Operation Gadget

Category: Miscellaneous Gadgets

  • Gadget Links: Freakout 2008 Edition

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteRPI Plays Princeton tonight in the 31st Annual Big Red Freakout. RPI needs the win. In other news, the White beat the Red in the Alumni Game 9-8. Kipkay’s Video Tips & Tricks on Instructables: “Here are 5 easy and cheap tricks for anyone who uses a camcorder. Total cost for…

  • Apple Releases “Poll Position Remix” Game for the iPod

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteEarlier this week MacRumors reported that Apple had released the “Pole Position Remix” game for the iPhone. This is a remake of the classic Namco video game Pole Position that I played more than anyone else as a kid. The last time I talked about Pole Position on Operation Gadget was…

  • Gadget Links: Mid MacWorld Expo Edition

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteGmail IMAP Change in 1.13 – Apple Phone Show on Apple Phone Show Blog: “The 1.13 upgrade to the iPhone automatically changes POP configured Gmail to IMAP….” I saw the change in folder arrangement on my iPhone after I updated the firmware, but I didn’t realize the implications of it until…

  • Comments on Steve Jobs’ 2008 MacWorld Expo Keynote

    Reading Time: 2 minutesI expected to be wowed by Steve Jobs’ 2008 MacWorld Expo Keynote a lot more than I actually was. However, I was doing other things while the event was going on (real work), and the products that I was most interested in (mainstream Mac laptops) didn’t get addressed in this keynote at…

  • Nike Amp+ Watch / iPod nano Remote Reviewed by iLounge

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Nike Amp+ Sport Remote Control has finally made it to the market, and iLounge has done a comprehensive review of it. Jeremy Horowitz writes: It would be an understatement to call Nike’s Amp+ iPod nano Remote ($79) the coolest and most misunderstood iPod accessory introduced in the past year. The…

  • Neuros OSD, Open Source Video Recorder, Grabs My Attention

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteAn article called What This Gadget Can Do Is Up to You really caught my eye today when it appeared on The New York Times website. This article describes the Neuros OSD Media Center, a sleek looking video recorder that looks like it could have quite a few immediate applications. What…

  • Integration Between the FiOS Actiontec Router and an AirPort Extreme Base Station Is Smooth and Easy

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteKathleen gave me an Apple AirPort Extreme Base Station for Christmas. I installed and configured it tonight while we were watching ER on our DVR. I was impressed with the improvement in the performance of our wireless network that immediately occurred when the AirPort Extreme started working. Configuration of the AirPort…

  • Three-Part Article on Writing a Webcam Application for the Nokia N800

    Reading Time: 2 minutesI got a Nokia N800 through the Nokia Blogger Relations Program several months ago. I found this device quite interesting, but I never had the opportunity to dig into it as deeply as I had wanted to. I started to think about it again about a week ago, when I was thinking…

  • A Few Interesting Items in the Popular Science Holiday Gift Guide

    Reading Time: 2 minutesPopular Science published an article called What Web Celebs Want where they asked 15 people with popular websites what holiday gift they most wanted this year. They also asked what gift they wanted in the future. Most of the answers regarding future gifts were about products that didn’t exist yet. Here’s a…