Archive for April, 2004

Back in the lab

Tuesday, April 27th, 2004

I’m back in the lab dissecting the fish caught in the second round of sampling. It’s quite interesting to see the changes in the diet diversity and so on that have been taking place…
Apart from that not too much happening. It’s been raining in Townsville all weekend, which is nice. Some dvdvs (as coined by [...]

So many good ideas…

Wednesday, April 21st, 2004

…so little time.
Here’s a great little DIY device that I recently developed for my fish tank. It’s a float valve that allows for me to automatically top-off the water in my aquarium. Meaning that I only have to do it once a week, rather than every day. YEY! Looks as though others have jumped [...]

lots of work to do

Tuesday, April 20th, 2004

It has just become apparent to me how much work I have to do over the next few months. I had a meeting with Richard this morning. We decided that it would be best to go ahead with another sample of the Mulgrave in a month or so, to track any changes to the fish [...]

spite: altruism’s evil twin

Friday, April 16th, 2004

Damn-it. Just wrote a massive long thesis and then got it deleted by this piece of crap computer. That’s it, I’m getting a new one.
Jodi is right; thinking too much is destructive. Ryan and I discussed this a little, in the context of being ‘wierd’, in this post and the comments (although I don’t know [...]

chilling like a villain

Thursday, April 15th, 2004

“Be hot no longer!”, I will shortly announce to my fishes, as they recline in the comfort of nice 26 degree water, rather than the oppressive 32 degree heat-box that is presently my aquarium. And all for a measly $700. Yey! (now for a metal halide)… It looks like this…

I’m having a self-medicated-metal-health-day today. I’ve [...]