Sio muda mrefu sana nilichapisha kuhusu kifaa hapo juu – balbu nzuri ya kioo ambayo inasemekana hutumia mwanga kutisha safari za ndege. Kudai kwamba hit ujasiri wangu wasiwasi, na niliijadili katika chapisho langu la awali. Katika wiki zilizopita nimekuwa kutafiti mbinu nzuri ya mtihani dai hili – na kama utafiti wangu mwingi – Ninaahirisha na kuishia kutazama TV. Lakini kila baada ya muda hulipa; na kwa mshangao wangu nilijikwaa juu ya Mythbusters na Bug Special yao (Msimu 8, kipindi 26). Moja ya hadithi zao ndogo ilikuwa hii haswa – kwamba mifuko ya maji inaweza kuwatisha nzi! Jaribio liliundwa vizuri sana, hata hivyo dhana ya kwa nini ingefanya kazi ina dosari. Kama nilivyojadili katika chapisho langu lililopita, nzi wangeweza na wanapaswa kuwa na uwezo wa kushughulikia mwanga ulioakisiwa na kuakisiwa. The “ukuta usioonekana” nadharia haikusimama kama unavyoweza kufikiria na mfuko wa maji ulifanya sifuri kuwafukuza nzi – na inaweza kuwa kweli kuvutia wachache ambao walikuwa wakitafuta tone au mbili ya unyevu kuzunguka kingo. Bado nimebaki nikishangaa ikiwa mwendo wa mwanga uliotawanyika unaweza kuwa na athari yoyote kwa tabia ya nzi (hata hivyo haiwezekani). Inaonekana nilikosa nafasi yangu ya kushauriana na Mythbusters!
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 (no pun intended). 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. Endelea kufuatilia, I need to rebuild, and it will probably take me a day or two to get everything back to working order!
Karibu kwa mwaka mpya, na karibu mwaka mzima wa kublogi! Inashangaza jinsi wakati ulivyopita haraka, lakini tena hufanya hivyo. Kama ulivyoona mwezi wa Desemba uligeuka kuwa mwezi wangu dhaifu zaidi wa kuchapisha na kupindukia 2 machapisho. Azimio: kuchapisha zaidi!
Sasa sijaanza kublogi kuhusu muziki (for those who get theWilco reference), but I am taking us back to the ghost moth ofprevious posts.
Vipi kuhusu $2,000? Au labda wewe kujua undergrad ambaye anahitaji hii? BioQuip inatoa udhamini kila mwaka na “kuhamasisha [shahada ya kwanza] maslahi ya mwanafunzi katika entomolojia”, lakini nadhani jinsi watu wengi kutumika mwaka jana? 3. Na cha kusikitisha kwamba ni kweli high, Mimi nina matumaini makubwa kwamba tuzo amekwenda unclaimed katika kipindi cha miaka. 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!) ((sawa, sawa, 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! Gohapa na hapato see how you can apply. Spread the word.
Mimi najua kile nina matumaini kwa kutoka santa mwaka huu!
Vizuri, si kweli. Katika actuality mimi si kukusanya vipepeo, na hasa si hizi birdwings kubwa. Wao ni wanyama stunning, lakini mbali na kuwa mkubwa, wao pia ni ghali (sampuli wastani kwenda kwa karibu mia bucks). Sehemu ya habari ya hadithi hii ni kiasi gani kilitumika kwenye mnada. Kabla sijakuambia bei… huu ni upotovu wa nadra wa kipepeo adimu (forewing ni karibu haya haya usoni imara ya kijani, ambayo ni ya ajabu). Lakini…bado ni kipepeo tu.
Hapa ni baadhi ya viwambo kutoka kwa mmoja wa podcasts favorite, Nondo! Kwa wale ambao hawana ufahamu wa ni, unapaswa kuangalia ni nje – na kushangazwa kwamba si kweli entomolojia kuhusiana. Hadithi ya kweli aliiambia kuishi juu ya hatua mbalimbali kutoka hilarious kwa heartbreaking. Lakini, wamefanya kuonekana kwenye GOP yangu – who can tell me why?
Wakati mimi gear up kwa posts zaidi ya mali, kufurahia video hii fupi kutoka California Chuo cha Sayansi butterfly mkusanyiko. Dr. Kawaida Penny anafanya kazi ya ajabu ya kugawana baadhi ya vito wetu, ni mbaya sana tu video ni si tena (au juu ya nondo!).
Bwahahahahahahaha. Ni jambo la kushangaza ni kiasi gani cha crazyness mwanamke huyu crams katika mahojiano haya. Ilikuwa ni mbaya hivyo ni kweli kuwa ngumu wakiwacheka…
Mimi nina kazi ya uhariri picha yangu kutoka safari yangu barabara, hivyo kukaa tuned!
Angalia trailer hii kwa ajili ya filamu “Moto Mbinguni” – “Sky ni kuungua”. maandishi kuhusu ukarabati wa misitu Guancaste Kaskazini Magharibi Costa Rica. Inaonekana kama filamu nzuri…sasa mimi tu na kupata nakala.
Maoni ni kufungwa 
