Operation Gadget: Home Automation in the Apple Ecosystem
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Put a Star Shower on Your House for the Holidays
As the holiday decorating season begins again this year, we want to point out a product that we see people buying to decorate the exterior of their homes that doesn’t require the placement of stranded lights. The Star Shower Outdoor Laser Christmas Lights and Star Projector is one of the more interesting light projectors that […]
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The Apple Watch’s Greatest Impact May Be Incremental Change in Lifestyle
I got an Apple Watch for Father’s Day. It was a complete surprise because my sons were heavily involved in the gift choice, and they kept absolutely silent about it in spite of many opportunities to spoil the surprise. I was prepared for a few aspects of Apple Watch functionality, such as the translation of […]
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Apple iPhone Sales Too Low at Only 52,800 Per Day!
Forgive the sarcasm implied by this post’s headline, but I cannot believe the reflexive way that the market reacts to quarterly results for companies that are lapping the field in their industry. Yesterday Apple reported sales and earnings for their fiscal third quarter that were fantastic. To use a phrase that some of us have […]
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Eric Cole Scores Empty Net Goal for The Dallas Stars That Rolls on Edge for 150+ Feet
Watch the video of this incredible empty net goal by Eric Cole from the Dallas Stars – Boston Bruins game on February 10. The puck curls left from the boards into the goal in a way that cannot be explained by any rebound off of the sideboards. The only explanation was that the puck was […]
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A High School Drummer Keeps Drumming, Defying Degenerative Disease
Ethan Och plays in the high school band in Swanville, Minnesota (USA Today article that includes video from KARE-TV), despite spinal muscular atrophy– thanks to an iPad. The imagination of the band director and the commitment of community sponsors that support the band is pretty incredible. [ via LoopInsight.com ]
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Motigo is a New App for Runners That Provides In-Race Motivation
Motigo is currently an iOS-only app that was initially released in June 2014 to provide in-race motivation to endurance athletes. This app allows you to record, manage, and play at specific points in your race motivating audio clips from family or friends. I know I’d get a big kick out of hearing my son Jimmy […]
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NFL ProBowl to be Testing Ground for New “Sideline Technology”
Earlier today, Troy Vincent, the Executive Vice President of Football Operations for the National Football League, tweeted a good deal of information about new video and wireless networking technologies that the NFL will test at the ProBowl. I don’t know if this is the first time that the NFL has used Twitter to deliver a […]
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See “Red Army”: A Documentary About Soviet-Era Ice Hockey
I have to see the documentary Red Army, a documentary about ice hockey in the Soviet Union, which is about to be released by Sony Classics. According to USA Hockey Magazine, Red Army will open in New York and Los Angeles on January 23, in other cities shortly thereafter. (In Philadelphia and the “New York […]