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I'm a (weather) wimp
I've lived in Southern California for about the last 19 years with a short stint in Portland, OR. Before that I lived outside of Boston and a few other places, so I've had the opportunity to experience various types of weather including cold, rain and snow. The weather in San Diego has been quite chilly lately with day time highs in the upper 50's. The other morning, my neighbors had frost on their lawns (since I no longer have a front lawn and my back lawn is synthetic, I didn't have frost). To me, that is beyond cold.
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My weather gripe has made me famous
Back in January, I posted about being a weather wimp. Today I was contacted by the local CBS affiliate about the entry wanting to know if I'd be interviewed about the big storm coming. I didn't even know that a storm was coming, but I agreed to be interviewed. We did the interview over Skype as they wanted it for today's news. Unfortunately, the only piece of the interview that made the news was one quote on their website and a split second shot of my blog. I guess the people that lived on Rainswept Way were more interesting than my rant!
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Picking smoke detectors
Fire protection experts recommend replacing batteries in smoke detectors every year when you change your clocks for daylight savings time. So this year, I heard an ad that also recommended a carbon monoxide detector which we didn't have. I started looking at combination smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, but quickly dismissed that idea as all the reviews indicated that the combo units ate batteries like crazy (my house is older and only has 1 hard wired unit). In addition, my reading suggested that houses have both ionization and photoelectric type smoke detectors. No combo unit had carbon monoxide and the 2 types of smoke detection.
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Review: Alfred
When I saw Alfred available in the Mac App Store, I grabbed a copy and was pretty impressed. I've used a number of launchers over the years including Quicksilver, LaunchBar, Google Quick Search Box, and Butler. Each one has its strengths and weaknesses. The biggest downside I found to all of the launchers was the UI.