Operation Gadget

Operation Gadget

  • July 25 – 31, 2005 Weekly Summary

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is the Operation Gadget weekly summary for the fourth week of July 2005. I’m experimenting with a weekly summary so that readers who want to receive a periodic email with Operation Gadget headlines can receive the links to all of the articles published each week. I will post a mechanism…

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  • Replacing a Fax Line and Fax Machine with a Fax Service and a Scanner

    Reading Time: 3 minutesAs we progressed through the process of replacing our POTS lines with VoIP for the home office, we ran into a couple of issues that needed to be researched. One important one was the issue of how to send and receive faxes. Several people who I’ve talked to about the trade-offs of…

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  • Replacing POTS with VoIP for the Home Office

    Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen Kathleen and I decided to move to Newtown, Pennsylvania, we decided that we were going to move as aggressively into the new age of telecommunications as possible. At the most basic level, this meant that all telephone service for the house and the Home Office would use Voice over IP instead…

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  • Jeff Tredup Profiled in Local New Jersey Newspaper

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Hopewell Valley News published a brief interview with Jeff Tredup, a researcher at Bristol-Myers Squibb who is a member of the 2005 Tour of Hope National Team. Jeff is a cancer survivor who’s been involved in cycling for 15 years. He’s very committed to informing people about clinical trials that…

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  • Comcast Considers Building Up OLN to Compete with ESPN

    Reading Time: 2 minutesMany financial news sites are reporting that Comcast is studying repositioning OLN as a competitor to ESPN. This was initially reported in a Page 1 article in the Wall Street Journal’s “Media & Marketing” Section [ subscription required to read Wall Street Journal articles ]. According to the article: People familiar with the company’s…

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  • 1.7 Million Watch Lance on the Champs-Elysees

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteOLN recorded its highest ratings in history Sunday as the Tour de France finished up with Lance Armstrong’s seventh consecutive victory on the Champs-Elysees. About 1.7 million viewers were tuned in at any given moment of the program. Ratings were up 17 percent for the entire Tour versus 2004 (2.26 HH…

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  • The Tour de France is Over, But the Race Goes On

    Reading Time: 3 minutesCongratulations to Lance Armstrong, his teammates, sponsors, friends, and family on an unbelievable seventh consecutive victory in the Tour de France. I wonder if Lance knew how well this story could possibly have ended when he decided to make his retirement announcement back in April in Augusta, Georgia? It’s great that Lance…

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  • 3rd Week of July 2005 Workouts

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteHere’s a quick summary of the workouts that I did last week: Monday, July 18: Busy. Tuesday, July 19: Biked 10.8 miles in 50 minutes. Wednesday, July 20: Biked 8.1 miles in 50 minutes. Thursday, July 21: Busy. Friday, July 22: Mowed lawn for 1 hour 50 minutes. Biked 8.8 miles…

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  • July 18 – 24, 2005 Weekly Summary

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is the Operation Gadget weekly summary for the third week of July 2005. I’m experimenting with a weekly summary so that readers who want to receive a periodic email with Operation Gadget headlines can receive the links to all of the articles published each week. I will post a mechanism…

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