Cicadas may make the news, but katydids are the story around here. We’ve also got young bucks, a band named after an interstate exit, and a voyeuristic webcam focused on rattlesnakes.
Random Thursday
Pecan Creek Gets Wild
A sudden thunderstorm caused our normally placid creek to overflow.
A torrential rainfall on May 31st resulted in an almost unprecedented rise in the level of Pecan Creek.
iPhone Tips (#2)
I learn something new every day..or at least every decade.
Think you know everything there is to know about your iPhone’s features. OK, maybe you do. I didn’t, so humor me, please.
Neighborhood Nature (Pt. 22)
Wherein we focus on fungi...
Mushrooms are neither plants nor animals. However, I don’t have a category for fungi, so work with me here, OK?
Gigapixel: AI Done Right
There are some AI applications that border on magic.
AI is everywhere, in everything, all the time, or so it seems, and the common thread is that it’s underwhelming. Fortunately, there are some exceptions.
Grass Carp Diem
Everything...and more...you ever wanted to know about grass carp
We have a non-native (invasive) fish in our creek, and I don’t know if we should be worried.
Neighborhood Nature (Pt. 21)
It's spring and reproduction is in the air!
We’re contemplating the different ways that life begets life around Casa Fire Ant.
Making a Mesh of Starlink
Starlink's new wifi mesh routers are cool...and expensive.
Wherein I describe an expensive-yet-successful solution to a problem that may or may not have existed.
Caterpillar Craziness
In which we address the eternal question: why did the caterpillar cross the road?
From roving caterpillars to stick mimics, we’ve got your butterfly and moth larvae action here.
Random Thursday: The [Mostly] Photos Edition
Anything worthy seeing is worth photographing.
A variety of pictures of plants, animals, fungi, and dissected machinery. You know, the usual.