Old Faithful Chat’s Chat Logs
September 1st, 2008 View September's Logs

09:02 captbunzo hello
09:02 captbunzo test
09:41 captbunzo another test message
10:28 kentish_man Testing
11:03 captbunzo hello
11:04 captbunzo I'm here!
11:15 kentish_man So am I :)
11:16 kentish_man I've finished eating now.
11:31 kentish_man Hi
11:32 kentish_man Hi MrTipple
11:42 kentish_man Old Faithfull is due any minute.
11:55 captbunzo was Mr Tipple in?
12:03 kentish_man Yes but he never spoke
13:15 captbunzo what do we see playing over there?
13:42 captbunzo hello again Mr Tipple.
13:42 captbunzo I hear you were in earlier...
13:42 MrTipple yep, here I am again
13:43 captbunzo you crazy guy you
13:43 MrTipple what are you wearing ?
13:44 captbunzo blue lace pants
13:45 kentish_man Gone again
13:46 captbunzo he'll be back.
13:46 captbunzo I just realised he is a friend of mine (from reading) that I sent the link to earlier
13:46 MrTipple I'm no friend of yours, I just like blue pants
13:46 MrTipple :D
13:46 captbunzo hehe
13:47 captbunzo don't we all
17:04 captbunzo hello guest...
17:04 captbunzo how long have you been here?
21:07 bpnjensen I just got here - after hours, to be sure, but I thought I'd see what you have going
on here. Unfortunately, I have no idea how to post this message once I write it!:S
21:07 bpnjensen I figgered it out :)


September 2nd, 2008 View September's Logs

06:08 captbunzo someone come and gone... :)
07:34 kentish_man I'm here
07:38 captbunzo hello again.
07:38 captbunzo nice view of the trees a minute ago.
07:38 captbunzo how recent is the fire damage up there?
07:38 kentish_man I have no idea
07:40 kentish_man I just love the scenary
07:42 captbunzo cool
07:42 captbunzo is that behind grand?
07:42 kentish_man bpnjensen is the guy who has all the knowledge.
07:42 kentish_man Grand is to the right
07:42 captbunzo k - I actually recognize the hills & trees there. :)
07:45 kentish_man Any idea what that small one on the mound is?
07:45 captbunzo hey derek, our guest is a friend of mine who lives in Oklahoma.
07:46 captbunzo hehe
07:46 kentish_man Ahhh, one of my favourite old movies :D
07:48 captbunzo behind the trees?
07:48 kentish_man LION
07:48 captbunzo daisy?
07:48 captbunzo ah...
07:48 kentish_man Now
07:48 kentish_man Just caught sight of it on the static cam
07:48 captbunzo ah - now that's lion...
07:49 kentish_man Behind the trees was Castle just steaming
07:49 captbunzo ah
07:52 kentish_man Where those 3 guys are standing is Anemone
07:54 captbunzo sorry, missed it...
07:55 kentish_man Daisy would be behind those trees in the centre
08:10 bpnjensen Anemone right now...
08:10 kentish_man Hi Bruce
08:10 bpnjensen All done :)
08:11 kentish_man Whats the one that splashes above the furthest boardwalk?
08:11 bpnjensen Hi, Kentish Man - well, thsi is fun. I saw the hillside on which I believe Daisy to
reside - it looks very visible.
08:12 kentish_man I'm at the controls at this moment
08:13 kentish_man That should be daisy
08:13 bpnjensen That looks like Daisy
08:13 bpnjensen fer sure!
08:14 kentish_man That's just about full zoom there now
08:14 bpnjensen As a gauge, the highest bursts are about 75 feet
08:15 kentish_man Didn't I read somewhere that there is an even bigger but far less frequent
geyser close to Daisy?
08:15 bpnjensen FWIW, the steaming thing just left of it is Comet, and should Splendid play, it
would be just left again of Comet.
08:34 bpnjensen You asked a quaetion about which one splashes just above the farthest
boardwalk - you mean on Geyser Hill?
08:36 kentish_man Behind Anemone
08:37 captbunzo hi bruce
08:37 bpnjensen OK - there are a couple. Bronze Spring plays up there once in awhile, just by the
intersection. Aurum plays up in back of Giantess. There are a handful of others that are irregalar.
08:38 kentish_man Way back beyond Anemone to the left of the Giantess mound
08:38 kentish_man To the left of Aurum
08:39 bpnjensen That would be Pump. It now plays very often, with short intervals and spraylike
jets to 15 feet.
08:39 kentish_man That sounds like it
08:40 bpnjensen Hi, captbunzo!
08:40 kentish_man When old faithfulls steam moves away it would be in the centre of the screen
08:41 bpnjensen That's about right
08:41 kentish_man Now you can see a close up of the steam jet we discussed in the mailing list
08:42 kentish_man You can't actually see the hole
08:42 kentish_man There goes anemone again
08:43 bpnjensen Yeah, the little side event to OF. have you bene able to tell if it emits liquid
water?
08:44 bpnjensen Pump is playing now
08:46 kentish_man A few days ago, Jimbo swore he could actually see it errupting, but i am still
undecided.
08:46 kentish_man Hey Bruce, just how wide is the river at this point?
08:47 bpnjensen Well, the river is maybe 10m/30 feet across - but that's at water level. At the top
of the "bank" it's probably 120 feet/35 meters.
08:48 kentish_man WOW, you just can't appreciate that on the camera
08:48 bpnjensen I think it is difficult to gauge distances into the frame - it is worthwhile to have a
topo map of the area with features shown.
08:49 bpnjensen the Geyser Hill boardwalk is quite a long way behind OF, maybe 800 -1,000 feet
(330m) or so.
08:50 bpnjensen here it comes!
08:50 kentish_man The steam's all over the small vent so we cant see that this time
08:51 bpnjensen My feed keeps stalling anyway, so I can't tell.
08:53 kentish_man On the cam control screen I get a jerky video of 1.5fps average.
08:53 kentish_man But it is still half a minute ahead of what you see on the stream.
08:53 bpnjensen Mine is much better - but it freezes and restarts every several seconds.
08:54 bpnjensen Is it a whole half minute?
08:54 kentish_man Sometimes more sometimes less
08:54 captbunzo is there a good top map of the upper geyser basin available online anywhere?
08:55 kentish_man Have you tried NASA Worldwind?
09:00 kentish_man http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/
09:02 kentish_man GRAND
09:02 captbunzo cool.
09:03 bpnjensen
http://s88.photobucket.com/albums/k172/bpnjensen/?action=view&current=UGBMap.png
09:03 bpnjensen
http://s88.photobucket.com/albums/k172/bpnjensen/?action=view&current=UGBMap.png
09:04 bpnjensen These links contain an Upper Geyser Basin map I used as a base a couple years
ago to calculate geyser positions on the cams
09:04 bpnjensen Lots of features are shown, fairly accurately
09:04 kentish_man Bruce, what's that geyser on the mound nearest the cam?
09:05 bpnjensen Looks like Grand?
09:05 bpnjensen The little one, I think, is Split Cone Geyser
09:05 captbunzo is there a difference in the 2 maps?
09:05 bpnjensen I think maybe that just a Turban cycle.
09:05 bpnjensen No, the links are duplicates - sorry!
09:07 kentish_man That's the same topo map that's on NASA World Wind
09:07 bpnjensen Kentish man, your Geysers book should have the schematic maps handy...?
09:08 kentish_man The maps in Geysers of Yellowstone are very basic
09:08 kentish_man Just outlines
09:09 bpnjensen
http://s88.photobucket.com/albums/k172/bpnjensen/?action=view&current=UGBMapwebcamfiel
dw-geyserlines.png
09:10 bpnjensen This link is another map, with some lines to show the cone of visibility from the
stillcam. It helps one beocme oriented. The vidcam is about in the same place.
