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Panda Cam
I can't begin to tell you how much time I spend on this site watching the panda Bai Yun and her baby Yun Zi. They are so adorable! It is so much fun to watch them romp around their exhibit. I was watching this morning, and one of the pandas was just running all around its exhibit. What's cuter than pandas frolicking?
Not only do you get to watch Bai Yun and Yun Zi, but they also have another panda named Gao Gao. If you scroll down the page you'll find instructions explaining how to figure out which panda you're watching. If the camera is in black and white, you're watching the night time feed, and if it's in color it's daytime. I love watching the pandas laze in the sun.
I would also recommend checking out the Panda Time Lapse Cam, you can watch a whole day's worth of panda fun! Just pick a date on the right side of the section, and you'll watch the panda's activities for that day.
I think this is one dose of cute that's worth bookmarking, I bet you will too!
http://www.sandiegozoo.org/pandacam/
Pomegranates
Yum! Pomegranates have arrived at my grocery store! I love them, but I decided that this year I was going to get some ideas for what I could use them in (rather than just eating them by themselves). I also wanted to know if there was an easier way to get those delicious seeds out.
3 Step - No Mess - This section explains how to get those luscious seeds out without making a mess, or spending forever smacking the pomegranate. It is as easy as 1-2-3! You'll find images of the three steps with easy to understand directions.
Recipes - I could just eat the seeds by themselves and be perfectly content, but this year I wanted to stretch a little and add them into my recipes. The first thing this section does is answer the question - do you eat the whole seed? Well, it's a matter of preference, but you'll get more fiber by eating the crunchy seed. You'll also find recipes for appetizers, salads & soups, main courses, preserves, dips & sauces, desserts, and beverages. My favorite recipe was for pomegranate syrup - you can use it on ice cream, in drinks, or in sauces! It's fabulous.
News & Information - Here you can find the latest news on pomegranates, as well as delectable information about the fruit. I recommend checking out the Pomegranate Particulars section you'll learn a ton of interesting things about the yummy fruit!
I hope that this site will make picking up a pomegranate less intimidating, now that you'll know how to get the delicious seeds out and have recipes to use them in!
http://www.pomegranates.org/home.shtml
What Time is it, Google?
I stumbled across this neat trick for Google the other night when a friend of mine wanted to know what time it was in Japan. Usually, I'd just use the Windows clock, change the time zone, etc., etc., but for this, I decided to Google it and see what happened.
Besides, I don't necessarily have a giant wall full of time-zone specific clocks to consult.
So, all you do is browse over to Google, and in the search box, type:
"What time is it in (Insert location here)"
Like this:
Lo and behold, there's the time! I guess you wouldn't want to call anyone in Japan right now, would you?
Give it a try today!
Classical Net
This site is dedicated to helping you understand the ten century span of classical music. Whether you've been touched by a piece of music, or you just can't get a piece out of your head (I've had Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries stuck in mine lately) you may want to learn more about either the composer, the symphony or opera it comes from, or just if anyone has done a review on a certain performance CD of it.
I'd suggest you start in the section Basic Repertoire - and follow through the sections after it. It will teach you how to use the site through the Guide, and then it delves into the different musical periods. This is a great way to really learn about music!
Composers - This is another large chunk of the site. Here you can learn all about the composers of your favorite musical pieces and what they've contributed in their body of work to the era they lived in.
Don't forget to check out the Reviews and Articles section. This is very helpful if you're purchasing music for your collection because you can discover what's available and what people who've listened to the recording thought of it.
This is a great site to use to help you broaden your knowledge of Classical music. I learned so much here, and I hope that you will too!
http://www.classical.net/
Bob, from Walnut Creek, CA asks:
I use MSN Hotmail as my email provider. When I want to compose a new e-mail, the program defaults to the Verdana font, size 10. I want to change this, but can't seem to find a way to do it. Can you help?
Bob, I have some good news and some bad news for you. The bad news is that there is currently no built-in functionality to change a default font with Hotmail. This option may be added in a future release, but, as of now, there is no official way to do this.
So, what's the good news? Well, there is an easy to use workaround that will do almost exactly what you asked. You do not need to download or install any new programs, and everything is done from within the Hotmail options menu. Here's how it works.
You can set up your Hotmail signature with a default font, size and color and save it, so that every time you compose a new email, your font of choice will be saved and ready to type with. Setting this up is not difficult, but there are a few things you need to remember.
To get started, click on the Options menu in the top right of your account, and select More options… from the dropdown menu.
Under the Customize Your Mail heading, click on Personal Email Signature.
Type a few letters into the signature text box and highlight them by clicking and dragging your cursor over the letters. Now you can pick a font, a font size, and a font color that you would like to set as your default. For the purpose of this demo, I have chosen Franklin Gothic, size 16. Click save when you have chosen yours.
Now go back to your inbox and compose a new mail message. It might look like your new settings have not been applied, but bear with me, because all will soon become clear.
Highlight the letters or words you chose as your signature, (you can see above that I chose the word "Hi"), and then start typing over the highlighted section. As if by magic, your text will now appear as the default font settings that you set up with your signature.
If you currently use a signature for contact information, then this may not be the best solution for you, but for everybody else, this is as close as you can come to changing the default font in Hotmail.
