Operation Gadget
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A Morning Devoted to Good Causes
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI just got back from two really worthwhile events that told me a lot about the community we live in here in Central New Jersey. Early this morning, I attended the dedication of a major segment of the Lawrence Hopewell Trail, where I met a number of people from Bristol-Myers Squibb…
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Find One of Alex’s Lemonade Stands This Weekend
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMy sister-in-law Mary Kuykendall called me earlier to point out that this weekend a nationwide fundraising effort for pediatric cancer research will take place. Alex’s Lemonade Stand, a charity inspired by Alexandra Scott’s (aka “Alex”) courageous fight against cancer, will be recreated in hundreds of locations throughout the country. Many of…
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InfoSync World Provides One of the First Looks at the H-P iPAQ hw6500 Series
Reading Time: 2 minutesI bought a palmOne Treo 650 after reviewing the RIM BlackBerry 7230 and the H-P iPAQ h6315 integrated communication devices. This doesn’t make me a PalmOS zealot. In fact, I’d love to have a Pocket PC that I could recommend as strongly as I recommend the Treo 650. I was hoping that…
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Lance Armstrong’s War: A New Book About to Hit the Radar Screen
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI stumbled onto a website that mentioned a new book called Lance Armstrong’s War written by Daniel Coyle, a contributing editor for Outside Magazine. I understand that Coyle and his family moved to Girona, Spain in February 2004 to spend a year following Lance Armstrong and professional cycling. This book has…
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Mobile Phone Carrier Strangle Hold on Innovation Discussed in Wall Street Journal
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn last week’s Wall Street Journal Personal Technology column Walt Mossberg pointed out that U.S. mobile phone carriers are interfering with the high-tech industry’s product cycle for mobile devices and software. He referred to the mobile carriers as “new Soviet ministries” because of their insistence on controlling “the flow of new technologies…
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2005 Tour of Hope Team to Appear on June 11 at Bike Trail Dedication in Central New Jersey
Reading Time: 2 minutesHopewell Valley News reported that members of the 2005 Bristol-Myers Squibb Tour of Hope Team will appear at the dedication of a major segment of the Lawrence Hopewell Trail, a 20-mile circular bike path that is being constructed in Lawrence and Hopewell Townships, in Mercer County, New Jersey. This event will take…
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Which Email Client Should I Use on the Treo 650?
Reading Time: 3 minutesAs I mentioned on Monday, Beth Seliga, a freelance photographer who covers pro cycling, asked me which email client to use on her new palmOne Treo 650. I had strong opinions ready when she asked this question, so I’m going to repeat them and enhance them with links for the benefit of…
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Daubert’s Column on Trek Website Provides Details of TTx, Goes Weekly
Reading Time: 2 minutesA couple of days ago, Trek published a column by Scott Daubert that provides a lot of background on the new TTx time trial bike frame as well as the new aero bar that evolved out of the prototype that Lance Armstrong has been using in time trials. The column also discusses…
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Ambrogio Robot Mower from Italy Makes Mowing Automatic
Reading Time: 2 minutesA Better Way to Mow?: The Ambrogio Professional is a robotic mower that will keep a half acre of grass neatly trimmed with no human assistance. I could use that at my new house. [ Photo: The Robot Store ] When Kathleen and I move in two weeks, we will be taking…