Geobulletin alpha

Oklahoma earthquakes now extend south of OK City 

This is great.  I always told these guys to just extend the NE lines up and down.  Trouble is that they are afraid of 'wild catting'.  A dry hole is very expensive, so they stick with what they know.  Nobody down there knows a speck about the Precambrian, but the fracture zones are on very straight lines. This shows the latest shallow thrust relative to the city.  It was only an m2.8 but

Orlando. Words from my friend Monk San. 

By Steve Gough.Monk San is a friend of mine who was born in Sri Lanka and became a Buddhist monk there as a teen; his mother is still there and picks tea for a few dollars a day.  Here he is with my wife, Kate, who brought him to Carbondale to visit her Buddhist group.  Two people I admire very much.He's a Buddhist monk who's broken from his tradition by leaving his monastery and traveling.  He's in a lot of trouble for that.English is not his first language.  I was moved by [...]

Taiwan earthquake strong ground motion 

I finally found the strong ground motion, here. I just knew they put it out right away. This is in velocity, although the scale reads 'acceleration'.  Who needs to worry about English over there?  :) This is the beautiful clean plot near the epicentre on rock.  I am assuming this by the low value and short duration.  Max PGV of 5 cm/s .  It would be a lot of trouble to make sure this

Latest Toronto seismicity 

Lest we forget.  Alaska just had an M7.1 that woke everybody up, but no damage.  That's the trouble with preparing for earthquakes in this neck of the woods -- those in power say we're no Alaska or California, blah, blah.  Problem is that a rare earthquake for them is an 8 or 9, for us it's a 6 or 7. This is the latest seismicity map for Southern Ontario.  The two lines mirror the two

PG test pitfalls 

A while back, I discussed how I prepared for the ASBOG tests that are required for the Professional Geologist (PG) license in many US states. I mentioned that I did successfully pass both tests (Fundamentals of Geology and Practice of Geology). But when I was actually in the exam room, which parts did I have the most trouble with? I didn't have too much trouble with the Practice of Geology -

Field Drain Tile and the “Re-Eutrophication” of Lake Erie 

Algae Blooms, Microcystin and Phosphorus It’s been over a year since Toledo, Ohio and surrounding communities shut down public water supplies due to an algae bloom and microcystin contamination in western Lake Erie. Was the trouble a “one-off” or can we expect more of these events in the future? While attending a seminar this year hosted by the Michigan Chapter of the Soil and Water Conservation Society, my interest was

Linux - getting an old Zotac to work 

My son is all into major league baseball, now that the Bluejays are winning.  We've signed up to mlbtv and can watch a game every day!  (I can't, it's soooo boring!)  But the old wdtv box can't seem to take the hd channel, and it freezes a lot.  Time to buy a new android box!  But first I want to check out my old media box that I once bought for xbmc, now kodi. I eventually had so much

Machaeraria formosa brachiopod from the Kalkberg formation of New York 

This specimen, that I collected from the Kalkberg formation of New York, has given me some trouble trying to identify it but I think I've narrowed it down to Machaeraria formosa. I'm basing this due to the description by Hall in "Paleontology of New York", Vol III part 1, page 236:SHELL subtriangular or transversely oval; lateral margins forming an angle at the beak of about 90° to 110°. Ventral valve somewhat more depressed than the opposite: beak prominent, arched, not strongly incurved. [...]

The Jurassic World Movie and Challenge 

I saw "Jurassic World" (Vincent's "Jurassic World review: not your father's de-extinction theme park" sums up my opinion of the movie: http://chasmosaurs.blogspot.com/2015/06/marcs-jurassic-world-review-not-your.html ) & took the "Jurassic World Challenge" ( http://chasmosaurs.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-jurassic-world-challenge.html ). At 1st I was like, "There are many paleo researchers & independent paleoartists. How [am I] to decide which ones to give $ to?", but then Orr was like, "if [...]

