Operation Gadget
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A High School Drummer Keeps Drumming, Defying Degenerative Disease
Reading Time: < 1 minuteEthan Och plays in the high school band in Swanville, Minnesota (USA Today article that includes video from KARE-TV), despite spinal muscular atrophy– thanks to an iPad. The imagination of the band director and the commitment of community sponsors that support the band is pretty incredible. [ via LoopInsight.com ]
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Motigo is a New App for Runners That Provides In-Race Motivation
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMotigo is currently an iOS-only app that was initially released in June 2014 to provide in-race motivation to endurance athletes. This app allows you to record, manage, and play at specific points in your race motivating audio clips from family or friends. I know I’d get a big kick out of…
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NFL ProBowl to be Testing Ground for New “Sideline Technology”
Reading Time: 2 minutesEarlier today, Troy Vincent, the Executive Vice President of Football Operations for the National Football League, tweeted a good deal of information about new video and wireless networking technologies that the NFL will test at the ProBowl. I don’t know if this is the first time that the NFL has used Twitter…
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See “Red Army”: A Documentary About Soviet-Era Ice Hockey
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI have to see the documentary Red Army, a documentary about ice hockey in the Soviet Union, which is about to be released by Sony Classics. According to USA Hockey Magazine, Red Army will open in New York and Los Angeles on January 23, in other cities shortly thereafter. (In Philadelphia…
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Leatherman Tread, A Multi-Tool That’s Also the Coolest Bracelet Ever
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis summer, Leatherman will begin selling a bracelet that doubles as a multitool, called the “Leatherman Tread”. Every link has multiple uses, if it’s disassembled. Yes, Leatherman apparently has a version of this already in the pipeline that includes a Swiss-made watch component. But Apple– I need a bracelet like this…
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Sol Republic Relays are the Best Sports In-Ear Headphones I’ve Ever Owned
Reading Time: 2 minutesEarlier this fall, I decided to spend some gift money on a pair of good in-ear headphones to use for exercise with my iPhone. I chose Sol Republic Relays in the Black/White color scheme. When you are wearing the Relays, they look very much like the Apple EarPods that come with the…
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Hour of Code at the Apple Store
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOn Thursday, December 11, 2014, I took Jimmy and Peter to the Hour of Code event that took place at the Apple Store at the Willow Grove Park mall in Willow Grove, PA. This was a fun and informative event that I had initially thought was aimed at kids, but was…
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Why I Buy Old Fashioned C6 Christmas Lights with LED Bulbs for Decorating Our House
Reading Time: 2 minutesKathleen and I have lived in our house in Newtown for almost nine years. When we first moved in, we hadn’t had time to buy outdoor holiday decorations, so we used solutions like the Chelsea Light Flurries Projector to blanket the front of our house in virtual snowflakes. But in the years…