Operation Gadget
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November 29 – December 5, 2004 Weekly Summary
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is the Operation Gadget weekly summary for the first 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…
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Eddie Merckx Raises His Profile by Riding in Public Events
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCyclingNews reported that Eddie Merckx rode in the Israel Triathlon Open in Eliat this weekend, participating in a relay team that also included German triathlete Lothar Leder and Israel Triathlon Association chairman Chagi Pagirsky. The article points out that Merckx, arguably cycling’s most legendary champion, has been extremely visible in the…
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Photos of East Windsor – Millstone Cycling Training Route Posted
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBack in September, I wrote about a 26.1-mile cycling training route that I developed to prepare for the 2004 Tour of Hope and to help me train for officiating competitive ice hockey. I finally posted a photo gallery that shows how beautiful and wide open the roads are along the route.…
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Putting a Second Computer on My Desk
Reading Time: 2 minutesDave’s new workstation includes a Samsung SyncMaster 770 TFT hooked up to an AMD Athlon XP 2500+-based Windows 2000 PC via an ATI Radeon 7200. To the left is the Dell Inspiron 7500 now primarily used for email. Click on the photo for a bigger image. Over the past few months, I’ve…
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Clarion VRX755VD to Put Virtual iPod Controls on a Dash-Mounted 7-inch LCD Display
Reading Time: < 1 minuteForthcoming Clarion VRX755VD with built-in iPod controls: UberGizmo reports that it will be on the market in 2005. [ Photo: Clarion Co., Ltd. ] UberGizmo reported that Clarion has developed a new in-car AV unit that displays a virtual set of controls for an iPod onto its 7-inch touch-sensitive LCD display.…
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Nikon D70 Named Popular Photography’s 2004 Camera of the Year
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNikon D70 Digital SLR: Popular Photography and Imaging‘s 2004 Camera of the Year. [ Photo: Amazon.com ] Popular Photography and Imaging is out with their 2004 Camera of the Year Award, and the winner is the Nikon D70 Digital SLR Camera. The editors said that the D70 adds “some sophistication, features,…
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VCRs Pronounced Dead by Reuters
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMartin O’Donnell pointed out a Reuters article published last week that declared the home video cassette recorder dead. The article cites several reasons for the pronouncement: Dixons, one of the UK’s biggest electronics dealers, has announced that it will stop selling VCRs after selling them for 26 years, British police report…
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Tyler Hamilton Fired by Phonak Cycling Team
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCyclingNews.com reported that Tyler Hamilton’s contract has been terminated by the Phonak Cycling Team under pressure from the International Cycling Union (UCI). The firing actually took place on November 25, but was not made public until today. Team Phonak had hoped that taking this action would result in the UCI favorably…