Author: Mike Moffit

  • Boston's NEW Green Monster

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    As an avid, lifelong Red Sox fan (and dedicated Mac user) I was delighted to see that Apple’s new, giant, four-story store currently under construction in Boston is paying homage to the Green Monster. I don’t think that Apple has ever done this in any other city. Then again, the fastest way to be accepted…

  • Startup Keyboard Tricks

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    Back in the days of the Classic MacOS, one of the most powerful keys to hold down at boot was the space bar. Introduced in System 7.5, Extensions Manager allowed users to select sets of extensions and troubleshoot conflicts in the middle of the boot process. Holding down Apple and Option at boot rebuilt the…

  • New Small Business on a Mac PDFs!

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    Don and Geoff are at an ASMC meeting in St. Louis this week. They were able to send back a couple of digital goodies via email. First, we have a useful PDF outlining the possibilities of running a small business (or big business) on a Mac. It’s as glossy as a PDF can ever be;…

  • MacBook Contest Winner Announced!

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    Congratulations goes out to Mark G., of CA! Randomly picked from over 8,000 entries, we drew Mark’s name as the winner of our Black MacBook Giveaway! We later found out that Mark has been a customer of Small Dog’s since 1999. Upon hearing the news, he writes: I’m one of those folks who have never…

  • Mac Treat #42: My Favorite Keyboard Shortcut

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    I was going to call this Mac Treat “The King of All Keyboard Shortcuts.” Bombastic, sure–but after the essential shortcuts (Command-C for copy, Command-X for cut, Command-V for paste, Command-S for save, Command-shift-; to check spelling) this is the keyboard shortcut I use more than any other. It’s a trick for jumping quickly between active…

  • Epson Stylus C120 Printer Review

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    Sometimes, you just want a printer. No fax, no scanner, no complicated add ons. Just a simple, easy to use, printer. So I scanned the inventory here at Small Dog and then talked with Emily, a member of our fantastic sales team. She recommended the Epson Stylus C120. Bearing in mind that I was down…

  • iStopMotion2 Home Edition – A Fantastic Software Application

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    Have you ever wanted to create your own animation on the computer but felt intimidated by the applications needed to pull off a reasonably decent looking project? They’re hard to learn, right? Wrong. Fret no more! iStopMotion2 Home Edition by Boinx Software is just what you need to create and edit an animated stop-motion type…

  • Falling in Love with the iPod touch

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    When the iPod touch first came out, I dismissed it as a gimmicky iPhone-lite, and never saw myself using it. I already had a 160GB iPod classic, which holds all my music, movies, photos, etc., and I didn’t see myself using the fancy coverflow music scrolling, since my most-listened-to music is in the form of…

  • The Importance of Volunteering in Your Community

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    April is National Volunteer Month, so I thought it would be fitting to share my experience here at Small Dog Electronics. Up until March of 2008, I was a volunteer ambulance driver in our local community’s volunteer rescue organization–the Mad River Valley Ambulance Service (www.mrvas.org). During the roughly three year period in which I participated,…

  • Need A Good Station For Your FM Transmitter?

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    Did you just get a new FM Transmitter for your iPod? Are you having difficulty trying to find a good station to use it on? Well, Belkin is here to help! Click here to visit this website and type in your Zip Code, and Belkin will generate the most compatible radio stations for your FM…