Operation Gadget

Month: September 2005

  • Over $1,000 Raised for the Tour of Hope

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis morning I checked my Bristol-Myers Squibb Tour of Hope Rider Donation Page, and found that donations received as a result of my 2005 appeal have exceeded $1,000. Check donations have begun coming in recently. They took longer to be processed than credit card donations did. Thanks to everyone who is…

  • How GPS Tracking is Being Used During the 2005 Tour of Hope National Ride

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteQualcomm has contributed its OmniTRACS fleet location network technology to the 2005 Tour of Hope National Ride. Here’s an example of the kind of up-to-date progress map you can get to follow the National Team: Tour of Hope National Ride Current Location Map: Uses Qualcomm OmniTRACS Fleet Location Network and Google…

  • Chris Brewer Covers the Tour of Hope on ThePaceline.com

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteChris Brewer, chief operator of ThePaceline.com and 2003 Bristol-Myers Squibb Tour of Hope National Team Member, is writing a daily update on the 2005 National Team’s ride across the country. Here are the reports I’ve found so far: Tour of Hope: Day 1, The Start in La Jolla Tour of Hope:…

  • Organizers Publish Local Event Calendar for the 2005 Tour of Hope

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Bristol-Myers Squibb Tour of Hope has published a list of local events during the 2005 National Ride. These events will be coordinated with the passage of the National Team through the city. The events are as follows: Thursday, September 29 at 10:00am, La Jolla, California at Scripps Green Hospital Friday,…

  • 2005 Tour of Hope National Ride Kicks Off Today in La Jolla at 10am

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe 2005 Bristol-Myers Squibb Tour of Hope National Ride will begin today at 10:00am at Scripps Green Hospital in La Jolla, California. It’s hard for me to believe that the coast-to-coast ride is beginning today. I wish the riders good luck, particularly Jeff Tredup— a researcher at BMS from Pennington, NJ…

  • Thanks to My Sponsors in the 2005 Tour of Hope Baltimore to DC Fundraising Ride

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI want to thank my friends and family who are sponsoring me in the 2005 Bristol-Myers Squibb Tour of Hope Baltimore to DC Fundraising Ride. They are: Kathleen Aiello Ernie Aiello Jennifer Colangelo Ken DeGhetto Carol Ann and Bradley Forrest and their kids Mark Graber Julie, Robert, and Emma Howson Joyce…

  • Palm Confirms Release of Windows Mobile-based Treo

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteAt a press conference today in San Francisco, Ed Colligan of Palm announced that his company will release a Treo smartphone based on the Windows Mobile operating system. It will ship exclusively on the Verizon Wireless network, and especially its EV-DO data network. Denny Strigl from Verizon Wireless implied that the…

  • Palm Expected to Announce Windows Mobile-based Treo on Monday

    Reading Time: 2 minutesWhile I’ve been grinding away on my consulting projects, Palm has apparently put the final touches on a Windows Mobile-based Treo that will support Verizon Wireless’s implementation of EV-DO. The first solid indication of an announcement was Engadget’s first look at the Palm Treo 700w, published on Thursday. This was followed an…

  • Buried in Consulting Work at the Moment

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’ve had a hard time making time to write for Operation Gadget for the past week. On Friday, Kathleen and I were in Maryland attending her brother John’s graduation from a three year on-the-job training program. It turned into an all-day affair because most of Kathleen’s family was there to attend…