The tropical storms and rain have driven temperatures down low in the 80's and made for breezy conditions - it is gorgeous. Not really boating weather; but, going outside isn't all bad being cooler than normal for summer. The scorching cities such as Austin and Atlanta must feel down right unbearable right now.
The iPhone App Store just released Virtual Vine this weekend. If you already have Virtual Vine on your iPhone this native iPhone application is a new release you will want. Trust me this version is better.
Like most everybody, I have been watching with horror as the events in the Gulf of Mexico have been unfolding over the last 50 days. Lately I have been using technology to make the most sense of what is actually going on out there. In case anybody has missed it, Google has a crisis response page for the oil spill located at http://www.google.com/crisisresponse/oilspill/. You can get the latest maps and Google Earth layers as well as watch YouTube videos and get the latest news.
As the oil monster continues to toil through the depths of the Gulf of Mexico I take snapshots along my route.
What the heck are we supposed to think of the fish now? NOAA closed 19% of the Gulf of Mexico to fishing. The gulf is the only known spawning ground for Atlantic bluefin tuna.
A court in southwestern France on Wednesday handed out suspended jail terms and hefty fines to the 12 French men for selling 18 million bottles (135,334 hectolitres) of fake Pinot Noir that had been made from cheaper grape types.
There are going to be new features on Virtual Vine that I'm excited about launching. That's just how we roll. Programming and technology is my real passion when I'm not traveling etc. Once the changes are live I'll explain them at length but these will be obvious and easy for my incredibly smart readers to grasp. Until then, it is a surprise!
Happy Friday and have a great weekend!
