Author Archives: andrew

Flxible

I just transferred photos off my phone in order to upload jellyfish portraits (coming soon!) and discovered a couple of shots I took at a car show in San Diego a few months ago. There are more, better photos and … Continue reading

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E-mail Spammers: Worse Than Hitler?

The two pieces of spam that made it through gmail’s filter this week were an invitation to participate in survey of dairy farmers (“We don’t have a list of farmers but it doesn’t matter, we’ll just send it to everybody”) … Continue reading

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shiny

Why would these tiny, bite-sized, fish be more brightly colored than their parents?  I’ve now raised four species of minnow whose babies have a bright, eye-catching stripe that the parent lacks:  three kinds of Tanichthys, and Danio choprae. It seems … Continue reading

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C. serratirostris

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“All”

I was just forwarded an invitation to a party at the Internet Archive — they’re celebrating various accomplishments including “All of Balinese Literature Online“.

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Tanichthys thacbaensis

  I got these guys from Frank Greco in July.  After several shifts into ever-smaller accommodations, they’ve finally produced a handful of fry. I’m not sure if I’m the first to have this species spawn in captivity, but they’re a … Continue reading

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Chris Matthews is yelling at me a lot

  I’m attending a debate-watching event in Rochester, MN, thanks to a ride and invitation from a campaign worker.  It’s in a gloriously weird event space with multiple disco balls and crazy scaffolding and video screens all over the place.  … Continue reading

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Goldfish embryos, grown up

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Pork Cake

Notes: – Grinding the side meat in a blender was a huge pain in the neck; best to plan ahead and ask the butcher to grind it. – This recipe made two 8″x8″ cakes. – For one of them we … Continue reading

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What do these three things have in common?

Friends on Facebook were recently discussing opossums, and one of them referred to them as ‘rodents’. Despite inner struggle, I failed to resist my impulse to correct her. I did, however, prevent myself from regaling her about opossum natural history … Continue reading

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