New Pictures Layout
2007/07/25 01:15 PM Filed in:
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I never did really like the design
of the Freeze Frame (Pictures)
section so I finally got around to
doing something better. Grouped
pictures into year and am now using
the very cool, free and lightweight
SimpleViewer. You can also right
click on the image to view it in
it's full native resolution glory.
Cam is back
2007/07/25 08:33 AM Filed in:
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I had my two front doors to the
house painted which happens to be
the bird room so I moved them and
the computer into the house for a
few days. Didn't want them getting
all high and stuff. But the Cam is
back on.
Oh, I've also been having a lot of sync issues with my DSL. Rather than deal with it right now I just lowered the speed from 13mb to 8mb so it much more stable. I'll get around to running cat5 from the NID and other things later. So the Cam should stream much better now.
Oh, I've also been having a lot of sync issues with my DSL. Rather than deal with it right now I just lowered the speed from 13mb to 8mb so it much more stable. I'll get around to running cat5 from the NID and other things later. So the Cam should stream much better now.
Bath time
It's really not all that exciting,
but I posted a video of Beaker
taking a splash bath in the
Show Time
section. Woot!
Huh?
2007/07/12 07:06 PM Filed in:
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Who would have thunk it? Cactus in
Pennsylvania? I'm from the west so
I'm used to it but this is the
first time I've seen it growing
wild out here. Click on the images
for the full res glory. (Warning,
they are huge, like 2MB+ each but
worth it.)
Summer bug time
2007/07/12 06:47 PM Filed in:
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Been a while since I've posted. I
updated my PowerBook to OSX 10.4.10
and ever since I've had random
crashes and kernel panics. After
about 2 weeks of this and 4
format/reinstalls later I finally
did a memtest. Bingo! Bad RAM
module. At least it has a lifetime
warranty so I sent it off today
with an RMA. 1GB of RAM instead of
2 certainly makes a difference when
you run dozens of apps all the time
at the same time. Anyhow.. I'll
start posting some pics of things
I've found around.
Colorado Potato Beetle (Leptinotarsa decimlineata)
Description : 1/4-3/8" (6-11mm). Oval, convex. Pronotum yellow-brown to orange-yellow with 2 black spots, often joined to produce a V-shaped mark, and a number of smaller black spots on each side. Each elytron has 5 black lines on whitish background. Larva is dark red, maturing to orange with black head black spots on sides.
Habitat : Mountain meadows and potato fields..
Range : Most of the United States and Canada.
Food : Potato foliage and wild members of the nightshade family.
Life Cycle : Small clusters of orange elongate eggs are attached to the underside of leaves. Larvae reach full size in 15-20 days, then drop to soil, where they pupate. Adults emerge in 10-15 days. 1-2 generations a year.
One native species of tachinid fly and at least 3 kinds of predacious bugs attack adults or prey upon their larvae. The large False Potato Beetle has a black dot on each femur and lives on nightshades in the South.
Colorado Potato Beetle (Leptinotarsa decimlineata)
Description : 1/4-3/8" (6-11mm). Oval, convex. Pronotum yellow-brown to orange-yellow with 2 black spots, often joined to produce a V-shaped mark, and a number of smaller black spots on each side. Each elytron has 5 black lines on whitish background. Larva is dark red, maturing to orange with black head black spots on sides.
Habitat : Mountain meadows and potato fields..
Range : Most of the United States and Canada.
Food : Potato foliage and wild members of the nightshade family.
Life Cycle : Small clusters of orange elongate eggs are attached to the underside of leaves. Larvae reach full size in 15-20 days, then drop to soil, where they pupate. Adults emerge in 10-15 days. 1-2 generations a year.
One native species of tachinid fly and at least 3 kinds of predacious bugs attack adults or prey upon their larvae. The large False Potato Beetle has a black dot on each femur and lives on nightshades in the South.
Eep eep! Don't step on me!
2007/07/05 04:12 PM Filed in:
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I walk to work most of the time and
just as I turned the corner to open
the front door of the place I work
I found this poor little guy
huddled in the corner. Its mother
was behind me on a branch screaming
at me. I moved it about 10 feet
away where there are bushes. Didn't
want anyone to step on it.
Oops! I did it again!
2007/07/02 01:50 PM Filed in:
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Mahana did it again yesterday. She
flew away. I'm beginning to think
we just weren't meant for each
other. Her wings were just clipped
too!
At least she was only gone for about 15 minutes this time. The second I got her back I trimmed her wings myself and (gently) tossed her into the air for a test flight. Good. No more paying the vet for this stuff. This is the second time I haven't been real happy/impressed with them. Live and learn.
At least she was only gone for about 15 minutes this time. The second I got her back I trimmed her wings myself and (gently) tossed her into the air for a test flight. Good. No more paying the vet for this stuff. This is the second time I haven't been real happy/impressed with them. Live and learn.