09:11 kentish_man I have been marking some down on Google Earth
09:12 bpnjensen The Geyser book can, however, show relative positions, which is usually enough
in the field.
09:13 kentish_man Does Beehives indicator have an indicator? I've heard people refer to water in
indicators pool.
09:21 captbunzo shame my copy of the geyser book is in a moving box in Oklahoma....
09:24 bpnjensen The water usually shows in the Indicator about a minute prior to indicator
eruption.
09:25 bpnjensen there is also another "near-cone" indicator but I haven't noticed it in awhile.
There are several small sputtering holes just behind Beehive, but the jury is out on whether they
mean anything.
09:27 bpnjensen Well, unfortunately, I have a job, so I must leave you fellows for now. Ciao!
09:27 kentish_man Bye for now
10:25 captbunzo beehive!!! 18:25 GMT!!!
10:31 captbunzo or apparently 11:25 MST
11:03 kentish_man I'm here
11:05 captbunzo trees!
11:06 kentish_man Nothing else to point at.
11:09 bpnjensen Did Beehive have an Indicator this morning?
11:09 kentish_man I see Bruce is back :)
11:09 bpnjensen Just momentarily, i think...
11:10 kentish_man I've missed Plume so far today, so I've no idea when it's due.
11:11 kentish_man What's that steaming area between Plume and Sponge?
11:15 bpnjensen Wia r- I;ve got to get the stream back ...
11:16 bpnjensen There are some small sputs in there, plus Plate Geyser, whcih is fairly irregular
this season. If you see Plate, you will know it...it has good bursting to 20 feet.
11:17 kentish_man I thought it might be a pool of some kind
11:19 bpnjensen It's pretty good steam in there...
11:24 kentish_man Just got an email from Carolyn. Her internet has been down.
11:37 bpnjensen Looks like we might have Riverside, or something nearby.
11:40 bpnjensen That little thing is the Dwarf member that's been playing all summer almost
contunuously.
11:40 kentish_man Ahhhh, that must be what Jimbo keeps on about :D
11:41 bpnjensen There's some energy there - it would be nice if it evolved into a major feature.
11:43 bpnjensen Why isn't Jimbo here yet?
11:44 bpnjensen You;re making me dizzy!
11:45 kentish_man I've tried to chat with him before but he doesn't seem interested. He just likes
posting reports. :D
11:46 bpnjensen WEll, gotta go again :S see ya later...
11:46 kentish_man seeya
11:47 captbunzo here... gone..here... gone...
11:48 captbunzo what's that?
11:49 kentish_man I think that's the observation area
11:50 captbunzo cool - I don't know if I have ever been up there.
12:23 captbunzo little cub?
12:24 kentish_man It was
12:27 kentish_man That man Bruce is back again. He'll be gone again in a few seconds X-D
12:28 bpnjensen just stryin' to squeeze in here and there between work responsibilities :)
12:28 captbunzo hi bruce
12:28 bpnjensen Hiya
12:29 captbunzo where do I recognize your name from Bruce, just the forums maybe?
12:30 kentish_man Yes, he's from the forum.
12:32 kentish_man Let me guess, on the cam, left to right: Aurum, Giantess and Vault. Am I
correct?
12:33 bpnjensen I think Aurum is a little too small to see lot of steam - probably Teakettle and
Vault is behind Giantess.
12:34 bpnjensen I could be worng, however.
12:34 kentish_man So most of that steam is from Giantess pool?
12:34 kentish_man Is that boiling or just warm?
12:34 bpnjensen Yes, Giantess is usually the biggest steamer, even when the pool is quiet. Boiling
really brings up the steam.
12:35 captbunzo cool
12:35 bpnjensen No, hot /:)
12:35 kentish_man hehe
12:36 captbunzo hehe - I almost commented as such
12:36 captbunzo so, giantess has a nice pool - didn't remember that.
12:36 captbunzo http://www.rcn.montana.edu/resources/features/feature.aspx?nav=11&id=9095
12:36 kentish_man Someone said that due to the altitude, water in Yellowstone boils at less than
200f
12:36 bpnjensen BIG pool on Giantess
12:37 captbunzo yeah - the pick on rcn is great.
12:37 kentish_man Does it empty completely after an erruption?
12:38 bpnjensen The lower pressure allows water to boil at around 198F or so, maybe 90-95C.
12:38 captbunzo the picture on rcn is really cool - I can't imagine where it would be taken from
12:38 bpnjensen From what i understand, Giantess empties mostly during the first part of its
eruption, but it can play very tall jets from a very low pool for several hours.
12:39 bpnjensen judging by the boardwalk, it must be taken from right in front as seen on the
webcam.
12:40 kentish_man I think most of those pictures must have been taken by NPS officials
12:40 bpnjensen Blips of water from Split Cone
12:40 kentish_man Daisy
12:41 captbunzo so, do you guys have a favorite geyser?
12:41 bpnjensen Daisy is a little off its earlier 2-hour intervals.
12:42 kentish_man I like most of them
12:43 bpnjensen My favorite, for many reasons, is probably Giant, and not just because it is so
daggone big. I like them all, though - they are extremely interesting
12:43 captbunzo is giant near giantess?
12:44 kentish_man No
12:44 bpnjensen Giant is down in the other side of Grand, but its cloud can be seen like a huge
bomb exploding
12:44 captbunzo wow.
12:45 captbunzo so I take it you have seen it live?
12:45 kentish_man Bruce, do you think it was strange that after the recent Giantess erruption,
Giat went to sleep
12:45 kentish_man Giant
12:46 kentish_man Gone again
12:46 captbunzo hehe
12:46 kentish_man Back again :-)
12:46 bpnjensen  
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/7318622
here is a Giant photo link
12:47 bpnjensen Giant I have seen twice, once as in the photo, and once just before sunrise. It is
not an eruption, it is an event :)
12:47 kentish_man I have watched many a Giant video on Youtube
12:47 captbunzo hehe - I was jut finding a pile of giant photos on flickr.
12:47 captbunzo how long?
12:48 kentish_man I especially like the one with the very excited girl on it X-D
12:48 captbunzo ah... I read now.
12:48 bpnjensen I don't think Giant's dormancy affected Giantess - they are not likely to be
related. Grotto is certainly connected to Giant, tho...
12:49 captbunzo http://www.flickr.com/photos/42771149@N00/198814965/
12:49 captbunzo is that really giant?
12:49 captbunzo I was thinking about that photo, assuming it is giant, I am sure those kids don't
realize the event they are present for... :)
12:50 bpnjensen Yepp, that's it. The rainstorm is tremendous, and in the morning when it is cool,
can cover several acres.
12:52 bpnjensen The steaming thing you show now is Crested Pool
12:53 captbunzo hehe.... just found a great photo of "Giant Geyser" on flickr which looks a whole
lot like grotto... :)
12:55 bpnjensen  
http://www.panoramio.com/user/1314131/tags/Geyser
12:55 bpnjensen If you;re interested, the link I just posted has many geyser pictures.
12:55 captbunzo oh yes, I'll check them out.
12:56 captbunzo I moved to England last summer, beginning, and have been missing yellowstone.
12:56 captbunzo hopefully planning a trip back in the late July next year with my wife & kiddos.
12:56 captbunzo Geyser Gary on flickr has a nice Giant set...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/geysergary/sets/72157604406188998/
12:58 bpnjensen Yeah, he has some nice shots there.
12:58 captbunzo lovely stuff - nice photos, bruce... I really love your photo of riverside with the
rainbow...
12:58 kentish_man Bruce, when are you next at the park?
12:58 captbunzo riverside was my favorite as a kid
12:58 bpnjensen No plans just now - maybe next summer, maybe not :S
12:59 kentish_man Sawmill?
12:59 bpnjensen Looks like it. Too big for Tardy when it hits is heights.
