Dear Friends,

As you read this I am heading off through northern New York and Ontario to South Dakota for the 75th annual motorcycle rally at Sturgis. I am bringing my full compliment of technology with me and I am sure it will get a good workout especially the travel and navigation apps. Our current plan is to head to the UP in Michigan, stop at the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore before we head into Wisconsin and head west through Minnesota and North Dakota and then south to Sturgis. We’ll say hello to Mt. Rushmore and Devil’s Tower, see a bajillion motorcycles and ride the Black Hills before we meander a bit to Colorado and then head back east.

I have been using the developer’s versions of iOS9 and OS 10.11 El Capitan and as with other betas they keep getting better and better and closer to being ready for prime time. I found a bug in iOS9 that prevented my Kirkland Signature 6.0 hearing aids from pairing with my iPhone. I was missing out on some of the handy features for a couple weeks. I submitted a bug report to Apple and it was followed up upon and the latest release resolved the issue. Now I can stream my calls, music and content directly to the hearing aids. This was particularly handy as I was using GoToMeeting to interview candidates for the VBSR Executive Director opening.

Speaking of job openings, Small Dog Electronics has several openings for service techs, retail staff and marketing assistance. You can always see our latest openings at smalldog.com/jobs.

This week’s Kibbles & Bytes special is a first-come, first-served ancient Mac special. We have seven used Mac Pros from way back in 2006. They only have a power-on warranty, will run Mac OS X 10.7.5 but nothing later. They have a 2.66GHz processor, 2GB of RAM, 250GB drive and a SuperDrive. No keyboard or mouse. Apple’s part # for these as MA356LL/A. Okay, I did say they were ancient, right? How’s $199 each for a piece of history