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While we normally try to avoid getting involved in the many patent disputes between Apple and what seems like every other tech company in the world, a judge’s statement in a recent case caught the attention of the Small Dog crew.

Judge Thomas Pender of the International Trade Commission has said that his decision as to whether Samsung has violated Apple’s patents will hinge on the following conditions: “Does it look like it, feel like it, smell like it?”

This is of course a reference to Cheech and Chong’s classic routine in which they are trying to determine the nature of a…um…let’s call it “mysterious pile” that they have come upon. After looking at it, feeling it, smelling it, and (this is hard to even write) tasting it, they determine that it is in fact what they thought it was and note that they are glad they didn’t step in it.

Here at Small Dog HQ we generally just use the first criteria when determining where to step when we walk around the grounds, but I can appreciate a thorough scientific investigation.

_Dear Readers,_

Don’s off on a short trip to Lake George, NY, today with our co-worker Tony “Puddin'” Amenta. Tony is our new Sales Manager for Hammerhead and Chill Pill Audio products. We started calling him “Puddin'” when we found out that it was his nickname in grade school. He was the kid in the cafeteria who always ate the other kids’ pudding if they couldn’t finish it. Well, give us a nickname and we run with it.

Here’s a list of other popular nicknames around the dog pound:

Dawn = Etta
Artie = Spreader (for being the guy to bring cow manure and spread on Don’s garden)
Hapy = Haploid, Tinky Winky, Tiny, Biff
Rob = Jester
Don = DP (Donnie Pop)
Kerry = Carol
Jaime = J Rico
Jon – The Farmer
Jason W = Wu man
Jamie Mason (our original intern) = Chimpy Nuts
Grace = Grace
Nick = Little Nicky

Since I’m filling in for Don today, I made a joke before writing this that I was just going to use the first piece of spam that came into my inbox, so here’s what might have been:

“My Dear beloved Friend, Greetings in the name of God, Please let this not sound strange to you for my only surviving lawyer who would have done this died.”

You just can’t make stuff like that up! Spam can be so much fun! Neil Forsyth has written “*several books*”:http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=19XpSnZWhPI&offerid=146261&type=3&subid=0&tmpid=1826&RD_PARM1=http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/why-me/id511309931?mt=11%26uo%3D6%26partnerId%3D30 about his hilarious email responses to spam. You can read some excerpts “*here*”:http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/oct/23/emails-solicit-money-king-arawi for a darn good chuckle!

We are deep into June and that means our eWaste Recycling Events are right around the corner. Come say “Hi” and drop your old electronics off to be safely recycled. On June 16th, we will be at the Mall of NH (and will be giving away two NASCAR tickets), and on June 30th, we will be at Rutland High School in Rutland, Vermont.

Enjoy this week’s Kibbles!

In Lion, Finder allows you to do what you’ve never been able to do before. No, not leap tall buildings in a single bound. You can now merge the contents of two folders of the same name without having to sacrifice/overwrite one.

In previous versions of the OS, your options were either Stop or Replace (or similar, depending on your version). In Lion, you’ll now see a third option in the popup window, Keep Both, and a list of unique files it finds when comparing the two.

*Important:* This will only work if you use Copy (Command-C) and Paste (Command-V) to merge the folders. I’m not sure why it works this way, but take heed, as the drag ‘n’ drop method will only show the Stop and Replace options of OS versions past…

June is here, and your overstuffed garage and basement will thank you when you decide to recycle your old electronics at one of our two eWaste Recycling Events.

If you’re in or around the Manchester, NH area, come out to the Mall of NH on *Saturday, June 16 from 9-3pm.* “*Check out our event page on Facebook here.*”:https://www.facebook.com/events/117215921749620/

If you’re in or around the Rutland, VT area (new location this year!), come out to Rutland High School on *Saturday, June 30 from 9-3pm.* “*Check out our event page on Facebook here.*”:https://www.facebook.com/events/370407646353422/

More details are available on our website as well:
“*http://www.smalldog.com/ewaste2012*”:http://www.smalldog.com/ewaste2012

Have you entered our Facebook contest to win the Bob Dylan Think Different poster yet? All you need to do is “*click here to visit our Facebook page*”:https://www.facebook.com/smalldogelectronics and then add your favorite song, lyric or story to the comments on the contest post (you’ll see it at the top of the page).

Not a fan of ours on Facebook yet? It pays to be one, as we often share Mac tips, specials, and other fun stuff on our page.

Enter now to have a chance to win our Think Different poster! We’ll award it to the person with the most “likes” on his or her comment. Hurry–the contest ends on June 15 and Bob won’t “let [you] forget about today until tomorrow.”

Thanks for reading this issue! Hopefully, we will see you all at one of our events or perhaps you’ll come into our stores to say hello!

_Dawn, Kali, and Mike_