It has been a busy month but the date is finally here. Jim and I our launching our new Netcast tomorrow at 9:00pm. We are looking forward to it. January will be our beta month so we will learn a lot about this as we go. The website is setup at http://scubaobsessed.com – We will [...]
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I believe there has to be 9 missing divers for every 1 active local diver.
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With the visibility of the water we frequently dive in it would be nice to have GPS underwater like most smart phones are capable of on dry land. If Shb Instrument’s Navimate™ sees the light of day underwater GPS could be a reality. Navimate consists of a wrist mounted device that communicates to a surface [...]
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Last Saturday I did my first cold weather dive of the fall 2009 season. My quick verdict is that it wasn’t too bad. We couldn’t have asked for a better fall day. It was a sunny 51 degrees. The water temp was a balmy 49 degrees.
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If you live in Michigan and you scuba dive local you are going to run into some cold water. When my non-diving friends ask if it is cold I tell them even in the summer 60 feet down in a quarry is going to be around 40 degrees. Yep cold…. not cold enough to keep [...]
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With the new twitter list feature my twitter lists are much easier to put together. For now I have broken them down into three groups http://twitter.com/darrinjillson/scubabusinesses is for accounts I follow where the user has a significant interest in promoting their business. I have 20 that I am following. http://twitter.com/darrinjillson/scubadivers is for accounts I follow [...]
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I think back to what originally sparked my fascination with our underwater world. Much of that credit has to go to Jacques-Yves Cousteau and his televised voyages aboard his ship the Calypso. I admit I have the love of the water and boating in my blood. Both my grandfather and father where lifelong marine enthusiast, [...]
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I lover twitter for its immediate nature. When I get too busy to do some diving I can stay in contact with those that get in the water much more than I do. It has also been handy for a little crowd sourcing. You know…. “Where is a good play do dive at XXXXX?” This [...]
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Scuba Twitter Accounts that I follow This is a listing of Scuba Diving related twitter accounts I follow. I have separated the list into two groups. One group contains personal accounts and the other list is business accounts. You will notice some accounts are marked “Potential bot”. I have nothing against software. I have [...]
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