Operation Gadget
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What Was RAI Thinking By Not Following Zabriskie in the Time Trial?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCongratulations to American Team CSC rider Dave Zabriskie for winning the Stage 8 Individual Time Trial in the Giro d’Italia. He was one of the earliest starters on Sunday, so the television producers from RAI didn’t cover his ride. What a mistake. I guess no one from the production team thought…
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Koldo Gil is the Deserving Winner of Giro Stage 7
Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter I got home from a 26-mile ride on Saturday, I sat down to watch Stage 7 of the Giro d’Italia on the Outdoor Life Network. Since it’s the weekend, U.S. cycling fans get same-day coverage on television– which is much appreciated after a work week of webcasts without commentary. I wanted…
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Fassa Bortolo’s Problems in the Giro Put Discovery’s TdF Successes in Perspective
Reading Time: 2 minutesOver the first six stages of the Giro d’Italia, a variety of errors and problems have caused the Fassa Bortolo team to fail to launch Alessandro Petacchi, the greatest pro cycling sprinter, to victory. As I watch the Giro stages, I’m struck by how perfectly things have to go in order for…
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2nd Week of May 2005 Workouts
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHere’s a quick summary of the workouts that I did last week: Monday, May 9: Busy. Tuesday, May 10: 10.0 mile bike ride in 41 minutes. Wednesday, May 11: 6.7 mile bike ride in 27 minutes. Thursday, May 12: Busy. Friday, May 13: 6.0 mile bike ride in 29 minutes. Saturday,…
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May 9 – May 15, 2005 Weekly Summary
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is the Operation Gadget weekly summary for the second week of May 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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In Order to Understand Wireless Email, First Understand the Purposes of the Protocols
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMartin O’Donnell and I came to the conclusion yesterday that in order to make an informed decision about wireless email for a small business, the decision maker needed to understand the purposes of the basic email transport protocols. Without this knowledge, it is extremely difficult to comprehend the services that mobile…
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Another Spectacular Crash at the End of Stage 4
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI caught the finale of Stage 4 of the Giro d’Italia on the webcast. The apparent winner of the stage Paolo Bettini of Quickstep was relegated to fourth place because the race commisars concluded that he was careless in his bike handling during a sprint with Francaise des Jeux rider Baden…
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Treo 650 Saves the Day During the Tour de Georgia
Reading Time: 4 minutesI’ve written a couple of stories about gadgets that I wish I had when I was covering the 2005 Dodge Tour de Georgia. One gadget that I’m proud to say I had with me for the all six stages was my palmOne Treo 650. The Treo 650 has quickly become the key…
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Didn’t Have Much Time to Watch Stage 3 Yesterday
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI didn’t watch much of the webcast of Stage 3 of the Giro d’Italia yesterday. As you probably know, it was won by Danilo DiLuca of Liquigas-Bianchi, with defending champion Damiano Cunego and former champion Stefano Garzelli finishing second and third. I skimmed through a bit of it on replay, and…