A couple of months ago I noticed a sample of the Kensington Slimblade on Hapy’s desk and thought it would be a good time to check out a new mouse. I’ve been a trackball guy for many years and went back to a mouse with the introduction of the Apple Mighty Mouse Bluetooth because it […]
I’m writing this today using a free open source fully-featured office suite called OpenOffice. Developed by Sun Microsystems, OpenOffice has all of the functionality, sleekness, and compatibility of expensive office suite products, in a easy to use, downloadable, free package. Now in its third release, it is available to run natively on Mac OS X. […]
When I fell off my bicycle and broke my arm a little more than a month ago, I realized that my MacBook’s keyboard would be a lot less effective, and a lot more painful to use. I also realized that I had to continue writing papers for classes. I thought: what if my computer could […]
In all cases, people are capable of that clumsy moment when knocking over one’s beverage or food container can occur. There’s nothing amusing about spilling on your keyboard, or worse yet, when your portable machine takes a direct hit from a cup of coffee. Our service department is commonly tasked with evaluating damage and repairing […]
With the world of technology changing about as frequently as my hair color (which is a lot!) it’s tough to keep up with the times. Whether you have an iPod shuffle that works without a screen, or the iPod touch that is a whole lotta screen, there is a lot to learn! At Small Dog, […]
Sometimes, you just want a printer. No fax, no scanner, no complicated add ons. Just a simple, easy to use, printer. So I scanned the inventory here at Small Dog and then talked with Emily, a member of our fantastic sales team. She recommended the Epson Stylus C120. Bearing in mind that I was down […]
Have you ever wanted to create your own animation on the computer but felt intimidated by the applications needed to pull off a reasonably decent looking project? They’re hard to learn, right? Wrong. Fret no more! iStopMotion2 Home Edition by Boinx Software is just what you need to create and edit an animated stop-motion type […]
When the iPod touch first came out, I dismissed it as a gimmicky iPhone-lite, and never saw myself using it. I already had a 160GB iPod classic, which holds all my music, movies, photos, etc., and I didn’t see myself using the fancy coverflow music scrolling, since my most-listened-to music is in the form of […]
Although Jennifer Aniston and I are both ridiculously good looking – according to Reunion 9.0 by Leister, we are surprisingly NOT related. I know, I know, it was a real shocker to me as well; I’m still trying to figure out how it is possible. Reunion 9.0 is the latest and the greatest in Genealogy […]
The Logitech Pure-Fi Anywhere portable mp3 speaker system is the ultimate in sound and portability for the price.
