Author Archives: MegaZone

About MegaZone

MegaZone is the Editor of Gizmo Lovers and the chief contributor. He's been online since 1989 and active in several generations of 'social media' - mailing lists, USENet groups, web forums, and since 2003, blogging.    MegaZone has a presence on several social platforms: Google+ / Facebook / Twitter / LinkedIn / LiveJournal / Web.    You can also follow Gizmo Lovers on other sites: Blog / Google+ / Facebook / Twitter.

Buildings And Bridges Are Made To Bend In The Wind

Posted on Friday, April 27, 2012 by MegaZone

What’s that image? That’s a cross section of the main suspension cable for the new Self Anchored Span (SAS) on the new San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge. The SAS main cable is made up of 137 individually pulled segments, … Continue reading →

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Lockheed Martin: 100 Years Of Innovation

Posted on Thursday, April 26, 2012 by MegaZone

In 1912 the Alco Hydro-Aeroplane Company was founded, and later renamed the Loughead Aircraft Manufacturing Company after the founding brothers, Allan and Malcolm Loughead. In 1926 the company became the Lockheed Aircraft Company – using the phonetic spelling. Also founded … Continue reading →

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Sellout.Woot! – Current Generation 8GB iPod Touch Just $145.99

Posted on Tuesday, April 24, 2012 by MegaZone

Today’s Sellout.Woot! deal is a refurbished current (4th) generation 8GB Apple iPod Touch for only $145.99 + $5 S&H. Your choice of black or white. This is the current generation model with the 960×540 3.5″ retina display, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth … Continue reading →

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The Elite Is Dead! Long Live The XL4!

Posted on Monday, April 23, 2012 by MegaZone

What’s in a name? That which we call an Elite by any other name would still be a killer DVR. Drama aside, the TiVo Premiere Elite is no more. It has been replaced by the TiVo Premiere XL4. Which has … Continue reading →

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TiVo Wants To Give You Gas

Posted on Thursday, April 19, 2012 by MegaZone

TiVo is running another sweepstakes, this one is dubbed TiVo’s Big Gas Sweepstakes. You can enter the sweepstakes via TiVo’s Facebook page, but it is probably easier to just do it through sweeps.tivo.com. The sweepstakes began on 4/17/12 at 12:00:00 … Continue reading →

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