Operation Gadget
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Mario Cipollini is Back in the Pro Peloton at the Tour of California
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Amgen Tour of California began on Sunday with a Prologue time trial in Palo Alto. One of the more intriguing developments is the return of veteran sprinter Mario Cipollini to the ranks of active professional cyclists after a three year retirement. Cipollini retired on May 7, 2005 after a ceremonial…
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Great Tip to Help Figure Out If Your PC is Compatible with Popular Games
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn Episode 45 of Tekzilla Daily, Patrick Norton pointed out a website called System Requirements Lab that can help you determine if your PC has the minimum or recommended hardware and software necessary to run dozens of popular PC games. I tried this myself and the way it works is to…
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Countdown to My MacBook Pro
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI ordered my MacBook Pro on Sunday night. It’s a build-to-order machine with a 160-Gigabyte hard drive that’s based on the 2.2-GigaHertz Core 2 Duo, Santa Rosa-based MacBook Pro. If I get the machine that’s currently on the market, it will be 194-percent faster than my current Dell Latitude C810, the…
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Gadget Links: Still No New MacBook Pro Edition
Reading Time: 2 minutesApple introduces Aperture 2.0 on MacNN: “Apple on Tuesday released Aperture 2.0, a major revision of the company’s professional photo editing and management application. The upgrade brings in a new, sleeker user interface that allows users to flip between Browser and Viewer modes with a single key press and a heads-up display…
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Prediction Regarding The Next Update of the MacBook Pro
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’m late to the game of predicting when the next update of the MacBook Pro will be released, unless you count the fact that I waited until Steve Jobs made his Keynote presentation at MacWorld Expo in January instead of placing an order as an outright prediction. I think the next…
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In Memory of Sheldon Brown
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI never met Sheldon Brown, but I learned a great deal from him. Sheldon developed a website, SheldonBrown.com, that had an incredible amount of technical information about bicycles and cycling. If I Googled for some information about one of my bikes, I often ended up consulting his site. Sheldon passed away…
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Gadget Links: Freakout 2008 Edition
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRPI Plays Princeton tonight in the 31st Annual Big Red Freakout. RPI needs the win. In other news, the White beat the Red in the Alumni Game 9-8. Kipkay’s Video Tips & Tricks on Instructables: “Here are 5 easy and cheap tricks for anyone who uses a camcorder. Total cost for…