When you want to call someone a bottom-dwelling scum, but you want to veil it in langauge they won't understand.
periphyton - sessile organisms, such as algae and small crustaceans, that live attached to surfaces projecting from the bottom of a freshwater aquatic environment.
sapropel - An aquatic sludge-like sediment rich in organic matter formed in oxygen-free areas at the bottom of lakes
demersal - that lives near the bottom of a body of water
limicoline - shore-dwelling
Monday, June 4, 2018
Sunday, June 3, 2018
Introduction to Solitary Bees
Interesting facts about solitary bees. They're much more efficient pollinators because they carry pollen all over their body, not just in their legs. They nest in tunnels.
Friday, June 1, 2018
Drones Are Here to Stay. Get Used to It | Time
Ok this video of making the cover of Time magazine is very, very cool. There was a similar thousand-drone stunt at the last Olympics, and they are amazing feats. If you don't have much time, watch the video from 2:45.
Thursday, May 31, 2018
Wednesday, May 30, 2018
People In San Francisco Are Really Upset Over These Electric Scooters
Scooters on sidewalks are controversial
Casting a $20 Million Mirror for the World’s Largest Telescope
Wow, an incredible process that takes years to get nanometer-precision in the surface of the mirror.
Monday, May 28, 2018
Thermo-regulation drove human evolution
This author argues that thermo-regulation was a major evolutionary force, making us taller and thinner to withstand heat. Walking long distances carrying fruit was another evolutionary pressure, and both of these factors made our pelvis smaller, forcing childbirth earlier in gestation and hence newborns that were more vulnerable.
I always thought it was just increased brain power that increased head size in human evolution, but he argues that the pelvis was getting smaller also.
Video Stabilization: How to Stabilize Shaky Video Footage
https://youtu.be/ZMLUa8qz1Zw
Very interesting how you can select the portion of the frame you want it to analyze for stabilization, and it tracks those objects and their movement for the entire clip and you can adjust how "smooth" to make it or whether to keep some camera panning in the clip, for instance.
Sunday, May 27, 2018
Balut
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balut_(food)
Very adventurous Philippine food - you won't believe what's inside.
Saturday, May 26, 2018
The Windhover by Gerard Manley Hopkins | Books | The Guardian
nice analysis of a very beautiful poem that illustrates "sprung rhythm"
The Windhover
To Christ Our Lord
I caught this morning morning's minion, king-
dom of daylight's dauphin, dapple-dawn-drawn Falcon, in his riding
Of the rolling level underneath him steady air, and striding
High there, how he rung upon the rein of a wimpling wing
In his ecstasy! then off, off forth on swing,
As a skate's heel sweeps smooth on a bow-bend: the hurl and gliding
Rebuffed the big wind. My heart in hiding
Stirred for a bird, – the achieve of, the mastery of the thing.
Brute beauty and valour and act, oh, air, pride, plume, here
Buckle! AND the fire that breaks from thee then, a billion
Times told lovelier, more dangerous, O my chevalier!
No wonder of it: shéer plód makes plough down sillion
Shine, and blue-bleak embers, ah my dear,
Fall, gall themselves, and gash gold-vermilion.
Travel when you retire
Blue Ridge Parkway
Rocky Mountaineer
Dublin - prison-turned-museum Kilmainham Gaol
Guinness Storehouse to pour a proper pint
cities to explore — the port city of Kinsale to the south, Belfast in Northern Ireland, Dingle, and Killarney, seaport town of Cobh in County Cork was the departure point of the Titanic, and a tour of the White Star Line ticket office is a moving and memorable experience
Sicily: Palermo, Sicily’s capital, is a lively city with colorful outdoor markets, spectacular cathedrals, and delectable street foods, including fried rice balls called arancini
ancient ruins at Agrigento, Siracusa, Selinunte, and Taormina
Travel between cities can be managed by train, bus, car, or private driver
Within the cities, streets are narrow and parking is nearly non-existent.
Scottsdale, Arizona:
luxurious surroundings, The Canyon Suites at The Phoenician Hotel
Australia:
Sydney, tour the iconic opera house...harbor cruise
Sydney Harbour Bridge, or climb to the apex of its steel arch if you have lots of energy and an extra $200
Kangaroo Island’s nature reserve, called Australia’s Galapagos, and see koalas, wallabies, kangaroos, fur seals, penguins, and kookaburras. The island is a short flight or ferry ride from Adelaide, in southern Australia.
Melbourne’s Great Ocean Road, at Australia’s southeastern tip, is the place to see rugged seashore, jagged cliffs, sandy beaches, and even the dense Otway rainforest.
Cruise the Yarra River in Melbourne for great views
Costa Rica:
Southeast Asia River Cruise:
Ha Long Bay to see the magnificent limestone rock formations
Siem Reap in Cambodia: tour Angkor Wat, a massive temple complex built in the early 12th century
China:
Beijing, China’s imperial capital where you can view historic Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City, the world’s largest surviving ancient palace complex
4,000-mile-long Great Wall
Xi'an to see the wondrous Terra Cotta Warriors
Shanghai, China’s largest city and financial center - stroll along the Bund, its famed waterfront promenade - sample the specialty xiao long bao, soup dumplings
Friday, May 25, 2018
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