Category Archives: Gadget

Batteries

A list of devices that need their batteries replaced, and I noticed them all within the last week:

Garmin Bike Computer Heart Rate Monitor Strap
Garmin Bike Computer Cadence Sensor
Polar Heart Rate Monitor Watch
Swiss Army ‘nice’ watch

Okay, so it doesn’t look quite as impressive in a list as I thought it might. I also have three other [...]

A Pitfall of Home Espresso-making

Sometimes, when the unconscious attention to small details necessary to make a good espresso becomes conscious, the whole process seems ridiculous:
This morning I fired up the Gaggia MDF espresso grinder to make my morning cup and watched bleary-eyed as it ground away, not really registering the pile of finely-ground espresso roast coffee accumulating below the [...]

Cool TV gadget

Elgato has been making TV tuner boxes and software for the mac for a while now, Scott has an older one and likes it, and earlier this year I was thinking about getting some HDTV in the house on the cheap. It wasn’t a terrible idea then, but it would end up a bit [...]

Kudos to Garmin Support

Garmin’s going to repair my Edge 305 for $50!
It took twenty minutes on hold to speak to a person, but after I got through, they were very helpful. I admit I expected them to be helpful, based on the experiences of some friends of mine. I’ll drop it off at the post office tomorrow [...]

GPS as Bicycle Computer

This morning I went on my first ride with the Garmin Edge 305. It collects cadence, speed, heart rate, and position, and saves them for upload and analysis on the computer after you’re done exercising. So far I’m pleased with it. I’ve been waffling for years on getting GPS, and also on getting a bicycle [...]