Dear Friends,

The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists just moved the Doomsday Clock up to the worst since 1953. With the current administration in Washington turning their back on science, it is good to see that scientists are planning their own march to Washington. George Orwell’s 1984 is the current best seller and not only is the president bringing his own cheering squad to press conferences but actually talks about “alternate facts” as if they were anything but lies.

Grace and I and Jezebel marched in the Women’s March here in Key West with about another 4000 folks. My granddaughter, Gracie, was at the march in Montpelier, VT and my other granddaughter, Khadija was in NYC. Watching the hundreds of thousands of people peacefully demonstrating for equal right and common sense made me feel as good as I have since the election. It is the young people that are our future and our hope and it makes me have a much better view of the future.

Work tends to keep my mind off what’s going on in Washington and we have been very busy with our push into home automation products. Will, Rob and I have been adding new products and working on the demo rooms in S. Burlington and Key West. We are adding locks from August & Schlage, both of which are HomeKit compatible and will be bringing in the new Kwikset Premis locks for HomeKit compatibility. We will be carrying the Honeywell Lyric thermostats, more products from Lutron, Philips Hue lighting and lots more. We will also be bringing in Netgear’s Arlo wireless cams, while not HomeKit compatible they are a great solution.

This week’s Kibbles & Bytes exclusive is the Apple Factory Refurbished MacBook in Space Gray. This special version features 8GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD drive. These carry the same 1-year Apple warranty as new products and are eligible for AppleCare. I have exactly 5 of these available and this special price of $999.99 is exclusive for Kibbles & Bytes readers and is only valid while supply lasts!