ByDon

It is the last weekend in July, much to my amazement. It looks like some good weather is on the horizon, granting an opportunity for motorcycling and another search for sweet corn.

Last week, I had to ride all the way to Manchester, Vermont to find some local corn, but I’ll bet there is more this week. I’ll be in Manchester on Saturday for the eWaste event and will meander back to Vermont through the White Mountains.

Thank you for reading this issue of Kibbles & Bytes!

Your Kibbles & Bytes Team,
Don, Kali, Stephanie & Mike

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    Tomorrow is our 4th Annual eWaste Recycling Event in Manchester, NH. We’ll be collecting all manner of electronic waste (well, maybe not __all,__ so “*see the list of accepted materials here.*”:http://www.smalldog.com/recycle?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=KB-ewaste) on *Saturday, July 27th at the Mall of New Hampshire from 9am – 2pm.*

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  • _Dear Friends,_

    I shouldn’t be surprised, but Vermont weather continues to amaze me. We went from a week-long heat wave with temperatures in the 90’s and super muggy conditions to temperatures that has us thinking about the fall. It was 33 degrees just across the lake over in Saranac, NY this morning, but the sun is out and the dry, cooler weather is nice. My blueberry plants have really liked the weather, though, and Grace has been picking a huge bowl of plump berries every day.

    Our annual free eWaste Recycling Event is this Saturday at the Mall of NH in Manchester (our 4th one there). I’ll be riding my motorcycle over to help direct traffic and talk with customers as we collect electronic waste, and to make sure it is out of the waste stream and landfills. We will be holding another eWaste event in the fall in Rutland, VT, too.

    I will go over Apple’s quarterly financial results below, but the numbers are simply mind boggling. In the three month period of April to June, Apple sold over 31 million iPhones, 3.8 million Macs and 14.6 million iPads. Those are some large numbers and that sales success translated to strong revenue and profits. We are seeing the same trend lines as the rest of the industry with more and more people finding that they can do their work best on iOS devices and finding that a Mac might not be necessary. This is not a new trend, and Apple has been talking about it for some time.

    The good news is that there is still that “halo” effect where customers get introduced to Apple via iPod, iPad or iPhone, and come back to buy a Mac. Those closeout MacBook Airs we had last week sold out in record time so the demand for Macs is still strong.