Author: Mike Moffit
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MobileMe Meltdown Redux – Part II
With ongoing MobileMe issues, Apple has offered all MobileMe subscribers a free 60 day extension on top of the earlier 30 day extension. To me, this shows that Apple knows about MobileMe’s problems and really is working on making it a rock-solid service we can depend on. Apple says: “We have already made many improvements…
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Soapbox: Let's have a Mandated, Producer-Funded Ewaste Recycling Program in Vermont!
On Thursday I participated in a press conference with Chittenden County Vermont Senator Virginia Lyons. She has introduced a bill to the Vermont legislature that would require electronics manufacturers to fund or partially fund a statewide ewaste recycling program. The bill is still “on the wall” and has not been brought before the legislature. Remarkably,…
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Speeding Up Time Machine
Time Machine made a backer-upper out of me. For far too long I’d relied on my iDisk to back up important documents, but I never kept an easily restorable backup of my stuff. Now that I have a huge hard drive hooked up to my AirPort Extreme at home, my work and home computers are…
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The 2008 Olympics: The Online Version
I love watching the Olympics. I have great memories of sitting around the TV with my family, watching as many events as we could. As far as the Summer Olympics go, I like many of the fan favorites, including gymnastics, swimming, diving, track and field, and tennis. Since 2004, my husband and I have been…
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Repair of the Week
This week’s repair boggled my mind. A 2.33GHz MacBook Pro came in with the simple problem of not booting up from its internal hard drive. I usually start up holding down the Apple and S keys to get into single user mode, and use fsck (file system consistency check; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fsck) to check and attempt repair…
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Iomega eGo 250GB Hard Drive Review
Within the past year, I have bought two LaCie Quadra hard drives totaling close to 800GBs. I never would have thought I’d fill them up in a few years, let alone one! To save my files when I travel and give me extra space, I have been thinking about getting a portable, bus-powered hard drive…
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MobileMe Meltdown Redux!
Almost every employee at Small Dog Electronics has a MobileMe account, carried over from having a .Mac account. That’s because Apple grants a free .Mac/MobileMe account to everyone who becomes an Apple Product Professional, and Apple Product Professional certification is a job requirement at Small Dog Electronics. These free MobileMe accounts have limited features, notably…
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Hack the Perseid Meteor Shower
The Northern Hemisphere is about to experience the peak of the Perseid meteor shower. The Earth enters the Perseid meteor stream in late July, when a night-sky observer can expect to see about five meteors an hour. Right now (08/08/08), it’s possible to see about 15 meteors per hour. By August 12, the peak of…
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Small Dog Wins Award for Best Computer Store!
In a blow to Big Box stores across Vermont, celebrated local paper Seven Days announced that Small Dog Electronics has won the 2008 Seven Daysies Award for Best Computer Store. It’s the 6th annual award ceremony honoring what’s great in the Burlington area, according exclusively to its residents! There are 100 total categories this year,…