The summer has been a bit of a chaos in stasis. Working on filming projects both my own and others. Giving presentations, shooting, completing a class, applying for grants, managing grants, finishing grant work, driving all over the state… The list seems to go on and on. It has been a bit of head down, barreling forward… Read more →
DiverLaura
Ice Bucket Challenge, Puget Sound Style
Oooohh… I have an idea… Puget Sound is sick, and our pollution is what is making it sicker. If you’ve been watching any of my latest videos you can get a feel for what kind of sea monsters lurk in even ONE DROP! So here is the Puget Sound version of the ice bucket challenge… Donate $100 (or what you… Read more →
iPhone Microscope
I’ve always been fascinated by plankton, but a good video microscope has been out of my reach (mostly because i spend all my disposable $$ on camera crap) When I saw this (how to make a microscope with cheap laser pointer lens and iPhone) i immediately went out and bought the parts and thanks to my friend Neal Chism and… Read more →
Lazy-blogging
Let’s just call it a selective-lazy-streak. I have been blogging on and off now for at over a decade, although I prefer to call it more my Daily Minutia, than a blog per se. minutiae |məˈn(y)o͞oSHēˌē, -SHēˌī | (also minutia |-SHēˌə, -SHə| ) pl. noun the small, precise, or trivial details of something: the minutiae of everyday life. It waxes and wanes depending mostly on if I’m feeling busy or open or… Read more →
Things people don’t tell you about spending 10 hrs on scuba in a pool
This past weekend I got to do something “new” to me. That isn’t unheard of, as there are many things I have not yet had a chance to partake in, but the list gets much shorter when it has to do with diving. I got a chance to work as an UW grip (and ‘behind the scenes’ camera) for the… Read more →
The Ocean friend
Even when she was very small, she knew…. Where most small children might be frightened by their mother sliding under the waves in a black rubber suit and steely tank, she was not… It made her happy… It meant time… time on the shore…. he was always there with her, and with him she was always safe, never lonely… he’d… Read more →
Best mask for CCR
So you’ve gone and done it… You made the leap and upgraded your kit to include a CCR. I was hard headed, as I tend to be about things, and figured that my low volume mask would be fine. It’s small, and a bit tunnel-vision-y but if I wear it low I can see my HUD (Heads Up display), or… Read more →
Very comprehensive story about Sea Star Wasting
Sea Star Wasting Syndrome Seastar Wasting Syndrome Learn more about Sea Star Wasting Syndrome Mike Kirsch – Correspondant CCTV http://www.cctv-america.com/2014/06/22/millions-of-sea-stars-are-dying-with-no-explanation Read more →
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Star Blight – Seattle Magazine Article
Stories about the Sea Star wasting disease just keep coming… Much like the disease itself. The waters are warming up along with the weather and the scientists I’ve been talking to are concerned that we will see an uptick in the sea star deaths again. They are now seeing it in the San Juans, an area that was spared… Read more →