Operation Gadget
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SoccerTV.com Published Complete World Cup Schedule for U.S. Television
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe 2006 FIFA World Cup started in Germany yesterday. I watched my first game of the tournament this morning– a surprisingly forgettable 1-0 victory by England over Paraguay. There are a lot of World Cup-oriented websites to look at. One site I found useful already is the composite World Cup TV…
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The Paceline Publishes an RSS Feed
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Paceline is the best pro cycling team-specific site on the Internet. You can find out practically everything you want to know about The Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team there. Chris Brewer and his co-workers eliminated the biggest obstacle to monitoring The Paceline for new content: they published an RSS feed.…
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Personal Electronics Power Station is a Good Central Point for Charging Most Handheld Gadgets
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe other day, my brother Scott Aiello tipped me off to a device that can be used as a convenient one-stop place to charge all of your handheld devices. It’s called the Personal Electronics Power Station and it’s available from several vendors on Amazon.com. The Personal Electronics Power Station is an…
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Happy Birthday, Jimmy!
Reading Time: < 1 minuteJames Aiello was born on Tuesday, May 23, 2006 at a hospital in Bucks County, PA. Everyone’s very happy. [ Photo: Dave Aiello ] James Aiello was born on Tuesday night, May 23, in a nearby hospital. Jimmy was 7 pounds, 3 ounces, and 20 inches long at birth. My wife…
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Wear Your Yellow Today in Honor of LiveStrong Day
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWednesday, May 17 is LiveStrong Day. To show my support for Lance Armstrong and his efforts to lobby Congress for increased cancer research funding, I’ll be wearing one of my yellow t-shirts while I mow the lawn. I hope you will do your part as well by wearing something yellow or…
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Why I’m Recommending a MacBook Pro as My Wife’s Next Computer
Reading Time: 3 minutesMy wife Kathleen has used a Pentium II desktop computer with a gigantic 21-inch CRT monitor as her home computer for at least five years. The hard disk drive on that computer is dying, and so we are looking at buying her a brand new computer for the first time since she…
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Palm Finally Announces Treo 700p for Verizon and Sprint Networks
Reading Time: < 1 minutePalm, Inc. just announced the release of the Treo 700p for the Sprint and Verizon networks. This Treo brings EvDO wireless networking speed to the PalmOS platform. Check out the Treo model comparison chart for a feature comparison between the 700p, 700w, and 650. According to Palm’s Treo 700p announcement press…
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Xtracycle Free Radical Conversion Kit Makes Your Mountain Bike into a Work Horse
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOur friends at Cool Tools pointed out the Xtracycle FreeRadical rear wheel extender kit. This is a well-designed conversion for old, well built mountain bikes and hybrids that can help you haul lots of heavy and bulky gear with it. The FreeRadical is available in 26-inch and 700cc versions, depending on…