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strong in the water
Perhaps the single most gratifying element of my career in diving is the constant renewed focus and situational awareness refinement; and it doesn’t take much to be reminded of just how important focus and situational awareness are when working in the underwater world Having just returned to the water after a six week medical leave,…
Read MoreMap It! Digital Mapping Resources for the Classroom
This morning, I partook in an interesting professional development workshop entitled ‘Map it! Digital Mapping Resources for the Classroom’, which was put on by Lynn Malone and the Rhode Island Geographic Education Alliance. The program’s participants included teachers of all grade levels, computer resource educators, and non-profit program managers. Topics covered included a wide variety…
Read Morethe Dream Rocket
The Dream Rocket aims to connect art and education through a global collaborative initiative. It will inspire participants to consider, express, and explore their dreams for a better future using Dream Themes such as Energy, Space, Peace, Science, Recycling, etc. This global arts and sciences initiative will be memorialized by wrapping the Saturn V Rocket…
Read MoreRebreather Workshop Proceedings | on DVD
On January 23rd, I organized the ‘2010 Northeast Rebreather & Advanced Diving Technology Workshop’, which was hosted at the University of Rhode Island. The reasons for doing so were partly personal interest, and mostly because we are at a marquee time in advancing human intervention of the sea. In my introductory remarks, I refer to…
Read MoreVideo Proceedings now available!
The DVD version of the 2010 Northeast Rebreather & Advanced Diving Technology Workshop Presentations is now available. This is a 3-DVD set, and includes all of the individual presentations that have been seen here, on our YouTube page, and on the forums TDS and RBW. Our intent in making these available via DVD is to…
Read Morethe DMV | a model for inefficiency
This past Friday was a model lesson in economic efficiency, and a clear representation of why our country is where it is. Some might ask why I frequently write about fundamental economics and basic business. Well, today in particular, we need to strive towards a model of societal efficiency in a way that balances the…
Read MoreBoston Sea Rovers Film Festival | March 6th
The annual Boston Sea Rovers film festival marks two things for fellow New England divers – another year passed, and the cold, dark winter is nearing an end with the next dive season is right around the corner. While I’ve participated in the annual clinic as a daytime speaker in the past, a casual observation…
Read MoreOceans of Opportunity | at your fingertips!
As we at Ocean Opportunity keep abreast of the latest in interactive technology integration to expand our reach, we are pleased to announce the adoption of a new Mobile platform. Vist www.oceanopportunity.com from any mobile device, such as your iPhone or iTouch, and you’ll have an Ocean of Opportunity right at your fingertips. Be sure…
Read MoreSo, What do you do?
Just a few short pages into Timothy Ferriss’ ‘The 4-Hour Workweek’, that ever so familiar question was right there in front of me…in black and white… “So, what do you do?” It’s a daunting question these days, and the answers that you find today are so very different than what one would have found ten,…
Read MoreWhat should have been | Sealab III
Forty-one years ago today (February 15, 1969), perhaps the most ambitious life in the sea programs in history was deployed off San Clemente Island in California. At a depth of 610 feet/185 meters, the Sealab III project built upon the successes great success of Sealabs I and II. The project was spearhead by the US…
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