Operation Gadget
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Things I Wish I’d Known Before Attempting the Treo 650 1.17 Firmware Update for Cingular
Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter two days of trying, I finally figured out how to run the Treo 650 1.17 Update for Cingular Wireless on my Treo 650. I still have to repeat the process on Kathleen’s Treo 650 before my upgrading is done. Here are a couple of things that would have really helped me…
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My Experience with the Trek 1500 After a Week of Winter Riding
Reading Time: 2 minutesI picked up my Trek 1500 a week ago and so far I’ve ridden it 71.2 miles (115 km). That’s a lot of riding when you consider that I live in the Northeastern United States and it’s the last week of December. I love the way the Trek 1500 rides. It’s a…
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Kill-A-Watt Could Help You Save Enough on Electricity to Afford Another Gift Next Year
Reading Time: < 1 minuteYesterday, Cool Tools highlighted an inexpensive electric power usage meter called Kill-A-Watt. This product, which costs less than $30 at Amazon.com, has the potential to save you hundreds of dollars a year if you identify appliances and other devices with higher than necessary electrical usage, limit their usage, and eventually replace…
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Which Memory Card Should I Get for My New Digital Camera?
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis Chistmas, my father and my sister-in-law both received digital cameras as gifts. My father got a 5-Megapixel Nikon Coolpix 5600 and my sister-in-law got the 4-Megapixel Nikon Coolpix 4600. This was an interesting coincidence, because the cameras were purchased independently by different people. In my sister-in-law Mary’s case, she received the…
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Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah from Operation Gadget
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhat a week this has been around the Home Office! I thought that having Christmas and the first day of Hanukkah fall on a Sunday (and on the same day) would have made things easier for everyone, but if my experience is typical, the schedule was a bit harder than it…
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“Chasing Lance: The Fan’s Story” to Debut on Travel Channel on December 22 at 8pm Eastern
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI just received an email from Paul Terry Walhus pointing out that “Chasing Lance: The Fan’s Story” will debut on the Travel Channel on Thursday, December 22 at 8pm Eastern Time. This is a film that documented the trip that five Lance Armstrong fans took to the 2005 Tour de France.…
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I’m Getting a Trek 1500 for Christmas
Reading Time: 2 minutesTrek 1500 Road Bike: Members of my family contributed to a fund so I could get this bike for a combined birthday and Christmas gift. [ Photo: Trek Bicycle Corporation ] One reason that you haven’t heard much from me in the last few days is that I’ve been shopping for a new road…
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Using the Nokia N90 to Film Ice Hockey
Reading Time: 2 minutesLast Saturday, Scott Shalom, Bill Maurer, and I officiated a men's college ice hockey game between Drexel University and Villanova University in Philadelphia. I thought it would be interesting to see how Nokia N90 video clips of a hockey game would turn out, so I lent the camera phone to my friend…
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Canon Powershot A610 Ranked Highest Among Sub-$300 Digital Cameras by The New York Times
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe New York Times published an article by David Pogue called Digital Photos Even a Miser Can Enjoy. In it Pogue and a group of 20 friends rated the images produced by 12 cameras priced at under $300. According to the article: The {Canon Powershot} A610’s photos were top ranked in…