Month: June 2012

  • Blacked Out in protest of Bill C-38 the Budget Bill

    I am protesting the muzzling and huge cuts to federal scientists, science programs, fisheries and Coast Guard that will inevitably affect this websites ability to bring you news of *Canadian* scientific discovery and advancement in the environment and weather fields. You can email the MP for Nanaimo Alberni James Lunney at Lunney.J@parl.gc.ca Read more at…

  • Server Migration — Some Downtime today

    Hi everyone. My hosting provider has let me know that I’ve outgrown my webspace (surprise surprise with the move to HD :+) ) and they’ll be moving my webspace to another server. There will be some downtime here as the move is completed over the day today. It should start around Noon and take a…

  • GoPro setup for permanent time lapse

    I’m hoping that this will be the near-final configuration for the webcam. Here is my little GoPro HD camera that is now the webcam for Alberniweather.ca Here is it in its box (to give a little protection from the sun). And here’s the actual camera. It’s plugged into a USB charger to give it power…

  • A Pretty Normal May

    Good news, once this rain clears today, the first weekend of June should stay dry though not sunny. But we can’t expect too much after all, it is June on the West Coast! There has been a lot of concern about how cold and ugly the spring has been. The farmers were complaining about not…