Category: 640: Mac Treat #101, Site of the Week, Griffin PowerDock 2 Review, Don’s Soapbox: Health Care

Grace is meeting me in Las Vegas my way back from Asia and while we are at the Owner’s Retreat, Hapy is taking us out for our 42nd anniversary dinner. We have this tradition of toasting each year of our marriage, so it will be good to have a designated driver! Thank you for reading…

According to Internet research firm Net Applications, 18 percent of Mac users have upgraded to Mac OS 10.6 Snow Leopard. That’s good news to us–Snow Leopard lives up to the hype of being a faster, more polished OS than Leopard, with a sprinkling of welcome, useful new features. To help encourage those who still haven’t…

Apple sent out a note to iWork.com beta users this week about some new features and improvements they’ve made to the iWork.com service. __From Apple:__ *Automatic email notification.* Now the iWork.com beta lets you stay up to date whenever viewers add new comments or notes to your posted documents. You can choose to be notified…

*START SOAPBOX* As I watch the battle over health care reform play out in Congress and on the airways, I am struck with how much of this debate is driven by greed. In this case, it is the greed of the health insurance companies that are fighting tooth and nail to protect the 30% of…

Have you recently purchased a product from Small Dog? If so, tell us about it. We’re looking for you to write a review of the products you receive. For the month of October, we’re going to reward two lucky reviewers a week with a t-shirt and frisbee bundle. We’re looking for solid, honest and helpful…

Have more than one iPod? Chances are you do. The “Griffin PowerDock 2 Charging Cradle for iPod and iPhone”:http://www.smalldog.com/product/73013 will let you charge two iPhones, two iPods or an iPod and an iPhone at once. It’s a nice solution not only for the compact all-in-one design, but I know the thought of placing my iPod…

Mac tips are plentiful around the internet, and as far as I’m concerned, I can’t get enough. The folks over at “CreativeTechs.com”:http://creativetechs.com/tipsblog/ have a great tips blog dedicated to Mac, Adobe and photography tips in particular. They also offer classes and seminars in all of the major Adobe products: Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Lightroom, etc. in the…

Using Apple Mail? Want to get your emails organized? Ditch regular folders in favor of using Smart Mailboxes. Smart Mailboxes are essentially saved searches, and used correctly, can be an incredibly efficient way to manage your inbox. Here are some ways to utilize Smart Mailboxes: * Flag your messages that you can’t get to right…

_Dear Friends,_ We have reached full peak foliage season here in Vermont with an amazing display of colors and just a hint of snowflakes on the mountain tops last night (Kerry pointed out that makes for snow on June 1st and October 1st this year) . It is the time of year to take the…