a magical view of herzog-otto-strasse, taken from just below the golden roof:
panorama: herzog-otto-strasse, innsbruck
panorama: herzog-otto-strasse, innsbruck
- wow: http://www.baconnaise.com #
- how to rename desktop folders in android: open folder and long-tap the title bar. http://is.gd/8VurB #android #
- premature sunset http://twitpic.com/14qs1z #
- RT @instantwebmeets Dogs get freaked out by "Law and Order" theme? http://ff.im/-gnmba #
- Clueless Woman Calls Tech Show When Her Stolen Wi-Fi Disappears http://is.gd/8WYLf #
- #twitter hits 50 million tweets per day http://is.gd/8XCS9 #
- "My computer needs more power. Feed it chips. Lots of chips. With ketchup. Not mayonnaise." http://is.gd/8XXcH #sleeptalkinman #
- RT @donttrythis Okay everyone needs to calm down. We aren't going to kill, eat, or film the lovely goats. They're here for fire prevention. #
- granny did it again: she keeps saying i'm too skinny and lures me into eating more than i wanted. #
- recognizr: facial recognition for android. looks promising, but (for now) is limited to the recognizr user base. http://is.gd/96oyu #
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Old boy Sass farewelled.
Sadly we euthanized one of our Stewart Island founder kakapo, Sass, yesterday. Sass had been of relatively poor condition for the last few years and has gone down hill steadily over the last 3 months.
He was extremely light weight, had developed cataracts in both eyes recently, and in the last few days appeared to have been suffering from kidney failure.
As an adult of unknown age, Sass was found in April 1980 and transferred to Codfish Island in July 1987 (along with Nora, he was first to be transferred to Codfish).
He had fathered 6 chicks – ‘Robbie’, ‘Palmersan’, ‘Te Kingi’, ‘Blake’, ‘Kumi’ and ‘Kuihi’. He also had 3 grand-chicks through Kuihi – ‘Awarua’, ‘Waihopai’ and ‘Hokonui’, so his genetics are relatively well represented in the population.
Birds of an unknown age account for 34% of the kakapo population. Seeing some age related mortality is not unexpected, but reminds us of how rare and precious the kakapo are.
Sass’s passing takes the world kakapo population to 123. He will be greatly missed, but his legacy lives on.
source: kakaporecovery.org.nz
update: back in 2005, my friend matthias rohaut was lucky enough to meet sass at his feeding station, and he was also able to take pictures. (matthias got to see more kakapo than any of us). he also gave me permission to post them here, so i’ve uploaded two photos.
here are some photos of my last-minute trip to turkey – home country of the kebab, baklava, and – probably not – the turkey.
even though we were based in a tourist-oriented area outside the city of side (not far from antalya), we did get to see some of the more authentic turkey, and marketers generally backed away when we greeted them in their own language.
the weather wasn’t too dry, and we stayed at an all inclusive hotel, but who’s going to complain, with a total price of 250 € including air fares?
does anybody else have trouble not imagining a member of the avian group when they hear “turkey”?
mmmhh, turkey!
- http://twitpic.com/13aldk – soooo tempted to use this picture in my cv for a job application. #
- RT @serafinowicz Want to see a web pop-up that says "Sorry. You are our 789,313rd visitor. Better luck next time!" #
- did you know: trimester http://is.gd/8oAzM #xkcd #
- http://twitpic.com/13ft98 – as promised: a picture of the pirate who stayed at the same hotel as we did. arrrrgh! #
- TED2010: "Using nuclear waste to power next generation's reactors" http://is.gd/8sjLv #
- i'm pretty sure the turtleneck wasn't named after this turtle: http://is.gd/8sEsp #
- another picture of chelodina longicollis: http://is.gd/8sEOq #
- http://twitpic.com/13htrl – another pic from turkey: manavgat's "small waterfalls" – special extended version. #
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