So yesterday my 2 year old was playing with the iPad as she normally does and accidentally spilled water all over it. I dried it off and it worked fine but after a few minutes the screen colors started getting distorted.

Because there is nothing new under the sun I went to google and did a search to see if this happened to anyone and found out that lots of people had this same problem due to spilt water on their iPods, phones and iPad.

The Solution: Place the iPad in a bowl of rice

Apparently, rice will somehow absorb the moisture within the iPad. I tried this and sure enough the next morning my iPad worked fine with no disoriented colors.

So before you spend money to fix anything, just go to google and see if there is a solution that you can do yourself.

There is nothing new under the sun.

Apple’s iPad has been enjoying some free advertising as of late. Reports broke last week that the prime minister of Norway was using the tablet to govern from an airport. And now, a story has surfaced claiming a 99-year-old Portland, Ore., area woman is using the iPad to overcome medical woes.

According to a report in The Oregonian, Virginia Campbell, of Lake Oswego, Ore., suffers from glaucoma, making it extremely difficult to engage in her favorite pastimes: reading and writing.

After hearing about the iPad, Campbell, an alumnus of Portland’s Reed College, decided that the tablet could be the tool she needed to get back to enjoying reading and writing. And she was right.

The iPad has “changed her life,” Campbell’s daughter Ginny Adelsheim told The Oregonian in an interview.

According to Adelsheim, her mother is now reading books on the iPad, thanks to its ability to increase the size of text to a readable level. Campbell has also increased the brightness on the display to further enhance her reading experience. And although she has never owned a computer, she is now writing poetry on the tablet.