This past weekend was an eventful one — we counted all of our in-stock products for our end-of-fiscal-year inventory, many of us pumpkin and apple picked, and last, but not least, cheered on the Orioles for their first pending playoff appearance since ’97. (Oh, that’s just me? Forgive my giddiness…) But, in the midst of […]
While as a whole I was left satisfied (and ecstatic!) by Apple’s big announcements last week, I couldn’t help but feel as if some things were missing. Steve’s iconic “one more thing” came and went with him, as it should be — but it’s hard not to expect it since I had heard it for […]
I just happened to check my stock portfolio to look at the (very) small amount of Apple stock that I own. Just so everyone knows, I did NOT load up my portfolio with Apple stock when it traded at the below $15 share price in 2001. Today, I noticed that AAPL closed at $668.80 today. […]
While we normally try to avoid getting involved in the many patent disputes between Apple and what seems like every other tech company in the world, a judge’s statement in a recent case caught the attention of the Small Dog crew. Judge Thomas Pender of the International Trade Commission has said that his decision as […]
It’s a beautiful Memorial Day weekend here in the Northeast. I’m heading over to Maine for my annual ride to lobster. The creemee stands are open and the Green Mountains are living up to their name as spring seems to be over and summer here. Our S. Burlington store is open today, and the rest […]
In honor of the Red Sox’ home opener tonight at “*Fenway Park*”:http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/ballpark/index.jsp (or “Pahk” as the true locals say), it’s a fitting time to celebrate 100 years of baseball in the historic ballpark.
On April 20, 1912, the Red Sox hosted the New York Highlanders, who would soon become the Yankees (and arch rivals) the next year. The Red Sox won the game 7-6, battling through 11 innings. (Also of note: the game and stadium fanfare was overshadowed by the recent sinking of the Titanic.) Of course, the Red Sox went on to win their first World Series that year.
Today, Fenway Park is known for the Green Monster (the unusually high left field fence), and other eccentricities, such as “The Triangle” and the “Pesky Pole,” and is one of two “classic” ballparks still in use. (The other is Wrigley Field, Don’s favorite.)
Tonight, they take on the Tampa Bay Rays. April is here, and baseball is back. Game on!
“*Read more about Fenway Park and find 100-year celebration events here.*”:http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/fenwaypark100/index.jsp
Privacy seems to be one of those things that everyone wants but no one can really define. If you ask the average person whether or not they wanted their personal information available on the Internet, they would of course say no, because they have heard and read news stories saying putting personal information on the […]
While Apple’s products have significantly lower rates of failure than a lot of their competition, things do go wrong from time to time. When I got my iPhone 4S at launch, it would occasionally restart itself. At first, I thought nothing of it, considering I was coming from an Android device that rebooted itself so often that it might as well have been saying, “Hey, just in case you forgot you customized your splash screen, here it is again!”
A couple of weeks ago, my phone didn’t just restart itself, but became a useless brick until I gave it a hard reset while plugged in. A quick Google search revealed this issue to be a symptom of hardware failure known in the diagnosis log as “panic.plist.” I checked my diagnosis log and there it was, three “panic.plist” occurrences in the past week. After a brief phone call with AppleCare, I was given the choice of sending the phone back to them and waiting close to a week for a replacement or to have a $730 hold placed on my credit card while they sent me a new phone overnight. As I didn’t have another phone to use, I opted for the latter.
Normally, to have a phone sent overnight would cost $30 but because I had AppleCare, the fee was waived. Cut to today; the hold has been lifted and I have a shiny new iPhone that has yet to give me an issue. Granted, I was within the original one year warranty, but had this happened after that first year, I would be scavenging Craigslist for a cheap replacement. Thanks, AppleCare–I owe you one.
Vote now for us in the Hippo’s annual survey! We’re still new in the Manchester, NH area, but if you’ve been to our location in the Mall of New Hampshire and have had a good experience, tell them: On Question #125: “Thing we forgot to ask about,” put “Best Computer Service Shop—Small Dog Electronics” Read […]
Hey, all you Manchester, NH and surrounding area folks! One of our favorite newspapers, The Hippo, is hosting their annual “Best Of” awards, and we need your vote! We’re still new in the area, but if you’ve been to our location in the Mall of New Hampshire and have had a good experience, tell them: […]
