http://www.calvintang.com/blog Photography, SCUBA Diving and Travel. Mon, 05 Dec 2011 06:19:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.calvintang.com/blog/2011/01/a-new-chapter-begins-atlasomega http://www.calvintang.com/blog/2011/01/a-new-chapter-begins-atlasomega#comments Wed, 26 Jan 2011 18:16:01 +0000 Calvin http://www.calvintang.com/blog/?p=1526 http://www.calvintang.com/blog/2011/01/a-new-chapter-begins-atlasomega/feed 2 http://www.calvintang.com/blog/2009/02/kindle-2-arrives http://www.calvintang.com/blog/2009/02/kindle-2-arrives#comments Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:13:52 +0000 Calvin http://www.calvintang.com/blog/2009/02/kindle-2-arrives I just got my Kindle 2 last night and here are my first impressions. Downloads are extremely fast. I bought a Malcolm Gladwell book, Outliers, from the Amazon web site. Within about a minute I looked down and my Kindle was telling me it was downloaded and ready to read. I also subscribed to a few magazine free trials, like Newsweek, The New Yorker, The Motley Fool, Asimov's Science Fiction, and US News & World Report. All of them updated really quickly.]]> http://www.calvintang.com/blog/2009/02/kindle-2-arrives/feed 5 http://www.calvintang.com/blog/2009/02/divers-threaten-to-boycott-sabah-over-shark-finning http://www.calvintang.com/blog/2009/02/divers-threaten-to-boycott-sabah-over-shark-finning#comments Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:04:17 +0000 Calvin http://www.calvintang.com/blog/?p=152 http://www.calvintang.com/blog/2009/02/divers-threaten-to-boycott-sabah-over-shark-finning/feed 0 http://www.calvintang.com/blog/2009/01/kauai-diving-the-andaman-shootout http://www.calvintang.com/blog/2009/01/kauai-diving-the-andaman-shootout#comments Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:52:44 +0000 Calvin http://www.calvintang.com/blog/?p=137 http://www.calvintang.com/blog/2009/01/kauai-diving-the-andaman-shootout/feed 3 http://www.calvintang.com/blog/2007/05/diving-cabo-san-lucas http://www.calvintang.com/blog/2007/05/diving-cabo-san-lucas#comments Sat, 26 May 2007 21:26:50 +0000 Calvin http://www.calvintang.com/blog/2007/05/diving-cabo-san-lucas In the past I’ve written about the great diving on the Caribbean side of Mexico, the Mayan Riviera, Cenotes and Cozumel. Though the Pacific side of Mexico is generally thought to be much worse in terms of visibility and marine life, I found diving out of Cabo to be better than I expected. If you can get past the fact that you’re asked to buy a time share 4 times an hour in this town, you'll likely also find some great fun to be had in CSL, including some pretty good boat diving. With steep walls that seem to go on forever, sand falls dropping perilously into underwater canyons and waters filled with hundreds of species of tropical reef fish and invertebrates - Cabo offers more than tequila and beaches.]]> http://www.calvintang.com/blog/2007/05/diving-cabo-san-lucas/feed 1 http://www.calvintang.com/blog/2007/05/american-idol-uses-my-bush-baby http://www.calvintang.com/blog/2007/05/american-idol-uses-my-bush-baby#comments Thu, 24 May 2007 21:33:01 +0000 Calvin http://www.calvintang.com/blog/2007/05/american-idol-uses-my-bush-baby Last night on American Idol, the nation’s most watched show on television, a contestant was brought on stage and apologized to by Simon Cowell. During his audition, the contestant was likened to an animal called a ‘bush baby’ (a nickname for a Tarsier Monkey). It was later found out that he was extremely offended by the comparison and has a mild form of autism. In what turned out to be somewhat of a PR nightmare for Cowell, and a media circus about his typical treatment of contestants, American Idol had to do some damage control so they brought the contestant back and donated $1500 toward the care of a bush baby at the Milwaukee County Zoo in his honor. Why the heck am I writing about this?]]