iOS 8 and Other Things.
Oct. 1st, 2014 10:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kv0925I'd promised to post about my thoughts on iOS 8 after having upgraded my iPhone 5C to it a week or two back. Basically: I like it, and if you've been hesitating to upgrade for any reason, I say go ahead. It's not all that different from iOS 7 cosmetically, so there's no system shock. And it seems perfectly stable, with the same overall level of performance that I had before. In fact, it may be MORE stable, since the Waze app I like to use for navigation would almost always crash when I launched it, requiring a second launch--no such issues since upgrading to 8. I can't say I've used all of the new features 8 adds, but the recent contacts on the app switcher screen is nifty. And while I've not tried installing any 3rd-party keyboards, the addition of predictive text to the built-in keyboard has impressed me. It makes good suggestions, and apparently gets better as you use it as well (though I'm far from a heavy texter). Overall, two thumbs up.
I booked my flights for Indianapolis this morning, nice to have that done. And the timing is awesome--just yesterday Southwest sent me an e-mail for a double-points promotion covering the timeframe I'll be taking all 4 of these trips! Alas, the bonus points aren't good towards the Companion Pass, which I'm hopeful I can score for next year. But still, the extra points will be good to use towards family trips next year. We're hopeful we can make a Maine/Canada trip happen next summer!
The next trip after Indy will be Bakersfield, and there I have a small dilemma. I like to fly out early so I have most of a day to explore, but I don't know what I want to see this time. I don't think Disneyland/DCA is in the budget this time around, but that's okay. I did really enjoy driving around the mountains of Sequoia Nat'l Forest, and I wouldn't mind doing that again, but I feel like I should do something new. Maybe something along the coast? Something touristy in LA? Catch the taping of a tv show? Find a good park to hike and photograph? Los Padres? Carrizo Plain? I'll do some research, but any suggestions from you fine folks? I expect I'll fly into one of the LA-area airports and drive up to B'field, as usual, and then fly home out of BFD.
I'm planning to take Friday off work, since I didn't have much of a weekend due to the wedding. So maybe Thursday night for another HHN visit, eh? Looks like we're expecting our first cool front this weekend--every time I look, the forecast for Sunday gets cooler. Presently showing a high of 76F and overnight low of 57F. Lovely! And finally an end to this string of rainy days--I think I saw that we had widespread rain on all but 3 days of September, which tied the record. I like rain more than most, but enough is enough!
Okay, better get some work done before I go meet the girls for lunch.
I booked my flights for Indianapolis this morning, nice to have that done. And the timing is awesome--just yesterday Southwest sent me an e-mail for a double-points promotion covering the timeframe I'll be taking all 4 of these trips! Alas, the bonus points aren't good towards the Companion Pass, which I'm hopeful I can score for next year. But still, the extra points will be good to use towards family trips next year. We're hopeful we can make a Maine/Canada trip happen next summer!
The next trip after Indy will be Bakersfield, and there I have a small dilemma. I like to fly out early so I have most of a day to explore, but I don't know what I want to see this time. I don't think Disneyland/DCA is in the budget this time around, but that's okay. I did really enjoy driving around the mountains of Sequoia Nat'l Forest, and I wouldn't mind doing that again, but I feel like I should do something new. Maybe something along the coast? Something touristy in LA? Catch the taping of a tv show? Find a good park to hike and photograph? Los Padres? Carrizo Plain? I'll do some research, but any suggestions from you fine folks? I expect I'll fly into one of the LA-area airports and drive up to B'field, as usual, and then fly home out of BFD.
I'm planning to take Friday off work, since I didn't have much of a weekend due to the wedding. So maybe Thursday night for another HHN visit, eh? Looks like we're expecting our first cool front this weekend--every time I look, the forecast for Sunday gets cooler. Presently showing a high of 76F and overnight low of 57F. Lovely! And finally an end to this string of rainy days--I think I saw that we had widespread rain on all but 3 days of September, which tied the record. I like rain more than most, but enough is enough!
Okay, better get some work done before I go meet the girls for lunch.
