Category: 586: Mac Treat #57, iPod Compatibility, Don’s Travels and Hurricane Ike

I am staying for the Cubs game today and then heading back to the Green Mountains. I had my picture taken for the cover of Vermont Business Magazine this week before I left; Hammerhead and I will grace (or haunt) the cover of the October issue where there will be a profile about me. During…

This week we are offering savings on the “Drobo”:http://www.smalldog.com/product/71710 backup and storage solution. When new products are introduced, they are often heralded as “revolutionary.” In the case of the Drobo, this may actually be true. Drobo utilizes a new storage technology that makes it simple for anyone to use, yet is powerful enough for business.…

With all the news of our imploding economy and the presidential election, it’s easy to forget that the Gulf Coast states (particularly Texas) and several Caribbean islands have been hit hard and even locally devastated by hurricanes Hanna, Gustav, and especially Ike. In Haiti, more than 1000 people have perished, and more than a million…

Many iPod accessories are not fully compatible with the newest iPods released September 9. On our website “Smalldog.com”:Smalldog.com, we refer to these iPod models as iPod nano 4G, iPod touch 2008, and the 120GB iPod classic. Some accessories, including most FM transmitters, are not at all compatible with the new iPods. When plugged into a…

By default, Mac OS X shows a generic, white icon when displaying a thumbnail of an image in a folder or on the Mac’s desktop. Many people find this frustrating, especially switchers who are used to the way Windows shows a little preview thumbnail of the actual image. Fortunately it’s very easy to change this,…

_Dear Friends,_ We had the first hard frost last night but I was in Chicago at the time. Grace had the day off so she was able to harvest the rest of the garden. I was at the Shelburne Orchards earlier in the week to launch our annual Apples to iPods event in cooperation with…