Operation Gadget

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  • Operation Gadget Photo Archives Moving to Flickr

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’ve always loved Flickr, and I’ve finally found a way to move the Operation Gadget photo archives into Flickr so that more people can see them.  Since we are coming up on the tenth anniversary of Operation Gadget, we’re beginning with the photos from this site’s early days: The 2004 Tour…

  • When Did i.TUAW.com Debut?

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI was on the train home from NYC tonight reading tweets on the Twitterific iPhone app. I got a tweet from TUAW that said: i.tuaw.com This is (of course) the iPhone-optimized version of The Unofficial Apple Weblog. Is this new? If so, it’s long overdue. It takes at least a minute…

  • I’m Contributing to Inside iPhone

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’m pleased to report that I am contributing to Inside iPhone, a new part of the O’Reilly Digital Media Website. I will be posting over there once a week. My first post is Dave Aiello’s Attempt at Introducing Himself. It explains who I am to people who have never seen Operation…

  • 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…

  • Rob Mackey is the Latest Person Blogging L’Etape du Tour

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteEvery year I look for blogs that attempt to cover L’Etape du Tour, the Cyclosportive that follows the same route as one stage of The Tour de France. This year I found Rob Mackey’s blog at The New York Times called The Climb. Mackey is a web journalist who has done…

  • Apple Reportedly Advocated Web Development Based on SproutCore at WWDC

    Reading Time: 2 minutesI’ve seen a several tweets and articles today stating that Apple is advocating a Javascript-based Model View Controller framework for web development called SproutCore. Reports indicate that Apple based the MobileMe web application announced at WWDC on SproutCore and provided details on the framework in sessions at the Apple World Wide Developer…

  • Gadget Links: Remembering Tim Russert Edition

    Reading Time: 2 minutesLinda Stone: Is it Time to Retire the Never-Ending List? on HuffingtonPost.com: “What did surgeons, artists, and CEO’s have in common? Most of them reported that they managed both their time and their attention. In surgery, in the studio, and in the time carved out to think through strategies and issues, these…

  • Buying .Mac Licenses Now to Get Access to MobileMe in July

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteOver on The Apple Phone Show Blog, Liana Lehua suggested that iPhone fans buy a copy of .Mac from Amazon.com now in order to access MobileMe when it goes live in July. It looks like you’ll save about $30 if you do this. The only problem is that Amazon.com itself is…

  • What’s It Like to Officiate the Stanley Cup Finals?

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteMany of you know that I officiate college ice hockey, so you probably won’t be surprised at my interest in a few video clips taken from interviews with four NHL Officials selected to officiate the Stanley Cup Finals: These interviews were made available by ESPN on a website called ESPN Video.…