Interesting Bits

C-SPAN Radio for iPhone app streams audio in background while other apps are in use

The latest version of the C-SPAN Radio app (v.1.1, free) for Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch now offers "Background Play."

Upon running the app, users are asked if they’d like to "play stream in background?"

If you answer "yes," the app’s "Background Play" will use "Mobile Safari to play the station’s stream so you can use other apps at the same time."

The free C-SPAN Radio app for Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch is available via Apple’s App Store here.

via MacDailyNews.

UPDATE- obviously the warning is now withdrawn, I’m going to leave the warning text up below for future interest.

THERE IS A MARINE TSUNAMI WARNING CURRENT FOR QUEENSLAND.Marine Warning: Point Danger to Port Clinton, Moreton Bay, Hervey BayIDY68027 Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
MEDIA: No use of the Standard Emergency Warning Signal (SEWS)TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE AND FREQUENT BROADCAST

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TSUNAMI WARNING NUMBER 11 FOR QUEENSLAND Issued by the Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre (JATWC) at5:41 AM EST on Sunday 28 February 2010

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TSUNAMI THREAT TO THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT

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SUMMARY:Tsunami warning for the marine environment for QUEENSLAND.Threatened areas extend from Point Danger to St Lawrence, including Moreton Bay and Hervey Bay.Possibility of dangerous waves, strong ocean currents and foreshore flooding throughout the day from 08:15 am (EST) Sunday.

Sea level observations HAVE confirmed a tsunami has been generated.For further details visit the Bureau web site www.bom.gov.au.Next update due by 7:11 AM EST on Sunday 28 February 2010

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DETAILS:Tsunami waves are more powerful than the same size beach waves, with the first wave not always the largest. First tsunami effects are expected as follows:

Coolangatta from 08:15 am (EST) Sunday
Maroochydore from 09:00 am (EST) Sunday
Brisbane from 09:15 am (EST) Sunday
Hervey Bay from 09:45 am (EST) Sunday

Check that your neighbours have received this advice.Boats in harbours, estuaries or shallow coastal water should return to shore.Secure your boat and move away from the waterfront. Vessels already at sea should stay offshore in deep water until further advised.Do not go to the coast to watch the tsunami, as there is the possibility of dangerous, localised flooding of the immediate foreshore.

via Land and Marine Tsunami Warning – Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre (JATWC).

Update 711 dead.

The quake, registered at magnitude 8.8 on the Richter scale, caused buildings and bridges to collapse and led to power-black outs in parts of the Chilean capital, Santiago, 200 miles from the epicentre.

British experts said a tsunami was now radiating from the epicentre towards Hawaii and other settlements on the Pacific Ring of Fire. The tsunami’s ferocity is not yet known.

Due to hit Hilo in about 30 minutes.

The first waves hit Gambier Archipelago at 10:50 a.m EST and Tahiti at 12:50 p.m. EST but Tahiti’s seismological center said the waves were only 36 centimeters high.

via http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61Q0S920100227

Nikon D3S In-depth reviewBarnaby Britton, February 2010

via Nikon D3S Review: 1. Introduction: Digital Photography Review.