Operation Gadget

Operation Gadget

  • How I Fixed the Power Switch on The Blogging Workstation

    Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I received another sign that it’s time to buy a new computer. The Blogging Workstation that just experienced a power supply failure wouldn’t start again. When I pushed the power button, nothing happened. I pulled the front bezel off of the tower and immediately found that the positive lead on the…

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  • Gadget Links: Should Have Been Yesterday’s Edition

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Untold Story: How the iPhone Blew Up the Wireless Industry in Wired: Awesome story about how the iPhone made it to market. Absolutely worth reading. The best notebook you can buy in Infoworld: “After six months of intensive, daily use of the machine, I can state now that today’s MacBook…

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  • Power Supply Dies in Blogging Workstation, Days Away from MacBook Pro Purchase

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteWednesday morning 6:30 A.M. There’s an eerie silence in The Home Office. Over the next 10 minutes I come to the conclusion that the power supply on The Blogging Workstation, my four year old AMD Athlon 2500XP+ ATX Tower Machine that’s the fastest PC in the house, has breathed its last.…

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  • Gadget Links: 8 Days to Choose Edition

    Reading Time: 2 minutesApple Releases a New “Get a Mac” Ad Co-starring a Football Referee on Apple.com: Pretty good attention to detail. The referee is wearing a white hat and a uniform that is very close to that worn in many college football leagues. What I would add to this is the referee turning on…

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  • Why is Apple Announcing Hardware Upgrades Before Macworld Expo?

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteApple went ahead and announced an upgraded Mac Pro and an upgraded Xserve this morning. These announcements occurred one day after Intel announed 16 new processors based on 45nm silicon fabrication at CES. I’m a bit confused by the timing of these announcements. It makes sense to release these new machines…

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  • Nike Amp+ Watch / iPod nano Remote Reviewed by iLounge

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Nike Amp+ Sport Remote Control has finally made it to the market, and iLounge has done a comprehensive review of it. Jeremy Horowitz writes: It would be an understatement to call Nike’s Amp+ iPod nano Remote ($79) the coolest and most misunderstood iPod accessory introduced in the past year. The…

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  • Neuros OSD, Open Source Video Recorder, Grabs My Attention

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteAn article called What This Gadget Can Do Is Up to You really caught my eye today when it appeared on The New York Times website. This article describes the Neuros OSD Media Center, a sleek looking video recorder that looks like it could have quite a few immediate applications. What…

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  • Gadget Links: 10 Days to Choose Edition

    Reading Time: 2 minutesIsolator- Concentration Application For Mac OS X on LifeDev: “I don’t think I have to tell this blog’s readers how hard it can be to stay on task when working on the computer. That’s why “concentration applications” are great tools to have. If you’re a mac user, check out the elegant Isolator…

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  • Gadget Links: Why Not Speed Bumps? Edition

    Reading Time: 2 minutesSpeed demons will meet their match on the piste on TimesOnLine.co.uk: “Switzerland is introducing speed cameras on the slopes to try to reduce the increasing number of accidents…. The scheme is being introduced after figures revealed a drastic increase in serious ski-related accidents in Switzerland. The booming winter tourism trade has led…

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