Operation Gadget
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Livestrong Clothing at Dick’s Sporting Goods, But Not Their On-line Store
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI saw some ads for Dick’s Sporting Goods that star Lance Armstrong on New Year’s Day when I watched the NHL Winter Classic on NBC. The two 30-second ads both emphasized the fact that the Livestrong clothing collection is on sale at Dick’s Sporting Goods. I thought the ads had a…
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Gadget Links: First of the Year Edition
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTrick Yourself into Eating Less on Lifehacker: Lifehacker refers to an article in Reason Magazine that’s making the rounds of the A-list blogs– “In his new book, Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think, author Brian Wansink argues that lesser obvious, small changes over time to our daily habits…
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My Success with Foxmarks, A Firefox Bookmarks Synchronization Plugin
Reading Time: < 1 minuteToday I achieved my personal goal of syncing the bookmarks in Firefox on my home and work computers. I did this with Foxmarks, a surprisingly flexible bookmark synchronization plugin. You have the option of using the repository at my.foxmarks.com, but I chose the more complex option of using the Webdav service…
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How Cool Was The NHL Winter Classic?
Reading Time: 2 minutesKathleen, Jimmy, and I watched the 2008 NHL Winter Classic, an outdoor hockey game between the Buffalo Sabres and the Pittsburgh Penguins that took place at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park, NY. I have to officiate tomorrow afternoon in New Jersey, so we watched the game on NBC from our living…
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User Comment Capability Restored
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFellow Movable Type publishing system consultant Chad Everett pointed out that the Operation Gadget comment mechanism wasn’t functioning properly. It took a while to determine what the problem was, but I corrected it. You are free to leave comments on Operation Gadget again. Thanks for pointing out the problem Chad.
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Integration Between the FiOS Actiontec Router and an AirPort Extreme Base Station Is Smooth and Easy
Reading Time: < 1 minuteKathleen gave me an Apple AirPort Extreme Base Station for Christmas. I installed and configured it tonight while we were watching ER on our DVR. I was impressed with the improvement in the performance of our wireless network that immediately occurred when the AirPort Extreme started working. Configuration of the AirPort…
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Walter Mossberg is “Very Impressed” with the Dell XPS One
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFinally. A Windows machine that Walt Mossberg can love. Walt’s latest Personal Technology column for The Wall Street Journal talks about the Dell XPS One, a machine that has the guts and design to compete with the iMac. According to the article: Something interesting is going on at Dell. The Texas…