Operation Gadget
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National Tour of Hope Team and Lance Armstrong to Appear on Ellen DeGeneres Show
Reading Time: < 1 minuteEarlier today, I received an email announcing that the Bristol-Myers Squibb Tour of Hope National Team and Lance Armstrong will appear on the The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Thursday, September 30. This appearance will take place the day before the beginning of the ride across the country. The Ellen DeGeneres Show…
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Over $1,500 Donated to the Tour of Hope
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI spent most of the day working on a website for one of my clients, so I didn’t check my Bristol-Myers Squibb Tour of Hope Rider Status Page until late this evening. Much to my surprise, donations as a result of my appeal now exceed $1,500. A number of donations sent…
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College Students Stock Up on Steel Footlockers and Safes to Protect Their Gadgets
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTextured Steel Trunk: a 30 3/4″ x15 1/2″ x 15 3/4″ steel footlocker that willprotect electronic gadgets from theftin a dorm room. [ Photo courtesy ofThe Container Store ] The Palm Springs Desert Sun reported yesterday that college students are stocking up on security devices to avoid losing their electronic gadgets…
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Comparing Effort Expended in Cycling Training to Officiating an Ice Hockey Game
Reading Time: 3 minutesI finally got to officiate a few ice hockey games over the weekend. This is an activity that I really enjoy and frequently participate in, at least from September to March or April. Officiating cuts down on my opportunities to ride my mountain bike, but it requires a similar amount of aerobic…
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September 20-26, 2004 Weekly Summary
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is the Operation Gadget weekly summary for the fourth week of September 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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Looks Like Other Organizations Want in On The Wristband Trend
Reading Time: < 1 minuteKevin Garnett has been wearingrubber wristbands in NBA games since1998. [ photo by Tom Lynn,Millwaukee Journal-Sentinel ] ESPN published a terrific summary of the success of that the LiveStrong campaign has experienced this summer. In this article, you’ll learn that: Lance Armstrong initially thought they’d sell 500,000 LiveStrong yellow wristbands, “at…
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Received a 10-Pack of LiveStrong Yellow Wristbands Four Weeks After Order Placement
Reading Time: < 1 minuteGet your LiveStrong wristbands now at www.laf-store.org. On August 26, I performed an experiment by ordering a 10-pack of LiveStrong Yellow Wristbands directly from the Lance Armstrong Foundation On-Line Store. I received the LiveStrong wristbands today, four weeks and one day after I placed the order. This confirms the shipping estimate…
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7 of Top 10 Digital Cameras at Amazon.com Manufactured by Canon
Reading Time: 2 minutesEarlier this week, I talked about the Nikon Coolpix 8800, one of several new digital cameras recently announced by Nikon. I think the Coolpix is going to be a great camera when you can get it and if you can afford it. One thing I noticed while looking at competing models on…
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Info on Nike Timing Products Available via New Yahoo! Group
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Nike Triax Elite is an exampleof the Nike Timing System discussedin the new NikeTiming Yahoo! Group. Operation Gadget reader Bob reports that a brand new Yahoo! Group for user-to-user support of Nike Timing Systems with Heart Rate Monitor or Speed Distance Monitor capabilities has been set up at http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/niketiming/. I…