Operation Gadget
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Appeals Court Throws Out the Broadcast Flag
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit today invalidated Federal Communications Commission rules requiring the implementation by home theater equipment manufacturers of the Broadcast Flag which was intended to stop individuals from copying certain digital television programs from one storage device to another. The FCC ordered the…
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Canon EOS 20D: A Digital SLR Would Have Helped Me Get Tour de Georgia Finish-line Shots
Reading Time: 2 minutesI wanted to ask for a photographer’s vest for the Dodge Tour de Georgia, but I didn’t feel that I had the right camera to make it worthwhile. If I had one of those vests, I could have stood inside the barriers just beyond the finish line and gotten shots of riders…
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12-Inch Powerbook G4 Would Have Made Writing Tour de Georgia Stories Easier
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe working environment for credentialed members of the media when I was at the Dodge Tour de Georgia was different every day. We worked in two different offices, a hotel conference room, the theater in the observation tower at Brasstown Bald, and a conference room at women’s club, depending on where the…
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Gadgets I Wish I Had at the Dodge Tour de Georgia
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI think that an appropriate way to wind up Operation Gadget‘s coverage of the 2005 Dodge Tour de Georgia is to point out a few pieces of technology that would have made our coverage better or would have made covering the Tour de Georgia easier. This idea came from my friend…
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How Engadget Could Have Covered the Nokia 5140i Announcement
Reading Time: 2 minutesI probably went overboard in my criticism of Engadget in my earlier article called Engadget Repeatedly Disses Athletes. My wife Kathleen pointed out that Operation Gadget normally has a positive tone even when I disagree with something said on another website. I agree that my comments were uncharacteristic of the rest of…
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Engadget Repeatedly Disses Athletes
Reading Time: 2 minutesI keep telling friends and Operation Gadget readers that you shouldn’t look at the major gadget sites like Engadget for credible discussion of fitness gadgets and sports technology. The editors of that site have adopted a sneering point of view toward the stuff that we’re interested in. There’s no better example of…
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What T-Mobile is Missing by Not Quickly Upgrading to EDGE
Reading Time: 2 minutesMartin O’Donnell pointed out an excellent article in The Seattle Times called T-Mobile Resists the Rush where several T-Mobile USA executives suggested that it was too early to roll out faster wireless data services. The choicest quote in the article came from Cole Brodman, T-Mobile’s Chief Development Officer: What is it that…
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How I Used My Polar S625x at the Chicago Showcase
Reading Time: 2 minutesHeart Rate Chart from Training Log: Here is the heart rate chart for game CSH5, Florida vs. Team Soutwest. Click on the chart to see a larger view. [ Image: Polar Precision Performance Software ] See more Chicago Showcase exercise data in the Operation Gadget Photo Gallery. Two weeks ago I was…
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Fourth Week of April 2005 Workouts
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHere’s a quick summary of the workouts that I did last week: Monday, April 25: Travel day from Georgia to New Jersey. Tuesday, April 26: Exhausted. Rest day. Wednesday, April 27: 6.3 mile bike ride in 23 minutes. Trying to get back into a routine. Thursday, April 28: 13.9 mile bike…