Operation Gadget
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They Should Call This Thing a “Hobbling Cast”
Reading Time: < 1 minuteYou should see me trying to move around The Home Office since I got home from the orthopedist the other day. They fitted me for a walking cast which is a fiberglass cast from just below my left knee to the arch of my foot. I got a boot to put…
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I Was Injured While Officiating Hockey Last Night
Reading Time: 2 minutesI got injured last night while officiating a high school ice hockey game. The athletic trainer who was covering the game came into the officials’ locker room during the intermission between the second and third period, evaluated me, and said that I may have a high ankle sprain, which is a syndesmotic…
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Old Music Formats Return to New York Thanks to HD Radio Technology
Reading Time: 2 minutesEven though I live and work in Bucks County, PA, I still listen to New York City radio stations whenever I can. Most of them are flat out more entertaining than stations of the same format broadcasting from Philadelphia. One drawback of listening to New York radio stations as much as I…
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What Color “Screen of Death” Does Your Favorite Gadget Produce?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhile researching my article on the White Screen of Death problem my Treo is having, I ran across a recent piece by Stewart Alsop where he asks “Do the vendors choose the color of the death screen intentionally?” He says that the screens of death for his favorite gadgets are: Blue…
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VoIP Service Stayed Up for Three Hours During Power Failure Thanks to a Good UPS
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe had some nasty weather in the Philadelphia area on Saturday and Sunday. The temperature fell from 55 to 25 degrees Fahrenheit in about four hours on Saturday evening. During that time rain changed to snow, creating a scene reminiscent of Narnia. At about 9:30am on Sunday, the power went out due…
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Back from a Great Trip to Walt Disney World
Reading Time: < 1 minuteKathleen and I had a terrific time at Walt Disney World for the past few days. We stayed at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge and spent a day each at Disney-MGM Studios, the Magic Kingdom, and Epcot. The weather was just about as perfect as you can get in January: mostly sunny and…
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On a Trip to Florida
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMy wife and I are on a trip to Florida for some rest and relaxation. I probably won’t have much to say here on Operation Gadget until Thursday or Friday.
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12-inch iBook G4 Rated Most Reliable Mac Laptop by Macintouch
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMacintouch produced a very detailed Macintosh laptop reliability study with responses from its readers. Forty-one different models of Mac laptops are covered: everything from 233-Megahertz PowerBook G3s to 1.67-Gigahertz 17-inch PowerBook G4s. There are a lot of interesting results here, well worth reading for Mac laptop users and non-Mac users alike.…