Category: Announcements
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Back on My Bike and My Skates
Reading Time: < 1 minute On Sunday, I took out my in-line skates and skated around the industrial complex near our house in Newtown, PA. This was the first time I had been on skates since January 24 when I broke my left fibula while officiating a hockey game. My left ankle was noticeably more…
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I’ve Been Cleared to Resume Physical Activity
Reading Time: < 1 minute For those of you who have been following my recovery from a broken left fibula, I saw my orthopedist today and I was cleared to resume physical activity. Surprisingly, this includes the opportunity to try skating again as soon as I want. My wife Kathleen suggested that I find my…
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Crawling Out From Under My Rock
Reading Time: < 1 minute I hope that I can get back to doing a bit more writing on Operation Gadget now. For the past two and a half weeks, I’ve been working on consulting projects for USA Hockey (at least the part called the Atlantic Amateur Hockey Association Officiating Program) and Spot On. This…
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Cast Removed from My Broken Leg
Reading Time: < 1 minute Yesterday Kathleen and I met with my orthopedist for the first time since my leg was put in a cast. The orthopedist had my cast removed and had my left leg x-rayed again. The x-rays showed that my fibula is healing, but hasn’t yet healed 100 percent. The orthopedist decided…
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Back from a Great Trip to Walt Disney World
Reading Time: < 1 minute Kathleen and I had a terrific time at Walt Disney World for the past few days. We stayed at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge and spent a day each at Disney-MGM Studios, the Magic Kingdom, and Epcot. The weather was just about as perfect as you can get in January: mostly sunny…
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On a Trip to Florida
Reading Time: < 1 minute My wife and I are on a trip to Florida for some rest and relaxation. I probably won’t have much to say here on Operation Gadget until Thursday or Friday.
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Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah from Operation Gadget
Reading Time: < 1 minute What a week this has been around the Home Office! I thought that having Christmas and the first day of Hanukkah fall on a Sunday (and on the same day) would have made things easier for everyone, but if my experience is typical, the schedule was a bit harder than…
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Last Day for Free Super Saver Shipping on Amazon.com
Reading Time: < 1 minute Since Operation Gadget has a strong relationship with Amazon.com, I think it’s important to point out that today is the last day for Free Super Saver Shipping for Amazon.com. According to Amazon.com’s Holiday Order Deadlines for U.S. Shipments, if you place your order by today for items from Amazon.com that…
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Operation Gadget Changes Its RSS and Atom Feed Locations
Reading Time: < 1 minute This is an advisory message to readers of Operation Gadget who maintain their own headline feed readers. As part of our site upgrade that began yesterday, we are automatically redirecting requests for our old RSS feed to our new Atom feed. If you experience any problems, you can edit your…