Great white sharks coming closer to shore than thought, researchers find - washingtonpost.com

Awesome new research on Whites!

Great white sharks coming closer to shore than thought, researchers find - washingtonpost.com

Awesome surfboard travel bag

Georgia man faces felony charge for airport vandalism

Georgia man faces felony charge for airport vandalism

HA!!! I used to work with this guy at my last company. This doesn't surprise me at all. He's the reason I can't touch hefeweizen beer to this day.

Not sure how a touchscreen LCD costs $15,000 though. That's really expensive.

Samoan Tsunami Surfer Survivor story

Samoan Tsunami Surfer Survivor story

AP: Palau creates world's first shark sanctuary - Yahoo! News

About effing time!!!

Now how do we get this country a destroyer that can seak and destroy shark finning boats?

AP: Palau creates world's first shark sanctuary - Yahoo! News

Johann Hari: Republicans, religion and the triumph of unreason - Johann Hari, Commentators - The Independent

Great article about how the right can make up blatant falsehoods and get away with it. My favorite quote from the article is below:

Johann Hari: Republicans, religion and the triumph of unreason - Johann Hari, Commentators - The Independent: "These increasingly frenzied claims have become so detached from reality that they often seem like black comedy. The right-wing magazine US Investors' Daily claimed that if Stephen Hawking had been British, he would have been allowed to die at birth by its 'socialist' healthcare system. Hawking responded with a polite cough that he is British, and 'I wouldn't be here without the NHS'."

Yummy green tea that's actually red!

Sent from my iPhone

Tony is 40!

Sent from my iPhone

Science Is in the Details :: Sam Harris

Compelling reasons why Dr Francis Collins is not a good candidate for director of NIH.

Science Is in the Details :: Sam Harris

First flight with erik

Sent from my iPhoneChildrens pool la jolla

The Beatles rock band opening

I... want... this... game...

Brains and conscienceness

Cool interview with Gerald Edelman in Discover

What Makes you uniquely you?

Geeky Rare-Earth Magnets Repel Sharks

Geeky Rare-Earth Magnets Repel Sharks: "Divers and swimmers may thrill to the idea of shark safeguards. However, before you rush out to buy neodymium magnets to create your own shark-repelling gear, Herrmann cautions that the magnets appear to have an effective range of only 10 inches. Also, you'd need to align the magnetic poles outward and keep the magnets from clicking together, and once you had the necessary 10 to 20 pounds of magnets all over your body, you'd sink. So, at a cost of about $5 a magnet, you could theoretically turn yourself into a $400 shark-safe anchor at the bottom of the sea."

Shark Conservation Act of 2009!

Good news on the shark front!

From the Oceana org:

The House of Representatives passed the Shark Conservation Act of 2009 (H.R. 81) yesterday. This bill would require sharks to be landed with their fins still naturally attached, which allows for better enforcement and data collection in stock assessments and quota monitoring.

Below is a statement from Beth Lowell, federal policy director at Oceana, an international marine conservation organization dedicated to protecting and restoring the world's oceans.

The Shark Conservation Act will improve existing laws that were originally intended to prevent shark finning. This legislation will also allow the U.S. to take action against countries whose shark finning restrictions are not as strenuous, labeling the U.S. as a continued international leader in shark conservation.

Oceana now looks to the Senate for fast action to enact the Shark Conservation Act into law. It is time for the U.S. to end shark finning once and for all.

Background:
Tens of millions of sharks are caught globally for just their fins each year. During the finning process, sharks are typically hauled up on deck, their fins sliced off and the animals thrown back to sea, often still alive.
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Richard Dawkins on our "queer" universe | Video on TED.com

Richard Dawkins on our "queer" universe | Video on TED.com

Interesting TED talk from Richard Dawkins. He's not the best speaker in this as he's basically reading the whole time, but the content is really cool and fascinating.

Holy crap!

http://www.sardari.com/cgd/one/pages/cgd_one_238.htm

It's my sister with the McCain's and some other people! Now that's just weird.

Doodling primes a wandering mind, study says - CNN.com

Doodling primes a wandering mind, study says - CNN.com

What's the ideal number of friends?

BBC NEWS | Magazine | What's the ideal number of friends?

Out of the Deep Blue � Blog Archive � Tiger shark, Tiger Beach

Eli's pictures are just so damn amazing that I have to use the word "damn" to describe them! I've had this one as my desktop for a few days now and I can't stop looking at how beautiful it is!

Tiger shark, Tiger Beach

Toshiba TG01 with 4.1-inch WVGA touchscreen: a world's first Snapdragon - Engadget

Toshiba TG01 with 4.1-inch WVGA touchscreen: a world's first Snapdragon - Engadget

Yummy!!! Daddy wants one!

We all survived!

