Category: 781: Weekly Apple Recap, Audio Recording Tips, Don’s Soapbox, eWaste

I bought a bunch of straw to mulch the garden and I think that is on my schedule for this coming weekend. Something ate my bean plants, so I have to replant those. I have a huge Arctic Kiwi plant in my yard that is gigantic and beautiful, but it only gives me fruit once…

Protect your iPad 2 or 3 with this stylish and functional case from Booq! The BooqPad comes with a replaceable paper notepad on the inside for those of you out there that still prefer to jot down notes the old fashioned way. To help you out with that we are throwing in the new Hammerhead…

Hey baseball lovers, you heard it here first: We are giving away tickets to see the Class AA NH Fisher Cats this season! Watch as the 2011 Eastern League Champions (part of the Blue Jays’ farm system) take on the minor league affiliates of the Red Sox, Tigers, Pirates, Mets and more. We’ll be giving…

June is here, and your overstuffed garages and basements will thank you when you decide to recycle your old electronics at one of our two eWaste Recycling Events. If you’re in or around the Rutland, VT area (new location this year!), come out to Rutland High School *next Saturday, June 30 from 9-3pm.* “*Check out…

*Start Soapbox* A business is more than just a money machine. At least that is true for Small Dog Electronics. While Small Dog Electronics was formed by Hapy and myself to provide jobs for ourselves, we have been motivated by much more than that to build Small Dog Electronics for the last 20 years. If…

As some of you may know, we have begun spreading the gospel of Small Dog through a new medium. And by “new” medium, I mean very old medium: radio. “Small Dog Speaks!”:http://www.smalldog.com/sdspeaks airs every Thursday from 1-2pm Eastern time on “WDEV”:http://www.wdevradio.com/index-home.asp in historic and beautiful Waterbury, VT. For those of you who don’t live in…

To coincide with Mike’s article below regarding recording audio on your Mac, here are some basic tips to optimize audio processing and get maximum quality sound. * Check your audio settings, particularly the latency/buffer size * Connect to a power supply * Limit what other apps are open (preferably none) * Turn Wi-Fi and Bluetooth…

*iTunes Store Launches in 32 More Countries* As mentioned by Tim Cook at WWDC, Apple is expanding iTunes Store availability. “*Read more here.*”:http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2406180,00.asp *How Much Does Your iPad Cost to Charge Per Year? $1.36* CNET writes about the findings of a new study about electricity use and your iPad, with interesting results. “*Read more here.*”:http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57458653-37/apples-ipad-costs-you-$1.36-per-year-to-charge/?tag=mncol;txt

_Dear Friends,_ It’s a heat wave in Vermont! The first official days of summer set new temperature records here in the north country. Our normal warm days and cool nights turned into hot days and humid nights. It was definitely not a three-dog night as I had to keep pushing Hammerhead out of the way…