13:01 bpnjensen Well, I;m back on duty - gotta go, guys.
13:01 captbunzo have a good one, bruce.
13:01 kentish_man seeya
14:59 bpnjensen Plume was i.e. at 1558.
15:26 captbunzo oh - what's that?
21:40 bpnjensen Hi - Plume is a small-medium geyser right behind OF as seen by the camera - it is
along the Geyser Hill boardwalk, and plays about hourly up to 30 feet high. It plays in a series of
4, 5 or 6 10-second bursts, usually of diminishing strength.


September 3rd, 2008 View September's Logs

06:12 kentish_man I'm here :-)
06:55 captbunzo and me.
06:55 captbunzo now we need to get the rest of the forum signed in :)
07:04 kentish_man Just started the cam
07:10 kentish_man So much steam
07:12 captbunzo yeah - I noticed... quite the steamy day.
07:14 kentish_man Did you design this chat interface?
07:17 kentish_man Hi Bruce
07:17 bpnjensen Good morning - or afternoon, as the case may be...
07:18 kentish_man It's 3:18 pm here
07:18 bpnjensen It's too early here:D
07:19 kentish_man By the way, captbunzo (Paul) lives the oposite side of London to me.
07:20 bpnjensen Such a small world, eh? Not small enough sometimes...
07:20 kentish_man But he's a genuine american
07:21 bpnjensen Oh - I knew he had been in the States, but did not know he was a native here...
07:22 kentish_man What's the source of that steam on the hill to the left of Castle?
07:23 bpnjensen Those steam clouds in back are probably Biscuit Basin, if my reckoning is
correct. Big hot spring pools, Cliff geyser and some others.
07:24 kentish_man That has to be at least a mile from the camera
07:25 bpnjensen Even more - it takes a while to hike over there; you either walk along the road,
or head down to Daisy and walk past Punchbowl Spring to get there.
07:25 kentish_man WOW
07:26 bpnjensen You can drive there, too ;P
07:27 bpnjensen Whoops - I meant Black Sand Basin - Biscuit is down well beyond Riverside and
Artemisia Geysers
07:28 kentish_man Indicator
07:28 bpnjensen Indeed!
07:29 kentish_man Hehe, you can post the report in the forum ;P
07:29 bpnjensen I did - but myabe Jimbo beat me to it
07:31 bpnjensen ...and NOBODY's there! Did you see it when we did "the wave" for the webcam
last month in early August?
07:31 kentish_man Nope
07:31 bpnjensen You didn't miss much - It was silly
07:32 kentish_man Actually I do remember something about it
07:32 kentish_man I wish we could persuade Jimbo to come in here
07:33 bpnjensen We were actually on the cell with somebody who was watching, and did it for
their benefit :) i will go talk to Jimbo...
07:34 bpnjensen Splashing is nice - looks like it wil be a steamy eruption
07:35 kentish_man Little Cub also
07:36 bpnjensen Some folks are on their way over!
07:37 bpnjensen Some good clouds down basin too - maybe Grotto or something nearby - maybe
even F&M
07:37 bpnjensen Pluime is going!
07:39 kentish_man Must not miss O.F.
07:40 kentish_man Got to keep Tom Cawley Happy :>
07:40 bpnjensen I don't think OF is due just6 yet...
07:41 kentish_man 8:42 prediction
07:41 bpnjensen Can you see what that big black thing is just left of Beehive?
07:41 kentish_man Tree
07:42 bpnjensen Funny, you don't notice it when you're there...
07:42 bpnjensen GHte abkc to OF!
07:44 kentish_man There's also a large amount of steam behind the trees to the left
07:45 bpnjensen Sorry about the bad typing...the older I grow, the worse I get...
07:45 kentish_man You're much younger than me
07:46 bpnjensen Some days I'm 7, some days 70. Luck of the draw.
07:47 kentish_man I'm 60 in october
07:47 bpnjensen 60 is the new 40
07:48 kentish_man I wonder who the guest is.
07:49 bpnjensen Might be Jimbo - he said he has some "technical" issues on weekdays, but might
be able to visit weekends.
07:49 bpnjensen OF
07:50 bpnjensen And Anemone too
07:50 bpnjensen Or maybe not...
07:50 kentish_man Looks quite dark there
07:51 bpnjensen Might have been Improbable Geyser, just across from Plume and this side of
Anemone
07:51 kentish_man Look at the vent to the right
07:52 bpnjensen Lots of steam - can't quite tell if its wet
07:52 bpnjensen maybe a fine spraY?
07:53 bpnjensen I see water
07:53 kentish_man That's as close as the zoom will go
07:54 kentish_man Any more and it goes blurry
07:54 bpnjensen Yeah - you can see it splashing on the ground
07:54 kentish_man We'll have to get Scott in here :-)
07:55 bpnjensen I just noticed some splashes from something on the other side of the boardwalk
too - did you see them?
07:56 bpnjensen Is that Pump up there? I don't have my beairngs...
07:56 kentish_man I was on 1.5fps so I missed it
07:56 kentish_man Anemone
07:56 bpnjensen I think it's Pump
07:56 bpnjensen There's Anemone
07:56 kentish_man That's what I meant
07:57 kentish_man I'm watching 3 screens here. Cam control, stream and static.
07:58 bpnjensen Good thing you have trinocular vision
07:58 kentish_man Now we've seen the water coming from that side vent we need someone on
site with a good telephoto from the other side
07:59 bpnjensen I agree - Well, unfortunately, my boss frowns on me doing live streaming and
chat, so I have to go for now - back a bit later.
08:00 kentish_man OK
08:00 kentish_man Anyone else want to join in?
09:48 captbunzo hey bruce
09:48 captbunzo I'm back - had meetings
09:49 captbunzo nice thing here at work, I have 2 screens and can leave this open in one during
the day.
09:49 kentish_man Bruce not here, only me.
09:51 captbunzo yep
09:51 captbunzo looks like bruce will be a regular...
09:52 kentish_man He did ask Jimbo if he would be coming in here
09:52 kentish_man Jimbo said only on weekends if at all
09:54 captbunzo ah.... bummer thar
09:54 captbunzo that
09:55 captbunzo ya know, I am gonna know upper geyser basin much better by the time I visit
next :)
09:56 kentish_man You can bring me back some pictures
10:01 captbunzo :D
10:02 kentish_man Take a cell phone with you and I can call you when you're on geyser hill.
10:03 captbunzo ah... I always have a cell phone with me. :)
10:04 captbunzo I work for vodafone after all :)
10:05 kentish_man Do you have any contacts in the planning department?
10:06 captbunzo nope - why do you ask?
10:06 kentish_man I have a weard hobby. It is called cell site spotting
10:07 kentish_man My Nokia 3650 has some software in it called Cell Trax
10:09 kentish_man Cell Track actually
10:09 captbunzo trying to map the cell sites of the world? :)
10:10 kentish_man Just the ones near me
10:10 kentish_man I have a few cell IDs that I would like to identfy
10:10 captbunzo http://www.afischer-online.de/sos/celltrack/
10:10 captbunzo that it?
10:11 kentish_man Yes, he was very helpfull in teaching me how to operate it.
10:12 kentish_man I do have an MS Access database on UK cell sites but it's very out of date
10:13 captbunzo hmmnn. interesting
10:14 kentish_man I used to be friends with a vodafone engineer that used to service the local
cells but he disapeared
10:15 kentish_man So I'm looking for another source of up to dat info on cell IDs and their
locations
10:19 captbunzo I'd love to find such an app for my windows mobile smartphone
10:20 kentish_man My son has a Nokia N95, and Cell Track does a version for that but he said it
needs verifying or something for the symbian.
10:22 kentish_man Many of the old nokias have a utility called Net Monitor that can easily be
enabled
10:23 kentish_man Net Monitor even gives a TA value from which you can easily calculate the
distance from the cell to the phone
10:23 captbunzo cool
10:24 kentish_man So if you can pick up an old 5110 or similar cheap....
