Operation Gadget
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Initial Success with Rebuilt Latitude C810
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAs I mentioned last week, I ordered a used LCD display unit for my Dell Latitude C810 from a reputable seller on eBay. I received the LCD display unit earlier today and successfully replaced the failing display unit on my laptop. I’ve been using the laptop on and off for the…
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Gadget Links: Strange But True Hockey Stories Edition
Reading Time: 2 minutesHockey-Coach Quota on WSJ.com: “The University of Alaska Anchorage Seawolves hockey team is on a roll, and interim coach Dave Shyiak is a top candidate for coach of the year in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association.” “But the team has a big problem. Mr. Shyiak was born in Canada and is working…
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Gadget Links: How’d He Do That? Edition
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMileage Calculator: A Google Maps mashup that you can use to calculate trip mileage for tax purposes. It even (optionally) reads events directly from Google Calendar. I just want to know what functions in Scriptaculous the developer used to retrieve the mileage from a Google Maps query without displaying the page.…
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Why I’m Repairing a Fully Depreciated Dell Latitude C810
Reading Time: 2 minutesLate last week Kathleen and I bought a 2007 Honda Accord SE. I hadn’t anticipated buying a new car in 2006, but we we had to act quickly after the transmssion in my Jeep Grand Cherokee failed. A purchase of this magnitude will force us to make a few sacrifices in other…
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Gadget Links: Long Layoff Edition
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUnequal speeds on Internet source of growing frustration, Associated Press story on seattletimes.nwsource.com: “The information superhighway isn’t truly equal in both directions. Cable and phone companies typically sell asymmetrical Internet services to households, reserving the bulk of the lanes for downloading movies and other files and leaving the shoulders at most…
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Happy Holidays from Operation Gadget
Reading Time: 2 minutesHappy Holidays from Dave, Kathleen, and Jimmy Aiello: We spent lots of time this Christmas with family and friends. We also bought a new car.[ Photo: Scott Aiello ] Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and Happy New Year from your friends at Operation Gadget. I didn’t expect to be away from my keyboard for…
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Gadget Links: Gross Clinic Edition
Reading Time: < 1 minute‘Gross Clinic’ to stay in city on Philly.com: “Capping as wild a fund-raising ride as this city has ever seen, Mayor Street gleefully announced yesterday that Thomas Eakins’ The Gross Clinic had been purchased by local institutions and would remain in Philadelphia…. The object of all the attention is a dramatic…
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I Play My Son’s Songs on the Music Player on My Nokia N93
Reading Time: 2 minutesBeginning with Thanksgiving, Kathleen and I have been using a Nokia N93 mobile phone to shoot DVD-quality video at family get togethers. People are shocked when they see the quality of the movies we can make with this phone. Conversations with some of our more gadget-savvy friends sometimes continue with the question,…
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Gadget Links: Where’s the New Igloo? Edition
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCasino decision a bitter pill for Lemieux on Post-Gazette.com: “In the months since hockey legend and Penguins owner Mario Lemieux put his team up for sale and worked to cement a slots licensing deal that would keep the team in a new arena in Pittsburgh, he has watched deal after deal…