Author: Don Mayer

My Tesla will now “see” traffic lights and automatically stop for them and beeps at me when the light turns green.  In the early days of cars there were no traffic lights until a bad “horseless carriage” accident motivated Garrett Morgan to invent the traffic signal! After witnessing a collision between an automobile and a…

With the world in the grip of a deadly pandemic, it was a black woman that has played a key role in the discovery and implementation of an effective vaccine against Covid-19.  35-year old Kizzmekia “Kizzy” Shanta Corbett is a viral immunologist at the Vaccine Research Center (VRC) at the National Institute of Allergy and…

For more than half a century, Riley B. King – better known as B.B. King – defined the blues for a worldwide audience. Since he started recording in the 1940s, he has released over fifty albums, many of them classics. He was born September 16, 1925, on a plantation in Itta Bena, Mississippi, near Indianola.…

One clear piece of news shows the changes in approach to racism in the current administration.  Harriet Tubman was supposed to be on the $20 bill replacing Andrew Jackson who led the displacement and death of Native Americans from their lands.  Harriet Tubman will be on the twenty soon, so it is a good place…

Apple released their holiday (1st) Quarter financials Wednesday night. With revenue hitting a staggering $111.4 billion and a $28.8 billion profit for the three months, Apple’s financial performance broke through even the most optimistic projections.  Apple experienced double-digit growth in each of their business sectors and throughout the world. I am old and have been…

In 2019 I got 46% right – let’s see how I did in 2020 Apple •.Apple stock will split and hit the equivalent of $350/share. yes • Apple Watch will have blood sugar monitor – no • Apple will make a surprising acquisition- no • Apple will make progress on electric cars, AI and content that…

With the New Year we are re-launching our website at www.smalldog.com.  With better navigation, more features and easier shopping we are very excited at this redesign of the website.  Mike and Emily have been hard at work on this for several months and we are so happy to make it available now. Just so you…

With iOS 14 Apple has introduced a new gesture to trigger certain actions.  This is a somewhat hidden feature but I have already found it useful. With Back Tap, a quick double tap or triple tap on the back of your iPhone can do things like take a screenshot, access the control panel and many…

I was playing around with my pictures the other day and decided that I wanted to make a “Grace calendar” so I picked out 14 images and got to work.  I showed the calendar to my daughter, Autumn and my granddaughter, Gracie and they both wanted one, too.  It was quick and easy and a…

Apple introduced the ultimate AirPods today with the AirPods Max.   The over-the-ears headset features astounding high-fidelity audio, active noise cancellation, spatial audio that produces theater-like sound and a stunning design.  The headpiece is mesh to distribute the pressure and the stainless steel frame I wrapped to be soft to the touch. Telescoping arms extend…