Operation Gadget

Category: Useful Web Sites

  • PVRwire.com to “Retire” on January 31

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI noticed the other day that PVRwire.com reported that it will be retired by AOL today. Speculation among readers of the blog (see the comments attached to the story) is that the content that has appeared on PVRwire will instead be found on a site similar to EngadgetHD. AOL owns Engadget…

  • Instructables Describes How to Replace a Failing Laptop LCD

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteA couple of weeks ago I talked about the successful replacement of the screen assembly on my Dell Latitiude C810 laptop. I did this without the aid of a great article from Instructables.com called DIY – Replace Broken Laptop LCD. This Instructables article takes a more complex aproach to replacing the…

  • SlimTimer is a Killer Time Tracking Web Application

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteSome Operation Gadget readers know that I do a lot of consulting work on other people’s weblogs through my Weblog Improvement business. In order to succeed in this line of work, I need to keep lots of small projects organized and on-track. The best tool I’ve found for this purpose so…

  • What is “The Middle of Nowhere” in the Google Maps Era?

    Reading Time: 2 minutesThe “hybrid” map of Van Buren Ice Rink in Van Buren, ME.[ Image: RinkAtlas.com ] Jason Kottke gave us his thoughts on “The Middle of Nowhere”, prompted by an article in En Route Magazine. I have a different perspective, since I’m in the process of geocoding all of the ice rinks in America for…

  • Introducing RinkAtlas.com

    Reading Time: 2 minutesRinkAtlas.com is a new Google Maps mashup that I’ve been building over the past few weeks. [ Image: RinkAtlas.com ] A few Operation Gadget readers have been asking why I’m not writing as much about The Tour de France as I have in past years. The reason is that I’m building a new Google…

  • ThePaceline.com Publishes a Great Interview with Cycling.TV Host

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteChris Brewer of ThePaceline.com published a great interview with Anthony McCrossan of Cycling.TV. This is the website that provides streaming video access to many of the smaller road cycling events that don’t make it on to U.S. television. I think it’s great that The Paceline is coming out with articles like…

  • The Paceline Publishes an RSS Feed

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Paceline is the best pro cycling team-specific site on the Internet. You can find out practically everything you want to know about The Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team there. Chris Brewer and his co-workers eliminated the biggest obstacle to monitoring The Paceline for new content: they published an RSS feed.…

  • Nike and Apple Announce a Music-Centric Approach to Fitness Gadgets

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteNike and Apple team up to create a running computer that consists of a pair of shoes, a motion sensor, and an iPod nano. [ Photo: Apple Computer, Inc. ] On my son’s birthday, Nike and Apple announced a collaboration that will initially allow a pair of Nike running shoes to…

  • Google Maps Expanding to Europe in Stages

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen I heard that Google Maps had expanded its coverage to Europe, I thought of my friend Ramona Morel who recently moved to a new condominium in Zurich, Switzerland. I went to Google Maps, typed in her address, and didn’t get the map I expected. I thought, “Maybe I need to…