Friday dog post?

This one is for ERV

This photo won us a years supply of dog food at a local fundraiser a few years ago. The muzzle has gotten whiter since then. It may be due to the fact that he now shares the house with two young kids.

Computing power!

Check out this video on meta-imaging from a recent TED conference. Phil Plait at BA was struck by the reconstruction of Notre Dame and its potential for use within astronomy. The whole presentation is incredible. I wonder how powerful a computer he was using. With image resolution so high the memory needs must also be huge. Here is a link to the photosynth software. Of course I am using a mac so I can't download it.

Pictures

I enjoyed spending time taking pictures on the microscope last night and hopefully some readers will also enjoy seeing what is in the bay from time to time. I don't have DIC on my little scope so don't expect to be seeing any thing like this.

I actually saw a relative of these last night but they were attached to an ostracod and it was moving too fast for me to get a picture. Check out all of the great pictures at the Olympus site, and anyone interested in contributing to my new microscope fund, please drop me a line.