Another boring weekend come and gone. Though I may have a lead on judging debate in Missouri. Missouri. Missorah! We be forensicatin' in Missorah, sah!
No, I'm kidding. The Missouri dialect isn't that much different from the Iowa dialect or the SoDak dialect. It's just fun to say "forensicatin' in Missorah"... like doing a tango with your tongue. Forensicatin' in Missorah!

Earthquakes: I discovered that the USGS keeps an online record of earthquakes from around the globe... very cool. Apparently this data has been incorporated into open-source media program xearth, which displays a spinning Earth as a desktop background. Even better, the University of Alaska Fairbanks's seismology department has derived an automated mapper from the program that can be accessed over the web. Watch the earth turn, watch the earth shake!

This is almost all. It's been a busy, but fruitless, weekend, and the computer screen is getting pretty old. However, I do have one inside joke for Rapid City crew: Screech is coming to Ames...

And before I forget, I downloaded and installed a bulletin board for the site, because it seemed like a good idea. What shall be done with it eventually, I'm not sure, but that's okay. The driving paradigm behind the Rapid Fish Concern since its inception last July has been "Now What?", and I think setting up a board for something or other is in perfect keeping with this spirit. So if you like, head over to the Boards of Omaha, sign up, and hang out. I'll come up with a good use for it soon, or Joan will, or something... but until then, you can at least meet some of the others who use the site.
Community!