Not too long ago I posted about the device above – a cool looking glass bulb which supposedly uses light to scare away flights. ຂໍມົນຕີວ່າເສັ້ນປະສາດບໍ່ຄ່ອຍເຊື່ອງ່າຍໆຂອງຂ້າພະເຈົ້າ, and I discussed itin my previous post. ໃນໄລຍະອາທິດທີ່ຜ່ານມາຂ້າພະເຈົ້າໄດ້ຄົ້ນຄວ້າວິທີການສົມເຫດສົມຜົນທີ່ຈະທົດສອບການຮ້ອງຂໍນີ້ – and like much of my research – I procrastinate and end up watching TV. But every once in a while it pays off; and to my amazement I stumbled upon theMythbusters and their Bug Special (Season 8, episode 26). One of their mini-myths was exactly this – that bags of water can scare away flies! The test was designed pretty well, however the concept as to why it would have worked is flawed. As I discussed in my previous post, flies would and should be able to handle refracted and reflected light. ການ “invisible wall” theory did not hold up as you can imagine and the bag of water did zero to repel flies – and it might have actually attracted a few who were looking for a droplet or two of moisture around the edges. I am still left wondering if the motion of scattered light would have any effect on fly behavior (however unlikely). Looks like I missed my opportunity for a Mythbusters consult!
Alex Wildposted a few days agoabout the “freelensing” photography technique. You can get some really cool results, especially with creating the illusion of miniatures – but so far I haven’t been brave enough to give it a shot (pun ບໍ່ມີຈຸດປະສົງ). I came across this impressive compilation of Haitian images on NPR today that is both tilt-shifted and stop-motion!
*Update* – If you were previously subscribed to any posts, it looks like you will have to re-subscribe. I have decided though to skip on the entire-blog subscription and just stick to individual posts.
It’s always something. I updated my theme the other day and a glitch in the software caused a crash. Everything was put back together by the Southern Fried Scientist, but now I need to pick up the pieces and find a new theme to host my page. ຕິດຕາມຢູ່, I need to rebuild, and it will probably take me a day or two to get everything back to working order!
Welcome to the new year, and nearly a full year of blogging! It’s amazing how fast the time flew by, but again it always does. As you likely noticed December turned out to be my weakest posting month with a whopping 2 ຂໍ້ຄວາມ. Resolution: more posting!
ຕອນນີ້ຂ້ອຍບໍ່ໄດ້ເລີ່ມຂຽນບລັອກກ່ຽວກັບດົນຕີ (for those who get theWilco reference), but I am taking us back to the ghost moth ofprevious posts.
ວິທີການກ່ຽວກັບການ $2,000? ຫຼືບາງທີທ່ານຮູ້ undergrad ຜູ້ທີ່ຕ້ອງການນີ້? BioQuip ສະຫນອງທຶນການສຶກສາປະຈໍາປີເພື່ອ “ຊຸກຍູ້ໃຫ້ [ຂຽນ] ຄວາມສົນໃຈຂອງນັກຮຽນໃນ Entomology”, ແຕ່ຮີດວິທີການປະຊາຊົນຈໍານວນຫຼາຍໄດ້ນໍາໃຊ້ໃນປີທີ່ຜ່ານມາ? 3. ແລະ sadly ວ່າສູງຕົວຈິງ, ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າແນ່ນອນ pretty ທີ່ໄດ້ຮັບລາງວັນໄດ້ຫມົດ unclaimed ໃນປີທີ່ຜ່ານມາ. Chris Fall of BioQuip made this announcement a few days ago at the Entomological Collections Network meeting in San Diego (which was wonderful, more to follow on that and the EntSoc meetings!) ((ຕົກລົງ, ຕົກລົງ, I know my posting has been sparse lately))
The word needs to get out, so I will do my part. It would be great to see more professors, grad students and enthusiastic undergrads asking BioQuip about their stash of free money! Goທີ່ນີ້ ແລະ ທີ່ນີ້to see how you can apply. Spread the word.
ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຮູ້ວ່າສິ່ງທີ່ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຫວັງວ່າສໍາລັບຈາກ Santa ໃນປີນີ້!
ດີ, ບໍ່. ໃນຈິງຂ້າພະເຈົ້າບໍ່ໄດ້ເກັບກໍາ butterflies, ແລະໂດຍສະເພາະແມ່ນບໍ່ birdwings ຍັກໃຫຍ່ເຫຼົ່ານີ້. ພວກເຂົາເຈົ້າແມ່ນສັດ stunning, ແຕ່ຫລີກໄປທາງຫນຶ່ງຈາກການເປັນ huge, ພວກເຂົາເຈົ້າຍັງມີລາຄາແພງ (ຕົວຢ່າງທີ່ສະເລ່ຍໄປສໍາລັບການກ່ຽວກັບການເປັນຮ້ອຍ bucks). The newsworthy part of this story is how much it went for at auction. Before I tell you the price… this is a rare aberration of a rare butterfly (the forewing is almost a solid green blush, which is freakish). ແຕ່…it’s still just a butterfly.
ຄໍາເຫັນໄດ້ປິດ 
