Slices of Life: Seawater the Colour of Lapsang Souchong

The boat is full to the brim with gear. Tanks, boxes, backpacks, dive gear, four people. There’s barely room for one person to stand on the actual boat deck without standing on some piece of gear or other. I’m sitting on the back bench, struggling to bow down low enough to get my fin on my feet. The driver grabs the fin and starts helping them on, her red hair falling from under her inca wool cap. No need to do everything by yourself, this is work diving – ask for help.

(Photo: Metsähallitus / Janos Honkonen)

(Photo: Metsähallitus / Janos Honkonen)

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Quantum Game Jam – Making Games About Science

December 19, 2014 · Posted in Art & Entertainment, Gaming, Science!, Video Games · Comment 

Last weekend I took part in my first game jam, and I was lucky enough to start with a bang. Quantum Game Jam brought together game developers and quantum physicists to try and solve some actual scientific problems through games.

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Breaking the Surface 2014 – My Direct-To-DVD Sci-Fi Horror Holiday With Underwater Robots

October 13, 2014 · Posted in Adventure!, Diving, Marine & Underwater Science, Science! · Comment 

Early October, late evening, pitch dark Croatian countryside. The bus guns its engine and rumbles off along the dark mountain road, leaving me on the bus stop with my backpack and trolley luggage, feeling confused. So, I guess the Split to Biograd na Moru bus doesn’t actually stop at Biograd, as in at the downtown bus station, but somewhere in the outskirts of the town. I check my phone, which is running out of battery fast, reflect for a moment, and turn the data transfer on for long enough to get an approximate direction to where the hotel might be. Well, it’s an interesting start.

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