10:30 kentish_man I have a collection of classic nokia phones and they all still work.
10:32 kentish_man Did you get the MSN message I sent you with all my contact details?
10:36 captbunzo yes I did.
10:37 kentish_man Great
10:37 kentish_man By the way, I also use Skype.
10:39 kentish_man GRAND on the cam
10:42 captbunzo cool...
10:53 kentish_man Going for tea now.
11:47 kentish_man Hi Bruce
11:47 bpnjensen Hi, D. - anything happening?
11:47 kentish_man Tom Cawley is doing one of his live broadcasts tomorrow.
11:48 bpnjensen ??? I am not sure what that means..
11:49 kentish_man Tom will zoom the camera up on the talks and a radio mike will be fed into
the straem audio track
11:50 kentish_man I saw one a couple of weeks ago and it was very good.
11:51 bpnjensen Oh - that sounds fun - does he have a schedule?
11:51 kentish_man The times as above for tomorrow
12:05 bpnjensen Well - you're in charge - when is something going to erupt? Don't you have a
valve or something?
12:06 kentish_man Beehive, Lion and Grand have already happend today
12:06 kentish_man O.F. is predicted for 20 minutes.
12:07 bpnjensen Yeah - I missed the last two - the curse of the working man ;)
12:07 kentish_man You're the expert so tell me what to aim at :)
12:08 bpnjensen Gee, I dunno - do you remember the last Daisy time? Has Plume or Aurum been
seen?
12:08 kentish_man Plume was 1242 MDT
12:09 bpnjensen Oh - so we may get another shortly after OF then. Actually, I'm happy staring for
hours at steaming holes, so as far as I'm concerned, steady as she goes...
12:10 kentish_man Looks like Daisy
12:10 bpnjensen Good call - it sure is.
12:11 bpnjensen So we can start looking again at aorund 2:50 for Daisy...
12:11 bpnjensen Sawmill too
12:12 kentish_man What's the steaming pool left of Sawmill?
12:14 bpnjensen The gemtly steaming pool left fo Sawmill from this angle would be Churn
Geyser, just across the Boardwalk (I think). Churn will slough around while Sawmill is active, but
it needs to change to Penta-Churn mode for good eruptions.
12:14 bpnjensen That thing farther back are some other springs along the river - possibly Witches'
Cauldron
12:17 kentish_man What's that large white mound?
12:19 bpnjensen I believe that ti is a large HS mound just across the meadow from Daisy, and it
contains one small irregular geyser - possibly Pyramid? I would need to check that one. The book
talks about it.
12:20 bpnjensen The small steaming thing just in back of the ridge near the bridge was probably
Terra Cotta springs - they were quite active last year, but this year seemed quiet.
12:20 bpnjensen Oooh, ranger talk...
12:24 bpnjensen getting creative, are we? ;)
12:25 kentish_man I'm not allowed to zoom in too close to people. Only Tom can do that,
12:26 bpnjensen You might want to stick to OF now...
12:28 bpnjensen Unfortunately, I need to skeedaddle again - work beckons...see ya later!
12:28 kentish_man I got it
12:29 kentish_man You just missed Bruce
12:29 captbunzo ah....
12:29 captbunzo I gotta run in a moment too.
12:29 captbunzo just thought I'd pop in briefly...
12:29 kentish_man We still haven't had that real chat yet.
12:32 kentish_man Tomorrow there will be a live talk on the audio stream between 1730 and
1930 our time
12:32 captbunzo reallly - now that's really cool. how often does that happen?
12:32 kentish_man Tom Cawley will be operating the cam
12:33 kentish_man Again next week but I don't have the times yet
12:34 kentish_man The ranger giving the talk will be out in the basin with a radio mike
12:34 kentish_man There will be three talks between 1730 and 1930 tomorrow
12:35 captbunzo nice - I will be in the office late in front of my computer til around 18:30 I think
12:35 captbunzo I'll have to tune in!
12:35 kentish_man I was listening when they were testing the mike
12:36 kentish_man It reached right over to Lion and Giantess
12:40 captbunzo cool
16:37 captbunzo hello guest161361


September 4th, 2008 View September's Logs

05:15 captbunzo ooo, we have a guest, who is it?
06:31 captbunzo here for a moment.
06:31 captbunzo I am in and out of meetings
07:21 kentish_man Hi Guest
08:00 bpnjensen Hi! So did we have a Giant this morning? :>
08:01 bpnjensen Looks like Depression right now...?
08:04 kentish_man I don't know. I saw the steam, but Carolyn was at the controls.
08:04 bpnjensen Well, the Dwarf feature is spitting away anyhow...
08:06 kentish_man Hehe, I thought that was a perpetual spouter :)
08:07 kentish_man Steam everywhere
08:07 bpnjensen It is, almost! Anyway, Jimbo suggested Giant was ie at about 0700, two hours
ago - but it seems to me that a solid hot period could look almost as steamy on a morning like
this...we can wait to see what the list says tonight...
08:08 kentish_man Carolyn briefly paused at it then moved on, so she obviously wasn't impressed
:D
08:10 kentish_man Don't forget the live broadcast later
08:11 bpnjensen Yeah, thanks - I'll see if I can "attend" but I have some critical items to attend to
today...
08:11 kentish_man Tom will take over the cam from 10:30 am MDT
08:12 bpnjensen Yepp, it's on my calendar - thanks!
08:12 kentish_man I get it back 2 hours later
08:12 kentish_man That's perfect for me, because I have my tea about then
08:12 bpnjensen Well, gotta go for now - back ASAP.
10:50 bpnjensen Hi, all - has Geysergeekette ever come by?
10:51 bpnjensen Is tom controlling the camera?
10:52 kentish_man He should be
10:52 bpnjensen The control seems random :)
10:52 kentish_man Whoever is controlling the cam seems to have trouble finding Giantess
10:53 bpnjensen Ah, the good old days!
10:54 kentish_man Just going to grab a bite to eat, wont be long
10:55 bpnjensen He turns 50 tomorrow! We need to wish him HB!
11:00 kentish_man Back again
11:01 bpnjensen do you have the control again?
11:03 kentish_man I was told by Carolyn to wait until 12:00 mdt
11:03 kentish_man 12:30
11:03 bpnjensen Well, the time has arrived!
11:03 kentish_man I meant
11:03 bpnjensen Oh, never mind ~
11:04 bpnjensen Might as well wait for OF then at 1235
11:05 bpnjensen This time thing reminds me of shortwave radio listening - when we engage in
that hobby, everything is UTC (Z or Greenwich) time - so you guys just look at your regular
clocks... :)
11:06 bpnjensen Hi, guest299088 - say Hi!
11:06 guest299088 Hi
11:07 bpnjensen When kentish man gets the controls, we get to take ourselves on a tour :)
11:09 kentish_man I do my best
11:09 kentish_man But the other operators have started imitating me know :-)
11:10 bpnjensen Yeah, but we don't know them...do we?
11:10 bpnjensen Just Carolyn
11:11 kentish_man I got two old digital watches sitting underneath my computer screen, One is
set to MDT and the other EDT which is Carolyns time zone.
11:11 kentish_man The other 2 are guys and they are both on vacation in the park right now
11:12 bpnjensen That is Tom's voice on the message, right? Do you recall the other two guys'
names?
11:13 bpnjensen I need to lave for a few moments - I shall return
11:14 kentish_man Gary and Graham
11:15 kentish_man What message? do you mean the recording that plays on the audio stream?
11:16 kentish_man The voice on the recording is the guy who gave the talks today. George Hines
11:17 kentish_man Hi Guest
11:35 bpnjensen OF anytime now, eh?
