by Arno | Sep 28, 2026 | Underwater
the bittersweet .euphoria of nitrogen narcosis First published on DAN’s Alert Diver blog here, September 2026. That damn aircon When we were running the resort in the Philippines, we had one weekend once per month, when we were off. We always went off the island...
by Arno | Sep 7, 2026 | Underwater
.nudibranchs (pt. ii) Two things I fell in love with from the moment I did my first Discover Scuba Diving were the colours and the weirdness of all the stuff we ran into underwater.I’m a graphic specialist. I *thought* I knew about colour. Very bluntly put,...
by Arno | Aug 27, 2026 | Insects & Arachnids
the garden .spider (pt. ii) I have a thing for/with spiders. I said that in part I, and I’ll probably repeat that in every part, which still comes. We’ve had a mad summer. For “our” standards it’s been scorching. It’s been dry....
by Arno | Jun 11, 2026 | Fine Art, Urban & Street
that .wretched shadow (pt. ii) In part 1 of that wretched shadow (see here) I went on about the ball on the chain of my existence…I had a brief uplifting of hopes when I got an “okay” shot in with my mobile phone, but it was 1) below par in terms of...
by Arno | Jun 8, 2026 | Underwater
porcelain .crabs (pt. i) Today is World Ocean Day (June 8th).It should be World Ocean Day every day. Few things are more important on our planet than our Oceans. We should be way more protective of it and all the life inhabiting it. Of most of it we don’t even...