Operation Gadget

Category: Gadget Links

  • Gadget Links: 8 Days to Choose Edition

    Reading Time: 2 minutesApple Releases a New “Get a Mac” Ad Co-starring a Football Referee on Apple.com: Pretty good attention to detail. The referee is wearing a white hat and a uniform that is very close to that worn in many college football leagues. What I would add to this is the referee turning on…

  • Gadget Links: 10 Days to Choose Edition

    Reading Time: 2 minutesIsolator- Concentration Application For Mac OS X on LifeDev: “I don’t think I have to tell this blog’s readers how hard it can be to stay on task when working on the computer. That’s why “concentration applications” are great tools to have. If you’re a mac user, check out the elegant Isolator…

  • Gadget Links: Why Not Speed Bumps? Edition

    Reading Time: 2 minutesSpeed demons will meet their match on the piste on TimesOnLine.co.uk: “Switzerland is introducing speed cameras on the slopes to try to reduce the increasing number of accidents…. The scheme is being introduced after figures revealed a drastic increase in serious ski-related accidents in Switzerland. The booming winter tourism trade has led…

  • Gadget Links: Snow Fun Edition

    Reading Time: 2 minutesBills return to Buffalo by bus after loss in Cleveland, The Associated Press on ESPN.com: “Mother Nature sure had it in for the Buffalo Bills this weekend.” “Bad enough that a blizzard contributed to Buffalo’s loss at Cleveland on Sunday, ending the team’s playoff chances. Then, following an unscheduled overnight stay because…

  • Gadget Links: Running Out of Time for Online Shopping Edition

    Reading Time: 2 minutesAmazon.com Sets Deadlines for Christmas Orders: Super Saver Shipping deadline is December 17. Standard Shipping is December 18. Amazon Prime December 20 by 6pm Eastern Standard Time. One date that I didn’t see in this list that’s probably important: HDTV sale deadline is December 16th. A Universe of Gadget Advice on NYTimes.com:…

  • Gadget Links: Things We Missed During the Migration Edition

    Reading Time: 2 minutesGatorade Inventor Robert Cade Dies at 80 on BicycleRetailer.com: “You might not drink it as your hydration liquid of choice on your rides now, but there once was a time when Gatorade was all that existed when it came to replacing lost carbohydrates and electrolytes.” Products like Gatorade and Pedialyte also save…

  • Gadget Links: Madone Edition

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteTech Report, with Lennard Zinn – The new Madone on Velonews: “Trek has invested an unprecedented amount of time and money into testing this frame and is confident that the frame will far outlast the bearings several times over. In fact, its tests showed that the steel of the bearing cartridges…

  • Gadget Links: Basso Profundo Edition

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteBasso admits involvement in Puerto scandal on VeloNews.com: “Ivan Basso on Monday confessed to the anti-doping prosecutor of the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) that he was involved in the Operacion Puerto blood doping scandal…. The 29-year-old Basso now faces a ban from cycling of up to two years and an additional…

  • Gadget Links: More Mobile Web Edition

    Reading Time: 2 minutesMini Web Sites Target Users of Mobile Phones, free article on WSJ.com: “… new low-cost tools and services are making it easier to jump onto the mobile Web. Internet registrars such as GoDaddy.com Inc. and Network Solutions, who have helped millions of small businesses set up traditional dot-com sites, are now also…