Red and yellow... ?
Friday, October 26, 2007
posted by Seth Patterson @ 4:14 AM,
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Playa de Bagdad - Round 1
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Playa de Bagdad is the stretch of beach running south of the Texas/Mexico border. It goes Padre Island, Boca Chica Beach, then to Playa de Bagdad. It is named after the old city of Bagdad that was at one time a natural port city on the Rio Grande. However a hurricane came through and destroyed it many many years ago.
posted by Seth Patterson @ 9:20 AM,
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Let there be Loggerheads!
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
posted by Seth Patterson @ 6:38 PM,
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Annoyances
Okay, I've been working on my blog all day, cleaning it up and trying to make it sparkle (if only a little). In doing so I've been struggling for hours trying to make everything "cross-browser-compliant."
What does that mean? Well, it means that my blog should appear the same in every single (modern) web-browser known to man. Now with those web browsers (firefox, safari, opera) that are w3c (world-wide-web convention) compliant, this is a piece of cake and requires very little, if any, tweaking.
However in the BROWSER that is not, nor has it ever been, w3c compliant--my life is a living hell. Internet Explorer requires so many hacks and tweaks to display web content in a way similar to other browsers that I've simply had enough. So from this day on, my blog is no longer Internet Explorer compatible.
Now of course that is a little dramatic, but come on, I'm sick of Microsoft not adhering to the same standards the rest of the world does. So should you visit my website from Internet Explorer, or an Internet Explorer front-end (like AOL and Yahoo!Browser) you can expect three things:
- My "WildSnap" logo will no longer be transparent, but will rather have an annoying bluish hue behind it. This is something I could correct easily, but I like using transparent PNG image files and Internet Explorer is the only browser that doesn't support transparency with PNG's, so there you have it.
- Should you click the email link from my top menu bar the popup will appear far to the right of where it should appear.
- Should you click the contact info link from my top menu bar the popup image will appear far to the right of where it should appear (oh and transparent PNG again!)
If you want my advice, go with FireFox, life does get better.
posted by Seth Patterson @ 6:37 PM,
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CARnage
I am ever saddened by the carnage motor vehicles inflict upon animals great and small. Some incidences are purely accidental, unavoidable, yet others are intentional and obviously so.
How many animals die every year on our road ways? I wish there were some way to change this, but I fear we only make it worse. Later I'll post the picture of the Texas Tortoise wedged between a narrow gap in our new dividing wall along Highway 100, trapped and scared, this animal had no where to go but back across the dangerous road.
posted by Seth Patterson @ 11:45 AM,
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World of Macro
Sunday, October 7, 2007
posted by Seth Patterson @ 6:01 PM,
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Sperm Whale
A few months back the severely decomposing remains of a sperm whale washed ashore on Boca Chica beach. As tragic as it was, it was pretty incredible to see.
posted by Seth Patterson @ 10:49 AM,
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Psychadeli
I've always been one to avoid major chain restaurants where I can and love discovering the small mom and pop shops whenever visiting foreign places. Well, if you know me, you know my love affair with a place called Psychadeli. It's a mom-and-pop (or Josh and Amy) run deli /slash/ bakery on South Padre Island. the food is exquisite, the presentation is grand, and the people are amazing. Eating at Psychadeli simply makes me happy. I used to order the same two sandwiches over and over, now I merely say hello, fill up my tea cup and have a seat. I let the staff do the thinking for me and I've never been disappointed, heck, they never cease to surprise me with their creativity and presentation.
All in all, Psychadeli is just fun. Great people who love what they do. Plus they have the best sweet tea on the Island and don't even get me started on their Shakes and smoothies... mmm.
posted by Seth Patterson @ 10:01 AM,
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More Amphibian Fun!
Mexican Burrowing Toad (Rhinophrynus dorsalis)
Great Plains Narrowmouth Toad (Gastrophryne olivacea)
Sheep Frog (Hypopachus variolosus)
Mexican Tree Frog (Smilisca baudinii)
Couch's Spadefoot Toads (Scaphiopus couchii)
Spotted Chorus Frog (Pseudacris clarkii)
posted by Seth Patterson @ 9:38 AM,
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A Roma Rally: Things are smelling bad for the Border
posted by Seth Patterson @ 8:54 AM,
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Turtle Power!
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Hello everyone, my apologies for the extensive hiatus, but over the next few weeks you can expect some major updates! Here are some various shots from my sea turtle summer. All Kemp's Ridley.
posted by Seth Patterson @ 2:00 AM,
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