Operation Gadget
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Flip Mino HD on a One-Day Sale for $119.99 at Amazon.com
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAmazon.com has a one-day sale on the Flip Mino HD in black finish, $119.99 while supplies last. Amazon says that this offer is only valid on December 16, 2009. I gave Kathleen a Flip Mino HD just like this one last Christmas and she loves it. It has allowed us to…
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Jakks Namco Arcade Classic Plug and Play TV Games Makes a Comeback at My House
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMy son Jimmy found a Jakks / Namco Arcade Classics Plug and Play TV Games mini-console that I picked up at Target way back in 2003. He started playing Dig Dug on it and loves it. This is a complete shock to me because I didn’t know we had left this…
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The Wall Street Journal Calls Falling Gadget Prices “Deflation”
Reading Time: 2 minutesThere’s an article in Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal called Falling Prices Starting to Hit Electronics Retailers. The article speaks of “… rapidly falling prices for televisions, computers and other gadgets that are adding to the woes of recession-scarred retailers.” Apparently there’s been a 26.5-percent increase in television sales, but…
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The Limits of My Support for Cyclists
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHere’s an article from Sunday’s Philadelphia Inquirer about recent accidents between cyclists and pedestrians in Philadelphia that have resulted in deaths and serious injuries to pedestrians. At least two Philadelphia residents died last month after cyclists hit them: Tom Archie, 78, who was struck by a bicyclist going the wrong way…
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Operation Gadget Allows Comments to Be Posted Again
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThanks to the Movable Type upgrade that I just performed, Operation Gadget can accept comments again. Now all this site needs is a few timely posts….
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The Tour de France on the iPhone: Updated for 2009
Reading Time: < 1 minuteJust in time for the 2009 Tour de France, Operation Gadget has updated one of its most popular articles of all time: The Tour de France on the iPhone. The article now includes the following topics: Twitter, Mobile Web Sites, Streaming Audio, and Streaming Video. Check it out at http://www.operationgadget.com/2007/07/the_tour_de_france_on_the_ipho.html.
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Comments Not Working on Operation Gadget at the Moment
Reading Time: < 1 minuteStuart Tevendale from iSmartTrain and a couple of other readers have reported that there is a problem with posting comments in response to articles published on Operation Gadget at the moment. This is a known problem that I will resolve as soon as I can. I am working on some critical…
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Tour de France 2009 Podcasts Review
Reading Time: 2 minutesTwo years ago I reported on the Podcasts That Can Help You Follow the Tour de France. I thought that article provided a lot of good information, but it’s dated now. I’m still listening to podcasts about the Tour, but there have been some changes in the providers and the content of…
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Back on the Road with the Polar S625X
Reading Time: 2 minutesEarlier today I tweeted that I had found my Polar S625x and I was able to get it working with the speed and cadence sensors that are installed on my Trek 1500 before I rode it this morning. This heart rate monitor is my favorite of all the models I’ve ever tested.…