The Fall
Sometimes a simple thing like flipping a light switch on can save you a lot of misery and expense. As we grow older, we tend to think we can still do the things we could always do. This is simply not the case. So all you seniors out there be safe. Here’s my story today.
I use the Safari Web Browser daily for all the usual reasons, but probably the thing I do most on the Internet is shop. I am a member of Amazon Prime so I get free shipping on most things I get from Amazon. This makes the prices very competitive with local retail stores. I don’t get around so good anymore, so shopping from my recliner is of considerable value to me. I have found Amazon to be totally reliable and they nearly always deliver to my front porch on time. Continue reading
I prefer Games that challenge your intelligence a little. Although I have tried many of the game apps available, I prefer the Zynga Poker app for daily play. I play the play money version of Texas Hold Em. I started out with 4000 free chips and have played my way up to 10,000,000 chips. Generally, I play at least an hour a day. It’s fun and I get to play with real people from all over the world. The orientals play nearly every hand going “all in”,
The Mirroring feature of AirPlay allows you to project your iPad screen to the TV big screen through the Apple TV. It essentially mirrors what on your screen. I’ve played with this some but have not really found mirroring to be one of my favorite iPad activities. I have projected games onto the big screen, Continue reading
AirPlay on the iPad allows you to stream videos and music directly from the iPad to your big screen TV and surround sound system through the Apple TV. One of my favorite things to do is to start the iCloud photos on a slideshow and start one of my country music playlists on Spotify ( to be discussed later) from the iPad and switch it to AirPlay. This puts the music on the TV sound system. This puts my favorite photos and my favorite country music playing together. I grab a six pack
For fun, I dressed up like a frontiersman (Grizzly Bill) and took a picture of myself and shared it with my family on the iCloud. I got an almost immediate written comment back from my brother in law Bob ( we call him Buffalo). This resulted in several days of back and forth colorful comments which was a lot of fun and was enjoyed by the whole family!