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I’m wondering what our three dogs do while we are at work. Our newest puppy has taken it upon herself to destroy things while we are away, much to the dismay of April and I. …

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Scuba Show 2007: Ikelite Booth
June 4, 2007 – 8:35 am | No Comment
Scuba Show 2007: Ikelite Booth

I have an Ikelite housing and two DS-125 strobes, so I had to go over to Ikelite and see what was new. They had some new housings out for the entry level DSLRs, like the …

Scuba Show 2007: KISS Rebreathers
June 4, 2007 – 8:32 am | No Comment
Scuba Show 2007: KISS Rebreathers

Next up was KISS rebreathers. KISS stands for Keep It Simple Stupid and the design philosophy is a simple mechanical rebreather that travels easy. They have two models, the Classic KISS and the Sport KISS, …

Scuba Show 2007: AP Diving Rebreathers
June 4, 2007 – 8:29 am | 2 Comments
Scuba Show 2007: AP Diving Rebreathers

There were a bunch of rebreathers at this year’s Scuba Show. I would say that it was easily double compared to last year. Rebreathers are interesting to me for two reason, they are big time …

Scuba Show 2007
June 4, 2007 – 8:16 am | No Comment
Scuba Show 2007

Scuba Show 2007 was this weekend and for the second year in a row I attended this event. This isn’t DEMA, it’s a very laid back convention and it’s held in downtown Long Beach. Long …

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 …

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 …

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 …

SeaBob, the rechargeable hand-held underwater propulsion device.
May 1, 2007 – 2:54 pm | One Comment
SeaBob, the rechargeable hand-held underwater propulsion device.

SeaBob is more underwater jet ski that DPV as it works well on the surface or under water. It uses a combination of a 5hp electric motor to drive an jet stream that shoots you …

To Ubuntu and Beyond
April 10, 2007 – 3:25 pm | No Comment

I installed Windows Vista one of my computers at work. I mainly did this to see what all the hoopla was about, so of course I decided to install it, yah know, just to …

184, time to change it up..bring on the Wii
February 28, 2007 – 10:02 am | No Comment
184, time to change it up..bring on the Wii

I’ve plateaued in my current fitness goal of losing 30 pounds. This happens, the body adjusts and in some cases begins building heavy, dense muscle while removing fat and you end up staying the same …