Author: Mike Moffit
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Mac OS X History
I’m a somewhat recent convert to the Apple world. My first Mac was a hand-me-down from a friend: a first-generation white MacBook from 2006. I got that machine in the winter of 2011. It had Mac OS 10.6 (AKA Snow Leopard) on it when I got it, and that is where my personal experiences with…
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Budgeting in 2015 With Your iPhone
This is more of a “life hack” suggestion than a tale of tech, but I think it applies to those of you looking to get more out of your iPhone… Let’s face it, a lot of us feel troubled while trying to keep track of our budgets. A lot of people, myself included, spend from…
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_Happy Winter, Friends!_ We’re now in the negatives (Celsius and Fahrenheit…but thankfully not Kelvin) with a light dusting of snow intermittently white-washing our roads and houses. It is cold outside, so do not leave anything with a battery in your car overnight, or the cold can kill the battery, or significantly harm it. I keep…
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SPECIAL | Home Automation
Below are a few items we’ve put on special to help you either get started, or continue your addiction to home automation. Whether you’re looking to watch the kids, pets, or grandparents from afar, turn light switches off and on from around the world, or just simply dim the lights a bit without having to…
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SPECIAL | Travel in Style with Osprey
Technology has become integral to daily life. Laptops, tablets, smartphones and their __accouterments__ need to go wherever we go. The *Osprey Cyber Port Back Pack* is perfect for the active everyday tech traveler that wants to carry on all of their gear on their back… …while the *Osprey Beta Port Courier Bag* is more suited…
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Travel in Style
We’ve added a great new brand to our line up: Welcome Osprey! Osprey is known for their passion for the outdoors and for making some of the best bags available for any use, including lugging your Apple gear and accessories. We are happy to have their new line of electronic/iPad specific products in-stock. Their Port…
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MAC TREAT #249: Web Inspector
While my favorite website always has been, and always will be, “*Warner Brother’s promotional site for the hard-hitting documentary Space Jam*”:http://www2.warnerbros.com/spacejam/movie/jam.htm there have been many changes to the features and design of websites since 1996. The underlying programming language is still basically the same though: HTML. “*HyperText Markup Language*”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML is a programming language that tells…
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"Step" Up Your Fitness Goals in 2015
Last year I upgraded from the iPhone 4s to the 5s, and among all the other new features, the M7 motion coprocessor, to me, was the least interesting. After a few weeks, a friend suggested I track my daily steps through “Argus”:https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/argus-pedometer-run-cycle/id624329444?mt=8&at=11lb7k and since she was also using the app, we could compare progress through…
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Celebrate Diversity
After listening to one of Don’s favorite songs, “Everyday People by Sly & Family Stone”:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUUhDoCx8zc I realized, that I am everyday people… we all are! Here at Small Dog Electronics we celebrate diversity as a strength. Being different is what makes us unique. No color, race, religion, language, gender or sexual orientation separates us. We are…
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Specials
Seagate Backup Plus Slim Portable Drive USB 3.0 – 1TB **$69.99** ZAGG Keyboards For a Variety of iPads **Save $20.00** Speck StyleFolio Case for iPad Air, and iPad Air 2 **$29.99** Speck CandyShell for iPhone 6 **$24.99** Screen Protectors for iPhone 5, and iPhone 6 **Save $10.00**