http://thedesignspace.net/ My daily explorations, troubleshooting, solutions and discoveries. en-us ellen@thedesignspace.net Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:17:07 -0500 http://thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/000750.html Baby Elephant's First Swim! from Zoos Victoria on Vimeo.... http://thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/000673.html Bai Yun's fifth cub was born on August 5, 2009 in the San Diego Zoo. Of course, I've been diligently shooting over-the-top-cute screen captures from the webcam ever since. Here are some of the best, in order. Aug. 6: Not much to see - he's hidden!... http://thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/000547.html Monifa hippo , originally uploaded by rellapics. A rare pygmy hippo has reached the ripe old age of three weeks and is thriving at the Taronga zoo in Sydney, Australia. Monifa, (which means "I am lucky") was very weak when she was born, and could not stand or walk immediately, so she could not be fed by her mother.... http://thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/000524.html This pot-bellied piglet is about 10 days old, and lives at Domino's petting farm. We were told that these pigs are mostly used as pets, are very smart, and keep their enclosure clean. There are about 20 of these little critters running around in the pen, and they all sleep together in a long line. Extra! Extra! This Piglet... http://thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/000496.html It seems a species of pig that was thought to be extinct was really just hiding out in people's gardens. They have been rescued from the brink, and are being re-introduced to the wild in Assam, India by the Durrell foundation. I don't know about you but I wouldn't mind having a herd of these on my desktop. The... http://thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/000396.html Thanks to Dave Taylor, I now have the PandaCam widget visible on my desktop all the time. No need to hit F12 to see if the Pandas are doing something cute. Per Dave's instructions, just open the Terminal, and type: defaults write com.apple.dashboard devmode YES You should get another system prompt (">"). Then log out and log in again. Hit... http://thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/000383.html 8/5/07 Update, Nov. 26, 2007 The cub has been named Zhen Zhen! Here's a photo diary of the as-yet-unnamed female panda cub born August 3 at the San Diego Zoo. The little panda is the fourth cub of Bai Yun, a panda that arrived from China in 1996. To read the latest news on the Giant Pandas at the... http://thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/000239.html OK - I just can't resist. I'm starting a "cute" section! I've never seen a pile of pandas like this! Click here to see all the panda cub photos: Sixteen giant panda cubs, all born this year in the China Wolong Giant Panda Research Center, have a happy year-end reunion at the center in Sichuan Province in southwest China....