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Article and Podcast: Playful Pinnipeds

Friday, September 28th, 2007 by tony

This is an article about the sea lions in Western Australia, from the most recent issue of FiNS Magazine.
Right click here to download the PDF file (1.2 MB).
The PDF file is also available as a download from my iTunes podcast.

Interview: The New Paper

Friday, September 28th, 2007 by tony

An interview that appeared in the 27 September 2007 issue of The New Paper in Singapore. A friend who read it wrote me to say: “It makes you sound almost respectable.” How dare they do that?!

Me At Work

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 by tony

Below is a photo of me from my stay in Tonga earlier this year. My friend Takaji took the picture.

FiNS Magazine Podcast

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007 by tony

FiNS Magazine has just started an iTunes podcast. Every issue of the magazine will be available in full in PDF format via iTunes, and there will be special features and videos too.
This is definitely the way forward. Publishers relying solely on print and snail mail (with occasional, somewhat pathetic forays into new media with […]

Dinner with Gunther

Thursday, September 20th, 2007 by tony

I was in Bangkok recently sitting with Aey and Mean from FiNS Magazine when a “tink!” sound on Mean’s computer signalled an incoming email. Lo and behold, Gunther Deichmann was also in town on his way back from conducting a photography workshop in Cambodia.
Of course, chance meetings like this call for a celebratory […]

Article and Podcast: ultraMarine

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007 by tony

Having been on the road constantly for several months (and being still on the road), I’ve fallen behind on emails, correspondence, etc. While I was away, I’ve had a few more articles published in ultraMARINE magazine, a bi-monthly publication in the UK for aquarists.
The first an editorial article titled It’s a Small World […]

Whale Painting

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007 by tony

Some time ago, I received an email from Montana Black, an artist who lives in Colorado, asking for permission to use one of my photos as reference for a painting. She saw my photo on Flickr, which is a great photo sharing site.
“What a great idea!” I thought, and wrote back to her […]

Saltwater Energy

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007 by tony

A scientist in the US claims to have found a way to burn saltwater. If true, this would clearly be among the most disruptive technologies ever to be invented/ discovered, leading to a complete recalculation of the energy-economics underpinning oil-based economies.
But of course, we’ve seen wild claims like this before, with cold fusion coming […]

Clicking Humpbacks

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007 by tony

This is way too cool. Many people know that toothed cetaceans (like dolphins, sperm whales, killer whales, etc.) use echolocation as a sensory tool to find their way around and to hunt for food.
Researchers have traditionally viewed baleen whales (like humpbacks) as being unable to do this. Until now.
A research team (comprising members from […]

Interview and Podcast: FiNSFotoFeature

Wednesday, September 5th, 2007 by tony

This is an special photography feature and interview in the recent issue of FiNS Magazine, with me and a handful of fellow underwater photographers.
Most interview questions I get from magazines are mind-numbingly dry, dull and unimaginative: “Where is your favourite place to dive?”, “What kind of camera do you use?”, “What is your […]

Wrapping Up Tonga

Sunday, September 2nd, 2007 by tony

Another humpback whale season has come to a close…for me at least. The whales are still there, but I’m on my way back to face a mountain of work.
My final week in Tonga was hectic (as always). We had two excellent days with great weather and lots of whales…and then the winds came […]