Month: June 2005
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Ambrogio Robot Mower from Italy Makes Mowing Automatic
Reading Time: 2 minutesA Better Way to Mow?: The Ambrogio Professional is a robotic mower that will keep a half acre of grass neatly trimmed with no human assistance. I could use that at my new house. [ Photo: The Robot Store ] When Kathleen and I move in two weeks, we will be taking…
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How Can I Use My Pocket PC with a GPS to Get Driving Directions?
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs I mentioned in an earlier article, Sammarye Lewis, co-author of the new book Tour de France for Dummies asked me how to make her H-P iPAQ h6315 work smoothly with a Garmin GPS 10 Deluxe or another handheld GPS, so that she can get directions to places along the Tour de…
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Forbes Explains How Madden NFL 06 and Other EA Sports Games are Licensed
Reading Time: < 1 minuteForbes Magazine has an article in its June 20, 2005 issue about the value that Electronic Arts has created in its EA Sports brand through exclusive licensing. It tells the story of the how they created Madden NFL 06, the edition of the Madden NFL game series for the forthcoming season,…
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VeloNews Explains VO2max in Layman’s Terms
Reading Time: < 1 minuteYesterday VeloNews published an article that clearly explains the statistic called VO2max in a fashion that beginning endurance athletes can understand. The article argues that many experienced endurance athletes “can recite the definition of VO2max, but few have a good grasp of what VO2max really means.” This article and a forthcoming…
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Pro Cycling Community Embracing Mobile Internet Devices
Reading Time: 2 minutesI made a few friends at the Wachovia Cycling Series simply because I knew a lot more than your average pro cycling community member about mobile Internet devices. Here are a couple of examples of things people asked me about: Sammarye Lewis co-author of the new book Tour de France for Dummies…
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New Time Trial Bike Technology from Trek Appears at Dauphine Libere
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWill Swetnam of ThePaceline.com reports that Lance Armstrong and George Hincapie were using some brand new Trek gear in the prologue of the Dauphine Libere on Sunday. Lance reportedly rode a new time trial bike called the TTX, while both he and Hincapie had new handle bars on their bikes. As…
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1st Week of June 2005 Workouts
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHere’s a quick summary of the workouts that I did last week: Monday, May 30: Memorial Day. Spent time with my family. Tuesday, May 31: At the Wachovia Cycling Series race in Lancaster, PA. Wednesday, June 1: Attended a daytime event related to my wife’s job. Thursday, June 2: At the…
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May 30 – June 5, 2005 Weekly Summary
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is the Operation Gadget weekly summary for the first week of June 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…
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Chris Wherry Wins the 2005 USPRO Championship
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHealthNET presented by Maxxis rider Chris Wherry won the Wachovia USPRO Championship on the streets of Philadelphia today. He held off second and third place finishers Danny Pate of Jelly Belly-Pool Gel and Chris Horner of Saunier Duval-Prodir on whom he had gotten a short lead the last time they went…