runsamuck decided to spend part of our tax refund for a new laptop (a fairly cheap one), and until I get the other one fixed, I was putting some programs I use fairly regularly on it. One was Apophysis which I haven't actually used since version 2.something, and it's now up to 7x. I was noodling around with it - I still need to go through some tutorials I ( Read more... )

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Of course, most scientists are in term of their projects, which take on life as their children.

But some biologists especially, share a commonality with parents of very young children. Pre-potty-training children. In that you develop a fascination with poop. My boss forwarded me and my coworkers the following article:

Whale Shark Poops on Camera ( Read more... )

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Wow, there's only one more day of fishing after today. Friday will be spent steam back to San Diego, cleaning our cabins, the lab area, refueling and then back the Scripps Marine Facility ( Read more... )

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Roomie's Teacher@Sea log: (apparently took a break today ( Read more... )

Roomie's Teacher@Sea log: http://teacheratsea.noaa.gov/2007/eubanks/pdf/eubanks_log7.pdfRead more... )