11:35 kentish_man yep
11:36 bpnjensen I don;t believe I;ve met Gary or Graham, although I think I know the names.
11:37 kentish_man Have you met Carolyn?
11:38 kentish_man She said she had not met you :-)
11:38 bpnjensen I met a woman whose name I think was Carolyn, a ranger, with whom I
discussed radio comms last year. there's Plume
11:39 kentish_man That was Carolyn Loren
11:39 bpnjensen Plume ie at 11:39
11:39 kentish_man Connecticut Car is Carolyn Aaronson
11:39 bpnjensen Yes, correct, Carolyn Loren - she and I met at OF thius summer - very nice, and
keen on geysers
11:40 bpnjensen I have never met ConnecticutCarolyn
11:40 kentish_man She posts in the forum but not the mailing list
11:41 bpnjensen Sorry - Plume was at 1239 MDT :S
11:41 bpnjensen Right
11:41 bpnjensen What a tease! here it coimes
11:42 bpnjensen everyone migrates left to avoid the steam...
11:46 kentish_man I take it thats O.F. Inn
11:48 bpnjensen I can't quite tell if that's the Inn - looks like cliffs in back.
11:50 bpnjensen I get the impression that Aurum may have played this morning - I see no puffs of
steam, as it would if it had recovered a bit after several hours.
11:51 bpnjensen There is Pump
11:51 bpnjensen So, if you zoom any closer, it gets blurry?
11:53 kentish_man Yep
11:53 kentish_man Just like my sons Canon DV camcorder
11:53 kentish_man When the digital zoom kicks in
11:53 bpnjensen I think that tiny bubbler near the boardwalk railing is Scissors Spring
11:54 bpnjensen Yeah, the digizooms just don't quite cut it.
11:55 kentish_man Tom said the interface says it is disabled
11:57 bpnjensen Did we have Beehive yet today? Yesterday's was at 0643
11:58 kentish_man According to George, it was early today
11:58 bpnjensen OK - I noted that Beehive was already steamy.
12:00 bpnjensen I think that steamy thing is Spasmodic Geyser - many small vents at the same
time
12:01 bpnjensen If Sawmill is NOT going, it could be Penta - somewhat rare
12:02 bpnjensen That small one is Improbable
12:18 kentish_man Hey, take a look at the static cam.
12:19 bpnjensen Well, that was exciting! Pine Pitch Geyser!
12:19 kentish_man I wonder how that happend
12:20 bpnjensen The note says it is down for maintenance, so somebody probably moved it
12:21 kentish_man OK
12:22 bpnjensen LOL!
12:22 kentish_man I think that might have been Tom
12:23 bpnjensen The other guy saw you lookin' at him
12:25 kentish_man That's the security training from my last job. When a camera goes wrong, try
and check it out with another
12:25 bpnjensen Clever!
12:28 bpnjensen We should get another Plume very soon
12:28 kentish_man If you can see it through that steam
12:29 bpnjensen right...
12:31 bpnjensen It looks like theyre are messing with the still cam
12:34 kentish_man I know it was reported to have moved slightly out of position
12:47 bpnjensen I need to depart for awhile - see you folks later
13:22 kentish_man Hi


September 5th, 2008 View September's Logs

07:01 captbunzo hi bruce.
07:02 bpnjensen Good morning, CB - nice OF this morning
07:03 bpnjensen What time does derek usually come aboard?
07:04 captbunzo I think about 2:00 my time.
07:04 captbunzo I think he is usually here by now.
07:04 bpnjensen Oh, OK - so anytime then.
07:04 captbunzo it is 3:00 PM here now.
07:05 bpnjensen Do you keep this on 24 hours? I always see your name here...
07:05 captbunzo nope.
07:06 bpnjensen <sigh> sure is beautiful there today - wish I were there.
07:06 captbunzo but whenever I am at my computer I like to have it open in a spare window.
07:06 captbunzo yes indeed... really is!
07:06 captbunzo did you catch any of the ranger talk last night?
07:06 bpnjensen I understand completely :)
07:07 bpnjensen I saw the last bit of it - it worked out pretty well, I think.
07:07 captbunzo I got about 20 minutes of it... unfortunately other things came up that I had to
do instead of most of it.
07:07 captbunzo I certainly hope they do more!
07:07 captbunzo so, where are you from bruce?
07:08 bpnjensen That's my story usually, too. In fact, can't stay long today - meeting at 9 AM, and
I gotta prepare.
07:09 captbunzo what do you do?
07:09 bpnjensen I live near San Francisco, but hail from Massachusetts. That doesn't say much,
through - My heart is in the wilderness - and Yellowstone.
07:10 bpnjensen I am a community planner in Alameda County, California. I do general plans,
work on environmental reviews, process development applications, and so on.
07:10 captbunzo sounds busy :)
07:10 bpnjensen You're a computer guy, I take it?
07:10 captbunzo yep... I work as a computer consultant.
7:11 captbunzo live / work on the west side of London.
07:11 captbunzo though originally I am from the USA... Born in Colorado, lived in Louisiana for
a while, then Oklahoma/Kansas/Oklahoma.
07:11 captbunzo Been to YNP about 11 times
07:12 captbunzo HOPEFULLY planning a trip next summer :)
07:12 bpnjensen Just now, I have a major computer problem at home - our laptop seems to have a
corrupted file, in the printer spooler, and I have to uninstall the Vista opsys and replace. yecch :-(
07:12 bpnjensen So why the move to England?
07:12 captbunzo wanted to see a different part of the world.
07:12 bpnjensen Hope you can go next year - got to get there early and often!
07:13 captbunzo have a bit of an adventure.... it has been really nice so far (been here about a
year)
07:13 captbunzo I hope so as well - sorta working with my family (who live in Oklahoma) to do a
big group trip in late July.
07:13 bpnjensen Are you becoming a citizen, or staying with US?
07:13 captbunzo my wife & kiddos love YNP as well.
07:14 captbunzo well, I can't apply for citizenship until I have been here 6 years, which is another
4 1/2 ish years off.
07:14 captbunzo and then if/when I do, I can have duel US/UK citizenship.
07:14 bpnjensen Late July is good for geysers - warm weather, water columns don't get steamed
out. not so good for animals - better in late spring
07:14 captbunzo so yeah, I probably will when the time comes.
07:15 captbunzo unfortunately we are pretty limited on when we can go this next year do to
schedules of my kids schooling (in the UK) and my sisters kids schooling (in the USA)
07:15 captbunzo my kids school doesn't get out until the 4th week of July 2009.
07:15 captbunzo so, how old are you bruce?
07:15 captbunzo I'm 30.
07:16 captbunzo I know derek is in his mid 50s, I think...
07:16 bpnjensen Oh? So do they get a big vacation like we do here? I am 48, almost 49 - a real
doddering old curmudgeon
07:16 captbunzo hehe
07:16 bpnjensen Derek is 60 this year
07:16 captbunzo they get about 6 weeks off during the summer.
07:17 captbunzo but they get more time off during the year.
07:17 bpnjensen That's not so bad. I sort of wish we had more extended breaks with school -
there are some places that are just better in winter or fall...
07:17 captbunzo it is split into 3 terms, each with a week long break in the middle and then 2
weeks in between term 1 & 2 and 2 & 3.
07:18 captbunzo yeah - I'd like to do an April or May trip - but what we can take off doesn't
coordinate with my sisters kids.
07:18 captbunzo so July it is....
07:18 bpnjensen Well, I hate to say it - but I gotta get prepared for the meeting. I'll check back in
periodically - have a nice PM, and see ya later...
07:18 captbunzo k - ttyl
07:19 captbunzo good luck in that meeting.
07:50 kentish_man I'm here
08:30 captbunzo hi derek, how are you?
