Category: 741: Community Efforts, AppleWorks < Pages, Upcoming VT/NH Events
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Don comes back in a few days, and we can’t wait because it has been pretty quiet around here without daily music themes, especially “Reggae Thursday.” I’ll “*leave you with another picture of our fearless leader*”:http://blog.smalldog.com/images/2566.jpg enjoying his time off. Have a great weekend! Your Kibbles & Bytes team, _Jan, Kali, Stephanie (and Matt)_
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SPECIAL: Be a DODO
Usually, one might try to avoid that at all costs, but these DODO cases are seriously cool. Need to become “one” with your technology? Well, this case can’t show you how to download an app, but it can help make your iPad feel more “like you.” Straight from the DODO’s mouth: __”One of the things…
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SPECIAL: Double the Magic
The Apple Magic Trackpad is designed to be the perfect companion peripheral to the Apple Wireless Keyboard, and Twelve South has created a product that makes the combo even more magical: the MagicWand connects the Magic Trackpad to the Apple Wireless Keyboard, creating a unified system that is great for keeping your desk tidy or…
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Upcoming FREE eWaste Events
Our FREE eWaste Recycling Events are back, and it’s easier than ever to participate. Check out the list of “*acceptable materials*”:http://www.smalldog.com/ewaste at our website before you load up, head on over and watch as the staff from WeRecycle unloads your vehicle. *Vermont event:* Saturday, September 24th from 9AM to 2PM at Ben & Jerry’s headquarters…
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Join Us in Shelburne, VT on Sunday!
We’ll be “Going to the Dogs” at Shelburne Museum this Sunday, September 18 from 10am – 5pm, rain or shine (though they’re calling for shine)! $10 adults; $5 children (5-18); Museum Members and dogs are free! Dogs must be on leashes. There will be games, giveaways, live music and more. Check it out: bq. “Shelburne…
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From the Archives: The Skinny on Pages' TOC
__Originally featured in__ “*Kibbles & Bytes issue #662*”:http://blog.smalldog.com/kibbles/kb662/ Pages is one of those apps that really filled a void in my world. Word was slow and cumbersome (and pre-version 2008 for Mac, not very pretty) and AppleWorks never transitioned into the vibrant OS X “Cocoa”:http://developer.apple.com/technologies/mac/cocoa.html world. While I know the application pretty darn well by…
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RIP AppleWorks
Way back when, the go-to word processor for me was ClarisWorks. In grade school I mastered its simple interface. I was able to make pamphlets and donation sheets for scouting bike-a-thons, keep team statistics for my youth hockey team in a spreadsheet and type out all of my homework. In a time before America Online,…
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Getting Involved in Our Community
A great example of our community outreach efforts was our recent donation of four MacBooks to Girls Inc. of New Hampshire, an affiliate of the national Girls, Inc. organization. Girls, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that responds to the changing needs of girls and their communities by utilizing advocacy and research based programs specifically designed…
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It’s Jan filling in for Don again as he and Grace wind down their vacation. As I write, they’re in Switzerland motorcycling their way through the Alps. Several of the folks here at Small Dog have motorcycles, and I am already hearing the chatter about getting some good last rides in before the snow flies.…