tag:www.operationgadget.com,2011://1 2010-08-06T05:35:14Z Electronic gadgets and sports technology Movable Type 4.35-en tag:www.operationgadget.com,2010://1.1724 2010-08-06T02:00:43Z 2010-08-06T05:35:14Z

Patently Apple reported that the US Patent and Trademark Office published a patent application called "Systems and Methods for Integrating a Portable Electronic Device with a Bicycle" that was received from Apple, Inc.  According to the article, "Apple's patent is...

Dave Aiello http://www.operationgadget.com/about/dave_aiello.html tag:www.operationgadget.com,2010://1.1723 2010-06-17T20:05:29Z 2010-06-17T19:55:00Z

I like the ESPN 2010 FIFA World Cup App for the iPhone more than I expected.  Perhaps that's because the so-called reviewers in the iTunes App Store were almost universal in their condemnation of this free app.  That's not surprising,...

Dave Aiello http://www.operationgadget.com/about/dave_aiello.html tag:www.operationgadget.com,2010://1.1722 2010-04-27T04:44:58Z 2010-04-28T22:34:29Z

Sunday night I had dinner with my good friends Ramona Morel and Mike Devivo as well as Mike's girlfriend Na'ama. We reminisced about times we had spent together over the years and remembered our friend Peter Frank who was Ramona's...

Dave Aiello http://www.operationgadget.com/about/dave_aiello.html tag:www.operationgadget.com,2010://1.1721 2010-04-27T04:16:15Z 2010-04-27T04:18:12Z

I've been sitting at my desk doing real work today, watching the unfolding controversy over the iPhone Prototype purchase that Gizmodo made. The latest development (if you have been completely avoiding media today) is that the Editor of Gizmodo had...

Dave Aiello http://www.operationgadget.com/about/dave_aiello.html tag:www.operationgadget.com,2010://1.1720 2010-03-24T05:29:32Z 2010-03-24T05:29:35Z

In 1989, the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association decided not to play the Boys' Ice Hockey State Tournament Final. The schools that were supposed to play, Delbarton School and St. Joseph Regional High School couldn't play because 15 students...

Dave Aiello http://www.operationgadget.com/about/dave_aiello.html tag:www.operationgadget.com,2009://1.1719 2009-12-16T13:53:21Z 2009-12-16T13:53:25Z

Amazon.com has a one-day sale on the Flip Mino HD in black finish, $119.99 while supplies last. Amazon says that this offer is only valid on December 16, 2009. I gave Kathleen a Flip Mino HD just like this one...

Dave Aiello http://www.operationgadget.com/about/dave_aiello.html tag:www.operationgadget.com,2009://1.1717 2009-12-16T04:56:47Z 2009-12-16T13:21:57Z

My son Jimmy found a Jakks / Namco Arcade Classics Plug and Play TV Games mini-console that I picked up at Target way back in 2003. He started playing Dig Dug on it and loves it. This is a complete...

Dave Aiello http://www.operationgadget.com/about/dave_aiello.html tag:www.operationgadget.com,2009://1.1718 2009-12-16T00:55:51Z 2009-12-16T13:19:42Z

There's an article in Wednesday's edition of The Wall Street Journal called Falling Prices Starting to Hit Electronics Retailers. The article speaks of "... rapidly falling prices for televisions, computers and other gadgets that are adding to the woes of...

Dave Aiello http://www.operationgadget.com/about/dave_aiello.html tag:www.operationgadget.com,2009://1.1716 2009-11-17T15:14:21Z 2009-11-17T15:15:31Z

Here's an article from Sunday's Philadelphia Inquirer about recent accidents between cyclists and pedestrians in Philadelphia that have resulted in deaths and serious injuries to pedestrians.At least two Philadelphia residents died last month after cyclists hit them: Tom Archie, 78,...

Dave Aiello http://www.operationgadget.com/about/dave_aiello.html tag:www.operationgadget.com,2009://1.1715 2009-10-08T05:16:39Z 2009-10-08T05:19:10Z

Thanks to the Movable Type upgrade that I just performed, Operation Gadget can accept comments again. Now all this site needs is a few timely posts.......

Dave Aiello http://www.operationgadget.com/about/dave_aiello.html tag:www.operationgadget.com,2009://1.1714 2009-07-25T04:28:29Z 2009-07-25T04:33:29Z

Just in time for the 2009 Tour de France, Operation Gadget has updated one of its most popular articles of all time: The Tour de France on the iPhone. The article now includes the following topics: Twitter, Mobile Web Sites,...

Dave Aiello http://www.operationgadget.com/about/dave_aiello.html tag:www.operationgadget.com,2009://1.1713 2009-07-23T20:15:50Z 2009-07-23T20:15:54Z

Stuart Tevendale from iSmartTrain and a couple of other readers have reported that there is a problem with posting comments in response to articles published on Operation Gadget at the moment.This is a known problem that I will resolve as...

Dave Aiello http://www.operationgadget.com/about/dave_aiello.html tag:www.operationgadget.com,2009://1.1712 2009-07-23T00:44:39Z 2009-07-23T06:06:39Z

Two years ago I reported on the Podcasts That Can Help You Follow the Tour de France. I thought that article provided a lot of good information, but it's dated now. I'm still listening to podcasts about the Tour, but...

Dave Aiello http://www.operationgadget.com/about/dave_aiello.html tag:www.operationgadget.com,2009://1.1711 2009-07-22T23:55:49Z 2009-07-23T06:14:29Z

Earlier today I tweeted that I had found my Polar S625x and I was able to get it working with the speed and cadence sensors that are installed on my Trek 1500 before I rode it this morning. This heart...

Dave Aiello http://www.operationgadget.com/about/dave_aiello.html tag:www.operationgadget.com,2009://1.1709 2009-07-08T16:52:58Z 2009-07-09T04:05:41Z

I got in a bit of an argument with a friend of mine the other day on Facebook. He believes that Lance Armstrong betrayed his teammate Alberto Contador on Stage 3 to Le Grande-Motte. This was the stage when Columbia...

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