Operation Gadget

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  • Canadian Beer Fridge Now Opens For People Who Can Sing “O Canada”

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Beer Fridge made popular by Molson during the 2014 Winter Olympics has apparently returned home to Canada. In Sochi, the door unlocked if the scanner on the face of the refrigerator read a Canadian passport. In this ad, the refrigerator apparently unlocks if the person standing before it sings some…

  • Let’s Remember Operation Gadget The Way It Used to Be

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn a few weeks, no one will remember what Operation Gadget used to look like.  Let’s keep some memories alive by capturing screenshots of a few of articles that turned out to be milestones that were originaly published with the original website theme .

  • It’s Been a Long Time Since We Laced Up the Blades

    Reading Time: 2 minutesMy dad and I have a phrase that we use to each other to convey a sense of just having realized how much things have changed: “It’s been a long time since we laced up the blades.” Operation Gadget began life in mid-November 2003, as a way for me to express my…

  • More Useful Writing

    Reading Time: 2 minutesSunday night I had dinner with my good friends Ramona Morel and Mike Devivo as well as Mike’s girlfriend Na’ama. We reminisced about times we had spent together over the years and remembered our friend Peter Frank who was Ramona’s husband. Peter passed away in August 2003, almost seven years ago. I…

  • “No Heart Monitor for Me, Thanks, I’m Drivin’”

    Reading Time: 4 minutesThe only story I can tell to bring Operation Gadget back from the dead is one about my wife and what she’s been through. On November 7, Kathleen was in a car accident that scared the heck out of us. She fainted while behind the wheel on Interstate 95 about four miles…

  • Life Gets in the Way Sometimes

    Reading Time: 2 minutesOperation Gadget went quiet at the end of August. This is by far the longest break in posts in the five year history of the site. If you are wondering why, consider: I lost my job in September. This happened a couple of weeks after my family came back from vacation at…

  • Dave’s Commuting Schedule

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteA few weeks ago, I said I’d publish my daily schedule so you readers of Operation Gadget could see what life is like for me now that I’m working full time in Manhattan. Here it is: 4:40am: Wake up, dress in workout clothes, drive to the gym 5:00: Arrive at gym,…

  • Don’t Start a New Job in New York During the Last Week of the Tour

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI know what you’re thinking. Dave was about as absent from the 2008 Tour de France as Team Astana. More in fact, because Johan Bruyneel appeared on Versus during the last week of The Tour as a color analyst. So what happened? I accepted a new job in New York working…

  • NoGrapesNoNuts.com Is One Funny Website

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteNoGrapesNoNuts.com tells a humorous story about Grape Nuts cereal. [ Image: Kraft Foods, reposted on my Flickr photostream ] Jesse Gardner and a few other friends of mine sent me links to NoGrapesNoNuts.com, a website that advertises Grape Nuts cereal. The site includes a monologue by the presentor taking a humorous look at…