Dear Friends,

I spent some time this weekend up on my roof, repairing the damage to my solar water heating system caused by Irma. I sure don’t have the stamina that I had as a youth, but I managed to get it done and even got Grace to climb the ladder and help me.

Black Friday has changed. It was named Black Friday because it was the day that retailers after losing money all year, finally crossed over into the profitable black. Now, it is a race to see who can open earliest, draw the most crowds and have the lowest prices. We do not stay open late and certainly, would never open on Thanksgiving but this year we came up with some great deals and we had a stronger sales day than last year.

I have been having a series of Mac glitches over the past weeks. First, my MacBook Pro failed and needed a new display and logic board, then when it came back from Apple the new logic board failed so back it went. Restoring from Time Machine was easy but somehow I got things all bolloxed up again and this restore didn’t go well and I am learning a lot about iCloud and iCloud Keychain as I work to make this functional again. The good thing is that I am using my iPad Pro more and realizing that my Mac is not essential to my digital existence.

This week’s Kibbles & Bytes exclusive is an iOS bundle. I am bundling three Hammerhead products for you. The first two are 2-port USB chargers. One for your car and one for your home. Both will charge an iPhone and iPad simultaneously. We are bundling these two chargers with our latest product, a selfie stick in your choice of color. Normally, these would sell separately for $50.97 but this week for Kibbles & Bytes readers only you can get this bundle for only $35.99