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Finally scuba certified
A few Sundays back I became PADI certified for open water. This means I can dive on my own without a dive master there. It is something I've wanted to do for a long time, but just never got around to …
Escondido's eccentric soap
Reading the bottle of Dr Bronner's Soap I've always got a wiff of crazy mixed with peppermint. But the soap was damned good, so I didn't really pay much attention. Someone else figured there was a sto…
Rojo diablo
A tad on the dramatic side, but still a good read: UT story on Scott Cassell and the Humboldt squid . "After hearing the red demon legend, Cassell researched Humboldt squid for two years before he beg…
A drive through Normandy
Photos of Normandy, France April 2-4, 2007 If you ever rent a car from a Paris airport (CDG in my case), make sure you book it from the net first. I spent a while talking up all the counter people up …
Waiting for my camera niche
While I love the photos from my Canon Rebel XT, I hate its size. The Rebel is actually one of the smallest SLR cameras out there, but it is still something you have to bring a bag for, or sling it ove…
Paris, France
Photos of Paris, France. March 31 - April 2, 2007 If I were to pick a city to move to in Europe, Paris would probably be at the top of the list. The city has the same exciting energy that New York has…
Catacombs of Paris
Photo album of the Catacombs of Paris April 1, 2007 Ever since reading about the dark world beneath the city of lights in Infiltration some years ago, they have been digging away at the back of my hea…
Seadragon and Photosynth demo
I've linked to the Microsoft Photosynth project before , but this tech demo of Seadragon and Photosynth at TED is worth another link. As Blaise Aguera y Arcas says, they are creating a three dimension…
The biggest gas producer
NPR has an interesting story about trying to find the biggest greenhouse gas producer in the US . Canada makes that easy, they have a reporting system. But there is no mandatory reporting system in th…
San Diego Transit
Google Transit has been around for a little bit, but it just got a nice update . Reno and San Diego are the newest cities on board. Nice!