Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com
This morning I noticed that I had a new follower on Twitter (@ActiviTourist ). I checked out his ActiviTourist web site and zoomed in on his “World’s Best Surf” category where I found this embedded video called “Biggest Waves Ever Surfed in Australia.”
I thought it fitting to do a completely [...]
Birders: Making a List and Checking it Forever
Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com
If you enjoy shells, coins, or stamps, you can maintain a collection. But what if your hobby is wild birds? You can’t really collect them can you? At least not legally or ethically.
So what do birders do? They make a list. The first time they see a new species they [...]
Visiting Indialantic Beach? Check out the Crowne Plaza Melbourne Beach
Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com
I was visiting the Indialantic / Melbourne Beach area over the summer and spent several nights at the Crowne Plaza, courtesy of General Manager Tom Poehailos. It’s a beautiful hotel right on the Atlantic Ocean and was the perfect place for me to base my beachhunting operations. I went on [...]
Say Good-bye to Manatee County Public Beach Pier
Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com
Lifeguard Curtis Mcfee sent me this cell phone photo today of the pier at Manatee County Public Beach being torn down. I don’t remember when this pier was originally built, but it must have been before 1960, the year I was born, because I can never remember a time when [...]
Eco-tourism Field Trips at the Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival
Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com
Brevard County, Florida is chock full of nature preserves so it is a natural choice for eco-tourism. Brevard has a wide variety of natural habitats, from submerged wetlands where waterbirds of all types are found, to dry oak scrub inhabited by Florida scrub jays.
Chief among Space Coast Birding & Wildlife [...]
Birding at Sea: Pelagic Birding Aboard the Pastime Princess
Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com
Pelagic birds are species that are usually not found close to land. There are some birds that the average person will never see because these birds spend almost their entire lives at sea: Gannets, Shearwaters, Jaegers and Petrels, for example. If you’re not a birder, you’ve probably never even heard [...]
Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival Video Clip
Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com
Here’s a preview of some of the sights you’ll see at the upcoming Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival. This short video clip is narrated by Neta Harris, Director of the Festival. The size and scope of this event is really amazing. Check it out.
Register for the Space Coast Birding [...]
Gulfster’s Surf Trip to Puerto Rico
Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com
I just had to post about this. Years ago Ryan Clapper helped start a website that is a mainstay of Florida Gulf Coast surfers: Gulfster.com. Now and then he takes a surf trip to some far-off land and posts lots of great pictures and some video.
Ryan has outdone himself with [...]
Holiday Candlelight Tour of Homes, St. Petersburg, FL
Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com
Today I purchased our tickets to the Candlelight Tour of Homes. It’s an annual event put on by the Historic Old Northeast Neighborhood Association of St. Petersburg. We attended last year and thoroughly enjoyed it. So much so that we wouldn’t dare miss it this year.
Buy your tickets and spend [...]
Kevin Mims: An Outdoorsman to Follow
Every once in a while I meet someone who has energy, purpose and motivation, all focused on a particular path. Kevin Mims is one of those people. During the course of my blogging for VISITFLORIDA.com I met Kevin for the first time, face-to-face, at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park down on Key Largo. As [...]
Seasteading Book
From Patri's blog:
Since hiring nthmost, eelcoh, xleste, radiantsun, and Max to work for TSI (offices are a bit busier these days!), I've been able to delegate lots of major projects and get lots of writing time in on the book, yay!
As a result, I'm getting close to the point where I'll be ready for feedback on the new version of the seasteading book. If you're highly interested in the topic and motivated to read rough prose and give substantial feedback, read and summarize relevant books in our area, that sort of thing, ...
Erwin Strauss – How to Start Your Own Country
Erwin Strauss's presentation at the 2009 Seasteading Conference is now available online:
David D. Friedman – Legal Systems Very Different From Ours
David D Friedman's talk, "Legal Systems Very Different from Ours", is now available:
it’s always ourselves we find in the sea
maggie and milly and molly and may maggie and milly and molly and may went down to the beach (to play one day) and maggie discovered a shell that sang so sweetly she couldn’t remember her troubles,and milly befriended a stranded star whose rays five languid fingers were; and molly was chased by a horrible thing which raced sideways while blowing bubbles:and may came home with a smooth round stone as small as a world and as large as alone. For whatever we lose(like a you or a me) it’s always ourselves we find in the sea ee cummings
New Faces Mean New Developments at TSI
Those who follow Patri's blog may have noted mention of some new help at The Seasteading Institute. Indeed, in November, TSI succeeded in filling four open roles to further the seasteading mission, revolving around business development, donor and fundraising efforts, and community development. As a new face here, I (Naomi) would like to humbly introduce myself and the three others who now join us.
New Residential Cruise Ship – Samsung signs $1.1B LOI with Utopia Residences
SEOUL, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Samsung Heavy Industries (010140.KS) said on Monday that it has won a $1.1 billion order from Utopia Residences, a U.S.-based cruise and hotel operator, to build a luxury cruise vessel.
The South Korean shipbuilder said in a statement it expects to sign the final contract during the first half of next year, with the ship due to be delivered by 2013.
Sean Hastings – Experiences with HavenCo and SeaLand
Sean Hastings' presentation on his experiences with HavenCo and SeaLand is now online:
Ibsen on the sea
Michael Strong passes on a quote found by Patrick Peterson:
We ought to avail ourselves of the sea, building floating cities on it so that we can move southward or northward according to the time of year.... Some such happy state will come one day, though we shall not live to see it.
P. 335 Note. #11
Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House and other Plays - Penguin Classics Edition, 1965, Translation (and notes) by Peter Watts.
Jim O’Neill – Health Innovation at the Frontier
Jim O'Neill's talk at the 2009 Seasteading Conference is available online:
The Seasteading Institute December 2009 Newsletter
The Seasteading Institute December 2009 Newsletter
_We ought to avail ourselves of the sea, building floating cities on it so that we can move southward or northward according to the time of year....