Operation Gadget
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Last Day for Free Super Saver Shipping on Amazon.com
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSince Operation Gadget has a strong relationship with Amazon.com, I think it’s important to point out that today is the last day for Free Super Saver Shipping for Amazon.com. According to Amazon.com’s Holiday Order Deadlines for U.S. Shipments, if you place your order by today for items from Amazon.com that are…
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Babygadget Debuts with “Contemporary Finds for Modern Tots”
Reading Time: < 1 minutePoplife Media, the company that brought you Popgadget (the personal technology site for women), has just rolled out Babygadget. Babygadget is a blog about gadgets that mainly appeal to a baby’s parents, not necessarily to the baby him or herself. White Hot Infant Feeding Spoons are a good example of the…
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Sony Cybershot DSC-N1 Combines an 8.1-Megapixel Camera with Unique Photo Viewing and Editing Features
Reading Time: 2 minutesA friend of mine told me that Rush Limbaugh has been raving about the Sony Cybershot DSC-N1 digital camera. Apparently, he got one from a national sponsor that is a computer retailer, and he was struck by the high resolution and the 3-inch touch-sensitive screen on the back of the camera. I…
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Strait-Line X3 Laser Level Offers a Little More Control Than Its Competitors
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLast night Kathleen and I were watching something we had saved on our TiVo when I saw an ad for the Strait-Line Laser Level X3. The ad was interesting enough for me to stop fast forwarding and re-watch in real time. I did some research this morning and I think the…
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Trying Out the Nokia N90 While Shoveling the Driveway
Reading Time: 2 minutesI recently received a Nokia N90 mobile phone as part of the Nokia N90 Blogger Relations Program. I haven't had much of an opportunity to use or write about the N90 since I received it. What better way to introduce it to Operation Gadget readers than to show off it's biggest feature–…
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Sudoku Games Popular with People Who Like Math
Reading Time: 1 minuteWe have a number of people who like math in our family, so Kathleen and I were pleased to discover Sudoku last week when we were shopping for Christmas gifts. Wikipedia says that Sudoku is a Japanese logic-based numeric placement puzzle which reportedly became popular in 1985 but only broke out to…
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Ion iTTUSB Turntable Helps You Turn Your LPs and 45s into MP3s
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMy father-in-law has gotten back into LPs lately after the family got him a stereo with an integrated turntable. When he got it, the thought crossed my mind that someone who has a big vinyl collection and liked the sound would have all kinds of trouble ripping those tracks to their…