New from Snet: Lithologs, a new tool to create lithological/sedimentological logs online..
Saturday, 27 December 2014
Linux - Tor
I went through the whole Tor thing, as outlined in the Register. I installed Tails on usb disk. I think I am now running a Tor relay, but it's difficult to prove. The network looks active. I used some of the default bandwidths, and I'm happy I have unlimited on my Bell plan. I'll see if it interferes with the spoose's MS Skipey thing, whatever the company uses. I know that doing aBárðarbunga volcano update 27-December-2014
Bárðarbunga volcano continues to erupt in Holuhraun as before. The eruption is around the same phase as before. There was some change detected at the eruption vent in Holuhraun, it is remains unclear at the moment what change … Continue readingIt’s Alive! Dr. Bakker Tells us how to make skeletons dance
Some museums buy fossil-kits, all the bones drilled and filled with pipe fittings so that they click together to make the whole skeletal assembly. It’s quick. But if you have an anatomically sophisticated [...]Living with Epilepsy
I have epilepsy. For most of the last four years, that has been characterized by sudden, brief bouts of intense depression and the temporary inability to speak (or even to recall words and names in my head). [...]Holiday Field Work
Diplograptus amplexicaulis graptolite from the Verulam formation
Views of the Mahantango [09:01:00]
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Ordovician; CA
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USGS Produced Waters Geochemical Database and Map Viewer
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Sumatra +10: contemplating the power of tsunami
Whilst touring Port Lockroy in Antarctica last Christmas Day, one of the exhibits describing the scientific research undertaken there had this interesting footnote: This is pretty mind-blowing, if you think [...]Dwarf crocodiles are the cutest, even if they’ve been dead for 150 million years..
Green Tea and Velociraptors [18:50:53]
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Jurassic; DE,FR,,IN,AU
Europe 150 million years ago must have been a brilliant place to go on holiday. Tropical islands, warm lagoons to bathe, a warm climate, and nine metre long crocodiles noshing on anything that couldn’t [...]
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Naturstein-Trends für das Jahr 2015
Viel Natürlichkeit und warme Farben Die Anzahl an Möbelmessen, Wohnzeitschriften und Deko-Blogs beweist, was sich schon lange nicht mehr leugnen lässt: Die neuesten Tendenzen und Trends in [...]Happy New Years! Ein guten Rutsch!
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Once again, and one more year. New Year’s in Germany is great because everyone walks around saying “have a good slip” whereas slip is of the banana peel sort, not the sexy underwear. Despite [...]
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Scapanorhynchus raphiodon Fossil Shark Teeth
Louisville Area Fossils [03:30:00]
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Cretaceous; US
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A Drone for the Holidays
So, by now some of you have opened a holiday gift and it turned out to be a drone. I was fortunate enough this year to get a 3DR IRIS+ in my stocking. After a few flights I wanted to put together a quick [...]Boy Scouts offer mining merit badge
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