Operation Gadget

Month: August 2005

  • NHL Signs U.S. Media Deal with OLN

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe National Hockey League announced a national media partnership with OLN that will include a minimum of 58 regular-season games broadcast on Monday and Tuesday nights, Video on Demand, HDTV, and on-line streaming. The first game to be telecast will be the New York Rangers versus the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday,…

  • Mini Version of Opera Browser Reportedly Working on Treo 650

    Reading Time: < 1 minutePalmAddict reported that a version of the Opera browser now works on the Treo 650 and other powerful PalmOS devices. Included in this group are the Palm LifeDrive, Treo 600, and the Tungsten T3. The article refers to an Opera Mini Treo installation howto that explains system requirements (most significantly Java)…

  • Fossil Reportedly Exiting Smart Watch Market

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteAccording to SpotStop.com, a site devoted to MSN Direct-based products, Fossil is exiting the Smart Watch market. The article says: Fossil has made their last MSN Direct watch, at least for the foreseeable future…. {We} hear Fossil is no longer going to make new watches and will re-direct their technology efforts…

  • Mobile Phone Users Want to Receive Email from Family on Handsets

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteCritical Path sponsored an interesting survey that says that U.S. mobile phone users want to receive email from family members on their handsets provided the service is inexpensive and easy to use. According to the survey, 69 percent of respondents considered emails from a spouse or significant other to be the…

  • Treonauts Discusses Mobile RSS Readers for the Treo 650

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteAndrew Carton of Treonauts published a good summary of RSS reader options for Treo 650 users. The headline readers include PalmOS applications that have paid licenses, browser-based RSS readers that are free, as well as email and Java-based offerings. Of the RSS readers I’ve tried so far, Bloglines Mobile (part of…

  • How Not to Discolor Your Baseball Caps in the Dishwasher

    Reading Time: 2 minutesA Ball Cap Buddy helps your baseball caps maintain their shape in the dishwasher. Make sure you check the ingredients of your detergent. [ Photo: Lids.com ] I often wear baseball caps when I’m working outside my house. In weather like we’ve had recently (95 degrees Fahrenheit and 90 percent humidity), these baseball caps…

  • 2nd Week of August 2005 Workouts

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteHere’s a quick summary of the workouts that I did last week: Monday, August 8: Busy. Tuesday, August 9: Busy. Wednesday, August 10: Biked 12.9 miles in 49 minutes 51 seconds. Thursday, August 11: Busy. Friday, August 12: Mowed lawn for 2 hour 2 minutes. Saturday, August 13: Busy. Sunday, August…

  • August 8 – 14, 2005 Weekly Summary

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is the Operation Gadget weekly summary for the second 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…

  • How to Find Your Tour of Hope Rider’s Donation ID Number

    Reading Time: 2 minutesEarlier today, Barry Penn Hollar emailed me to ask: I’m also registered {for the Bristol-Myers Squibb Tour of Hope} and have been trying to figure out this Donor ID# thing. I see you have yours listed on your {Tour of Hope Fundraising} page. How’d you get it? A rider in the Tour…