Operation Gadget
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Maytag is Running a Weblog for the SkyBox Personal Beverage Vendor
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOperation Gadget first mentioned the SkyBox Personal Beverage Vending Machine from Maytag back in February. At the time, my thought was, “Who wants this sort of thing in their home theater room?” I’m starting to think I was wrong. Back then, the product was just rolling out and I hadn’t seen…
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August 9-15, 2004 Weekly Summary
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is the Operation Gadget weekly summary for the second week of August 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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NBC Shows its Respect for Olympic Cycling By Using Liggett and Sherwin as Commentators
Reading Time: < 1 minuteKudos to NBC for employing Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwin to anchor cycling coverage in the 2004 Summer Olympics. I laughed when I heard them come on the air, initially thinking to myself didn’t they have any broadcasters on their permanent staff who new anything about cycling? The more I thought…
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Mobile Carriers Ready “Cells-On-Wheels” in Case of Outages or Network Overloads
Reading Time: 2 minutesAll of the major mobile phone carriers have Cells On Wheels (COW) and Cells On Light Trucks (COLT). These are vehicles to restore mobile phone service or add additional call capacity in the event of cell tower failure or another emergency situation. In 2004, these vehicles were deployed to strategic locations in…
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Verizon Offers Storm Preparedness Tips for Mobile Phone Users
Reading Time: < 1 minuteEarlier today, Verizon Wireless offered some basic storm preparedness tips for mobile phone users as Hurricane Charley closes in on the Florida Gulf Coast. These tips are as valuable today as they will be during a snowstorm four months from now: Keep wireless phone batteries charged — in case local power…
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Met Doc and Joyce Searls, and a Number of Other Interesting People
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI finally met Doc Searls in person last night at a reception in his and his wife’s honor at Andrew Rasiej‘s house in Manhattan. Being there was one of the neatest experiences I’ve ever had as a result of running a weblog. I met 10 or 15 people that broadened my…
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DVD Slideshows are an Excellent Way to Use Digital Photos
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn today’s Wall Street Journal, Thomas E. Weber suggests that the best way to remember a vacation or a family event may be to make a DVD-based slideshow using digital photos. Weber says: After I switched from film to digital, I noticed something about my pictures. They were all great —…
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“Doping to Win” Discusses Recent Doping Cases and USADA
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis morning, I watched an interesting new documentary called Doping to Win on the Discovery Times Channel. The documentary debuted on August 10 and I recorded it on my TiVo. This was an interesting program, explaining who the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) is and how they operate. It tells the story…
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Samsung SGH-E316 Released in Time for 2004 Summer Olympics
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSamsung and AT&T Wireless, both official sponsors of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, have collaborated to release the Samsung E316 Mobile Phone as “the official Olympic-designed handset.” The E316 is decked out for the Olympics, with Olympic-themed ring tones and images. AT&T Wireless, another Olympic partner, will preconfigure this phone…