Operation Gadget
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Snap Circuits is a Fantastic Series of Electronics Project Kits for Elementary School Kids
Reading Time: 2 minutesMy son Jimmy has loved working with Snap Circuits building kits for the last two years. Kids who like to tinker and to try to understand how their electronic gadgets work will love Snap Circuits just like he does. Snap Circuits kits are on sale at a significant discount for the Black…
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Blizzerator Professional Auto Scraper: Ideal for SUV and Minivan Owners
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSomehow, The Sweet Home failed to name the Blizzerator their top pick of automotive snow removal tools. Clearly their reviewer doesn’t drive a GMC Acadia in Philadelphia like I do. This is a spectacular snow removal device for your car, especially if you are a driver of a Sport Utility Vehicle…
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Announcing the 2014 Operation Gadget Holiday List
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOn Black Friday 2014, I’m pleased to announce the Operation Gadget Holiday List. I’ve decided to work from now until Christmas on telling you about things I find that I think is really cool or useful, for your gift giving consideration. These are products that are gifts that I could see…
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The Amazing Extent of Bono’s Injuries in His Central Park Bike Crash
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen I read about what happened to Bono in his Central Park bike crash, it makes me think of all of the terrible crashes that happen in pro cycling, and how lucky many cyclists have been to not be catastrophically injured. The headlines I saw in first reports were things like “Bono…
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Pittsburgh Penguins Use Small Displays Mounted on Microphones
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLast night the National Hockey League paid its respects to the people of Ottawa, which experienced a devstating terrorist attack on Canada’s National War Memorial and its Parliament Building by playing the Canadian National Anthem at all games, which is not normally the protocol. During the playing of O Canada at…
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Apple Has Been Willing to Obsolete Its Own Products
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIf you haven’t read Jean-Louis Gassée’s post called BlackBerry: The Endgame, I’d really recommend reading it. The article talks about the missteps that Research In Motion / BlackBerry Limited took since the introduction of the iPhone that have lead to a spectatular loss in the value of their business. …. In…
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Casey Neistat Deserves Thanks for His Film on iPhone 6 Launch Day in NYC
Reading Time: < 1 minuteYesterday I talked about the Chinese regulatory delays that created the conditions necessary for a gray market in iPhone 6 and 6 Plus devices to flourish. I felt like this information added context to Casey Neistat’s film, and was worthy of a full blog post here. Some other prominent bloggers agreed.…
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One Person’s Criminal is Another Person’s Street-Level Entrepreneur
Reading Time: 2 minutesCasey Neistat created a 6 1/2 minute film called Black Market Takes Over the iPhone 6 Lines that shows portions of what happened at the Apple Store SoHo and other Apple stores in Manhattan on the day before and the day of the iPhone 6 release. The film focuses on a number…
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Why Plugging an iPhone in to Use the “Hey Siri” Feature Makes Sense
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLet’s say we are in a room full of iPhones. If “Hey Siri” could be enabled by default without a constraint like having the phone plugged in to power, when one of us said, “Hey Siri,” all of the iOS devices in the room would start listening and responding at the…