Print Liberation

Picasa for Mac: Free download from Google

Best News all day!!!

Picasa finally for the Mac!

Testing her out now. Hopefully I can finally ditch iPhoto which is just awful.

Picasa for Mac: Free download from Google

Sunset SLC new years day.

Sunset SLC new years day.
Originally uploaded by k3rm

Rainbow over sd

Rainbow over sd
Originally uploaded by k3rm

Win Ben Stein's mind - Roger Ebert's Journal

Wow.

Awesome response from Ebert to Ben Stein's Intelligent Design "movie."

Win Ben Stein's mind - Roger Ebert's Journal

Mosquito Ringtones

In case you haven't heard about the mosquito ringtones, they are very high pitched tones that older people simply can't hear/recognize. I thought I had pretty good ears still at a lively 32 years old, but sadly, the concerts and rock music have taken their toil.

The site below has a play button for each tone. See how many you can hear. I can hear 15khz but not 16khz. My mind wants to hear it, but I really don't think I can.

So much for buying speakers and headphones that rock the 22khz range!

Mosquito Ringtones - Download the Mosquito Ring Tone Free

Kermit The Frog To Grand Marshal Local Parade - San Diego News Story - KGTV San Diego

Kermit The Frog To Grand Marshal Local Parade - San Diego News Story - KGTV San Diego

Graham Barker's Navel Fluff Collection

Graham Barker's Navel Fluff Collection

Wow, people spent a lot of time collecting naval fluff and even researching it!

I am a pro navel fluff generator. I'm pretty sure I can create navel fluff without even wearing a shirt. I'm that good.

Alien-like Squid With "Elbows" Filmed at Drilling Site

This video shows a really cool and really creepy giagantic squid!

Alien-like Squid With "Elbows" Filmed at Drilling Site

Monty Python YouTube channel

What a wonderful tidbit of news for the morning!!!

Monty Python is putting all their skits on YouTube!

http://www.youtube.com/MontyPython

Re-blog list of 150 things

Re-blogged from Kara. These are not all good things and definitely not goals.

Bold the ones you've done (I got 73).

01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
02. Swam with dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said "I love you" and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris -don't remember it
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars - woke up to raccoon sniffing my face
20. Changed a baby's diaper
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon - and crashed!
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse
34. Ridden a roller coaster
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and didn't care who was looking
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day {night}
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Had two hard drives for your computer
40. Visited all 50 states
41. Taken care of someone who was drunk
42. Had amazing friends
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched whales
45. Stolen a sign
46. Backpacked in Europe
47. Taken a road-trip
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Taken a midnight walk on the beach
50. Gone sky diving
51. Visited Ireland
52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had a meal with them
54. Visited Japan
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your CDs
57. Pretended to be a superhero
58. Sung karaoke
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Played touch football
61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theatre
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
69. Toured ancient sites
70. Taken a martial arts class
71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
72. Gotten married
73. Been in a movie
74. Crashed a party
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo
81. Rafted the Snake River
82. Been on a television news program as an "expert"
83. Gotten flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark -NOT proud of this and will never do it again! www.sharkwater.com
88. Kissed on the first date
89. Gone to Thailand
90. Bought a house
91. Been in a combat zone
92. Buried one/both of your parents
93. Been on a cruise ship
94. Spoken more than one language fluently
95. Performed in Rocky Horror
96. Raised children
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
98. Passed out cold
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn't stop when you knew someone was looking with the windows open
103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn't have survived
105. Wrote articles for a large publication
106. Lost over 100 pounds
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Touched a stingray
110. Broken someone's heart
111. Helped an animal give birth
112. Won money on a TV game show
113. Broken a bone
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a facial part pierced other than your ears
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
118. Ridden a horse
119. Had major surgery
120. Had a snake as a pet
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
122. Slept for 30 hours in a 48 hour period
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. States
124. Visited all 7 continents
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi - Sustainable sushi
128. Had your picture in the newspaper
129. Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school
131. Parasailed
132. Touched a cockroach
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes
134. Read The Iliad and The Odyssey
135. Selected one "important" author who you missed in school, and read
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
137. Skipped all your school reunions
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language
141. Thought to yourself that you're living your dream
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
143. Built your own PC from parts
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn't know you
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146. Dyed your hair
147. Been a DJ
148. Shaved your head
149. Caused a car accident
150. Saved someone's life

live puppy cam

I'm not sure how long this will be up for, but in case you didn't get your puppy quota for today (and I know you didn't!) check this out:
puppy cam



Live streaming puppy cam!!! I could watch this all day and my blood pressure just dropped.

Local and National Election Results - Election Center 2008

Well, the majority just proved it, California is stupid, bigoted and doesn't understand what a constitution is for.

Local and National Election Results - Election Center 2008 - Elections & Politics from CNN.com