Google Search Algorithm

This is very cool. On average, Google changes their search algorithm every 17.5 hours. Google is amazing!

Navy SEALS Use Nikon

Navy SEAL teams are now using a new version of the legendary Nikonos, Nikon's underwater camera. Even after the Navy published this photo above, Nikon still denied that the camera existed.

There is nothing to see here. Move along. :-)

Cool Toy

Here is a cool toy for the whole family. It is a digital camera mounted on a scuba mask that makes 1280 x 960 still pictures and videos. It is only $117.

How have I lived without one of these for so long?

Coolest Restaurant Ever

This could well be the coolest restaurant ever! It is an undersea restaurant at the Hilton Maldives Resort & Spa. It costs $5 million and will only seat 14 people. This alone would be worth a trip to the Maldives!

Manta Ray Night Dive in Kona

Emily and I went on a Manta Ray night dive this evening. It was amazing. The video is something to behold in many ways. Perhaps some of the best footage that I have ever seen

On the down side, I thought that I got bent. I had the Divers Alert Network (DAN) on the phone for 30 minutes discussing the situation. I felt sorry for the DAN M.D. as it was 3:00AM his time. DAN is worth their weight in gold!

Update: The DAN physician called me this morning and insisted that I see a local MD today for further tests. I suppose that he thought through my situation further. The great thing about Hawaii is there are several physicians that specialize in dive medicine. The fear was that I had popped a lung. The x-rays came back negative for Pneumothorax. That was a relief.

Weekly World News Returns

Good news. The only truly reliable news source is back - the Weekly World News. The Weekly World News has always been checkout line entertainment. The reason that I even noticed this was the dive crew at Jack's Dive Locker in Kona told me about the Mermaid story.

The real story is that as a practical joke, the owner of Jack's Dive Locker, Jeff Leicher, called the Weekly World News to tell them that he had spotted a mermaid in Kona Hawaii. The Weekly World News asked Jeff to take photos with film that they would provide. Jeff loaded his underwater camera with the roll of film at took overhead shoots of his wife wearing a monofin. The rest, as they say, is history.

Underwater Car

This is one of the craziest things that I have ever seen. An underwater car. It is built by Rinspeed, a Swiss boutique automaker. It can be driven on the road as well. For those nice sunny days, it is also a convertible.

Manta Ray Diving - Kona Hawaii

Emily and I went Manta Ray diving last night in Kona. It may be the coolest thing that I have ever seen. It is like something from Aliens. There are Manta Ray videos from this same dive site on You Tube. They come in at night to eat the plankton. I can't imagine a dive ever being cooler than this!