29 Jul 08 Connection, Crabs, Chicken
- Always a good moment when you connect cables, and the devices you are networking start talking to each other.
- Wlaking by the Ashley River during my lunch break, and seeing thousands of little crabs on the mud at low tide. Amazing how there’s a whole life network there right under our noses, that most of us aren’t even aware of.
- After a long day, chicken wings washed down with a cold beer, was the icing on the cake at that moment in the day.
Tags: ashley river, cables, chicken wings, cold beer, crabs, icing on the cake, low tide, lunch break, mud, noses, whole life
29 May 08 Cypress Knees
The Cypress Knee is part of the root system of the Bald Cypress Tree. They have been studied for years, but their exact function is still unknown.
They seem to grown in the presence of water. The deeper the water the bigger the knee. Trees that are growing on dry ground seldom have any knees – perhaps just a few small ones.
It is thought they might help in providing oxygen to the tree, and help anchor the tree in soft swampy mud.
They grow up to around seven feet tall in the deeper water.
Tags: anchor, bald cypress tree, Beidler, Beidler forest, cypress knee, deeper water, exact function, knees, mud, oxygen, presence, Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, root system, trees
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