Category: Employee Thoughts

I am pretty fussy with my pointing devices so when the new Apple Magic Mouse appeared in the warehouse, Jaime was quick to set one aside for me. My initial first impression was that the packaging is spectacular. The iPod-like plastic case showcased the Magic Mouse as a slick, sci-fi device that would fit right…

After the death of my beloved iBook G4 (she spent two years in Africa with me) and after about a month long mourning period, I purchased one of the 13in MacBook Pros in anticipation of starting grad school. I’ve had the new computer for a couple of months now, and I don’t think I could…

Voices for the Lake is an inspired project that seeks to encourage stewardship of Lake Champlain and the Lake Champlain Basin through social media, while also connecting people who care about the health of the lake with shared stories and regional resources. It’s based at the Echo Lake Aquarium and Science Center in Burlington, Vermont.…

Today, the World Wide Web is 40. Pretty crazy, huh? I bet most of us would guess that the internet is about 20+ years old, at most, but in fact, the very first message was sent via Arpanet on October 29, 1969. So, as you’re bouncing around the internet today, playing, working, emailing, or just…

It’s been 42 years since Small Dog’s CEO, Don Mayer, and his wife Grace got married, and they’re as happy as ever. Today, they celebrate their anniversary in Las Vegas, so we’re sending them a long-distance tribute. Cheers! Post a comment below to wish these two old hippies well!

Our first accumulating snow of the year here at Small Dog Electronics in Vermont. Recorded from a car on a new iPod nano. Music provided by Kevin Macleod.

I am pleased to report that one of our production servers has been running non-stop since the first time we turned it on, with an uptime of 557 1/2 days! Back on March 5, 2008, we fired up our newest server at the time to serve mysql for the smalldog.com website. As I recall, it…

On Monday, the Burlington Free Press, Vermont’s largest-circulation newspaper ran an article I wrote entitled “Computer to TV: Can we talk?.” It’s a brief overview of a couple of ways to get media from your computer to your television and home entertainment system. Click here to check it out. How do you get media from…

With Back to School shopping kicking into full gear, it got me thinking about how different academic institutions have become with all the technology available to us now. Check out what one school did to utilize arguably the best technology out there! Last year, Abilene Christian University decided to give out iPhones and iPod touches…