Monday, October 31, 2011
October Snow Pictures
All three taken with Olympus E500 with Sigma 2.8 150mm macro lens in my front yard.
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Is this snowfall a record?
I've been seeing lots of people post about this early snowfall, and thought I would do a little homework.
Here are the historical snowfall amounts by month according to weatherbase.com's Bethlehem PA history
Here are the historical snowfall amounts by month according to weatherbase.com's Bethlehem PA history
Looks like the average snowfall in October is: Zero.
According to The Weather Channel:
Pre-Halloween snows are a rarity in the Northeast but they have occurred before. One of the earliest events on record occurred with a coastal storm on October 3-4, 1987, when close to 2 feet of snow fell in portions of the Catskills and Vermont’s Green Mountains. Residents of Washington D.C., Philadelphia, New York and Boston saw one of their earliest snowfalls on October 10-11, 1979 when a small low pressure system and just enough cold air blanketed parts of the major metropolitan areas with a trace to a couple inches of snow.
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Monday, October 10, 2011
Photoset: A Red-tailed Hawk eats a Chipmunk
During a visit to Hawk Mountain this weekend, we saw this spectacular site:
Taken with Olympus E500 with 150mm Sigma 2.8 lens with 1.4x converter.
Taken with Olympus E500 with 150mm Sigma 2.8 lens with 1.4x converter.
No Siri? It's ok - your iPhone already has voice commands!
I won't be upgrading to the iPhone 4S because I'm in a 2 year contract already - but that means missing out on all the cool features of the 4S, the biggest one being Siri.
Don't fret - you probably didn't even know that you already HAVE a voice control in your current iPhone. It's simply called "Voice Control", and here's what it can do.
Use Voice Control: Press and hold the Home button until the Voice Control screen appears and you hear a beep. You can also press and hold the center button on the iPhone earphones.
Call someone in contacts Say “call” or “dial,” then say the name of the person. If the person has more than one phone number, you can add “home” or “mobile,” for example.
Make a FaceTime call to someone in contacts (iPhone 4) Say “FaceTime,” then say the name of the person. If the person has more than one phone number, you can add “home” or “mobile,” for example.
Dial a number Say “call” or “dial,” then say the number.
Control music playback Say “play” or “play music.” To pause, say “pause” or “pause music.” You can also say “next song” or “previous song.”
Play an album, artist, or playlist Say “play,” then say “album,” “artist,” or “playlist” and the name.
Shuffle the current playlist Say “shuffle.”
Find out more about the currently playing song Say “what’s playing,” “what song is this,” “who sings this song,” or “who is this song by.”
Use Genius to play similar songs Say “Genius,” “play more like this,” or “play more songs like this.”
Find out the current time Say “what time is it?” or “what is the time?”
Cancel Voice Control Say “cancel” or “stop.” You may enjoy reading a blog that I like - called Paul's iPad, he has great content and a topical article on Siri on the iPad2 here.
Don't fret - you probably didn't even know that you already HAVE a voice control in your current iPhone. It's simply called "Voice Control", and here's what it can do.
Use Voice Control: Press and hold the Home button until the Voice Control screen appears and you hear a beep. You can also press and hold the center button on the iPhone earphones.
Call someone in contacts Say “call” or “dial,” then say the name of the person. If the person has more than one phone number, you can add “home” or “mobile,” for example.
Make a FaceTime call to someone in contacts (iPhone 4) Say “FaceTime,” then say the name of the person. If the person has more than one phone number, you can add “home” or “mobile,” for example.
Dial a number Say “call” or “dial,” then say the number.
Control music playback Say “play” or “play music.” To pause, say “pause” or “pause music.” You can also say “next song” or “previous song.”
Play an album, artist, or playlist Say “play,” then say “album,” “artist,” or “playlist” and the name.
Shuffle the current playlist Say “shuffle.”
Find out more about the currently playing song Say “what’s playing,” “what song is this,” “who sings this song,” or “who is this song by.”
Use Genius to play similar songs Say “Genius,” “play more like this,” or “play more songs like this.”
Find out the current time Say “what time is it?” or “what is the time?”
Cancel Voice Control Say “cancel” or “stop.” You may enjoy reading a blog that I like - called Paul's iPad, he has great content and a topical article on Siri on the iPad2 here.
Saturday, October 8, 2011
The 4 best features of iOS5 (Video 1:25)
Hey all - I made a quick video of the best features in iOS5. Enjoy.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Sunday, October 2, 2011
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