 28, 2005 Weekly Summary

    Reading Time: 2 minutesThis is the Operation Gadget weekly summary for the fourth week of August 2005. I’m experimenting with a weekly summary so that readers who want to receive a periodic email with Operation Gadget headlines can receive the links to all of the articles published each week. I will post a mechanism for…

  • Where I’m Looking for Bluetooth Headset Reviews

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’m looking high and low for credible reviews of Bluetooth headsets to use with my Palm Treo 650. Many of the Treo-related sites have limited Bluetooth headset reviews, despite the fact that many Treo users I know either have purchased or are strongly considering purchase of a Bluetooth headset. Here are…

  • Treonauts Backs Off on Strong Cardo Scala 500 Rating

    Reading Time: 2 minutesIn my search for a Bluetooth headset for my Treo 650 and VoIP use, I revisited a favorable Treonauts review of the Cardo Scala 650 that I pointed out a couple of weeks ago. I was surprised to see the following paragraph had been added to the review: UPDATE: Following a flurry…

  • No Need for Bluetooth 1.2 Compatibility When Connecting an Accessory to the Treo 650

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’ve been talking to Martin O’Donnell and Andy Abramson recently about getting a Bluetooth headset in order to be able to use it with both my Palm Treo 650 and my PC when I’m using Skype and Google Talk. Many of the Bluetooth headsets that are currently on sale will do…