Category: Gadget Links

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Internet Allows Consumers to Trim Wasteful Purchases on WSJ.com: “Photo companies made customers pay for 24 shots in a roll of film to get a handful of good pictures. Music publishers made customers buy full CDs to get a single hit song. Encyclopedia publishers made parents spend thousands of dollars on…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSnow falls on Seattle home game for first time on NFL.com: “Steady snow began falling 20 minutes before kickoff, marking the first time a Seahawks home game has been played in the white stuff. The temperature at kickoff was 34 degrees, the coldest for a Seattle home game. The Seahawks played…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhich game console should you buy? from The Seattle Times: “The Wii doesn’t play movies, and is not going to be the multimedia hub of your living room. But the machine is so small and unobtrusive that you could keep it in your living room pretty easily, and it’s a good…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteToy for teens becomes tool for activists a Reuters story on CNN.com: “Once regarded as a toy for rich teens, the ubiquitous camera cell phone is becoming a powerful community tool in the debate about police conduct.” Article focuses on community groups in Los Angeles and their on-going attempt to expose…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMacy’s Brands the Holidays on WSJ.com: “Macy’s has replaced storied names on more than 400 regional department stores around the country in September and its parent company, Federated Department Stores Inc., has a lot on the line. The Cincinnati-based company, which acquired May Co. last year, faces the daunting challenge of…

Reading Time: < 1 minutePsychology of the Wii and PS3 on Kottke.org: “Nintendo is focused on play and fun: the Wii is the fun system…about people of all ages enjoying the process of playing games. The PS3 is more about competition, who wins, who loses, and who frags the most enemies in the most spectacular…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteStuff the Turkey, Not Yourself on PezCycling.com: Tips on what to eat at Thanksgiving in order to minimize weight gain and still enjoy the day. A Better On-Line Bank on WSJ.com: Compares recent enhancements to on-line banking services at commercial banks around the USA. [ Subscription probably required. ] Warehouse Clubs Plan Holiday…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAnalysis of Porsche corporate profitability on 37Signals SVN: Small number of product lines, stable designs, premium niche. Custom lettering available on the back of your Porsche on Popgadget: $450 gets you up to 5 custom letters applied in place of the model name. ($65 for each additional letter.) Is this an…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSunspots on 37signals SVN: My model for this feature on Operation Gadget. Maybe someday I’ll get around to intertwining two blogs a la Kottke’s Remaindered Links, but I’m leaving too many good thoughts off of this site in the mean time. http://weather.gov/18940: Insert your zip code instead of mine. Quick and…