weather
Take Winter by Storm and Be Prepared for Weather Emergencies
The people behind Take Winter by Storm want to make sure all of us in Western Washington are prepared for the upcoming La Nina winter. A typical La Nina season can bring severe storms, high winds and a lot of snow. How will you stay in touch and receive emergency help if your electricity goes [...]
iPad Weather
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed When I was a kid, I wanted to be a Meteorologist. It didn’t happen, of course. I do enjoy the weather changes we have here in the Pacific Northwest. I really love the iPad weather app put out by our friends [...]
Hawaii Weather is Beautiful (Even Without the Sun!)
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed I took this short clip while riding in a car during my recent trip to Hawaii. The day was a little overcast and even kind of foggy. However, it was still just absolutely beautiful there – both the scenery and the [...]
Seattle Weather: Hot!
It’s cooler in Hawaii, where I’ll be this weekend (if only to escape the heat).
Community Challenge: Green Screen Me!
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Here’s your chance to do something with me! I recorded this while sitting in front of a green screen. “Chroma Keying” is a technique for mixing two images or frames together, in which a color from one image is removed, revealing [...]
iPhone Weather Apps I’d Like to See
Given that WeatherBug is looking for new apps that call their API, I thought I’d throw out a few ideas for what kind of Weather apps I’d like to have on my iPhone: Weather Wallpaper – changes the iPhone’s wallpaper every X minutes to the latest radar image and forecast for the current geo-location (or [...]
Severe Weather can Strike Anytime, Anywhere
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed TJ, DasFamiliar and KY_Wildcat are not only halfops in my live chat room, they are also all Storm Spotters. With severe weather season already upon us, they put together these tips to help keep you safe. As of March 20, 2008, [...]
Weather on the Wii
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed You know, the Wii is addicting… even without loading up a single game. I have discovered all kinds of cool things you can do. Did you know you can get the local weather… right on the Wii? The music on the [...]
Get Your News on the Wii
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Now that I’m finding my way around on my new Wii, I am having a great time discovering everything I can do with it. Did you know, for example, that you can get your local news… right on your Wii? I [...]
How to View Weather Maps in Google Earth
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed When I was a kid, I wanted to be a Meteorologist when I grew up. Well, I still haven’t grown up. And… I still love to play with the weather. I use WeatherBug on my computer, for many reasons. But today, [...]
[VIDEO] Interviewing Al Roker – Today’s Weatherman
What’s the weather like in your neck of the woods? In Seattle, it’s almost always rainy (which isn’t a cliché – it’s largely true). A few months ago, sunshine finally broke through the clouds – and while some dismiss the appearance of Al Roker at a local Sharper Image as coincidence, I knew it was [...]
Weather or Not: Al Roker
I interviewed Al Roker a few weeks ago. Not really a big deal – unless you consider that I wanted to be a “weatherman” when I grew up. Seriously. No joke. Look at that freakin’ cloud, man! I still remember going to “WHO” company picnics as a kid (my grandfather worked at the radio tower [...]
I Hate Wet T-Shirts
It’s 200 degrees Farenheit in Seattle today – which is about 130 degrees higher than our normal temperature. Our house was an oven when we walked into it late last night, as it had been completely breezeless for three full days. I’ve been puttering around, taking care of random tasks – but it’s next to [...]
