Hello Fellow Technophiles,
It is officially autumn and you know what that means? It’s Apple season! Fall has become the most exciting time of year for us Apple fans as this has become the time that the new OS for both the iOS and Mac devices has been released for the last few years. I have been using Sierra and I am finding it really fun to talk to my computer and have it answer now that Siri is integrated into macOS. On the other hand, I am not sure the people around me are enjoying it as I tend to talk kind of loudly and over-annuciate as I speak to her…or it? I have tried out the different voice options and none is quite right. I guess I will only be happy once they make Majel Barrett’s Enterprise computer voice an option. (editor’s note: Obligatory Star Trek reference complete; picture on left justified)
It is also actually apple season. I took my family apple picking at Burtt’s Apple Orchard over in Cabot, VT. The view from this hillside orchard was amazing and the kids loved the apple slingshot that they set up to dispose of the less than perfect apples. Burtt’s also participates in the Apples to iPods promotion that is run in partnership with Small Dog, the State of Vermont, Woodchuck Draft Cider and the Vermont Tree Fruit Growers Association. At each of the participating orchards a wooden apple is hidden somewhere and if you are lucky enough to find it, you win a free iPod! Get out there and start looking!
Thanks for reading,