Operation Gadget
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A Few Interesting Items in the Popular Science Holiday Gift Guide
Reading Time: 2 minutesPopular Science published an article called What Web Celebs Want where they asked 15 people with popular websites what holiday gift they most wanted this year. They also asked what gift they wanted in the future. Most of the answers regarding future gifts were about products that didn’t exist yet. Here’s a…
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Use Smart Playlists for Endless Combinations of Christmas Music
Reading Time: 2 minutesKathleen and I have hundreds of Christmas songs that are part of our iTunes libraries. When we shared a 10 Gigabyte iPod, I had to move large playlists off of it to make room for the Christmas music. Now that I have my own iPhone, I was concerned that I would have…
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Getting “The Yule Log” onto My iPhone
Reading Time: 2 minutesI grew up in Denville, New Jersey, a small town about forty miles west of New York City. On Christmas Eve, WPIX, television channel 11 in New York City aired a program they simply called “The Yule Log”. This program was a three hour film loop showing a crackling fire in a…
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Runner Puts Garmin Forerunner 305 Through Its Paces in Kenya and Spain
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Weekend Edition of The Wall Street Journal contained an interesting review of the Garmin Forerunner 305 and the MotionLingo Adeo. The author, Mark Schoofs took these fitness gadgets with him on trips to Kenya and Spain to help assess his level of exertion while running on widely varying terrain and conditions.…
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Gadget Links: Things We Missed During the Migration Edition
Reading Time: 2 minutesGatorade Inventor Robert Cade Dies at 80 on BicycleRetailer.com: “You might not drink it as your hydration liquid of choice on your rides now, but there once was a time when Gatorade was all that existed when it came to replacing lost carbohydrates and electrolytes.” Products like Gatorade and Pedialyte also save…
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Operation Gadget Has Moved to a New Server
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOperation Gadget has moved to a bigger and faster webserver to serve you better. Sorry for the lack of articles over the past few days. We now return you to your regularly scheduled gadget talk.
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“The Apple Phone Show” is a Can’t Miss Podcast for iPhone Owners
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’ve been listening to The Apple Phone Show since before the iPhone launched. I think this is the one podcast that I’d recommend to all iPhone owners. The Apple Phone Show provides a good balance of features, news, and discussion about the iPhone in a concise format. Host Scott Bourne and…
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Introducing Podcast Reviews on Operation Gadget
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’ve dramatically increased my consumption of podcasts since I bought my iPhone back in June. I thought that I’d share some of my thoughts on podcasts that I listen to regularly and those that I’ve listed to that aren’t worth my time. Podcast reviews will appear in their own category on…