Wonderful Quotes About Life 

    Wonderful Quotes About Life – As humans we must know that in life no such thing as a good side and a bad side. and also in every breath of course, there is no word for us smoothly into life in this mortal world. Very often we get into trouble and exams. This […] The post Wonderful Quotes About Life appeared first on Liberty, Equality, and

[jules' pics] The prodigal cat 

Oh noes. He's back! Apparently, Riley the cat has too much character, and his new owners gave him back after less than a week. So, on return from Vienna we had to go and pick him up again. However, Riley is so much trouble, that I begged for another cat to distract him. The rescue woman suggested Blackie, a probably older and definitely much calmer creature of similarly large stature.

Cracks 

Two months have passed since my report on the few street plants tough enough to survive in Laramie in February.  But now it’s spring, and I’m sure that a strong urge to grow is swelling in many seeds hiding in cracks and crannies in concrete and asphalt.  Probably fresh young shoots are already out, determined to enjoy their moment in the sun. But I’m not there to see it.  Instead, I’m in Grand Junction, Colorado.  Of course street plants are just as [...]

Tale of Two Hubs 

Bell Canada, here in Toronto, is hopeless bureaucracy, just like my old company.  That's the trouble in Canada, everybody is or wants to be a monopoly.  Nortel and Blackberry went down this route, but they still had to compete outside our ice walls. So, I have 25 mb service, with unlimited download, so I can run a Tor relay.  I've had trouble with 'Sync no Surf' for a long time.  The other

Wither Goest Google? 

Hot news on Disqus, my tech discussion forum, is that Google is getting sliced to ribbons in the mobile ad market.  Facebook and its children are cleaning up with the teenyboppers.  Trouble is, that these young people are all unemployed and don't buy anything, except maybe a new iphone every other year. As well, the articles say that this market is open for new entrants to make a killing.

Workplace Collaboration Again 

After the sillies with witnit.com, I was noticing all the big and small players are humping the workplace collaboration camel again.  Trouble is, they all want to sell it to dysfunctional big companies with rigid hierarchies, who would actually pay. It won't happen.  For 30 years at the old company, I tried bring things in.  I was just trying to settle for forums, and maybe wiki-type pages.

Seismic Hazard for Ontario Nuclear Plants Triples 

I have confession to make.  When I first installed all those seismometers (along with people who knew what they were doing, I couldn't install a lightbulb), I did it so we could find out more about the true seismic hazard of the region.  I was convinced that the truth would set me free, in that we would localize the really big earthquakes to the Hamilton fault.  The trouble with the

December 15, 2014 

How Water Shaped the Martian LandscapeNASA What Kind of Rocks Are on Mars ?Geology.com Oman Oil and Gas ReportEnergy Information Administration Which Countries Are in Trouble with Oil Below $60 a Barrel ?Slate.com Indian Diamond Cutters Buying Directly from MinersMining.com Recent Mudslides in Southern CaliforniaThe Telegraph More Photos of Russian Potash Mine CollapseMining.com Landslide Overruns

14 Ways to Look Awesome for Halloween at Spirits & Skeletons Friday 10/31 

Having trouble deciding on your costume for Spirits & Skeletons? I got you, bro. Houston’s favorite Halloween party — the one and only Spirits & Skeletons — is back at HMNS! With the entire museum open you can shake your stuff … Continue reading

LInux - Reassembly 

On my main machine, I use Debian Jessie, which is testing, and I always put in the latest kernel.  After a year or so, the updates become quite confused.  I always know I'm in trouble when an update suddenly wants me to remove half of KDE. I copy everything to the second disk, including the hidden files.  Then I install the latest Debian testing.  It's a pain reassembling all  my programs,

Depression hits the Fish -- Good-bye 

I've gone into a manic frenzy with these earthquakes, collimating with my poem.  I've got no response, so I assume everybody hates it.  That's the trouble with us Intellectual Depressive, we get as depressed as being right, as being wrong. I don't like that I'm always right when making fun of stupidity, and it gets to me sometimes.  So, with this post, I'm shutting down, again, for the 10th