Paragraphs vs. Bullet Points: We Speak Now In A Hail Of BulletsGood stuff to know. Yes, I use them completely wrong here; I quite often combine bullets and paragraphs. Or I'm just so long-winded I find it impossible to cut myself off at a statement per bullet ( Read more... )

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Today is the 2nd Annual (Unofficial) International Cephalopod Appreciation and Awareness Day, 10/8/2008 ( Read more... )

Or so I would say if I said that kind of thing... *clears throat*

My boss sent this last week:

http://ladiving.smugmug.com/gallery/4732421_zMKoR#280250057_uWs4P-A-LB

It's a bobtail squid, related to the stubby squid I posted about quite awhile ( Read more... )

I'm sitting in the living room of a house, a condo actually, on Mission Bay in San Diego. I'm about to call John at home and go to bed. I've been sharing the place with three coworkers this week, attending two conferences back to back. The first I had been looking forward to; the CalCOFI conference this year was about jumbo squid "invasions" - ( Read more... )

Humboldt squid, also called jumbo squid, (Dosidicus gigas) have been showing up in huge numbers off the coast here recently, more than the usual summer appearance; commercial fishermen are complaining that they are catching too many (and there being no market to sell them) and the squid are eating stuff they are usually catching. The local sport ( Read more... )

Cool - wish I could get up to Newport OR Aquarium this weekend, although the exhibit is continuing after that.

In Search of Giant Squid

"The exhibit, based on the popular permanent exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, examines the myths and legends that surround giant squid and explores their anatomy; what is known ( Read more... )

( Silly squiddy quizzes... )

(written yesterday, but it's about the same today...)

ISO declared Statewide STAGE 2 Electrical Emergency for 07/24/2006 13:00 through 07/24/2006 21:00

A dangerous heat wave with record-breaking temperatures in California and other parts of the Western United States continues to tax the electricity system to the limits of its capacity. According ( Read more... )

Haven't had time to read the entire article (or set of articles) yet in New Scientist, but it looks fascinating ( Read more... )