08:30 kentish_man OK thanks
08:30 kentish_man I was late coming on today
08:31 captbunzo yeppers, bruce and I noticed :)
08:32 kentish_man Carolyn logged off at 7:00 MDT and I couldn't take over till 30 minutes ago
08:32 kentish_man I had to take Wifey for an apointment
08:33 kentish_man Here's part of the email Tom sent me yesterday:
08:33 kentish_man We were supposed to swap the old static webcam for a new one but ran into
some trouble. We pulled the entire housing and will get the camera swapped
out and running again tomorrow. We'll be sure to include a view of Grand
Geyser when we aim it.
08:34 captbunzo cool
08:34 captbunzo btw, just to remind, the logs of this chat channel are on the web.
08:34 captbunzo not that anyone will ever read them :)
08:34 kentish_man Why do we need logs?
08:35 kentish_man I'd rather see a few changes to the layout.
08:36 kentish_man Such as the option to not include the cam stream. It's easy enough to load
media player
08:36 kentish_man That would make more room for the chat window without the need for so
much scrolling
08:38 kentish_man And perhaps a small bleep when a message arrives
08:40 captbunzo well, as this is a "mashup", we are limited by what is provided by the
components.
08:41 captbunzo things like optional cam stream - quite doable.
08:41 captbunzo I have some other thoughts as well.
08:41 captbunzo however, logs are not optional with Meebo Chatrooms (which is how the chat is
powered)
08:41 kentish_man Well, you have far more knowledge than Me so I shouldn't be too critical
08:42 captbunzo no no...
08:42 captbunzo please, I am quite happy for the feedback.
08:42 captbunzo I'd really like to make this quite full featured.
08:42 kentish_man Do you ever use Skype?
08:42 captbunzo occasionally...
08:42 captbunzo not really though.
08:42 kentish_man I use it a lot.
08:43 kentish_man I love the videochat
08:44 captbunzo nice eruption
08:44 captbunzo lots of steam though...
08:50 bpnjensen I like the chat just like it is - but I am not a crtiical thinker, so don't trust me ;)
08:51 captbunzo well, there are little things I want to add.
08:51 captbunzo like a link somewhere that will open the stream in windows media player
directly.... (which is REALLY easy)
08:51 bpnjensen Go for it! If they arent' satisfactory, we'll rebel.
08:51 captbunzo and then some "resource" links...
08:52 kentish_man Last Plume was at 9:07 MDT
08:52 captbunzo like a link to the thermal feature database on rcn
08:52 bpnjensen I prefer it lik eit is - Window Media Player is les sreliable than this is.
08:52 captbunzo me too - I would rather watch as is...
08:52 kentish_man On this one I get a timeout
08:53 captbunzo however, when the live talks happen, I want to put the video on my TV screen,
which works best through windows media player...
08:53 kentish_man While I'm running the cam I don't really need either :-)
08:53 captbunzo I understand that.
08:53 captbunzo I'll think it over a bit and at some point create a new version that has lots of cool
new features....
08:53 bpnjensen derek's on a power trip again:D
08:54 captbunzo hehe
08:54 captbunzo except you are 30 secs ahead, which makes it sorta hard to sync conversation
with those watching the feed here.
08:54 kentish_man Now what have I done? I come up here to get away from the missus
08:54 kentish_man :-)
08:54 bpnjensen Plume has been around 50 minute intervals - anothe rmay be forthcoming
08:55 captbunzo I want magic annotated video... labels on the video that tell us what geysers are
which :)
08:55 kentish_man Is that Grand?
08:55 bpnjensen Yes!
08:55 captbunzo wooohoo!
08:56 kentish_man Looks like we may miss Plume
08:56 bpnjensen Now if the wind would just come from our backs...
08:56 bpnjensen Oh, well - se la vie.
08:56 bpnjensen Well, gotta sign in to my meeting - bakc after awhile chaps...
08:57 captbunzo later bruce.
08:59 kentish_man So, you're only 30?
09:00 captbunzo yeppers.
09:00 captbunzo is that surprising for some reason?
09:00 kentish_man My eldest son is 28
09:00 captbunzo or just trying to remember what it was like to be 30 :)
09:00 kentish_man I just thought all geyser gazers were old geysers
09:00 captbunzo ha! nope....
09:01 kentish_man Just watching out for plume
09:01 captbunzo I'm hardcore - I'd sit for days to watch a good geyser go off, if it'd work with my
family's plans (which it never will!)
09:02 captbunzo I have dreams of taking a sabatical off work for 3 months and working in YNP
with my wife for the summer.
09:02 kentish_man I'll probably have someone in the forum moan because I took the cam off
Grand
09:03 captbunzo hehe - we need to find ways to get more people in this chatroom.
09:04 captbunzo after I build my new and improved version (maybe this weekend) I'd love to see
if I could get the site listed on the Yellowstone NPS website...
09:04 kentish_man Maybe
09:04 captbunzo that'd bring some more traffic in :)
09:05 kentish_man I even told Tom Cawley about it.
09:05 captbunzo what is Tom's official role?
09:05 kentish_man But he'll be far too busy.
09:06 captbunzo ooooh.. idea! the chatroom could actually be used to feed questions to the
rangers during live feeds.
09:06 kentish_man He's based at Mamouth and handles all the multimedia stuff
09:06 captbunzo sorta like one of these modern shows where people call in questions :)
09:06 captbunzo I can just here the ranger, "Paul from England asks......"
09:07 kentish_man David Monteith is Tom's boss I think.
09:08 kentish_man There goes Plume
09:11 captbunzo and David Monteith is?
09:11 captbunzo technologically it would be really difficult to setup - but I would LOVE a second
cam further out in the geyser basin.
09:12 kentish_man I don't know what his title is but he posted the original advert for cam
operators in the Geyser mailing list
09:12 captbunzo cool. the Geyser mailing list?
09:12 kentish_man I applied to him then he put me on to Tom
09:12 kentish_man Tom already has other plans for the future of the cam
09:13 kentish_man Firstly to take this cam out of the very flexible pine tree and put it on a tall
strong metal pole
09:15 kentish_man The location would be roughly in the centre of where I'm currently pointing
the cam
09:15 captbunzo ah - that'd be nice... so, basically a more stable setup and a better vantage point?
09:15 captbunzo what else
09:15 captbunzo ?
09:16 kentish_man A second cam
09:17 captbunzo cool - where?
09:17 kentish_man Further down the basin where it could see Giant, Grand and all the others
down that way.
09:18 kentish_man This cam wont be moved until the new visitor center is built
09:19 kentish_man Do you remember the location of the original static cam?
09:20 captbunzo yep.
09:20 captbunzo cool on the new location.... when is the new visitor center being built?
09:21 kentish_man Well that cam was mounted in a window of the old VC
09:21 kentish_man Remember those two trees near the camera?
09:21 captbunzo oh - I remember seeing that in the VC.
09:21 captbunzo hehe :)
09:21 captbunzo yep
09:21 kentish_man Well the new cam pole will be on the other side of those trees
09:22 captbunzo yeah
09:22 kentish_man The new VC may well be a couple of years
09:22 captbunzo yeah
09:22 kentish_man Maybe less, who knows.
09:23 kentish_man Even Tom doesn't have a date yet
09:25 kentish_man Castle in eruption
09:25 captbunzo cool - haven't see castle live since I was a kid
09:26 kentish_man You can see the water spray
09:30 captbunzo yeah, nice :)
10:09 kentish_man Are you still there?
10:11 captbunzo for a moment.
10:11 captbunzo had a call.... and I need to shut down and get home soon.
10:11 captbunzo (still in the office)
10:11 kentish_man This was my amateur attempt at a website a few years ago:
http://www.tgoeuk.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
10:12 captbunzo fun fun :)
10:12 captbunzo and, btw, that's the most parts I have ever see in a domain name :)
10:13 kentish_man Supplied by my ISP
10:14 kentish_man http://www.mechanicalorgans.co.uk/
10:15 kentish_man There's my other more recent site
10:15 kentish_man Same style
10:15 captbunzo interesting:)
10:15 captbunzo anyhow, I better shut down.
