Hello friends,

I hope everyone is enjoying this holiday season. We have had some unusually warm weather for Vermont as of late, but by the time you receive this newsletter, we should be right back into the teens. The days are finally getting longer and, even though it is an unpopular sentiment among the many outdoor enthusiasts around here, I hope the snow melts soon.

You may have noticed that I am not the usual Mike that writes the Tech Tails intro. As we continually insist: Always have a backup! I may not be a true clone (Don has put an end to our genetic engineering experiments in the tech room…for now…) but I can still boot this issue up.

We have articles this week on how to take advantage of the incredible screen resolution on Apple’s Retina displays, avoiding phishing scams, and, last but not least, Scott gives us a science lesson and then smashes some stuff.

Thanks for joining us in 2014. We’ll talk to you again in 2015. Happy New Year!

-Mike D.
michaeld@smalldog.com