Sooo glad I got to see one of those in the wild, in a Florida canal, and kicking myself for not getting some good pix of it. Exquisite. Monterey Bay Aquarium has some nice specimens in their tanks.
I used to see these lots in the bay in Jersey as a kid. I'd go out on the dock at night and tap them a little as they were feeding, just under the surface. They'd flash an angry green luminescence and dive down. Endless amusement, but there were no such thing as video games then.
oh, man, really! I missed out. We only went to the bay when we were little kids and couldn't handle those huge 2 to 3 foot breakers on the Atlantic side. I can't remember going to the beach after dark as a kid. I took my dad and a BFF there in 1986 in March at 330AM to show them Halley's Comet. Believe it or not, there were dozens of people there. I became the ad-hoc tour guide. While folks were disappointed about the comet, I swung the scope over to Saturn and everybody liked that. That was sort of my last astronomical hurrah with my old man, he died 3 years later
Sorry, but it's a good story to remember.
Yeah, me and my old man had a lot of fun with astronomy. When I got into it, and to a lesser extent, my older brother, dad was fascinated by it too. He had a friend from work, who, upon finding out I had gotten the bug, gave my dad a box of old Sky & Telescope magazines for me to read. When I showed my dad sunspots he thought they were so cool he kept a journal of them for a year or so.
Also Too: in '83 or thereabouts I was working a plankton trawl for a powerplant study in the summer. Night time larval sampling. Pulled the net – heavy as hell, and it was jammed packed with comb jellies. The tech I was working with collapsed, laughing his ass off. I wasn't too amused, it was at the tail end of a 12 hour shift ans I had to somehow count all those fuckers. Like 800+
Still pretty, though.
Wow. Field work rocks (to an extent). A couple of times Feynman switched fields for his vacation. I've thought about it too. A few years back when they were able to sequence proteins in a T Rex femur? The woman working on it was being interviewed on SciFri, and Ira asked her if anyone had duplicated her work. She said, no, not yet, most paleontologists were dry guys, and "we need more chemists". How I'd love to kill a summer digging bones and doing wet chemistry to extract shit. Heaven.
That would be way cool. Daytime work in the summer is a real plus. The night shifts really played hell with my head & circadian rhythms, I felt like a vampire and not in a good way.
yeah, I bet it would be hot dry work out in Montana or Wyoming in the daytime. Probably wouldn't have enough left to enjoy the stars at night.
I…I didn't even have a speech ready. I'd like to thank The Academy…
It wouldn't be an Aquarium holiday without Santa taking a dive! He's made time in his busy schedule to join us in the Atlantic Coral Reef exhibit at 2 p.m. sharp on Tuesday, December 20; Wednesday, December 21; and Thursday, December 22. Don't miss it!
Bummer, I would love to not miss that.
If only there was a submerged-Santa-cam~
That had to be fun. How many Deadheads did you know that had stacks and stacks of cassette tapes just labeled with dates and venues? All of them?
Zappa fans were big into tape trading too, but Frank was highly discouraging of this practice. I saw Bald Headed John run into the audience and toss some poor tape fucker out on his ass – during a show in the Garden State (now PNC) Arts Center.
The taper's section at the Dead and Company shows last year was a sight to see. They all use laptops now, and the glow from their screens was a distraction from the light show.
I used to have stacks of them, then stacks of CDRs. I've got a buddy who has probably 85-90% of all the shows in one form or another. Plus, he scours the online groups and comes up with all sorts of other amazing finds- like lots of 70's Zappa, Zeppelin and Clapton.
I'm not sure, but I think the Garden in Vegas provided power to them. I do know that those were likely the last indoor Dead-ish shows I'll attend. I forgot how bad the 2nd hand smoke problem could be.
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Pretty!
I thought you were going to go | here. |
Was that designed to induce seizures? If so, nice work!
Search and Seizure.
Ha, no.
Prehaps, though…Royal Jelly?
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Royale with Bees!
Don we now our painful tentacles
fa la la la la la la la la
Ding dong, ding dong, nematocysts are stinging
That's a big Ctenophore, good buddy.
