Author: Don
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Apple Thrills with WWDC Announcements!
Apple used the keynote address at its annual Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) this week to unveil new versions of macOS, iOS, and watchOS, new iMacs and faster notebooks, and new iPad Pros. In a “one last thing” announcement that hearkened back to the days of Steve Jobs, the company also gave a sneak peek at…
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_Dear Friends,_ This WWDC was like some Apple announcements in the past where just about everything was changed. I was re-doing the store stocking lists and there were only three models that were not changed for Mac and two for iPads. It was a lot of detail work to get this all set in our…
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Hmmm…high in the 50s and low in the 30s for this weekend. Yuck. Well, I do have heated grips and a heated seat on my motorcycle so who knows, I might be able to sneak out through the raindrops. I was very pleased to see Tim Cook, Elon Musk and several other business leaders publicly…
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WWDC is Next Week!
I have been to a few of the Apple World Wide Developer conferences. I remember well, when Apple was small that I got an invite as part of the reseller advisory council. I still have my VIP badge on my wall here at the office. We haven’t been invited lately and the conference certainly has…
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_Dear Friends,_ With all the rain and dreary weather you would think we were somewhere on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington but nope, here in the Green Mountains the forecast is rain and cloudy weather with cool temperatures. I don’t think the baby tomato plants want to go swimming. Nevertheless, I did get out on…
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Some Philips Hue Lighting Tips
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I got back to Vermont and on my list was putting in some HomeKit gear for this house. I chose Philips Hue for lighting because I may want to take it with me to another location which is why Philips might be the choice for those that are renting or transient. Right now, the best…
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It looks like rain is going to get in the way of our normal annual trek to Maine for lobsters but we will certainly get out on the bikes this holiday weekend. I’ll have to make a trek down to Worthy Burger for beer and burgers for sure. When it rains, it might be time…
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Tracking your Health with HealthKit
There were a number of articles this week and last that talked about how Apple is experimenting with a blood glucose monitoring system that is non-invasive and works with the Apple Watch. It even showed a picture of Tim Cook testing out this new technology. As a long time diabetic, I can tell you first-hand…
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_Dear Friends,_ I had a pleasant surprise this week as my internet provider, Green Mountain Access, informed me that they had upgraded the wiring in my neighborhood and I could move from DSL to cable modem access and from about 3Mbps to 50Mbps. With all the gear I have in my house the extra bandwidth…
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So much to do! It is time to put in the garden but that motorcycle keeps calling me. The Sprite needs grease and tires but Gracie is playing softball. And then there are the black flies. Not house flies but for those of you not from the north country black flies are swarming little nasty…