> http://www.calvintang.com/blog/2007/05/american-idol-uses-my-bush-baby/feed 17 http://www.calvintang.com/blog/2007/03/cozumel-reef-conditions-update-2007 http://www.calvintang.com/blog/2007/03/cozumel-reef-conditions-update-2007#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2007 00:55:27 +0000 Calvin http://www.calvintang.com/blog/2007/03/cozumel-reef-conditions-update-2007 Based on feedback from my last Cozumel update, I figured it was about time to post an update about one of my favorite dive destinations. Around the same time, my friends down at Deep Blue sent me an email giving me the local scoop on the current state of recovery after Hurricane Wilma, as well as a heads up about their new Cozumel Dive Guide. I've also borrowed from a few divers from my local dive club who have recently traveled to Cozumel and offered their accounts of the diving down there. Cozumel still has plenty to offer, even if the effects of Wilma aren't completely gone yet.]]> http://www.calvintang.com/blog/2007/03/cozumel-reef-conditions-update-2007/feed 7 http://www.calvintang.com/blog/2006/08/dive-guidebook-review-diving-the-world http://www.calvintang.com/blog/2006/08/dive-guidebook-review-diving-the-world#comments Tue, 08 Aug 2006 01:26:09 +0000 Calvin http://www.calvintang.com/blog/?p=72 Picking a travel guidebook is like putting yourself into the hands of a complete stranger. It can make the difference between being on an idyllic getaway on the white shores of turquoise waters, or landing yourself in harm's way. In this sense, the travel guide you choose is one of the most important choices you can make, even though you make this decision long before you head off the airport runway. For divers, the options are quite slim for all but the most popular (and overrun tourist) destinations. Up until now, I've been able to find regional dive travel guidebooks with good coverage. But, drawing conclusions on a comparative basis between the available books is a shot in the dark, at best. When either trying to put together an itenerary that stretches across different seas, most divers have to turn to a travel agent or someone who has been to those places. Beth and Shaun Tierney recently provided a third option, their new book - Diving the World.]]> http://www.calvintang.com/blog/2006/08/dive-guidebook-review-diving-the-world/feed 0 http://www.calvintang.com/blog/2005/12/mayan-riviera-diving-cozumel-cenotes http://www.calvintang.com/blog/2005/12/mayan-riviera-diving-cozumel-cenotes#comments Tue, 27 Dec 2005 01:51:36 +0000 Calvin http://www.calvintang.com/blog/?p=56 I've been seriously slacking lately on the photo gallery, but my recent post on Cozumel prompted me to get off my duff and upload my photos from Mexico. This album is made up of photos mostly from Cozumel, but a few from diving the cenotes on the Yucatan peninsula. Cozumel is a small island off the Eastern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula. It is located opposite Playa Del Carmen on the mainland, a vibrant town full of party life and home to white sand beaches. Cozumel has long held the reputation of a diver's paradise. Nearly every street in the small town of San Miguel has at least one dive shop on it. There are many dive operators there, ranging from those who run cattle boats to those specializing in taking experienced divers out for some challenging dives. The best thing about diving off of Cozumel are the strong currents.]]> http://www.calvintang.com/blog/2005/12/mayan-riviera-diving-cozumel-cenotes/feed 1 http://www.calvintang.com/blog/2005/12/beautiful-cozumel-current-conditions http://www.calvintang.com/blog/2005/12/beautiful-cozumel-current-conditions#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2005 19:36:50 +0000 Calvin http://www.calvintang.com/blog/?p=55 Cozumel is probably the top place in my mind for tropical diving anywhere close to home. This year the island got slammed by a coupla hurricanes. I was glad that I'd been there several times before the storm came through and got to see the stunning reefs and swim-throughs there. I've been slacking big time on writing up my Cozumel trip reports and uploading my galleries from there, due to my present commitments to Newsvine. I was finally prompted to write this short post on Cozumel by an email I received from my friends down at Deep Blue, the dive operator I did my PADI Rescue Diver with.]]> http://www.calvintang.com/blog/2005/12/beautiful-cozumel-current-conditions/feed 1