Author: Mike Moffit
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Election 2008 Countdown Widget
Can’t wait until the election is over? Well, me either. All the excitement and intensity is starting to take its toll! I’m very excited for Election Day to come, and I am planning to volunteer at Montpelier’s City Clerk’s office on Tuesday as part of Small Dog’s Volunteerism Initiative. Each employee is encouraged to take…
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8th Annual Halloween Costume Contest: Vote Now!
It’s time again for Small Dog’s Annual Halloween Costume Contest. This is where we dress up in ridiculous and creative costumes, and you vote on your favorite. We’ll pick a voter at random to win a $50 Small Dog gift certificate! Voting continues until Sunday night at midnight. You can see our costumes on the…
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Happy Birthday, Leopard!
This week, Mac OS X v.10.5 “Leopard” turned a year old. It was a slightly rocky launch, but Leopard introduced us to 300+ new features from its predecessor, 10.4, Tiger. “See all 300 new features here.”:http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/300.html In honor of Leopard’s birthday, we’ve been posting some of our favorite Leopard-specific tips and tricks on “our blog”:http://blog.smalldog.com.…
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MAC TREAT #62: Make A Desktop Printer/Dock Droplet
In OS 9 it was possible to create a “desktop printer,” which made printing as easy as dragging and dropping a file onto a printer icon. The advantage was that you didn’t have to launch an application to open a file before printing it. Fortunately, it’s easy to create a desktop printer in OS X.…
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_Dear Friends,_ It’s Halloween and I’m getting tired of wearing my WWF costume, but FanTail is looking good as my corner girl with her hoodie and water bottle. Hammerhead came as a snowshoer but I had a hard time keeping the shoes on him. Everyone had great costumes – be sure to check them out…
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Halloween Contest At Small Dog Electronics
Halloween is one of our favorite holidays at Small Dog Electronics. The highlight of the day (besides OD’ing on candy corn) is our employee costume contest. Every year visitors to Smalldog.com are encouraged to vote for their favorite costume. This year everyone who votes will be entered for a chance to win a $50 gift…
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Calling All Readers: We Need Your Creepy Photos for our Flickr Page!
To get us in the Halloween spirit this year (in addition to our 8th Annual Halloween Costume Contest), we’re asking for some of your ghostly photos! If anyone was as unfortunate as I and managed to see the film “Shutter” you know exactly what I am talking about. Obviously, keep ‘em appropriate; no photos of…
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The Chill Pill Has Landed!
The speakers designed for on-the-go people are now in stock. These light, detachable speakers are perfect for your laptop, iPod or other music device. What makes the Chill Pill so different? For one, the two-part speakers expand to reveal more bass with a simple twist. Plus, they click together for easy travel. And, priced at…
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Happy Birthday, Leopard! Part 2
As Appletell says, “No matter how good Apple Mac OS X Leopard is, there will always be features that people dislike, and want to change.” So, the following tip is all about Leopard customization! #4: Customize Leopard: Useful Web links, by Jimmy B. (as featured in Kibbles & Bytes Issue #549) In the Ultimate Leopard…
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Run Windows Apps, Without Windows, for FREE (till Midnight today only)
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A very cool offer is under way: Codeweavers is GIVING AWAY their Crossover software until midnight tonight, October 28. The owner vowed to give his software away if gas prices dipped below $2.79 in the Twin Cities area, and lo and behold that has happened. Crossover allows you to run Windows applications without installing Windows,…