10:15 kentish_man Lion and O.F.
10:15 captbunzo feel free to email me if you have any more ideas for this page
10:16 captbunzo nice - a double!
10:16 captbunzo ya know, I wonder if there is someway to get the webcam video to play on my
phone.... that'd be amusing :)
10:17 captbunzo lion is nice
10:18 captbunzo just steaming now?
10:18 kentish_man Mainly
10:18 kentish_man That's the noisy part
10:19 captbunzo k... really going now :)
12:10 captbunzo hello again
12:10 kentish_man Hi
12:22 kentish_man The way that tree is shaking, I recon they're got a ladder up there working on
the static cam.
12:57 captbunzo hello again. gonna be in and out tonight.
12:57 captbunzo you still in control?
12:57 kentish_man Just had Tom flash a card in front of the cam
12:57 captbunzo ah! missed it!
12:57 captbunzo what card?
12:57 kentish_man Saying Hello Derek this is Tom and garry
12:58 captbunzo can he do a card to say hello to me?
12:58 captbunzo yes, I'm a sad little man :)
12:58 kentish_man They're working on the static cam but it's still not pointing correct
13:03 captbunzo hehe
13:03 captbunzo love the people shot
13:04 kentish_man New static cam needs to be more wide angle
13:04 kentish_man I wish I had Toms cell phone number
13:04 kentish_man If he has one
13:57 captbunzo that was nice.
13:57 captbunzo is that plume?
13:57 kentish_man Yep
13:57 kentish_man I just phoned Carolyn
13:58 kentish_man She wont be taking over tonight, so when I fini***** will be unmaned.
13:58 captbunzo I'd offer to help....
13:58 captbunzo not that I'd really know what I was doing.
13:59 captbunzo it'd be fun though :)
13:59 kentish_man You'd need to email David Moncreif
13:59 kentish_man Like I did
13:59 captbunzo what's his email address?
14:00 captbunzo I can't commit to doing it often, but I wouldn't mind filling in every once in a
while..
14:01 kentish_man --------------------
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14:01 kentish_man Minimum requirement is a 4 hour block per week
14:02 kentish_man Hi Bruce
14:02 captbunzo hi bruce...
14:02 captbunzo how was your meeting?
14:02 bpnjensen Howdy
14:02 bpnjensen It went well, but led to quite a bit of instant work, you know...
14:03 captbunzo ah... yes indeed!
14:04 bpnjensen That's the Lodge over there
14:04 captbunzo eh?
14:04 bpnjensen I like the little cabins - cheap, charming and close to the action...
14:04 kentish_man I was just looking to see if Tom and Garry were still playing with the static
cam.
14:05 bpnjensen Out the front door, you can be on geyser hill in abuot 5 minutes
14:05 kentish_man I was telling Paul that Tom held a card in front of the cam saying Hello derek
from Tom and garry :-)
14:06 bpnjensen :D
14:06 captbunzo that's cool :)
14:06 bpnjensen You're a yellowstone celebrity and you haven't even been there yet!
14:07 captbunzo oh my - I didn't know you hadn't been, derek!
14:07 captbunzo shame that!!
14:07 bpnjensen OOps - did I spill some beans?
14:07 captbunzo hehe
14:08 bpnjensen His spirit knows the place, though...
14:08 kentish_man Hey Bruce, do you think you would ever find time in your 8 day working
week to man th camera?
14:10 bpnjensen Well, as you can see, while at work I have 10-minute intervals - and my time at
home is just about as crunched. While I am a power-hungry megalomaniac, I would have to say,
probably not (hmm)
14:10 kentish_man You have a way with words
14:11 bpnjensen duh, er, ah, um, you mean, uhh, I?
14:11 captbunzo hehe
14:11 kentish_man I'm still waiting for a chance to return your phone call but you're never home
14:12 bpnjensen Derek is far better with syntax and grammar, however...I'd love to talk again, but
guess what I am doing this weekend?
14:12 bpnjensen washing all of my mom-in-law's windows! AAAAHHHH!!!!
14:12 kentish_man Is that a Giantess boil?
14:13 kentish_man The cam will be unmaned for the first part of tomorrow.
14:14 captbunzo oh I would so love to see Giantess go.. :)
14:14 bpnjensen I think Giantess' boils need to ramp up from modets to strong and then stay there
awhile...of course, a geyser can change her mind anytime she likes...
14:14 kentish_man Carolyn wont be available and I have been "ordered" to attend my
sister-in-laws party with my Wife. :S
14:16 kentish_man Carolyn leaves for the park on Tuesday.
14:16 captbunzo good for her :)
14:16 captbunzo that's great!
14:16 bpnjensen Nice for her! i hope she has a blast
14:16 captbunzo (and I am SOO jealous :) )
14:16 kentish_man She's given me her cell phone number so I'll give her a call while she's there.
14:18 kentish_man Come-on Bruce, your the expert on the park. Where shall I point the cam
next?
14:20 bpnjensen Pump is good today
14:21 kentish_man One pump for Bruce
14:21 bpnjensen Everything else looks snoozy. your raven reminds me that Fan and Mortar was
the site of a Raven feast while we were there - Raven walked right ontro the geyser and grabbed
small snake and ate him.
14:22 kentish_man The only Ravens we get over here are residents of the Tower of london
14:22 bpnjensen Do we know Daisy's last blast?
14:22 kentish_man I saw one at 1:59 mdt
14:23 bpnjensen So another 5 minutes maybe...!!
14:24 kentish_man Would you settle for a Sawmill?
14:24 bpnjensen I am getting bad stalls in the stream
14:24 kentish_man OK here
14:24 bpnjensen It's probbaly my machine
14:25 captbunzo mine is ok too
14:25 kentish_man My first Bison since I been running the cam
14:25 bpnjensen They will become mor enumerous as fall wears on...
14:26 bpnjensen Daisy's platform looks quiet - might be all done...?
14:27 bpnjensen Whoops - I read my clock wrong - a half hour uintil Daisy (sorry)
14:28 bpnjensen Can we cut that tree in front of Sawmill?
14:29 kentish_man Just going downstairs to give wife her nightly blood sugar test then have a cup
of tea. I will be back.
14:29 bpnjensen Well, sadly I have more to do here - have a nice evening, fellows...best to your
wife, Derek...
14:49 kentish_man I'm back
14:49 kentish_man 2 Pauls
14:49 captbunzo yes indeed .... working on the page interface in a super secret place.
14:49 captbunzo so it appears as if I am logged in twice.
14:50 kentish_man I have 2 PCs on a router here
14:50 captbunzo new address is GONNA be
http://yellowstone.captbunzo.net/webcam
14:50 captbunzo but that won't work yet
14:53 kentish_man This PC is an Athlon 3200 and the other is AMD 1200
14:53 kentish_man I run the cam software on the other one
14:53 captbunzo cool
14:54 kentish_man Both into a Linksys Wireless G, but I don't use the wireless part
14:54 kentish_man My son set the whole thing up
14:57 bpnjensen Gee - Derek, are you there?
14:57 bpnjensen Maybe daisy soon!
14:57 captbunzo yep, he's here.
15:00 captbunzo 3 captbunzos! :)
15:00 bpnjensen Sounds dangerous
15:00 captbunzo gotta test the new version I am working on in 3 browsers
15:00 captbunzo if I am not careful the universe could be annihilated
15:01 bpnjensen X-D
15:02 kentish_man Missed it.
15:03 captbunzo no!!!
15:06 bpnjensen Lion is huffing and puffing...might pay to watch it...
15:07 bpnjensen Have you guys seen Lion in the last several hours?
