Friday, September 11, 2009

Friends Don't let Friends

I got a chuckle out of this sign at a coffee shop in Albany, NY:

Lock picking

I've been tinkering with lock picking recently and was surprised just
how quickly I can pick a Masterlock padlock. Takes me about 5 seconds
in this video:

Random Eye Dull Photo - Mayfly

One early morning while camping I took some pictures of an idle mayfly. This is the same photo, zoomed in various levels (click on the images for larger views):



Mayflies are pretty interesting creatures - they spend most of their life underwater and then when they grow wings, they leave the water - only to live for 30 minutes to a day or two. You can read more about them on Wikipedia.