Archive for March, 2010

Ze Blue Screen of Death…

March 31, 2010

And this is why Microsoft hasn’t broken into the Scuba market…thankfully!

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Marine Iguana

March 29, 2010

Amblyrhynchus cristatus Introduction The Marine Iguana is the only lizard in the world that takes to the sea.

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Mouse is Jammed

March 28, 2010

Call to IT Department Caller: Hi, our printer is not working. Customer Service: What is wrong with it? Caller: Mouse is jammed. Customer Service: Mouse? Printers don’t have a mouse you retard ! Caller: Mmmmm…….. oh really? OK, I’ll send you a photograph.

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Wet, Dry or Semi-Dry?

March 26, 2010

Water conducts heat away from the body 25 times faster than air – so it is quite easy to see that we are likely to get cold quite quickly if we don’t wear insulation! Wetsuits are usually made of neoprene, which has loads of little bubbles of nitrogen trapped in the material.  It is these [...]

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Stuck…

March 19, 2010

I’m now back in London, staying with my sister while I wait to fly back to Malta. We’ve done some fun stuff, I’ve seen all her different university buildings around London now, which was interesting, and we went to the big mall near Hammersmith – Westfields is it? That was REALLY cool!

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Book: The Diving Manual

March 19, 2010

ISBN-13: 978-0953891924 Review This book is a very good introduction to diving covering all of the basics and introducing you to different aspects of diving so you can go and research the areas that you find interesting.  It covers all aspects of the BSAC Ocean Diver diver course, with some extra information thrown in around [...]

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Blue Ringed Octopus

March 17, 2010

Hapalochlaena maculosa/lunulata Introduction There are at least 10 species of this little creature, but there are two that are well known; the lesser blue-ringed octopus (maculosa) and the greater blue-ringed octopus (lunulata).

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Gregg Braden Film

March 15, 2010

Very interesting video. I have just watched it for the first time – definately going to have to watch it again…and probably again! It’s nearly 28 minutes long, so go get a cuppa!

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Scuba Kit List

March 15, 2010

Okay, so you should have all your basic kit by now, time to move onto the more expensive stuff!

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DVD: Fools Gold

March 12, 2010

Summary Ben Finnegan, or Fin, is a treasure hunter with an obsession about the Queen’s Dowry, an 18th Century treasure that sunk and has never been found. Until now he has had his wife, Tess, helping him search for clues on it’s possible whereabouts, but she has had enough and divorces him. She hopes to [...]

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