Kibbles & Bytes Blog

  • iPod touch vs Apple TV

    The iPod touch was announced last September to moderate fanfare. Described as an iPhone without the phone (also without a camera, speaker, or…

  • Tip of the Week: RAM Disk

    Back in the day, I had a 14” Wallstreet PowerBook and pimped it out with 192MB of RAM. Under the classic Mac OS,…

  • Bad Sync, Good Sync

    Earlier this week I had a near-catastrophic issue with Mac OS X Mail on my work computer (a pretty sweet 24-inch 2.8GHz iMac…

  • Public Domain Internet Archive

    “The Internet Archive is a 501©(3) non-profit that was founded to build an Internet library, with the purpose of offering permanent access for researchers, historians, and scholars to historical collections that exist in digital format. Founded in 1996 and located in the Presidio of San Francisco… In late 1999, the organization started to grow to include more well-rounded collections. Now the Internet Archive includes texts, audio, moving images, and software as well as archived web pages in our collections. “

  • Recycle Your Computer for Free!

    We have offered ewaste recycling at 35¢ p/lb in our retail stores for some time, but now, you can recycle that old computer…

  • Fossil Fuel Free by 2018?

    I read with great interest about the challenge that former VP and current Apple board member Al Gore tossed out yesterday. He challenged…

  • How to Clean Your Keyboard

    For those of you out there who have what is supposed to be a white Apple keyboard (i.e. a keyboard that now appears…

  • .Mac to MobileMe Update

    Apple sent out an email today to existing .Mac members, acknowledging that there have some bumps along the way in the transition from…

  • Welcome, Arlo!

    Here’s Arlo, the latest addition to the Small Dog family of dogs. Arlo is an 8-week-old Black Lab who resides with Noelle and…