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Siri Tip!
It has taken several years, but it has happened! I am a HUGE fan of Siri. Why now you ask? In short, it’s the progress in how this technology works and increased cellular, wifi coverage and software updates. When Apple first introduced Siri way back in 2011 with iPhone 4s the results were mixed, I honestly adjusted and accepted that it just didn’t work the way I wanted it to. Fast forward to iPhone 7 (and now on my iPhone X) and I useI’ Siri all the time. The voice recognition, the search features, the ability to correctly recognize words has come a long way. The other day I asked Siri to locate a pizza shop near me and without ever taking my hands off the steering wheel or eyes off the road I had ordered pizza for the family.
Here is a little something I’ve learned since I started to use Siri once again. If you ask Siri to search the Web, you often get multiple results back from Google (not Bing anymore!). Tap one and it opens in Safari. But what if that page doesn’t contain the information you want? How do you get back to Siri’s results? The easy way is to tap the little Siri button that appears in the top-left of the screen. Or activate Siri again, but instead of speaking, swipe down on the screen until “What can I help you with?” disappears and your recent Siri queries appear with your last search results in view.
Dear Friends,
I spent some time this weekend up on my roof, repairing the damage to my solar water heating system caused by Irma. I sure don’t have the stamina that I had as a youth, but I managed to get it done and even got Grace to climb the ladder and help me.
Black Friday has changed. It was named Black Friday because it was the day that retailers after losing money all year, finally crossed over into the profitable black. Now, it is a race to see who can open earliest, draw the most crowds and have the lowest prices. We do not stay open late and certainly, would never open on Thanksgiving but this year we came up with some great deals and we had a stronger sales day than last year.
I have been having a series of Mac glitches over the past weeks. First, my MacBook Pro failed and needed a new display and logic board, then when it came back from Apple the new logic board failed so back it went. Restoring from Time Machine was easy but somehow I got things all bolloxed up again and this restore didn’t go well and I am learning a lot about iCloud and iCloud Keychain as I work to make this functional again. The good thing is that I am using my iPad Pro more and realizing that my Mac is not essential to my digital existence.
This week’s Kibbles & Bytes exclusive is an iOS bundle. I am bundling three Hammerhead products for you. The first two are 2-port USB chargers. One for your car and one for your home. Both will charge an iPhone and iPad simultaneously. We are bundling these two chargers with our latest product, a selfie stick in your choice of color. Normally, these would sell separately for $50.97 but this week for Kibbles & Bytes readers only you can get this bundle for only $35.99
Almost all of the nearly 400 restaurants here in Key West will deliver their food. But for some reason, Grace and I do not take advantage of this service. I know that my employees here will have cups of coffee delivered as well as lunch but I must have lived in the boonies too long to feel okay about that.
Our citrus tree got trashed by Irma so we planted another this week. We are determined to grow tropical fruit in our yard or I may have to move back to the frozen northland. We currently have mango, lemon, lime, pineapple, banana, orange, and grapefruit but no food! Well, it did take me about 25 years to finally grow apples in Vermont so I will just have to be patient.
This next week has the lighted bicycle and lighted boat parades which are part of the Key West holiday celebration. Grace keeps trying to spell something out with some lights on our fence but I guess we need some new lights.
Thank you so much for reading this issue of Kibbles & Bytes!
Your Kibbles & Bytes Team,
Don & Emily