Jun 10 2008
Because for some it already has
Caribbean Monk Seal Extinct, U.S. Officials Declare
‘Nuff said.
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Jun 10 2008
Because, You Know, It Easily Could
This post, from The Ethicurean (who’d have thought x-posting from there would land on this blog?), pretty much sums up my closely-held belief that, when the virus takes us, we will have had it coming. Bluefin tuna finally extinct: “Well worth it,” say sushi fans.
Note: It’s satire. But not by much.
Jun 09 2008
Divesting — The Big Sell-Off
I just ran across this post in my feed reader, from Trent at The Simple Dollar:
The Big Sell-Off
I wish I’d had this nifty set of guidelines when I first started divesting prior to the move onboard. But, hopefully it’ll be helpful for someone else out there reading this and preparing to make the big move…
Jun 05 2008
Way to go, Zac!
OK, this is hands-down ubercool. I mean, uber, ubercool. Zac Sunderland is organizing a circumnavigation, on his boat, the Intrepid, an Islander 36. (Surely that fact will at least goad Zen into commenting. =) . Check out his website and the NPR interview with him. The interview is pretty lame, frankly, since the interviewer [...]
Jun 04 2008
Thinking Roz
If you guys aren’t familiar with Roz Savage, go check her out here.
I was introduced to Roz’s site, her journey, and her rowing, by my rowing coach for Califa (the whaleboat team I was part of in Vallejo). Katherine rowed with Roz on a trireme in Greece. You can go to Roz’s site and read [...]
May 27 2008
Marina BBQ Triumph
The Big Marina BBQ (which we were trying to hold quarterly, and haven’t managed since being pregnant has knocked my productivity off) was yesterday. The Marina provides standard burgers-n-dogs and that stuff, and we ask everyone to contribute something, potluck. Blessedly, this Marina is full of Foodies, so we usually end up with some yummy [...]
May 23 2008
An End to Ballast Invaders
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7392072.stm
I thought this was fascinating. They’ve figured out that if you microwave ballast water, you kill everything in it, thus ending the tyrrany of Dreissena polymorpha and Mnemiopsis leidyi.
But I gotta say, as stoked as I am at this development and what it means for the integrity of ecosystems… it certainly makes me more nervous [...]
May 21 2008
Diesel goes up, up, up
Just when you thought it was safe to not research alternative propulsion for your boat, along comes this:
http://marketplace.publicradio.org//display/web/2008/05/16/diesel/
Neato, huh? Up almost 60 percent in the past 12 months, the article says. Now if that isn’t motivation to start looking at electrical, or at least severely reducing your motorsailing, I don’t know what is.
May 19 2008
Big Sea Level Rise
http://www.deeperblue.net/newsfull.php/1848
Amongst the non-mainstream news sources I adore is Deeper Blue, a site that focuses on news relevant to divers. This headline, “Big Sea Level Rise Forecasted” wasn’t a surprise, but it was depressing.
Here in the US, we’re still debating stuff like this… is it us, is it global, blah blah blah. It’s pathetic and embarassing, [...]
May 01 2008
Google Ocean
Jonathan sent me a link this morning that made my whole day.
Google diving into 3D mapping of oceans
Man! Does it *get* any cooler than that? I don’t think so.
The tool–for now called Google Ocean, the sources say, though that name could change–is expected to be similar to other 3D online mapping applications. People will be [...]