Category: 659: Mac Treat #114: Force-Ejecting a Stubborn Disc, Our Alltop Info Center, Surge Protection

Before I head home, I will be visiting with my cousin, Jon Mayer, who I reconnected with on Linkedin and after 35 years have been communicating and catching up by email. It will be great to catch up and reconnect in person. The red-eye back is one thing I am not looking forward to; I…

If you are thinking of purchasing a new computer setup, one important component that is often overlooked is a good surge protector. While locally we only have to worry about lightning a few times a year, power spikes can still happen at any time, and for the investment put into a brand new machine it…

Vermont is having a sales tax holiday on Saturday, March 6. There will be *no sales tax on items that cost $2,000 or less.* This could save you some serious dough if you’re upgrading your own computer, your family’s Macs, or just want to grab some fun gadgets. The savings can add up, as sales…

It can be daunting to try to stay on top of the endless flow of information available online. Among other tools, I use Google Reader, Socialite, and email alerts to stay on top of the topics that interest me. I recently started using “Alltop.com”:http://my.alltop.com/smalldogelectronics to help with this. Alltop says its purpose is to help…

This article is inspired by a post on Macosxhints.com, an excellent repository of user-submitted Mac tips. Most of the tips tend to be fairly technical, but it’s still worthwhile to scroll through from time to time to see what’s new. Have you ever had a CD or DVD stuck in your Mac’s optical drive? There…

_Dear Friends,_ We’ve missed yet another snowstorm. As I was flying into Burlington on Saturday I saw an awful lot of bare ground. There is very little snow here when we are usually over our heads in snow this time of the year. All the storms seem to have been south of us. I’m back…