This Saturday July 19, 2008 from 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m. is the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute's Open House. If you are in central California come on out and see our shiny oceanographic toys. Yours truly will be delivering a couple of talks during the day on seamounts. If my big shiny head doesn't draw you in thing come for the giant inflatable squid. You can get more information here.
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Damn! I'm going to miss giant inflatable squid! MBARI has all the really cool toys.
craig...
i too will sadly miss this event as i'll be on the "other coast" this weekend...
though, i would happily cancel if the open house was instead featuring a "big shiny squid head" and a "giant inflatable craig mcclain"...