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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: Titan Rebreather
June 4, 2007 – 8:44 am | No Comment
Scuba Show 2007: Titan Rebreather

A new vendor was Calabasas based Bubblseekers Titan rebreather. At first glance, it looked like a leatherback turtle but that was only the protective fabric outer shell.
The compact and fully electronic Titan was design with …

Scuba Show 2007: Light and Motion’s Booth
June 4, 2007 – 8:38 am | No Comment
Scuba Show 2007: Light and Motion’s Booth

I stopped by Light and Motion’s booth to see what they had that was new. The new item was the Titan housing for the Nikon D200, it’s seriously made me consider ditching my trusty Canon …

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 …

SharkWeek Sweepstakes, win a trip to the Bahamas
June 1, 2007 – 1:32 pm | One Comment

The Discovery Club 1080, which is the Discovery HD Channel, is having a Shark week sweepstakes. The Prize is a shark dive trip to the Bahamas.
Discovery Club1080 invites you to join us as we head …

Four Word Film Review
June 1, 2007 – 11:16 am | No Comment

In the age of micro-blogging, ala Twitter, reading anything longer than a text message can be tiresome. As we move into the age of snippets and summarized CliffNotes of CliffNotes, people want to get information …

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 …