_Dear Friends,_
Wow, it is August already. It seems a bit like September, though, with cool temperatures prevailing this week at least. On our radio show, Small Dog Speaks, last week on WDEV, Rebecca and I started talking about snack bars. We asked listeners to call in with their favorites. I have two that I frequent. One is Maynard’s Snack Bar about a mile from our headquarters. I usually go there before the radio show in the summer and have a burger and one of their famous Orange Freezes.
Apparently, not too many people had heard of their Orange Freeze, and when I next went to Maynard’s for lunch, they told me that I must have a lot of listeners because they hadn’t sold so many Orange Freezes ever! I got a free lunch out of that deal. Rebecca says she has to mention her favorite eateries next. You can catch us answering questions about Macs, PCs, iPhones, dogs or just about anything in our weak imitation of Car Talk on Thursdays at 1PM on WDEV.
You can always tell when there are new products about to come out of Cupertino. Not only do the rumor sites start posting supposed pictures of the products, parts of the products, or packaging, but also supposed accessories for pre-sale! In the earliest such instance, cases for the still-to-be-announced less expensive iPhone are already on Amazon. We’ll see if those are for real.
I’ll be heading to China in October to look for products for our Hammerhead/Chill Pill product lines, and it should be good timing. We have a new Bluetooth speaker coming out at the end of the month called the Chill Box. We will be telling you more about that in future issues of Kibbles. __(Spoiler Alert: It’s really cool! -KH)__
My assistant for the past five years, Kerry Westhelle, has put up with me for a long time, and it must have finally become too much as she will be leaving the company this week. Emily Kenyon will be taking over that role as well as continuing to work on the retail and service departments.
Kerry has been a constant source of great attitude and dedication to Small Dog Electronics, and she will be leaving to spend more time on tanning and troublemaking. I know I will miss her a lot but she promises to continue to give me a hard time from afar. Thank you Kerry for all you have done for Small Dog! Also, a big shout out to Mike who has been our writer and contributor for Kibbles & Bytes — we’re gonna miss you, too!
I am very proud to announce that Small Dog Electronics won the “Daysies” for the Best Place to Buy a Computer in the annual Seven Days reader poll. We have won this each year since we opened our S. Burlington store (starting with the 2007 awards), but each year it is always a thrill to see that the hard work of our S. Burlington team is recognized. Attaboys and attagirls to all of the SB team!
