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I’m sure you’ve seen “PRODUCT RED”:http://www.joinred.com/Home.aspx special edition products that, when bought, the manufacturers donate a percentage of the profits to the Global Fund to help eliminate AIDS in Africa. (Apple’s red iPod nano and shuffle are good examples–if they would let us carry them, we would!)

*GREAT MUSIC, DELIVERED WEEKLY, SAVES LIVES*

Now, there’s more to (RED), and more ways to help! Their new weekly digital music magazine, (RED)WIRE, launches today. With each issue, you’ll receive exclusive music from artists around the world, and people living with HIV in Africa will receive the medicine they need.

“Sign up now and get two free issues.”:http://www.joinredwire.com/givegettry.html

How it works:
Every Wednesday, you’ll receive your new music via the (RED)WIRE player – which also places each song automatically in your iTunes. All music is yours forever, since they are unprotected digital files. You’ll be able to play them on your computer, iPod as well as burn them to CD or DVD.

It’s all only $5 per month (that’s about what you’d pay for iTunes music anyway in a month!) and half your membership fee goes to buy medicine to keep people living with HIV in Africa alive.

What you’ll receive:
* You get an exclusive song from a major artist.
* A song by a showcased artist.
* A fun or inspiring piece that’s not music–a short video of someone telling a story, a slideshow of great photography, someone reading something they love.
* And frequent updates from Africa–a window into the culture of the people getting the medicine.

“Check out (RED)WIRE here!”:http://www.joinredwire.com/
“Shop (PRODUCT) RED.”:http://www.joinred.com/Shop.aspx/

Back in October, when Apple introduced the new aluminum MacBooks, they also introduced a $999 MacBook with the classic white polycarbonate case, Superdrive, and 2.1 GHz processor. It’s the only current MacBook that still has a FireWire 400 port, which is essential for people with older MiniDV or HDV camcorders or FireWire400-equipped hard drives.

That’s a great machine, but right now we have something better at the same $999 price – namely, a previous-generation white MacBook with a 2.4GHz processor and 2GB or RAM (compared to the 2.1GHz processor and 1GB of RAM in the current white MacBook). Our 2.4GHz MacBook also has a 160GB hard drive (compared to the 120GB drive in the current model) and a DVD-burning Superdrive.

Again, this 2.4GHz MacBook is on sale for $999.99 and includes a FREE Isis case and free three-day express shipping until 12/31.

I’m heading up to my mom’s place on Sunday to celebrate the start of Chanukah and will be playing Santa for my grandkids on Christmas. One of the presents I got them was a basketball hoop. Autumn was a star b’ball player in high school and I went to every one of her games. She was the starting center and her point guard, Kim Blodgett, was living with us at the time so we spent a lot of time on basketball.
Khadija took me aside the other day and told me she was going to play basketball once she got to middle school, so I guess it’s time for a hoop! As soon as the snow melts a bit, I’ll go up and install it on their garage. Autumn and I have plans to paint a key and three-point line, too.

All of us at Small Dog Electronics send the very best wishes for the holidays from our family to yours. We know that it is you who pays our wages and we appreciate the loyalty and support that we have been fortunate to enjoy.

Thank you for reading this issue of Kibbles & Bytes!

Your Kibbles & Bytes team,
_Don, Kali & Ed_

This is Kibbles & Bytes’ 600th issue, so it got me thinking about Kibbles past. I came across an article that Holly wrote back in ’05 about the silliness that goes on here during the holidays, and it struck me as amusing since much of it still rings true… an excerpt:

* “Don has a soft spot for the story of Frosty the Snowman. He cries every time he thinks of Frosty melting, and this is probably why he doesn’t like to hear Christmas songs playing in the office–it’s too upsetting!” __Don’s a softie.__

* “Rob has been walking around trying to see who has Christmas cookies.” __So that’s who’s been leaving all those cookie crumbs everywhere…__

* “We all know Hapy likes to wear his Scottish kilts, but who knew he enjoyed singing Christmas carols at the same time? We’ve found him several times in the Showroom belting out “Have a Holly, Jolly Christmas” with his kilt swaying to and fro!” __He *is* quite the warbler. Now if only his cold will get better, it’d be a little less nasally–think Fran Drescher in a kilt. Just kidding, Hapy!__

* “Tony has been trying to regift the same fruitcake for the past three years.” __Word of warning, all you new Small Doggers…__

* “It turns out that when Mark doesn’t like the piece of chocolate he gets, he’ll put the half-eaten piece back in the box!” __Yep, this seems to still be true.__

* “Artie got stuck in the chimney while playing Santa Claus for Dawn.” __I think he may have learned from that one.__

Well, we’ve been busy running around for the past several weeks and these last few days, especially, to make sure we have everything to you in time during this extremely busy time of year. It makes me smile to know that some things manage to stay the same, year after year!

Hope everyone out there has a wonderful holiday season, no matter what you celebrate, and we look forward to peace, joy and another 600!

At Small Dog Electronics, it’s obvious we love animals. So when we discovered that there was a little girl who was committed to feeding hungry dogs and cats, we thought we could provide some support!

Mimi Ausland, a 12 year old girl from Bend, Oregon, was inspired by the website “freerice.com”:http://www.freekibble.com, which uses word games to help feed those in need. She figured the same could apply to animals, so she came up with an easy (and fun) way to provide food through playing trivia games on the website.

“Check it out!”:http://www.freekibble.com