Operation Gadget
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Replacing a Lost Polar T-31 Heart Rate Transmitter with a Polar WearLink
Reading Time: 2 minutesI only mentioned this in passing before Christmas, but I lost my Polar T-31 heart rate monitor transmitter. I wore it during a hockey game that I officiated back on October 14 and I haven’t seen it since. I keep hoping that it will turn up in the pile of debris next…
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Dynastream Provides Running Technology to Polar Electro and Nike
Reading Time: < 1 minuteEarlier today an Operation Gadget reader named Matt posted a comment on a fitness gadget-related article: I was doing some research on the accuracy of the triax elite foot pod, and the technology that Nike uses is from a company called Dynastream Innovations. They have some really good information about how…
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Kodak Steals CES Spotlight with Wireless Digital Camera
Reading Time: < 1 minuteKodak EASYSHARE-ONE: Killer design, WiFi-capability, big screen, lots of built-in memory. [ Photo: Kodak ] The International Consumer Electronics Show begins tomorrow in Las Vegas and Kodak has taken the early lead in the race for media attention. The company that previously made digital cameras for non-gadget people rocked the media…
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Photo Gallery Renovated
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI spent most of this morning tweaking the theme of the Operation Gadget Photo Gallery. It’s not perfect, but a vast improvement none the less. It’s hard to integrate two content management systems (Movable Type and Coppermine) with different philosophies about the use of style sheets. Please check out the new…
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Suggestions for Restocking Your Amazon.com Wishlist
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOne of the first things that my wife, Kathleen, did after the holidays were over was to update her Amazon.com wishlist. She removed all of the gifts that people gave her that had not been purchased from Amazon. After she did that, she offered to update my wishlist as well. Thanks…
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Good Tips Provided for Troubleshooting Digital Camera Images
Reading Time: 2 minutesDavid Cardinal recently wrote a useful article for PC Magazine called Troubleshooting Your Images. In it he tries to address some of the most common flaws in digital photos that some digital camera users repeatedly experience: blurry images, pixelated or grainy images, images too dark or light, and poor color. Cardinal visits…
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Peet Shoe Dryer Used to Dry Hockey Skates
Reading Time: 2 minutesPeet Shoe Dryer: My first opportunity to dry my skates using the Christmas gift from my wife. See more photos in the photo gallery. [ Photo: Dave Aiello ] I talked about the Peet Shoe Dryer back in mid-December. In that article, I urged my wife to get me one as a…
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Upgrading the Blogging Workstation to Dual Flat Panel Displays
Reading Time: 2 minutesAbout a month ago, I reported that I installed a second computer on my desk, an AMD Athlon XP 2500+-based tower system with a 17-inch flat panel display running at SXGA resolution (1280 x 1024). I’ve been trying to figure out how to maximize my blogging efficiency and the number one thing…
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December 27, 2004 – January 2, 2005 Weekly Summary
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is the Operation Gadget weekly summary for the last week of December 2004. I’m experimenting with a weekly summary so that readers who want to receive a periodic email with Operation Gadget headlines can receive the links to all of the articles published each week. I will post a mechanism…