Operation Gadget
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iMac G5 Called “a real pleasure, not a hassle, to use”
Reading Time: 2 minutesWall Street Journal columnist Walter Mossberg raves about the iMac G5 in his column published today. He says that the computer is “essentially invisible” now that it’s embedded in the rear of a 17-inch or 20-inch flat panel display. The iMac G5 is significantly faster than a PowerBook G4 that Mossberg also…
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Quiet of the Living Room Interrupted by the Words “You’re Fired!”
Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday afternoon, I was sitting in the living room at my house, working on style sheet changes for one of my clients’ websites. I had turned off the radio a little while earler in order to better concentrate. The sliding glass door out to the backyard was open and a slight breeze…
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Slight Change in the Description of Operation Gadget
Reading Time: < 1 minuteEvery weblog based on the Movable Type publishing system has a description which appears in the title of the home page. When I started Operation Gadget, I described it with the phrase “Electronic gadget news and reviews”. Over the past few months I’ve added a lot of content about technology used…
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Nike CEO Calls Lance Armstrong “The Story of the Year”
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNike CEO Philip Knight spoke to shareholders yesterday at his company’s annual meeting in Oregon. BikeBiz a UK-based publication covering the retail bike industry, said that Knight was listing the achievements of Nike-sponsored athletes, but then interrupted himself and said: Whoa, whoa, whoa…you guys are doing a great job, but occasionally…
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Tour of Hope Riders Reaching Out to Each Other
Reading Time: 2 minutesI got an email from Cecil Ledesma yesterday that said: I just stumbled upon your blog and like you am registered to ride on October 9th in DC. I am a huge supporter of Lance and the LiveStrong program. There aren’t enough yellow t-shirts I can wear in a week. I plan…
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Tyler Hamilton Deserves Swifter, Surer Anti-Doping Testing Than He Received
Reading Time: 2 minutesI learned last night that Tyler Hamilton’s performance in the 2004 Olympic Time Trial has been questioned as a result of an anti-doping test result that indicates that he may have received a homologous transfusion. The test Hamilton failed was administered at the time of the competition, nearly one month ago. He…
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Bauer 4000 Hockey Helmet Provides Good Protection and Fits Well
Reading Time: 2 minutesBauer 4000 Hockey Helmet:photo courtesy of Amazon.com I’ve written a lot about cycling on Operation Gadget recently, but I am also heavily involved in amateur ice hockey as an on-ice official. I have been an official for about 20 years, and I currently officiate in the Atlantic Hockey League, the New Jersey…
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John Fee, Only Member of the 2004 Tour of Hope National Team from New Jersey
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA couple of weeks ago, Paul Leakan wrote a profile of John Fee for the of The Burlington County Times. John Fee is the only member of the 2004 Tour of Hope National Team from New Jersey. He’s a former elite amateur cyclist who now works for Bristol-Myers Squibb Oncology Products…
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Souvenir That Some European Tourists are Bringing Home from New York City This Year
Reading Time: 2 minutesA Souvenir from New York Citythat includes an image ofthe World Trade Center Towers As you know, last week I had dinner with Sascha Bereksasi and Stefan Kulla in New York City. At midnight, they dropped me off at the 33rd Street PATH Station so I could go home, but they were…