Category: 796: Remembering Steve Jobs, Maps Alternatives, GasBuddy Review

Hapy and I rented a little storage space in the barn across from our headquarters for his Audi TT and my motorcycles so we can enjoy riding this spring without having to drive over the dirt (mud) roads on the way to our houses. I hope the weather holds up so I can get a…

This week, when you buy and Apple Keyboard and Mouse, get free shipping when you add the Mountain Lion Pocket Guide! It makes a great gift to go along with a new laptop purchase.

Over $900 off, plus free shipping on Apple refurbished 17-inch MacBook Pros — and don’t forget that factory refurbished MacBook Pros are eligible AppleCare, too.

Yesterday, Apple released updates to both Lion (10.7) and Mountain Lion (10.8). For users with Lion, 10.7.5 Supplemental Update includes the following fixes: * Resolves a time delay issue with Time Machine backups * Addresses a launch issue in applications signed with a Developer ID The Lion Supplemental Update is recommended if you have Lion…

Apple CEO Tim Cook “*recently released an apology*”:http://www.apple.com/letter-from-tim-cook-on-maps/ for the frustration that their new Maps app has caused users. There were numerous reasons that Apple decided to create its own app rather than continue to use Google Maps, but as “*we’ve mentioned previously,*”:http://blog.smalldog.com/article/ios-6-maps-app-flop-or-not/ using it is a mixed bag. An overwhelming number of people have…

Yesterday was both “*Dawn*”:http://www.smalldog.com/dawn and “*Art’s*”:http://www.smalldog.com/art 20-year wedding anniversary, as well as Barack and Michelle Obama’s 20th (congrats, you crazy kids!). Today, however, marks a decidedly sadder anniversary: it’s one year from Steve Jobs’ untimely death. Tim Cook, Apple’s current CEO, wrote about it on Apple’s homepage, and Apple has posted a video highlighting his…

_Dear Friends,_ It is one of the most brilliant fall foliage displays this year with brilliant neon colors. I take the long way to work this time of year so I can drive slowly through the upper Common road to see the amazing quilt of autumn colors in the mountains off in the distance. (Another…