Category: 690: Grand Opening Celebration: Win an iPod nano!, VLC for iPad, iWork Apps Updated, Top 10 Apples, Grace’s Apple Pie

I am hosting a party this weekend for my mom’s 90th birthday at my house up on Prickly Mountain. My mom has been one of the most positive influences in my life and it will be fun to celebrate this milestone birthday with her. I asked her what she wanted for her special day and…

Back by popular request (well, it’s that time of year up here), here is Grace’s famous apple pie recipe. For this, she uses McIntosh apples, and it’s sure to please everyone! *CRUST* * 2 cups flour * 1/4 teaspoon salt * 2 tablespoons very cold butter * Grated rind 1/2 lemon * 2 eggs *…

To celebrate the kickoff of the fourth annual Apples to iPods event here in Vermont (and the fourth that we’ve been a part of), I have apples on the brain. Not Macs right now (unless you’re taking about the tart McIntosh variety), but sweet, juicy apples. We’re headed into prime picking season, and all of…

On Wednesday, Apple rolled out updates to their series of mobile iWork apps via the App Store. The collective updates bring many new features to the apps, along with significant bug fixes. According to iTunes, the following features are new in Version 1.2. “*Pages:*”:http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=19XpSnZWhPI&offerid=146261&type=3&subid=0&tmpid=1826&RD_PARM1=http%3A%2F%2Fitunes.apple.com%2Fus%2Fapp%2Fpages%2Fid361309726%3Fmt%3D8%2526uo%253D6%2526partnerId%253D30 *New Features:* * Copy documents between Pages and your MobileMe iDisk…

On Monday, developer Applidium released their iPad version of VLC Media Player. Like its desktop counterpart, VLC for iPad is a versatile and high quality media playback application. The biggest draw of the iPad version of the player is that it essentially eliminates the need for users to convert their video to iPad suitable resolutions…

You might remember that last week we invited you to RSVP on Facebook to our Grand Opening event at the Mall of New Hampshire, and that this would automatically enter you to win a brand new iPod nano in the color of your choice. Well, we decided to actually give away *five* iPod nanos to…

_Dear Friends,_ I am writing from 30,000 feet as I head home from meetings in Cupertino, CA. San Jose > Denver > Philly > Burlington > Warren, VT. I left at 6:30AM and if all the flights work out, I should be back home by midnight. It is a lot of traveling for a day’s…