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The Big Wave Tour Hits Peru. [Video]

Will the waves show up? Check out the action at the Billabong Pico Alto Internacional website.

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Boom!

The fireworks from last night.

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Kim Jong Il Takes A Timeout From Drinking Tequila To Celebrate The Fourth of July.

Hello America, Happy Birthday!
I shot of some rockets off just for you.

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Fish On Fridays. [From The Archives]

The red, white and blue never looked so good.
Have a great Fourth!

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La Ola Más Grande! [Surfing]

Now that's a big wave!
Can you imagine the force and velocity of that wave? Mommy!

Via Dave.

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Where Ya Bin Joe?

I've had some connectivity problems.



Fortunately, AT&T has stellar tech support.
They managed to waste hours of my time reading their script to me.
me: "Listen, I have a static IP address."
monkey: "No sir, you do not have one. We changed it to DHCP."
(I installed a new router, the old one went belly up.)
me: "Are you sure? I'm looking at my setup guide from Pacebell and it says that I have a static IP. I think the DNS has changed.
monkey: "No sir, you have DHCP."
I don't know how may times they had me go to the DOS prompt and type in ipconfig/release?



And God said, "Let there be connectivity;" and there was connectivity.

Days later. my case was upgraded to second tier support. 2 minutes after talking to the technician, case closed, connectivity reestablished. Guess what? I have a static IP and the DNS had been changed. Thank you for using AT&T!

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Fish On Fridays. Tiburones Y Wahines.

Blacktip Reef Shark.
Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824), is a small shark measuring up to 1.8 m with a short, bluntly-rounded snout, oval eyes, and narrow-cusped teeth. There are 2 dorsal fins, no interdorsal ridge. Juveniles (<70 cm) are yellow-brown on the dorsal side, white on the ventral side; adults are brownish-gray on the dorsal side, white on the ventral side. All fins have conspicuous black or dark brown tips, and posterior dark edges on the pectoral fins and the upper lobe of the caudal fin. The prominent black tip of first dorsal fin contrasts with a light band below it; a conspicuous dark band on flanks, extending to the pelvic fins. Maximum weight: 24 kg; frequents depth ranges from shallows to 75 m.

Tiger Shark.
The tiger shark is second only to the white shark in number of reported attacks on humans. Its large size and voraciousness make it a formidable predator in the ocean. Tiger sharks can be curious and aggressive towards humans in the water and must be considered with a great deal of respect. Do you think the wahine playing cow girl above has all her screws in tight?

Can I get a kiss? Those sharks are scary!

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Fish On Fridays. My Encounter With A Shark.

Puffy has me beat! Mind you, I am not upset that he has a bigger fish story. The last thing that I want to see is a lurking hulk trailing after me as he contemplates whether I would make a nice snack. Read Miguel's, "My Shark Encounter."

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Surfing Photo Of The Day.

In the tube.

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Look In The Sky, It's A Giant Donut Hole! [Astro Pic]

Actually, its a dark molecular cloud also known as dark absorption nebulae. "What's that Joe?"
It huge mass of dust and molecular gas which when mixed (not stirred) creates a combination that zaps out all the visible light. Hence, you can't see stars hiding in the background. Our friend above is called Barnard 68 and it is located in the Ophiuchus constellation.

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