Category: Off-topic
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A Hard Week to Get Sick
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI came down with food poisoning on Wednesday night, and that threw many of my plans for this week completely off. There are few weeks during the year where a one day illness like that would be more disrupting. I was able to get most of my work done but the…
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Operation Gadget Updated to Movable Type 4.01
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI updated Operation Gadget to Movable Type Version 4.01 a few minutes ago. So far so good, but the website still says it was created by Movable Type 3.33. I’m sure I’ll get the kinks worked out in the next few days.
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My New Story Building Concept for Operation Gadget
Reading Time: < 1 minuteShortly after midnight last night, I was thinking about all the good ideas I get for stories for Operation Gadget that never make it on to the site. I get them while I’m busy at work. I’m right in front of or close to a computer, but I don’t have time…
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Replacing My iPhone Headphones and Evidence That Apple’s Supply Chain Is a Little Stretched?
Reading Time: 2 minutesHere are the FedEx Tracking Details from the $30 Apple Store order that got shipped from China. I crushed one of my iPhone earbuds the other day in the parking lot of BJ’s Warehouse Club in Langhorne, PA. I dropped my headphones while trying to load the car during a shopping trip…
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Happy Birthday Dad!
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNovember 6 is Ernie Aiello’s 75th birthday. I want to take this opportunity to wish my father a happy birthday and many more.
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Getting Back Online
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI took an unplanned, long vacation from writing on Operation Gadget. It began when I unexpectedly changed jobs back in September. I don’t want to go into what happened. I’m glad to leave that job behind and move on to a new one. Shortly after I left my job, I participated…
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Older or Heavier Athletes Make Better Cyclists Than Runners
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMy father-in-law George Kuykendall pointed out an interesting article in The New York Times called The Bicycling Paradox: Fit Doesn’t Have to Mean Thin. It talks about the types of cyclists that go on European cycling trips that follow the route of The Tour de France and how older and/or heavier…
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Congratulations Andy and Helene
Reading Time: < 1 minuteJim Courtney over on Skype Journal reports that Andy Abramson and Dr. Helene Malabed got married today in France. Andy and I have only met virtually but we’ve both worked as administrators of the Atlantic District of USA Hockey. We have had a lot of experiences in common, including the good…
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A Quick Update on Recent Events
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSorry I haven’t updated Operation Gadget since my son Jimmy’s birthday last week. There was a lot going on that took me away from my computer: Jimmy’s first birthday party: We had what I consider a small scale party for Jimmy when he and Kathleen got back from the Shore– only…