Month: September 2004
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Keep Usable Bike Tires and Wheels in Case of Early Failure
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAbout a year ago, I replaced a set of Continental Double Fighter semi-slick mountain bike tires with Michelin Wildgripper Sprints. The reason I replaced the Double Fighters was because I wore the rubber down in the center of the rear tire on my bike to the point that I could see…
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New Category Begun for Stories about the LiveStrong Program
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOperation Gadget has been a helpful source of information to people throughout the world about the LiveStrong program of the Lance Armstrong Foundation. Since the publication of our first article on LiveStrong yellow wristbands, over 60,000 people have visited this website in their search for information about how to participate. As…
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XM Radio Takes PC-based Access Device Off the Market
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCNET News.com reported that XM Satellite Radio pulled its XM PCR PC-based radio from the market after learning that a software product has been released that allows its broadcasts to automatically be broken up into MP3 files representing individual songs. TimeTrax software from NeroSoft makes this possible. But, it is also…
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Money from the LiveStrong Campaign Funds Adult Cancer Survivorship Center in Boston
Reading Time: < 1 minuteYesterday’s Boston Globe had an article called You Survived Cancer. Now What? that focused on the difficulties that Shari Dicker and other survivors of adult-onset cancer face as a result of having the good fortune of being a long term cancer survivor. The article talks about the Lance Armstrong Foundation Adult…
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Philadelphia: City of Brotherly WiFi?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Associated Press reports that Philadelphia is considering deploying WiFi throughout the city. Dianah Neff, CIO of the City of Philadelphia, said that access to the service would be offered either for free or for substantially less than the rates charged by commerical WiFi access providers. The article estimates the total…