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RDG 2014 Spring Update

June 23, 2014 // 0 Comments

Now that Summer has officially started, we want to do a quick look back at how Spring went in the RainyDayGarden. April: Because of the long Winter, the plants got going a [...]

EXO Labs On UNITRON

May 22, 2014 // 0 Comments

The  UNITRON inverted microscope is pretty cool in and of itself. When paired with the EXO Labs Camera (ELC), this vintage instrument went from old-school analog to [...]

Vintage Inverted Microscope

May 20, 2014 // 0 Comments

Microscopes  and telescopes are amazing devices because they can “transport” us to other worlds at the speed of light. This is why we constantly scour [...]

Glow In The Dark Rocks

May 14, 2014 // 1 Comment

After  our recent post on the EXO camera stand, we started getting comments and suggestions on geology gear. That took us by surprise as we didn’t realize that [...]

Urban Safari: The Fens

May 12, 2014 // 0 Comments

The Fens in the Back Bay is one of the gems of the Emerald Necklace and a treasure of Boston. It is also the latest expedition in our Urban Safari series. Frederick Law [...]

Urban Safari: Heron Hunting

May 5, 2014 // 0 Comments

Urban safaris are something we started doing when we joined the Franklin Park Zoo a few years ago. Since then, we have had many “adventures,” some of them in [...]

EXO Labs: Camera Stand

April 14, 2014 // 0 Comments

We  don’t collect rocks, but we do have a large rock collection, and a rather well-organized one at that. Here are  some of the boxes from the collection. They are [...]

Cullmann Flexx System

March 10, 2014 // 0 Comments

When  setting up the Cactus LV5 for our FirstUse review, we looked at tripods we thought might be suitable to pair with its laser trigger. We have a lot of tripod options [...]

Cactus LV5 Laser Trigger FirstLook

March 3, 2014 // 0 Comments

We  first looked at laser triggers last Summer. These devices have enabled photographers to bring us into a world that moves too fast for our eyes to see. The [...]

Blackvue Sport SC500 CloserLook

February 27, 2014 // 0 Comments

Last  week we took a FirstLook at the BlackVue’s Sport SC500 action-cam. Today, because of requests from some very eager readers, we are going to take a [...]
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