Archive for October, 2011

Brain Pincushion From A Hilbert Curve

Sunday, October 23rd, 2011

A friend of mine is obsessed with brains; if there was ever a zombie apocalypse, she would ask to be in their “special-interest group”. She also likes to sew, so for me the obvious thing to do was to make her a brain pincushion.
To me, the most evident way to construct a brain was […]

Insects and Spiders at the San Diego Zoo

Saturday, October 22nd, 2011

Here are some pictures of insects and spiders at the San Diego Zoo, in the Insect House.
Like this Goliath bird-eating spider. Yes, it eats birds.

A small walking stick insect — about 6 inches long.

A larger walking stick insect, almost a foot long.

Unfortunately, I forgot the name of this beetle.

A giant leaf hopper.

This giant water […]

Reptiles at the San Diego Zoo

Saturday, October 22nd, 2011

Here are a few pictures I took at the reptile house at the San Diego Zoo.

I think this is a monitor lizard.

I really liked the way that this snake was slowly approaching my camera.

A skink lounges around.

Sidewinder, I believe.

Cobra. King cobra, I think.