Preparing your Electronics for a Hurricane

http://www.technobuffalo.com/technobuffalo/advice/preparing-your-electronics-for-hurricane-irene-checklist/

Some great tips at the above website during Irene and now we have Sandy to contend with!  What I learned from the article:
Follow Twitter Streams of Local Information  - I have "liked" our county government and EMS pages to stay up to date.
Text Messaging Has a Better Chance of Getting Through - didn't know that!

So after stopping for water and milk I will be sure to have all our gadgets updated and charged in case Sandy stops by!  I hope everyone is safe.

Mini's and Upgrading

The Washington Post reports that the ipad mini is sold out, was it on your Christmas list?

By Hayley Tsukayama,

Oct 26, 2012 03:22 PM EDT

The Washington Post Friday, October 26, 11:22 AM

Apple opened pre-sales of its iPad mini tablet Friday, and while some black versions of the tablet are still displaying a Nov. 2 delivery date, the white tablet sold out in less than a half-hour.

Cellular models for both colors are showing “mid-November” shipping dates, while black WiFi models were still available as of a 10:45 a.m. visit to Apple’s Web site.

This blog is not meant to highlight apple products or the apple craze but when I hear about a new product on the market the reminder to blog is there.  In other non apple news I am increasingly amazed and the level of connectivity we have these days.  At our house we just updated our DirectTV box.  It is now connected to my wireless network, the upstairs TV and my tablet.  I can even get pandora and other supported apps through my DirectTV box.  I have planned to one day have pandora streaming from my desktop, tablet, laptop and televisions just to freak out my husband.  But in truth the connectivity that we are now seeing is amazing. New televisions, DVDs and surround sounds connect to your home internet. Verizon is advertising a new product for home monitoring and energy conservation.  It might we worth a visit to your service providers to see what new plans and programs that you can upgrade to often for very little money.

Have you upgraded lately?

iPhone 5 Anyone?

iPhone 5 sold 5 million units over the weekend. Did anyone preorder?  According to Nick Bilton of The New York Times "that's more iPhones than the number of humans born in the U.S. in a single year".  For me I am sticking with my droid and am 13 months 6 days 4 hours and 32 seconds away from my next upgrade - but who is counting.   http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57519021-37/iphone-5s-5m-units-is-this-what-a-miss-looks-like/

Social Media Explained

For those of you confused with social media outlets.  This explains it perfectly with BACON!

Here Goes!

Here goes - my first attempt at blogging.  Feels sort of like a dear diary, facebook post and email mixed in one. 

Welcome to those that attended the Digital Farming workshops this past winter at various sites in Maryland.  We hope this can be a place to share tools and ideas as all of us learn more about digital resources and social media.  I hope to post regularly and hope that you will too.  Those with a blog, facebook page or website please feel free to post on here so we can continue to connect and learn. 

Here are blogs from the farmer speakers during the Digial Farming sessions:
Jennie Schmidt
http://thefoodiefarmer.blogspot.com/
Susan Schoenian
http://mdsheepgoat.blogspot.com/

Also if you have a facebook profile like the University of Maryland Extension Page!

A big topic this year has been the drought both locally and nationwide.  Below is a picture from a corn field in Talbot County.  The ear on the left is what an average corn ear should look like.  The ones on the right are from this year.  Talbot County has been hit hard by prolonged hot weather and little rain.  Any one else have a crop picture to share?