Kibbles & Bytes Blog

  • Happy Tuesday,

    It’s hard for many to believe just how dog-friendly our workplace is. Many customers ask on the phone or in person whether we really have dogs running around all day, and I reply with a straight face and unwavering voice that we do. At our Waitsfield headquarters there are usually ten or eleven dogs spread around the company, and sometimes even fifteen or sixteen when Laika, Molly, Arlo, BJ, or Buddy spend the day.

    Rebecca, Small Dog technician, consultant and frequent Tech Tails contributor, made videos of the dogs in action and posted them on YouTube using her iPhone 3GS over the past few weeks.

    “See them here!”:http://www.youtube.com/user/viellen

    Vermont’s semi-traditional Tax Holiday is fast approaching. You can buy up to $2,000 in goods and save up to 7% in sales tax on August 22nd. We are taking pre-orders that can be paid for and picked up on the 22nd both over the phone and in our stores. With great bundles, printer rebates, and other specials, there simply is no better time to switch to Mac or upgrade your older one. (By the way, if your order ships outside of Vermont, it’s *always tax-free.*)

    If your PowerPC Mac came with Tiger (Mac OS X 10.4) installed from the factory, this will be your last chance to trade it in. Of course, all Intel-based Macs qualify for trade-in as well. For more information visit “Smalldog.com/tradein”:http://www.smalldog.com/tradein or email “tradein@smalldog.com.”:mailto:tradein@smalldog.com

    Enjoy this issue and keep in touch,

    Matt
    “matt@smalldog.com”:mailto:matt@smalldog.com

  • Seven Daysies Awards

    David at the Seven Daysies Awards in Burlington, VT holding our award for Best Computer Store! Small Dog Electronics Flickr Photostream

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  • It is truly the “dog days of summer”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_Days now with the county fair season heating up and sweet corn starting to be in season here in Vermont. There was sweet corn just about everywhere else as we were riding home on our trip, but when we got to Vermont, none could be found yet at the farm stands. The massive amount of rain and clouds in July have delayed a lot of crops.

    On Tuesday, I just got tired of it and after work, hopped on my motorcycle and vowed to ride until I found some sweet corn. Fortunately, I didn’t have to go too far; corn was available in Montpelier, VT!

    Thank you for reading this issue of Kibbles & Bytes!

    Your Kibbles & Bytes team,
    _Don & Kali_

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  • Next Week: Google Boot Camp in VT (+ 25% off!)

    Time is running out! Our friends at “EpikOne”:http://www.epikone.com/summit will be hosting their third annual Seminar for Success Summit (formerly OM Boot Camp) next week in Burlington, Vermont from August 11 to August 14.

    The first day, Advertising (8/11), is sold out, but slots for Days 2-4 as well as the Green/Social Marketing Workshop are still available! (Day 1 is not a prerequisite for the following workshops.)

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  • Computer to TV: Can We Talk?

    On Monday, the “Burlington Free Press”:http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20090803/BUSINESS/908030303/1003, Vermont’s largest-circulation newspaper ran an article I wrote entitled “Computer to TV: Can we talk?.” It’s a brief overview of a couple of ways to get media from your computer to your television and home entertainment system. “Click here to check it out.”:http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20090803/BUSINESS/908030303/1003

    How do you get media from your computer to your home entertainment system? Apple TV? Video game console? Mac mini? Simply patch-cable connection? Or do you connect your iPod to your TV or home entertainment system with cables or a dock of some kind?

    “Click here to let us know!”:http://blog.smalldog.com/article/recent-article-computer-to-tv-can-we-talk/