Category: 609: eWaste Recycling, Mac Treat #73, Fair Use Images, EOL Apple Deals and More!

Well, we did get the snow I was hoping for this weekend, thankfully. There are up to 8″ of new snow in some areas of the valley–perfect for a weekend at the slopes with my family! I hope you’ve enjoyed this week’s issue of Kibbles & Bytes. Don will be back next week and we’ll…

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A few weeks ago we were able to source some brand new, never used 2.4GHz white MacBooks. We listed them at $1049.99 ($50 more than the base $999.99 2.0 GHz white MacBook), and they sold fairly quickly. We’re glad to say that we were able to bring in a few more 2.4GHz MacBooks this week.…

Recently there’s been a fair amount of controversy over the use of uncredited images sourced from the Internet. Shepard Fairey’s use of an AP photo to create the now-iconic Obama “Hope”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:FaireyICAHope.jpg poster has especially been in the news. Fairey’s appropriation of the image was intentional, and he altered the photo so much that it effectively…

I recently shot and edited a new version of the “Small Dog Movie,” which we produce every couple of years. This time, all the video was recorded in the high definition HDV format, and then imported into the computer as ProRes 422 footage. While this made it easier to add effects and to export the…

I love me some Mac keyboard shortcuts. They speed up and simplify every day computer tasks. This week I’m going to share my favorite iTunes shortcuts. If there are any shortcuts you like that I didn’t include, email me at “Ed@smalldog.com”:mailto:ed@smalldog.com and I will add them when this article is posted to our “blog”:http://blog.smalldog.com/ on…

*The 3rd Annual Free eWaste Recycling Event will be held on Saturday, April 18 from 9am – 1pm at S. Burlington High School in S. Burlington, VT.* The event is open to the public, and if you’re in the area, we encourage you to drop off your old electronics to be recycled responsibly. (Those with…

_Dear Friends,_ It’s Kali again, writing for Don as his vacation comes to a close. We have recycling on the brain this week–particularly ewaste (electronic waste) recycling. This past Wednesday, I had the opportunity to testify before a committee at the State House regarding a Vermont ewaste bill. The bill, as introduced by Vermont Senators…