Flickr Photographer: Konaboy

I love Pete Orelup's gecko portraits.

Pete is also a talented surf photographer. . . Makes me think moving to Captain Cook would be a good idea.

Picture credit: Ascent by konaboy

Barack Obama - 5th Grade Class Photo

This photo (of Barack Obama's fifth grade class at Punahou in 1972) was published in the New York Times today.

See article at http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/17/us/politics/17hawaii.html?ex=1331784000&en=2547387fce9fa83a&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss

Island of Oahu (via WikiMapia)

An example of a Google Maps application hosted by WikiMapia.

I don't completely understand the purpose of identifying all these 'places', but there a appear to be a great deal of them.

Technique explained in http://wikimapiablog.blogspot.com/2006/08/how-to-add-google-map-to-any-web-page.html

Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us

Cool video explaining (very) basic Web 2.0 concepts (like HTML and XML)

"Off the Grid" (Energy sufficiency in Southern Vermont)

"Off the Grid" (Energy sufficiency in Southern Vermont), originally uploaded by roddh.

This "Russian Stove" fireplace is the centerpiece of this energy efficient ('off the grid') Southern Vermont home.

Designed by my uncle, this stove can heat most of the house, burning only a couple 3 to 4 inch split logs twice a day.

Key features of the design are an airtight combustion chamber (which draws air directly from the outside), and the huge mass of stone, which stores and slowly releases the heat from the morning and evening 'burn'.

The photo also demonstrates an alternative use of the stove as an indoor climbing wall :-)

Note: For more information about energy efficient living you can write Paul at myerspe@starband.net.

Frozen Air Bubbles (Complex)

Frozen Air Bubbles (Complex), originally uploaded by roddh.

This is a pattern formed as air bubbles became frozen into ice over a 48 hour period. If you look at the larger size, it becomes clear that multiple patterns are stacked on top of each other, each new layer freezing as the water level lowered.

Posted on Jan 18, 2007 this photograph has very quickly become one of my most viewed photos on Flickr.

Debris Under Clear Ice

Debris Under Clear Ice, originally uploaded by roddh.

The most recent rain storm left a more complex pattern along the pond shoreline. Strong winds came after the rain, hence the white pine needle debris.