Author: Mike Moffit
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Yellowed Plastic
I was recently gifted an old Macintosh SE in need of some love. In addition, it came with a keyboard and mouse. All three pieces have some of that “classic” yellowing. These old computers and other electronic hardware many of us know and love have a serious disadvantage. The flame retardant chemical additives in the…
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Showing Users folder in Mavericks
As a tech, I like to know where things are stored and have fairly simple ways to get to them. If you’re like I am, you may have found the fact that the Users folder is now hidden by default at the root level to be a nuisance. Using this simple Terminal command, you can…
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Small Dog Key West’s star technician and assistant manager, Taylor Amon, could often be heard saying the following: “The internet is a silly place.” And I don’t think I’ve encountered anything as silly as “Zack Danger Brown’s Kickstarter project”:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/324283889/potato-salad which is simply…potato salad. Seriously. The project started with a reasonable goal of $10 to produce…
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Testimony | Steelie Car Mount
Recently, I’ve written about RokForm, the Just Mobile Deluxe Car Kit and Belkin’s Car Tune in Kibbles & Bytes as solutions to mount your iPhone in the car. However, I found that like most accessories, it’s all about what fits the user and in this case, your vehicle. While manufacturers list most accessories as being…
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SPECIAL | Nite Ize Steelie Car Mount + Freebies
*Free VT Lake Monsters case + Free Shipping with any Nite Ize Steelie car mount purchase!* The Steelie Car Mount Kit is a perfect example of brilliant, intuitive design: it’s sleek, compact, versatile, adjustable, and so effortless it’s actually fun to use. Here’s how it works: two specially engineered components — the Steelie Magnetic Phone…
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Announcing the Semi-Annual Garage Sale!
We’re clearing out faster than ever before. Though it may not be as big as past years, this summer’s “*Garage Sale*”:http://www.smalldog.com/garagesale still has dozens (upon dozens) of items at fantastic prices. With top brands including products from Apple, Beats by Dre, LaCie, Samsung and more, there’s an extremely limited quantity of these deals priced to…
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Apps for the 4th
“*Grill-It! XL – Recipes for the Grill*”:https://itunes.apple.com/US/app/id364726159?mt=8 Along with fireworks, grilling ranks up there in terms of musts for the 4th. People who have the day off want to be outside enjoying the weather and eating some delightful-charred food. Use this app on your iPad to find the perfect recipe for the grill — whether…
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Testimony | Steelie Car Mount
Recently, I’ve written about RokForm, the Just Mobile Deluxe Car Kit and Belkin’s Car Tune as solutions to mount your iPhone in the car. However, I found that like most accessories, it’s all about what fits the user and in this case, your vehicle. While manufacturers list most accessories as being universally compatible, we all…
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iOS 8: The next big thing!
Coming this fall, an **all new operating system for your iOS devices!** Apple calls it “the world’s most advanced mobile operating system” and it seems as though they may be correct. A couple of interesting features have already been released, as well as many others that will arise with the experience of using it. **iPhoto:**…
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Meet Keith
Today I want to take a moment to introduce Keith Macleod. Keith has been a member of the South Burlington team for just shy of a year. Our own computer gaming guru, Keith is the man to see if you need help getting the best gaming performance out of your machine. Want some suggestions on…