Perhaps this tip isn’t news to you, but I only recently became aware that the iPhone will capture whatever is on the screen as a picture for you and save it to the camera roll. All you need to do is hold down the power button on top of the phone and press (and immediately release) the home button on the front. The screen will flash and, if your sound/ringer is turned on, you’ll hear the sound of a photo snapping. Then open up your photos to see what was captured, send the image via email, etc.

Below is an example, allowing me to craft this whole post solely from my iPhone (using the WordPress app)!

Behind the scenes of (hopefully) every blog running on WordPress is a plugin called Akismet. Yesterday, Akismet updated their plugin for blocking spam comments on your (and my) blog to version 2.2.1, and I have now discovered the blessing of not having to manage spam on my blog. Akismet seamlessly (for the most part) parses all comments when they are submitted and filters out the evil spam ones (typically made by a machine), so that you get to see only the good stuff (they call it Ham), and I don’t waste my time approving comments.

To celebrate, I thought I would share with you what has made me so happy about all of this. Below is a chart showing just how much spam has been blocked out over the last six months: a grand total of 7928 spam comments, which account for more than 99% of all of the comments made on this blog (sadly, I don’t get more legitimate comments, though this is a great opportunity for you to change that!).

As promised, I’ve posted the pics from our trip to Pensacola Beach. Head over to the Photos page to check ‘em out.