Operation Gadget

Month: August 2005

  • Sales at Performance Bike on Electronics, Clothing, and Wheel-Related Products

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI just noticed that Performance Bicycle is running good on-line sales in their electronics, clothing, and tires/tubes/wheels departments. All of these departments stock things that I desperately need at the moment. The prices are good. They have a good deal on the Ciclosport HAC4 if you need one of those right…

  • A Worthy List of Treo 650 Add-on Software for the Productivity Minded User

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteMarc Orchant published a great list of add-on software for his Treo 650 over on The Office Weblog a couple of days ago. He’s suggested two or three Palm applications I’m trying out now: SplashID, part of Splash Wallet: I mentioned that I’m trying this out a little while ago here…

  • Trying SplashID on My Treo to Keep Track of Passwords

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteSomewhere in the transition to my Treo 650 back in March, I lost a memo entry that contained a big list of passwords for websites and other applications. It was a bad idea to store that information in that manner in the first place, so I resolved to find a Palm…

  • Measuring the Steepness of Hills on Cycling Routes

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe other day I alluded to the posted grade of a hill between New Hope and Wrightstown, PA. In the course of trying to figure the actual grade of the hill myself, I found Measuring the Hilliness of Routes which is part of Ken and Sharon Roberts’ Bike Hudson Valley website.…

  • First Sign of Campagnolo Bike Technology for 2006

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteVelonews just published some early information about Campagnolo’s new cycling gear for 2006. Looks like they’ll be featuring: a new road wheel set, compact drive cranksets across their gruppos, and an ultra narrow chain that is supposed to improve performance if the derailleur is not adjusted correctly. These things should be…

  • Leaving a Browser Window Open to an Interesting Web Page Can Be a Productivity Killer

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteA couple of years ago I got into the habit of leaving a browser window open to contain an interesting or useful web page that I’d just found. I usually intended to come back and mention the page here on Operation Gadget or on CTDATA.com back when I used it as…

  • Fitness-Related Applications Popping Up for Google Maps

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteEarlier today my friend Maria Norton sent me the following message: Hi Dave, Hope you’re getting settled into the new place. Just wondering, have you heard about the

  • Deal on Cardo Scala 500 Bluetooth Headset at Amazon.com

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteTreonauts published a review of the Cardo Scala 500 Bluetooth Headset which is considered a worthy alternative to the Palm Bluetooth Headset for the Treo 650. There are a couple of things that make the Cardo Scala 500 stand out and probably make it a better choice: there’s a great deal…

  • Ftech Solar 7 Bluetooth GPS Receiver Reviewed by Ubergizmo

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI IMed with Hubert Nguyen from Ubergizmo.com yesterday who told me about his nice review of the Ftech Solar 7 Bluetooth GPS Receiver. There are a lot of buzzwords in that product name, so let me summarize. This is a solar-powered GPS that can communicate with a Bluetooth-capable handheld or notebook…