http://lyanna.nl.server43.firstfind.nl/aurora Just another weblog Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:51:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I recently got my hands on the Uemis Zurich SDA dive computer, and I decided to write a small review on it. The SDA is one of the latest crop of dive computers, which feature the latest display technology. The SDA features a color OLED display, a solar panel for ... http://lyanna.nl.server43.firstfind.nl/aurora/?p=363 ...since I last posted here. I Guess twitter makes you lazy. Since my last entry I've been to Egypt again, and did an ice dive when Maarsseveen was frozen over. Will be going to the UK next week, and for another two weeks of Egypt a week or so after ... http://lyanna.nl.server43.firstfind.nl/aurora/?p=361 Been a while since I last posted here :D. I recently returned from a week long diving trip to Marsa Shagra, Egypt, with Reinout and Jeroen. The divesite is run by Red Sea Diving Safari, and is a combination of regular stone buildings and accomodations, and tents. We opted for ... http://lyanna.nl.server43.firstfind.nl/aurora/?p=356 Marieke, one of the divers from my diving club, asked if anybody was interested in joining her, on short notice, on a dive in the Oosterschelde, to check out the mating Sepias (or Cuttlefish). Based on intel from other divers, we tried our luck at the Zeelandbrug divesite. High tide was ... http://lyanna.nl.server43.firstfind.nl/aurora/?p=350 After a long but uneventful flight (saw Madagaskar 2,  Quantum of Solace and Yogisha X no Kenshin), I arrived at Portland, my point of entry. Customs and immigration went a lot quicker than expected, I was through before some US citizens that left the plane at the same time. Portland ... http://lyanna.nl.server43.firstfind.nl/aurora/?p=347 As part of my 2* (AOW) diving course, I have to make a couple of specialty dives. Today I made two dives in Zeeland. The first in the Oosterschelde, at the Zoeterbout divespot. The second one was in the Grevelingen, at the Nieuwekerkweg divesite near Den Osse. I now completely ... http://lyanna.nl.server43.firstfind.nl/aurora/?p=345 Having been inspired by Lyanna and Morningtide, a books list :P Reading: Empress (Godspeaker Trilogy, part 1) - Karen Miller Read: The Neutronium Alchemist (Night's Dawn Trilogy, part 2) - Peter F Hamilton The Naked God (Night's Dawn Trilogy, part 3) - Peter F. Hamilton The Silent Miaow: A Manual for Kittens, Strays, and Homeless ... http://lyanna.nl.server43.firstfind.nl/aurora/?p=340 I bought myself a new car: A '98 Fiat Barchetta :D http://lyanna.nl.server43.firstfind.nl/aurora/?p=337 The postcrossing cards are starting to come in, too. So far I have received 2 cards from Finland, one from the UK and one from Norway. http://lyanna.nl.server43.firstfind.nl/aurora/?p=333 Something I picked up from Lyanna, and seemed fun to do, is postcrossing. It's essentially an adress database which gives out random snailmail addresses to members, who then send a postcard to that address. A tally is being kept, and the engine behind it tries to balance sent and received ... http://lyanna.nl.server43.firstfind.nl/aurora/?p=331