ISWYDT
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(You can tune a piano but you can't Tunicate)
Sooo glad I got to see one of those in the wild, in a Florida canal, and kicking myself for not getting some good pix of it. Exquisite. Monterey Bay Aquarium has some nice specimens in their tanks.
I used to see these lots in the bay in Jersey as a kid. I'd go out on the dock at night and tap them a little as they were feeding, just under the surface. They'd flash an angry green luminescence and dive down. Endless amusement, but there were no such thing as video games then.
oh, man, really! I missed out. We only went to the bay when we were little kids and couldn't handle those huge 2 to 3 foot breakers on the Atlantic side. I can't remember going to the beach after dark as a kid. I took my dad and a BFF there in 1986 in March at 330AM to show them Halley's Comet. Believe it or not, there were dozens of people there. I became the ad-hoc tour guide. While folks were disappointed about the comet, I swung the scope over to Saturn and everybody liked that. That was sort of my last astronomical hurrah with my old man, he died 3 years later
Sorry, but it's a good story to remember.
Yeah, me and my old man had a lot of fun with astronomy. When I got into it, and to a lesser extent, my older brother, dad was fascinated by it too. He had a friend from work, who, upon finding out I had gotten the bug, gave my dad a box of old Sky & Telescope magazines for me to read. When I showed my dad sunspots he thought they were so cool he kept a journal of them for a year or so.
Also Too: in '83 or thereabouts I was working a plankton trawl for a powerplant study in the summer. Night time larval sampling. Pulled the net – heavy as hell, and it was jammed packed with comb jellies. The tech I was working with collapsed, laughing his ass off. I wasn't too amused, it was at the tail end of a 12 hour shift ans I had to somehow count all those fuckers. Like 800+
Still pretty, though.
Wow. Field work rocks (to an extent). A couple of times Feynman switched fields for his vacation. I've thought about it too. A few years back when they were able to sequence proteins in a T Rex femur? The woman working on it was being interviewed on SciFri, and Ira asked her if anyone had duplicated her work. She said, no, not yet, most paleontologists were dry guys, and "we need more chemists". How I'd love to kill a summer digging bones and doing wet chemistry to extract shit. Heaven.
That would be way cool. Daytime work in the summer is a real plus. The night shifts really played hell with my head & circadian rhythms, I felt like a vampire and not in a good way.
yeah, I bet it would be hot dry work out in Montana or Wyoming in the daytime. Probably wouldn't have enough left to enjoy the stars at night.
This might be the Pun of the Year.
I…I didn't even have a speech ready. I'd like to thank The Academy…
Bummer, I would love to not miss that.
If only there was a submerged-Santa-cam~
Dunno if they'll do it live, but I've seen video clips of Diving Santa at the aquarium before. I'll check the website.
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Enjoy!
Turning 29, is she?
tell Jorma I said hi!
you two make a lovely couple. May I wish you both many happy years to come!
Was about to post that, but will instead go with this because that sweet, sweet jelly's so good
Outstanding! I think I saw them that tour, if they did the East. What fun.
I almost posted a NYE 85 version that I was at
That had to be fun. How many Deadheads did you know that had stacks and stacks of cassette tapes just labeled with dates and venues? All of them?
Zappa fans were big into tape trading too, but Frank was highly discouraging of this practice. I saw Bald Headed John run into the audience and toss some poor tape fucker out on his ass – during a show in the Garden State (now PNC) Arts Center.
The taper's section at the Dead and Company shows last year was a sight to see. They all use laptops now, and the glow from their screens was a distraction from the light show.
I used to have stacks of them, then stacks of CDRs. I've got a buddy who has probably 85-90% of all the shows in one form or another. Plus, he scours the online groups and comes up with all sorts of other amazing finds- like lots of 70's Zappa, Zeppelin and Clapton.
pretty good battery life to record a 3+ hour show with an external bus powered sound card without dimming the screen
how many inputs does that external sound card have? USB or PCI express?
I'm not sure, but I think the Garden in Vegas provided power to them. I do know that those were likely the last indoor Dead-ish shows I'll attend. I forgot how bad the 2nd hand smoke problem could be.