Operation Gadget

Month: August 2005

  • Help Me Ride the 2005 Tour of Hope Fundraising Ride in Washington DC

    Reading Time: 2 minutesOn Saturday, October 8, I’m going to join the Bristol-Myers Squibb Tour of Hope by participating in a 50-mile fundraising bike ride ending in Washington DC. You can help me in this effort by making a donation to the Tour of Hope to support my ride. One hundred percent of the funds…

  • Replacing My Mountain Bike Tires with Performance Topo FasTracs

    Reading Time: 2 minutesWe’ve got about 90 days of riding weather left in Newtown, PA, and I need new mountain bike tires. The old, reliable Continental Double Fighter on the rear wheel of my bike has started to develop holes in the center of the tread. I’m bound to start getting flats long before I…

  • Official Tour de France Replica Yellow Jersey Offered by Discovery Channel Store

    Reading Time: 2 minutesReplica Maillot Jaune from the 2005 Tour de France: Lots of Lance Armstrong fans are buying a Yellow Jersey to remember Lance’s seventh and final Tour victory. [ Photo: Discovery Channel Store ] The Discovery Channel Store is commemorating Lance Armstrong’s seventh-consecutive Tour de France victory by selling official replicas of the yellow jersey…

  • Trying Del.icio.us and Del.icio.us Direc.tor to Get Control of My Web Bookmarks

    Reading Time: 2 minutesdel.icio.us direc.tor: I’m trying to use a new AJAX application called del.icio.us direc.tor to manage my web bookmarks. Last week I said that leaving a browser window open to an interesting web page can be a productivity killer. Since then I’ve been looking for ways to better manage and track all of…

  • Polar and Adidas Planning a Line of Apparel and Shoes with Built-in Fitness Measurement

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteJanus Sandsgaard pointed out that Polar Electro is teaming up with Adidas to produce a line of fitness clothing and running shoes that will have embedded transmitters for heart rate and running speed and distance. According to a Polar press release, the products will collectively be called Project Fusion, and will…

  • 1st Week of August 2005 Workouts

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteHere’s a quick summary of the workouts that I did last week: Monday, August 1: Biked 10.0 miles in 40 minutes 54 seconds. Tuesday, August 2: Busy. Wednesday, August 3: Busy. Thursday, August 4: Biked 8.4 miles in 32 minutes 19 seconds. Friday, August 5: Mowed lawn for 2 hour 20…

  • August 1 – 7, 2005 Weekly Summary

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

  • Unpacking My CanoScan LiDE 500F

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteCanoScan LiDE 500F Flatbed Scanner: I got my new, inexpensive CanoScan scanner on Wednesday. I bought it to replace my fax machine in the new VoIP-based Home Office. [ Photo: Dave Aiello ] I received my CanoScan LiDE 500F Flatbed Scanner the other day. It’s a very inexpensive color scanner that…

  • No Getting Around the DMV

    Reading Time: 2 minutesPennsylvania License Plate: The only one you’ll find on my Jeep, and it’s on the rear lift gate. [ Photo: Dave Aiello ] Kathleen and I spent several hours yesterday working our way through the bureaucracy of the Pennsylvania Department of Motor Vehicles, also known as the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation or…