Silcone Drysuit seals
June 10, 2010 – 3:34 pm | No Comment

Drysuits are necessary for Scuba diving here in Southern California; the water is cold, usually about 55 degrees. Drysuits however are not cheap, $2000 to $3000, and require annual maintenance to keep them in tip …

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SCUBA Show 2007 is this weekend
May 30, 2007 – 11:39 am | No Comment
SCUBA Show 2007 is this weekend

The largest dive expo in the U.S., SCUBA Show 2007, will take place this weekend June 2-3 at the Long Beach Convention Center — and you are invited!
You are cordially invited to participate in:

76,000 sq. …

Alternative Transportation – The Case for Physically Separated Bike Lanes
May 19, 2007 – 9:24 am | No Comment

I used to bike at lunch with my co-workers for exercise, it was great exercise and unlike the gym, you can get the wind in your hair. We used a series of dedicated bike lanes …

New Creature Found Living in Dead Whale
May 18, 2007 – 10:45 am | No Comment
New Creature Found Living in Dead Whale

This is cool as researchers have found a new species of sea anemone living on the rotting carcass of a whale in the deep ocean.
The anemone, called Anthosactis pearseae, is small, white and roughly cube-shaped. …

Shipwreck yields estimated $500M in Gold
May 18, 2007 – 9:16 am | No Comment
Shipwreck yields estimated $500M in Gold

A treasure hunting company has recovered an estimated $.5 Billion USD of gold and silver coins from the haul of a ship wreck in the North Atlantic. I’m guessing on the location since they, obviously, …

McMaster-Carr is just plain awesome
May 17, 2007 – 9:49 am | 2 Comments

McMaster Carr is basically a mashup of Home Depot and Amazon.com and even with boat loads of $$ in annual revenue, you’ve most likely never heard of them. They are legendary among the garage-tech folks …

The Old is New Again, why I got rid of my Blackberry Pearl.
May 14, 2007 – 3:55 pm | No Comment
The Old is New Again, why I got rid of my Blackberry Pearl.

Dear Blackberry Pearl,
I didn’t mean to leave you but your slim, non-QWERTY keyboard just isn’t doing it for me any longer. While I love your consumer appeal and sexy crappy phone cam, I’ve figured out …

Genius Junk Food: 6 formerly forbidden snacks that are actually good for you
May 10, 2007 – 10:25 am | 2 Comments
Genius Junk Food: 6 formerly forbidden snacks that are actually good for you

Men’s Health has this an article on some junk food that you might actually think about eating..well maybe continue eating.
Highlights:

Drink more alcohol
Eat pork rinds
Eat some chocolate

Apeks Tec 3-Set
May 9, 2007 – 1:34 pm | One Comment
Apeks Tec 3-Set

Apeks, the UK manufacturer of diving equipment or kit as they call it in Britain, has come out with a new “DIR doubles” regulator.
These look to be the same bullet-proof Apeks regulators but have all …

Scuba License Plates
May 9, 2007 – 11:57 am | No Comment
Scuba License Plates

Amigo’s Dive Center, a dive shop in Northern Florida, aka Cave Diving Country, has been taking pictures of Scuba related license plates of it’s customers.
They have some good ones.

Safe-d-stop
May 7, 2007 – 1:07 pm | No Comment
Safe-d-stop

A California dive company has release a new product that they claim will help reduce Decompress Illness. Called Safe-d-stop, it consists of 4 main components: 100% O2 cylinder with 20-foot regulator-whips, a trapeze bar that …