Operation Gadget
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“Getting Finances Done” Provides Excellent Comparison of DIY Electronic Tax Preparation Alternatives
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSignal vs. Noise pointed out a terrific comparison of cost of various methods of do-it-yourself electronic tax preparation. This article is excellent because it attempts to compare the so-called out the door price of doing your state and federal taxes. Out the door pricing is defined as the total cost of…
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Gadget Links: Snow Again? Edition
Reading Time: 2 minutesBirmingham Hip, or How to Sell Fresh Hips to Boomers on Medgadget: “In an effort to help their physically active baby-boomer patients, orthopedic surgeons are turning to a new but growing technique known as ‘hip resurfacing’…. This bone-sparing procedure promises to last much longer than traditional hip replacements while allowing a great…
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Made the Switch to Google Reader from Bloglines
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAm I the last blogger to make the switch to Google Reader from Bloglines? Here are the three key features that Google has implemented that made me switch: Google Reader handles read/unread entries much better. I can look at the latest entries on a blog with a lot of posts and…
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Back from an Insane Server Migration and a Bad Time Zone Change
Reading Time: 2 minutesI worked on the migration of a cPanel server almost every working moment from February 27 to March 6. This was an effort to give my Weblog Improvement clients a better, more stable hosting environment. The first stage of the migration was intended to be the only stage, but the server that…
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Gadget Links: Snow and Sleet Edition
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWinter, Round Two on philly.com: “Only the second major storm of the winter slid into the Philadelphia region last night, causing widespread accidents along with fear about the morning commute. But early risers found mostly wet or slushy roads, as temperatures above freezing rebuffed the overnight threat of ice.” ‘I never…
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At The Rink All Weekend
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSorry I was away from Operation Gadget for the past few days. This weekend I officiated games in the playoffs for the Great Northeast Collegiate Hockey Conference and the Atlantic Amateur Hockey Association. I spent most of the weekend at one of the rinks in Pennsylvania where these tournaments were being…
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Botts’ Dots Considered the Cause of Tour of California Stage 1 Pileup
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFrank Steele of TDFblog reports that race commissaires at the Amgen Tour of California decided to neutralize the last 10 km of the finish of Stage 1 after a massive pileup that caused half the field to crash or have to stop. This allowed Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team rider Levi…
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Gadget Links: Peloton Back on the Road Edition
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTour of California Prologue: Levi Delivers Again on Spare Cycles: “Those of us who were there last year should have expected the finale to today’s opener, but it still surprised the hell out of us. Virtually unknown Jason Donald set the fastest time as the seventh rider out. No one thought…
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Great Tips on Photographing Pro Cycling Races
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe 2007 Amgen Tour of California is taking place this week on the West Coast, so the cycling blogs are back publishing cool content for the new season. My friend Frank Steele from TDFblog.com published a great article on photographing a bike race that comes from personal experience Frank has had taking…