Author: Don
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Kibbles & Bytes 1127 Intro
Grace and I have a few more days alone and then we have a bunch of visitors coming for the holidays and through the first part of the new year. Key West is making plans to improve its bike paths and bicycle access with the goal of making the city the most bicycle friendly in…
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Hue Finally Learns How to Deal with Power Outages
It took a really long time but Philips Hue lighting has finally fixed one of the most annoying issues with their smart home lighting. If you suffer a power outage, the default for Hue lights has been to return to the full ON stage when power is restored. That means, for example, at my house…
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How's Your Ticker?
Apple announced that the series 4 Apple Watch would feature a new health feature which was the ability to generate an electrocardiogram (ECG) which is a medical test that detects heart problems by measuring the electrical activity generated by the heart as it contracts. This was finally released in the latest Watch OS update. Strangely,…
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Dear Friends, This week I got called for jury duty here in Key West. I thought it was funny how so many of the prospective jurors knew each other or knew the defendant or the law enforcement officers. A small community of locals and a lot of tourists on this little island. It was a…
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Hey! Hackers Have my Password!
Remember when the city of Atlanta got held up for ransom by hackers? Or the same thing in the plot of a few movies? Well, ransomware is real, but recently there has been a slew of blackmail spam that has gotten people concerned. I first heard about it from a friend who called me to…
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Dear Friends, Lots of snow and cold in Vermont and (too much) sun here in Key West so Grace and I went to New Orleans for a few days where we spent some time with her “name twin” Grace Mayer and her husband, Reeves, who were gracious enough to let us stay in their wonderful…
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Grace and I were FaceTiming with family on Thanksgiving as they celebrated in frigid Vermont where the temperatures there approached zero. We were in shorts and sandals as we headed out to a local restaurant for our Thanksgiving meal. Grace usually cooks Thanksgiving dinner, but this year we are leaving on Sunday so we thought…
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Dear Friends, I hope that you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving day. All of us here at Small Dog Electronics in Vermont, Maryland and Florida send the most sincere wishes from our family to yours for a joyous and happy Thanksgiving. We have so much to be thankful for and as a company our most…
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The Green Mountains will be looking pretty white by this weekend as Vermont gets blessed with single-digit temperatures and a nor’easter this weekend. The skiers will be happy as the mountains are all opening early this year. I hope they get a lot of snow while I sit down here by my pool. Thanksgiving is…
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Five iPhone Accessibility Tips That Everyone Can Use
Apple has built-in accessibility features in all of their products which make it possible for nearly everyone to enjoy and use Apple products. Whether you are disabled or not some of these features can be extremely useful in everyday life. Following are some great tips when using the iPhone. (Note: I made up these titles.)…