Operation Gadget
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How Do You Find Unused FM Frequencies for iPod, Sirius, and XM FM Adapters?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA couple of weeks ago, I wrote about my satisfaction with the Kensington Digital FM Transmitter and Car Charger for the iPod. I got a question back from Ryan Kelly from Haplography: Just curious – which Philly frequencies have you found work best? My response was: Sorry for the delay in…
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SimpleWeather Gives You What You Need to Know About the Forecast for Your Neighborhood
Reading Time: < 1 minuteKathleen and I have been searching for a clear, concise statement of the weather conditions and short-term forecast for our area. I found a site that seems to do the job quite nicely, and it’s called SimpleWeather.com. This site presents data from The Weather Channel which is normally displayed through Weather.com.…
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Lots of Interesting Action at This Year’s Tour de Georgia
Reading Time: < 1 minuteKudos to my friend Frank Steele for his excellent coverage of the 2007 Tour de Georgia on his site TdGblog.com. Earlier this Spring, it looked like the race might not happen because organizers had failed to recruit a title sponsor. However, AT&T stepped up as a major sponsor and the race…
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Chinese Companies Ready to Churn Out Accessories for the iPhone
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAkihabaraNews.com reports that several Chinese companies showed iPhone cases and other accessories at the Spring edition of the Hong Kong Electronics and Computer Fair. The show just ended on Tuesday in Hong Kong. Too bad we couldn’t all be there, because Hong Kong is a great city [ via Amazon.com Daily Blog ].
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Does AppleTV Hacking Presage Hacking on the iPhone?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTaking a look at all of the recent articles on hacking AppleTV that are appearing on technology-related blogs and forums: Streaming from URLs on Apple TV Apple’s not fighting back against Apple TV hacks We just got xvid working on the Apple TV (to name a few)… I’m starting to wonder…
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Gadget Links: More Mobile Web Edition
Reading Time: 2 minutesMini Web Sites Target Users of Mobile Phones, free article on WSJ.com: “… new low-cost tools and services are making it easier to jump onto the mobile Web. Internet registrars such as GoDaddy.com Inc. and Network Solutions, who have helped millions of small businesses set up traditional dot-com sites, are now also…
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Kensington Digital FM Transmitter and Car Charger is the Best iPod Accessory I’ve Ever Used
Reading Time: 2 minutesI bought Kathleen a Kensington Digital FM Transmitter and Car Charger for iPod and over the past six weeks I’ve found it to be the most useful iPod accessory I’ve used. I was looking for a way to use Kathleen’s iPod in our new 2007 Honda Accord SE. Our 2007 Honda Accord…
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Gadget Links: The Web-based Home Edition
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTwittering Your Home on MacDevCenter: “Interest in the messaging service Twitter is clearly on the rise… and while most people are figuring out how to use Twitter for its intended purpose–social networking–I’d like to share a few notes on my more prosaic experiment of using it as part of my home…
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Gadget Links: Lack of Focus Edition
Reading Time: 2 minutesNYT: New data on the problems of “multitasking” on 43 Folders: “Yesterday’s New York Times front page ran an article pulling together the results of several recent studies looking at how interruptions and attempts to multitask can affect the quality of work as well as the length of recovery time…. My own…