Category: Employee Thoughts

I know I’ve written about World of Warcraft many times before but there was just a major update to the game. The new update introduces tons of new features in anticipation for the expansion pack coming out this January. One of the most notable changes is the PvP system and how it all works. Instead…

I’ve been playing with the RTM of Windows Vista for a couple weeks now (available to businesses and MSDN users) and I’ve actually enjoyed it quite a lot. The install process is quick and most of my drivers were installed. I think I had to install the latest NVIDIA drivers on my PC but other…

My favorite free Mac application is currently Stellarium. Stellarium is “a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope. It is being used in planetarium projectors. Just set your coordinates and go.” It’s an amazing program,…

Apple released a several games for the 5th generation iPod a while back but I’ve finally got the chance and time to try a couple of them out. While I wish I could have tried out all of the game I didn’t have the $44 or so to spare so I chose Mini-Golf and Mahjong,…

There have been a couple articles floating around the web talking about how Apple might be entering the video gaming market. Jesse Tortora, a Prudential analyst says this is evidenced by Apples hiring of game designers. Here’s what I think. Apple’s really going to have to come out with something that is out of this…

By Jimmy Brancaccio (Jimmy@smalldog.com) Recently a few articles have been written about how the Nintendo Wii, Playstation 3 and xBox 360 might affect gaming on computers. For the longest time there seemed to be a line on the types of games you saw on consoles versus the games you see on computers. For example, I…

The Vermont Guardian, a great local newspaper, ran a front-page profile of Don Mayer, the founder and president of Small Dog Electronics. It’s very entertaining, and definitely worth a read. Someday someone needs to make a documentary about Don, and his pals up at Prickly Mountain. Read the article here: http://www.vtguardian.com/local/122006/BigDog.shtml

Two weeks ago, I wrote that I strip the DRM off of music purchased from the iTunes Store – more on that in a minute. Many people wrote in asking about DRM – what it is, how it works, and what means for them. “DRM” stands for “Digital Rights Management.” Many people question who’s rights…

I recently read about a woman who dumped her fiance after discovering he had purchased over $8000 of iTunes music in one month, on a $45,000 a year income. Steve Jobs said that someone spent over $24,000 in the iTunes Store (maybe it was Woz.) I regularly buy albums from the iTunes Store, but nothing…

By Matt@Smalldog.com Today Microsoft officially begins selling its Zune, the latest in a string of iPod killers. It comes in colors, including…umm, brown. It has built in wi-fi, but no browser. You can move songs from one Zune to another, but the songs magically disappear after three days or three plays (leaving a link to…