lilianev http://www.lilianeville.com/blog web stuff, animals, technology, news, and whatever else she feels like writing about... Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:48:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Les Paul Google Logo http://www.lilianeville.com/blog/2011/06/les-paul-google-logo/ http://www.lilianeville.com/blog/2011/06/les-paul-google-logo/#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:48:57 +0000 lilianev http://www.lilianeville.com/blog/?p=475

If you haven’t visited www.google.com today, I highly recommend a quick visit. Once you get there, turn up the volume on your speakers & hover your mouse over the strings. AWESOME!

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Check it out here: http://www.apple.com/macosx/

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http://www.raptorresource.org/falcon_cams/index.html

It’s a live webcam of an eagles nest. When I first checked it out, there were 2 eagles in the nest! Breathtaking stuff. Second time I looked, there was a momma Eagle and two baby eagles underneath poking their heads out. I squealed. Very excitedly. And then took a screenshot as quickly as I could:

 

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Flickr image. All rights reserved by lurimirul.

This is amazing! I was totally blown away by this artist.
http://oddstuffmagazine.com/extraordinary-art-on-pencil-tips-by-dalton-ghetti.html

He’s a carpenter/sculptor that carves art on the tip of a pencil without a magnifying glass. Very impressive stuff!!

Here’s some of his sculpture’s on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/57665081@N08/sets/72157625610548377/

 

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If you get a fever within the next 24 hours, go to the doctor.

If a bullseye-like inflammation develops around the bite, go to the doctor.

If for the next 48 hours it becomes raised and inflamed and itchy and sometime painful, go to the doctor.

Ticks need to be attached for a 24 hour period to transmit diseases.

On Sunday, I had a tick attached to my leg for a maximum of three hours. Yesterday it was raised, inflamed, itchy, and bothersome. Today it hadn’t gotten any worse, but hadn’t really gotten any better. Mark took me to my doctor’s office during lunch and I was in and out within 20 minutes. I told her what happened, showed her the bite, and she prescribed a preventative antibiotic.

She told me about the 24 hour period for disease transmission, but she also said that little parts/pieces may remain inside you even after you’ve removed the tick (GROSS!) and it’s better to be safe than sorry. So I took her recommendation and got prescribed an antibiotic.

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http://www.techcentral.my/news/story.aspx?file=/2011/3/21/it_news/20110321095553&sec=IT_News

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Testing to see if this issue is resolved in WP3.1

Contact the Director

Professor Matthew Brown

Howard H. Baker Jr. Center

1640 Cumberland Avenue

Knoxville, Tennessee

Mailing Address

Modern Political Archive

Howard H. Baker Jr. Center

1640 Cumberland Avenue

Knoxville, Tennessee

37996-3340

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I still can’t find any firm information on whether or not it has a USB port. I know that there is a front and back camera, it’s faster and slimmer, the resolution hasn’t improved, and there is no SD slot. What about USB?

I found this, and it’s the best info on USB that I’ve found. It compares the Motorola Xoom and the iPad 2. It says that the Xoom has “many unique features” that are “specifically not available” on iPad 2 (Flash, 4G, SD slot, USB port, and built-in HDMI). I’ve re-read this article several times, and I can’t tell if these “unique features” are available on iPad 2 but don’t come in the standard config, OR if they’re just not available at all. Which seems to be the case because I know you can’t config an iPad to play Flash.

And this one is incredibly confusing. In the Battery Life section, it mentions that you can try and charge your iPad 2 via USB on your computer or laptop, but then later on says that a USB port is “one of the most wished-for features” by users.

Ack!!

Does anyone know, for sure, if there is a USB port on the iPad2??

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