A short video of Pasta’s road trip to the beach this weekend:
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The Oxford dictionary’s online edition defines the term “flamboyant” as having as one of its meanings: “brightly coloured and showy”.
Metasepia pfefferi, commonly known as the flamboyant cuttlefish, is actually only occasionally brightly coloured and showy. Most of the time, it’s dull and drab, adopting the tone and texture of its background to remain unassuming.
I […]

I’ve been laid up with a slight fever for a couple of days. Not a big deal, but it means I’ve been languishing in a general fog pierced by the occasional moment of clarity. I hate feeling so not-in-control, so I decided to do something productive and figure out how to encode and post […]

Perspective is an editorial column I write regularly for FiNS Magazine. This installment is entitled “Like Lemmings to Water”.
Right click here to download the PDF file (88 kB).
The PDF file is also available as a download from my iTunes podcast.

I realised recently that it’s been some time since I’ve changed the screen saver on my computer, so I took a break today to put together a new one with a few images from one of my favourite destinations, Papua New Guinea.
The screen saver only works with Macs, so if you have a Mac […]

Subsequent to Pasta’s traumatic visit to the vet last Saturday, I took her for a long stroll Sunday morning, and also gave her time to enjoy a doggy treat al fresco, which was much more to her liking. Here’s a photo of her approving smile:

This is a scan of an article (4.9 MB) that appeared in the Singapore Straits Times on 28 February 2008 in the NATAS travel supplement. The subject of the article is a unique encounter I had in Papua New Guinea.

Dear Tony,
We’ve known each other for a long time now, and although I usually keep quiet about these things, I really need to convey my feelings to you now. To cut to the chase…I’m not happy.
The day started off rather well this morning. It was Saturday, which meant that I would have to accompany […]

This is an editorial (386 kB) I contribued recently to ultraMARINE magazine, a bi-monthly publication in the UK for aquarists. Also downloadable from my iTunes podcast.

People in Japan take the passing of the seasons seriously. In fact, there’s a public holiday coming up on Thursday in observance of the vernal equinox, which essentially marks the transition to spring.
One of the things that people traditionally observe and celebrate to mark the coming of spring is the blossoming of flowers, signifying […]

I’ve been struggling for some time now to write something about my recent trip to swim with sea lions. Struggling not so much because of writer’s block, but more due to writer’s flood, if there is such a thing.
You see, swimming among sea lions at Carnac Island is at once exactly like all other […]