Author: Jim
Dendrobates tinctorius “Azureus” dart froglet emerging
Dendrobates tinctorius "Azureus" dart froglet emerging... Read More
Dendrobates azureus preschool presentation
Dendrobates azureus preschool presentation.... Read More
Dart frog vivarium comparison to locale specific weather data
dart frog weather data... Read More
Dendrobates tinctorius “Azureus” dart frog calling
Here’s a sequence of our male dart frog calling to the female. When he is calling the female usually responds by hopping up alongside of him.... Read More
DIY LED aquarium hood
My aquarium hood on my 33 gallon “long” (48″ x 12″ x 12″) shell dweller tank has gone through many stages. I started with a single bright Marineland LED fixture. It was r... Read More
Outliers drive innovation
Interesting perspective on Forbes.com on driving innovation in an industry. The premise is innovation is driven by a “fresh” perspective on a problem from “non-experts”. I can ... Read More
Recovering lost iPod/iPhone parental passcode
Recently we upgraded our kids’ iPods to iOS 5.1. In doing so our Parental Control passcodes somehow got scrambled and we could no longer install applications. I did not want to erase the iPods a... Read More
Dendrobates tinctorius “Azureus” dart frog breeding and egg development
This page takes you through my observations as I was introduced to the world of dart frog breeding. Our azureus pair were the first dart frogs we acquired, and the first that bred for us. It was a fas... Read More
Vivarium planting
Strategies and musings on vivarium planting.... Read More
Vivarium lighting project
I just picked up new bulbs from Todd @ LightYourReptiles.com. Fantastic transaction, not just for the bulbs, but for ideas Todd shared with me for vivarium lighting. ... Read More
Climbing the glass
Fun shots of our azureus male scaling the glass in his viv. But remember, Dendrobates tinctorius dart frogs cannot climb 😉... Read More
Dendrobates tinctorius Azureus dart frog
In part of my ongoing effort to find more ways to bring critters into our house, we adopted two Dendrobates tinctorius “Azureus” dart frog, commonly referred to as the “b... Read More
Dart frog resources
Dart frog resources... Read More
Lizard fight
Here’s a pretty cool lizard fight that we recorded in our front yard. [jwplayer mediaid=”1131″]... Read More
Blending project and result for a unified graph
Most high scale performance engagements require a blend of sound project management processes and deep analytical profiling of system logs. Many customers do not anticipate the level of preparation an... Read More
Time series overlay of cluster fault injection testing
Fault injection at scale is one of the more challenging performance testing scenarios that we’re asked to tackle. Not only are we dealing with deploying high scale workload simulations on comple... Read More
WSJ – Making Data Beautiful
An interesting article on the blending of art and the data sciences. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303299604577323743008395060.html At companies and universities, and far beyond, the g... Read More
DIY surface skimmer on AC70
I’ve been quite happy with the low maintenance filtration solution I implemented for my 33L. Â Two AC70’s with AC30 impellers, dual sponges and extra biomax have provided a stable, huge me... Read More