Author: Mike Moffit
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Cell Tower Internet Addendum
Just a couple of notes regarding the “Cell Tower Internet: A Success!” follow-up article from last week (#583). As mentioned initially in Kibbles & Bytes #579, Verizon’s charge for this service is $60 p/month. After further research, I’ve found that there are actually two plans that Verizon offers: the $60/month option includes a maximum 5GB…
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Easy Website/Blog Creation Tools
At Small Dog Electronics, we’re frequently asked how to create simple, easily maintained websites. There are many excellent reasons to build a website, yet even computer experts struggle with making websites that are both functional, attractive, and easy to update. Fortunately, new website and blog-building tools have made website creation easier than ever. I’ll outline…
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MAC TREAT #56: Fast and Dirty Math with Spotlight
Did you know that you can perform simple calculations with Spotlight in Mac OS 10.4 and OS 10.5? All you have do is enter the numbers you’d like to add, subtract, multiply or divide in the Spotlight bar, and Spotlight will automatically update on the fly with the answer. I often do this rather than…
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HTML Newsletter Details and Info
As most of you have noticed, we launched an HTML version of Kibbles & Bytes last week. We introduced this in response to the overwhelming percentage of you who voted for HTML in our February ’08 survey to Kibbles & Bytes readers. It allows us to add color, photos and style to the newsletter, while…
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_Dear Friends,_ Thank you for all of the great comments and suggestions for our new HTML format for Kibbles & Bytes. We are enjoying the process and feel that this new format will enable us to bring you more news and features in a better-looking and easier-to-navigate form. We will continue to make improvements and…
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Easy Website / Blog Creation Tools
At Small Dog Electronics, we’re frequently asked how to create simple, easily maintained websites. There are many excellent reasons to build a website, yet even computer experts struggle with making websites that are both functional, attractive, and easy to update. Fortunately, new website and blog-building tools have made website creation easier than ever. I’ll outline…
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Giant Ice Cream Cone Surprise
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We decided to surprise our co-worker Tony with a giant creemee from our local creemee stand. It was already melting when we ran through the door. In Vermont, soft serve is called a creemee, with vanilla and maple being the most popular flavors. We wanted to get a 2’ tall creemee, but this was as…
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Activity Monitor: Part One of a Series
My MacBook Pro was acting strangely last week: slow application launch times, incessant beach-balling, fans at full speed all the time, hot to the touch, and miserable battery life. The battery gave out on me in the middle of a Keynote presentation, after which I set aside all else that needed doing so I could…
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Install Internet Explorer for Windows on a Mac (Without Windows)
It’s hard to believe, but in late 2008 there are STILL websites that require Internet Explorer. Microsoft discontinued IE for Mac in 2005, which means that Mac and Linux users are sometimes blocked from those websites. IE for Mac was never a good browser. It’s woefully outdated, and lacks many essential security features. However, if…
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It’s hard to believe that this is Labor Day weekend. I love the 3-day weekend but the end of summer is upon us. Tony just came up from the warehouse to report that there were “ducks on the pond” – yet another sign of fall. Small Dog Electronics will be closed on Labor Day to…