By Dr Bik, on  February 15th, 2013 Conservation & Environment, Pictures and Movies, Reviews China, coral reef, ink painting, marine habitat, modern art, scuba diving, tgif I was going to give you a post about sea snakes to commemorate Chinese New Year, but I decided they’re just too creepy. Go check out some YouTube videos and see how long you last (I can only take about 10 seconds of footage). Instead, I figured I’d highlight something more soothing–Modern Art in China. . . . → Read More: TGIF: “Journey to the Deep and Within”, modern Chinese ink paintings of the underwater realm
From Alfredo Barroso’s excellent Youtube channel:
Did you know that the Dalai Lama works closely with scientists, and calls for the withdrawal of any Buddhist beliefs that contradict scientific evidence? Neither did I! For your Friday viewing pleasure, a great video of the Dalai Lama’s recent lecture at UC San Diego, where he discusses the need for humanitarian values and universal . . . → Read More: TGIF: The Dalai Lama on Climate Change
For your Friday viewing pleasure, I bring you the “Story of Sushi” – this video is kind of like Thomas the Tank Engine (the PBS show with the miniature people) meets the ASPCA commercial with the Sarah McLaughlin song. Must watch – the set design is incredible! The Story of Sushi from Bamboo Sushi on . . . → Read More: TGIF: The Story of Sushi
Since its so gray and dreary in California today, we were discussing brighter topics over lunch – naturally, ogling over some bioluminescence. If you haven’t seen Edith Widder’s TED talks about her work on glowing sea creatures, sit back with a cuppa and sip it up: . . . → Read More: TGIF: Edith Widder’s TED talks on Bioluminescence
…BECAUSE I AM!!! Yes, I am yelling this from the mountaintops: I cannot wait to shed my drab winter wardrobe and move on to Spring/Summer 2012 collections. Finally, my fashion obsession is perfectly appropriate for a blog post at #DeepSN. This season the runways were flooded (ha!) with ocean-themed prints and marine-inspired design: Coral Reef . . . → Read More: ARE YOU EXCITED ABOUT YOUR SPRING WARDROBE YET??
I’ve been suspiciously quiet on the blogging front lately. The reason: I’ve just completed a cross-country move in the middle of the holiday season (its my second 3000+ mile move in <2 years, but that is another rant for another day). I’ve fled the snowy winters of New Hampshire to take up shop in Jonanthan . . . → Read More: TGIF: Friday Fashion Finds
Al might be keeping it classy on TGIF with some wonderful underwater footage, but here in New Hampshire, I’m stuck in an empty office revising a manuscript while everyone else it out enjoying Veteran’s Day. Hence I have been procrastinating on the interwebz, and was referred to this (by) catch-y rap (HA!) via twitter: Note: . . . → Read More: TGIF – Overfishing Rap
Some friday hilarity from one of my favourite webistes, The Oatmeal. Click on the picture to read the full (scientifically enlightening) article:
From the ever-entertaining comic Married to the Sea.
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