I know quite a number of people who have had LASIK eye surgery, and sing its praises. It’s been very successful, and this branch in ophthalmology is becoming more and more popular. I’ve looked into it myself, with the hopes that such an uninvasive and simple procedure would solve my four decades of glasses-wearing. Unfortunately, I do not fit the bill for a successful outcome. It’s been determined that no corrective laser surgery will fix my eyesight; I simply need new eyeballs. Which I DO intend on getting someday! 
If you have had LASIK surgery and are deeply appreciative of your new-found freedom and vision (and who wouldn’t be?!), or have been wanting to get laser surgery, maybe you’d like to get the word out, and win some terrific prizes in the process. Abbott Medical Optics Inc., a global company specializing in laser corrective eye surgery, is having a contest to promote the benefits of improved vision through laser surgery. It’s the iLASIK Video Contest, and it’s very easy to enter. All you have to do is create and submit a video based on one of these topics:
• “My contacts are getting in the way of my good time”
• “My favorite sport or activity would be so much cooler with better vision”
• “You should see life after the iLASIK® Procedure”
Upload your video, and it is entered into the contest! You can notify your friends and family to se your video and vote on it. Prizes are very nice– a $5000 Grand Prize; HDTV packages valued at $2500; and Flip UltraHD camcorders, valued at $200 apiece.
So if you’ve been eager to tell everyone about how you want/need/have had laser surgery, make a short video and give the contest a try! You don’t have anything yo lose! And you just may win a prize that pays for your eye surgery and more!
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Tags: contest, laser, medicine
A huge snowstorm blasted the Northeast today. At first, it was predicted to be a fast-moving storm with sleet and a few inches of snow, then it changed to be up to 6 inches, then 12 inches (!), then it suddenly became a very slow mover with only 5 inches. Our local weathermen, while valiant in effort, seemed to have a hard time keeping up with the numerous changes it brought.
I love weather reports and I check them every day. So.. in case you haven’t heard about it, there’s a National Weather organization in the country, NOAA. I have found their maps and reports to be fascinating. It’s a great tool for school research, too. Keep it bookmarked!
Tags: education, resources, weather
I had an idea when thinking about making backups of my data– store it online, for free! Just create a Gmail account and email yourself your files. Don’t go sending any whopper files or anything, but you could easily send documents and stuff like that.
You see, I make weekly backups of my blogs xml files. I save the xml files on my computer, but what if my computer were to fail? I would lose all those backups. I could copy them to a flash drive or a CD, but like I said– I make weekly backups, and I have eight blogs! That’s a lot of work. I wonder if I would really backup as regularly if I had to do all that work…
So I thought: Why not email it to myself? Gmail gives you a ton of storage– what is it now, 2 GB? That’s a lot! So I’m going to be emailing my xml files and other files to myself, for Google to store on their servers. And it’s all for free.
Here’s a little caution, though– I don’t recommend that you store sensitive data online like that, such as passwords or medical or financial statements. The chances of your email being hacked ot stolen is pretty slim, but there is a possibility. And email can be opened and read along the way to the server. So it’s still a very good idea to store your sensitive data on a hard copy, like CDs or even print outs.
