I had a gorgeous dive last night – lots of bioluminescence, some octopus, and tons of small critters out. There were only a few squid around, but apparently enough to fish for, as there were about 6 squid boats just outside the preserve. No photos from this dive as I didn’t have the batteries for …
Author Archives: Chris Nelson
The obligation of walking away
Secretary Paulson played the morality card two days ago when speaking about home owners that were in over their heads: Homeowners who can afford their payments and don’t have to move, can choose to stay in their house. And let me emphasize, any homeowner who can afford his mortgage payment but chooses to walk away …
Game theory wiz kids
Just in case I didn’t already think Nixon and Kissinger were complete mental bastards: The Nukes of October: Richard Nixon’s Secret Plan to Bring Peace to Vietnam Nixon decided to try something new: threaten the Soviet Union with a massive nuclear strike and make its leaders think he was crazy enough to go through with …
Squid fishing in La Jolla
During a night dive last week we noticed a number of brightly lit boats off shore and guessed they were fishing for squid. That’s exactly what they are according to the UT: The mystery lights belong to a fleet of seiners fishing for market-sized squid. Witnesses have seen as many as 10 to 20 boats …
Canon firmware hacks
Some bright folks have dumped and upgraded the firmware for the Canon A570 IS, A610, A620, A630, A640, A700, A710 IS, S2 IS, S3 IS, SD500 and G7. They unlocked raw mode, high speed shutter speeds, live histograms, highlight cropping indicators, and better battery indicators. Quite amazing. If you own one of the above and …