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Category Archives: Random
Snapshot: Cyanea crispa flowers
Work and weather have kept me away from the mountains lately. Hopefully it will change soon. In the meantime, here are some shots I took a while back of the rare Cyanea crispa in flower for your enjoyment. The infloresence … Continue reading
Book Review: The Species Seekers
Another book from my vulturine gleaning of the Border’s collapse is this tale: The Species Seekers: Heroes, Fools, and the Mad Pursuit of Life on Earth, by Richard Conniff. Considering all the surveying I’m doing and my general interest in natural … Continue reading
Top posts of 2011
So wordpress.com gave me some really cool end of year stats for Studia Mirabilium. Quite the pleasant surprise to find in my inbox actually. From those metrics, I thought I would compile some of the top posts from the past … Continue reading
Well, worked on some behind the scenes stuff today. Added Joel Lau’s flickr page to the links. There aren’t too many places out there to get better up-to-date information on native flora than his page. Added Hawai’i Loa Ridge to … Continue reading
Book Review- The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood
If there was a silver lining to the demise of the Border’s bookstores, it’s the new books that I was introduced to during their liquidation sales. One of those books was The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood, by … Continue reading
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Tagged Book Review, Books, Charles Babbage, Claude Shannon, James Gleick, The Information
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An ode to Football with musings from Jaws
It’s that time of year again, when football is welcomed from it’s long respite. Sunday plans are altered, office bets are made and we take our rightful place on couches across America to watch 22 guys battle and battle. I … Continue reading
Radio Silence
Hi everybody, just letting you know that I won’t be able to update the blog for a while. I hope to be back up by mid-July.
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Books & Tangents
Tangents are a marvelous thing. Specifically, tangential thoughts and discussions. We’ve all been there, something comes up in discussion that takes the conversation on a completely different track. And, with the internet, that is even easier to do. For instance, … Continue reading
Robotics!
This will be the only kind of advertising you’ll see from me on this blog. I don’t (and prefer not to) talk about my previous incarnation as an IT professional, but I have to talk about the awesome FIRST Robotics … Continue reading
Andrew R. Plack artwork
A few weeks back, I was searching for images of ‘o’o birds for the Gardner article, when I came across this fine piece by Andrew R. Plack: Wow! I haven’t seen many pieces on mohoids this well done. His other … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew R. Plack, art, bird artwork, Oahu 'o'o, paintings, paleo-art
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