Author: jedreynolds
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New X Prize Quest: Sensors To Probe Oceanic Acid Levels – Slashdot
New X Prize Quest: Sensors To Probe Oceanic Acid Levels – Slashdot. Oceanic acidity not only affects oxygen/carbon levels, it determines whether regions of the ocean can be carbon-sinks and bind carbon into calcite structures such as coral. When we see anoxic regions of the ocean like off the coast of Oregon, that spells big…
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Evidence of 100,000-Year-Old Life Found In Antarctic Subglacial Lake – Slashdot
Evidence of 100,000-Year-Old Life Found In Antarctic Subglacial Lake – Slashdot. As the son of a paleontologist, I relate to this on many levels. I’m most excited by the fact that we can still discover ancient–living–life on our planet.
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Ghosts of Venice
Originally posted on visual journey: Gandoliers at dusk, Venice, long exposure from San Marco Vaporetto Stop with Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute as backdrop rumor has it that ”ghostly’ gondolas and gandoliers frequent this part of Venice . Their ‘ghostly’ presence can only be acknowledged if captured on a camera sensor (not any camera –…
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2013-09-01 Padilla Bay Oxbow
2013-09-01 Padilla Bay Oxbow This was a bit of a challenge to cook up. I ended up with four layers in Gimp: a desaturated bw as a hard-light layer, a ND layer over the sky, and a color-enhanced layer to bring the sky color into the foreground ponding. This was surprising done on my lappie,…
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Secure Google Docs email results in mailbox compromise
A bank sharing something via Google Docs? You should be smart enough to not fall for that, right?
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2013-08-25 Bellingham from Lummi Island [wide wallpaper]
2013-08-25 Bellingham from Lummi Island [wide wallpaper]
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DIY Travel Mug Lid
I lose lids off of travel mugs frequently. The great shame of travel mugs is the cheap caps that just fly off, into traffic, when biking. For a while I had been using lids from other disposable coffee cups. But then I found a lid to an empty peanut butter jar. So, pop quiz: how…
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Misty Cape Dissapointment [wide wallpaper]
Pentax K10D, 50mm F4@1/60th; Hugin: 6 shots; Gimp: 3 layers.
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