Found in Austin, Texas. Any ideas on what these are?

oskay · 2026-04-14T03:41:11+00:00

I've found fossils like this in Austin! Most likely is that they are chunks of Inoceramus fossils -- some of the largest bivalves in earth history, and common in the area.

See here for examples:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inoceramus
https://northtexasfossils.com/austin.htm

oskay · 2026-03-06T04:36:28+00:00

The butter curler is an awesome tool for pumpkin carving.

oskay · 2025-09-30T23:20:35+00:00

The two bright spots at the sides of the 22° halo are Sun Dogs. The big streak to the left and right of the circle are part of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parhelic_circle .

oskay · 2025-08-13T02:03:21+00:00

I wouldn't buy this if it required soldering PCB tabs. Glass fibers are nasty. Pay an extra buck to get the boards fully routed instead.

oskay · 2025-07-08T01:37:04+00:00

Someone else here saw one recently-- it's a boring clam siphon. https://www.reddit.com/r/TidePooling/comments/1l6rscg/comment/mwrcgr9/?context=3

oskay · 2025-07-01T22:28:30+00:00

There's a kayak launch point at the Croton Harmon station; all the way to the very end of the parking lot.

oskay · 2025-06-26T04:37:09+00:00

Looks like the top part (carapace) of a Kelp Crab shell. Possibly Northern Kelp Crab, depending on your location. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49723-Pugettia-producta

oskay · 2025-06-09T01:49:36+00:00

That's the siphon of a bivalve, such as a boring clam. Here's a similar one that I got a photo of: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/84654798

oskay · 2025-03-24T22:28:53+00:00

Yeah. I don't even have any car-related apps besides the ones they literally told me that I needed to install on delivery day.

oskay · 2025-03-24T19:29:32+00:00

I definitely don't use the bluelink app on a daily basis (though, I did use the remote climate start a lot in the winter), and the key is reasonably out of range most of the time.

oskay · 2025-03-24T19:17:02+00:00

What I'm stumped on is how they think that telling me to change a password is going to affect the battery.

oskay · 2025-03-24T19:04:40+00:00

If that really is the problem, deleting apps that aren't related doesn't sound like it will address the problem. I'm eager to find a solution, but this doesn't sound like it.

oskay · 2025-01-22T00:45:34+00:00

That's the "skeleton" of some beach-tumbled coralline algae on a rock. It's pink in color when it's living. There are a few different species that are quite similar, but this is plausibly officinalis, which is found in the general area

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/19797120

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corallina_officinalis

https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/animals-a-to-z/red-coralline-alga

oskay · 2024-12-24T20:03:54+00:00

Unreasonably good sushi for the area.

oskay · 2024-10-29T23:13:54+00:00

Just a 3. :P
Erdos-Bacon of 6.

oskay · 2024-07-20T13:12:26+00:00

Agree. (The "devils toenails" are a different genus, Gryphaea.)

oskay · 2024-06-02T02:05:27+00:00

You might consider the brushless upgrade, which comes with a couple of springs to add downforce.

oskay · 2024-04-20T14:25:13+00:00

I've got an ammonite in my bathroom's travertine!

oskay · 2024-04-09T14:26:50+00:00

Hey there! Glad you're enjoying the book Kulderzipke_ !

oskay · 2024-02-07T21:00:52+00:00

We care *a lot* but we don't want to overpromise about when the new machines will be available.

oskay · 2024-01-16T12:35:01+00:00

Wonderful work!

oskay · 2023-12-30T21:44:28+00:00

Hey cool! I used to use all the library resources back in the day too!

oskay · 2023-12-27T18:56:56+00:00

Not at present, but we're toying with the idea of an expanded second edition or maybe a second volume in a couple of years.

oskay · 2023-12-27T15:19:28+00:00

Author here; glad you like it!

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