Operation Gadget

Category: Wireless Networking

  • Gadget Links: Freakout 2008 Edition

    Reading Time: < 1 minute RPI 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…

  • Comments on Steve Jobs’ 2008 MacWorld Expo Keynote

    Reading Time: 2 minutes I 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…

  • Then FiOS TV Went Down with an Odd Set Top Box Problem

    Reading Time: 2 minutes At The Home Office, the week of gadget craziness continued. On Sunday night my son Jimmy wanted to watch Teletubbies on FiOS Video On Demand before he went to bed. (Kathleen suggested it and Jimmy got excited about the idea, so that was the plan.) Anyway, we brought up the FiOS…

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

    Reading Time: < 1 minute Kathleen 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…

  • Gadget Links: Snow Fun Edition

    Reading Time: 2 minutes Bills return to Buffalo by bus after loss in Cleveland, The Associated Press on ESPN.com: “Mother Nature sure had it in for the Buffalo Bills this weekend.” “Bad enough that a blizzard contributed to Buffalo’s loss at Cleveland on Sunday, ending the team’s playoff chances. Then, following an unscheduled overnight stay…

  • Unique Perspectives on the Amazon Kindle

    Reading Time: < 1 minute A couple of friends of mine asked me to what I thought of the Amazon Kindle at lunch before Thanksgiving. I said that I was aware of it, that reviews and comments from blogs that I read had been more negative than positive, but I would keep my eye out…

  • The iPhone Does Multitasking

    Reading Time: 2 minutes Back on January 10, I asked Is OS X the Key Component of the Apple iPhone? The first point I made in that article was about multitasking: Elegantly-implemented multitasking on a handheld device: Windows Mobile handhelds have this capability already, but none devices I’ve seen have a UI that comes close…

  • I Got My iPhone Yesterday, Maybe It Will Work Today

    Reading Time: 7 minutes It was possible to buy either iPhone model last night in Central New Jersey. My iPhone moments after I purchased it at the Freehold, NJ Apple Store on June 29. See more photos of my iPhone in my Flickr photostream. I bought mine at the Apple Store at the Freehold Raceway…

  • Don’t Let FUD Cloud Your Judgment About the iPhone

    Reading Time: 2 minutes Let’s face a few of facts: A lot of media outlets are going to publish articles designed to provoke FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt) in the hearts of iPhone fans. This is going to continue and grow in intensity up to and beyond June 29. The motives for publishing this type…