15:07 kentish_man It had (I think) a first in series at 11:15 MDT
15:08 kentish_man Haven't seen Beehive all day
15:08 bpnjensen Ah - if it is a long series, we could get another at some point. Roughly every
75-90 minutes after initial, as long as it goes...
15:09 kentish_man Yeah, it's spitting
15:10 kentish_man Bruce, from this view, where is Big Cub and Lioness in relation to Little Cub?
15:12 captbunzo gentlemen, want a preview?
15:12 captbunzo not REAL exciting yet.
15:13 captbunzo mostly structural changes in the page
15:13 captbunzo things that give me more control over the layout of the page
15:13 captbunzo http://www.captbunzo.net/webcam/
15:13 bpnjensen I am not sure about BC and Lioness, but I think they are right behind LC.
Wherever you see LC steaming, the others are BC and/or Lioness. they do splash sometime.
15:14 bpnjensen Nice colors on the names!
15:15 captbunzo goodness.. Hehehe :)
15:16 kentish_man I would still like the whole chat box to be taller and allow me to see all the
online people without scrolling
15:16 captbunzo I don't know how much control I have over that.
15:16 captbunzo but, a secret...
15:17 captbunzo if you login to meebo.com you can login to the chat room by itself.
15:17 bpnjensen That would work, except that if thuis site gets going with 20 peopke chatting, it
wil take uyp the whole chat column.
15:17 captbunzo yeah...
15:17 captbunzo really, I have seen better chat interfaces...
15:18 captbunzo I'll tackle that later - I MIGHT be able to find something better or improve that.
15:18 bpnjensen I refuse to complain about a gift horse.
15:18 captbunzo hehe - but I do want feedback so I can improve this.
15:18 captbunzo over the next week or so I am gonna tweak it a bunch, make it really nice, and
then advertise it more.
15:19 captbunzo try to get the word out after it's been refined... you guys are my beta testers :)
15:19 bpnjensen OK.
15:20 captbunzo what is that spurting oer there?
15:20 bpnjensen Sawmill is imnpressive when the steam blows away
15:23 bpnjensen Well, time for me to wrap up work for the day - a great weekend, fellows, and
maybe we'll talk tomorrow
15:24 kentish_man I wont be on until about 1 pm MDT
15:24 kentish_man There will be no-one else
15:27 captbunzo hey derek, still here?
15:28 kentish_man Yeah
15:28 kentish_man But not much longer
15:28 captbunzo refresh this:
15:28 captbunzo http://www.captbunzo.net/webcam/
15:28 captbunzo apparently when the chat window gets wider the interface improves
15:29 captbunzo what do you think about that?
15:30 kentish_man Just waiting for it to connect
15:30 captbunzo ah
15:35 kentish_man Old one connects right away
15:35 captbunzo strange!
15:43 kentish_man I'm off to bed now. The cam is now un-manned
15:43 kentish_man Goodnight
15:43 captbunzo try this again: http://www.captbunzo.net/webcam/
15:43 captbunzo I need an opinion.
15:44 captbunzo one option is to shrink the video itself a bit.
15:44 captbunzo just a bit of shrinking would give quite a bit of extra space in the user interface.
15:45 captbunzo trying to decide if it is at all worth it.
15:46 captbunzo nah


September 6th, 2008 View September's Logs

05:45 Jimbo Watching Old Faithful at 0641 :|
05:45 Jimbo testing
09:41 captbunzo noone here yet!
09:41 captbunzo missed Jimbo earlier :)
09:54 bpnjensen Good day, captbunzo - here for just a few moments before I go window
washing!
09:55 bpnjensen Hmmm - the cam window is smaller - I guess I liked the bigger one, but if this
works for you, go with it.
09:56 captbunzo hey bruce
09:56 bpnjensen Howdy
09:56 captbunzo the cam window is smaller?
09:56 captbunzo it shouldn't be.... should be the same size.
09:57 bpnjensen It looks smaller than the previous one - becasue the user column at left it larger -
??
09:57 bpnjensen Maybe I'm remembering it wrong
09:57 captbunzo here ya go.
09:57 captbunzo  
http://www.captbunzo.net/ynp/oldfaithfulcamera-oriŕ
09:57 captbunzo open that up in another window - that's the original version.
09:58 captbunzo hehe - now there are two of BOTH of us!!! be careful universe... :)
09:59 bpnjensen OK, I see - the previous version put the cam window in the middle of the screen,
that's what I remembered. Same size! The big bang is reeling from the presence of an alternate
universe...
09:59 captbunzo hehe
09:59 bpnjensen I wonder if Stephen Hawking likes geysers...?
09:59 captbunzo I am sure he must :)
10:00 bpnjensen I gather nobody is at the controls for awhile this AM/PM...
10:00 captbunzo not for hours...
10:01 captbunzo so, new version so far, bigger chat window... added the NPS logo as the chat
room logo (top left)... added a link to open up the video in Windows Media Player...
10:01 captbunzo and I've added the brown titlebar where I'll put stuff later.....
10:02 captbunzo question, btw....
10:02 bpnjensen That seems fine. BTW, when I type a longish message (like the last one) I get an
error message, but it still posts the words.
10:02 bpnjensen Yes?
10:03 captbunzo hmmnnn. that's out of my control (the error message)
10:03 bpnjensen No big deal
10:03 captbunzo I have a couple pics that came from you
10:03 captbunzo  
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k172/bpnjensen/UŕUGBMap.png?t=1220371478
10:03 captbunzo  
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b298/captbunzo/wŕwebcams
10:03 captbunzo do you mind if I make those available to view from this page?
10:04 captbunzo I was also thinking about adding some links to some geyser pics, including yours
here:
http://www.panoramio.com/user/1314131/tags/Geyser
10:04 captbunzo just thought I should get permission first :)
10:04 bpnjensen That would be fine, but be aware that they originate from USGS originals, and
probably ought to be represented as such. I would welcome a link to the geyser pics!
10:05 captbunzo k :)
10:06 bpnjensen The Panoramio site will have some more geyser pictures added in the next month
or so. The Photobucket page already has some that you may not have seen yet.
10:06 kentish_man Just got home
10:06 bpnjensen Hi! How was the celebration?
10:07 kentish_man Don't ask. I can still hear the sister-in-laws voice ringing in my ears now :S
10:07 bpnjensen LOL!
10:08 bpnjensen My sister-in-law is a sweetheart, and a wonderful person - we are very lucky.
10:08 kentish_man My wife has three sisters and they are all mouthy
10:09 captbunzo I'll make sure to add some USGS attribution when I get those bits in.
10:09 bpnjensen As long as they say *nice* things...
10:09 kentish_man What was that in the forum about Giant?
10:09 bpnjensen You mean form a couple days ago? Jimbo thought he saw a big steam cloud, but
nobody at the basin reported and eruption.
10:10 kentish_man I thought Marie was talking about today.
10:11 kentish_man I hope Tom can do something about that new static cam.
10:14 bpnjensen Yeah, I just checked - Marie confirmed that Giant did not play the other day.
Jimbo must have seen something else. At that early cold hour, it could have been anything in the
vicinity.
10:14 bpnjensen The static cam is gorgeous, but its angle is pretty tight
10:15 bpnjensen Well - as I mentioned, I am on window washing detail today, so I must depart.
Cheerio, chaps, and I will try to be back later.
10:15 kentish_man OK
10:18 captbunzo what is the address of the static cam page, derek?
10:19 captbunzo (wow, that's a LOT of sway in the camera today)
10:19 kentish_man  
http://www.yellowstone.net/ofliveoriginal.htm
10:20 kentish_man Old Faithfull has just spit on the camera glass
10:22 Jimbo Hi guys: brief glance at the cam; crazy kids playing behind me. I suspect that I saw
an early Grotto; it is possible to check the logs when they get posted to GOSA
10:23 captbunzo GOSA?
10:23 captbunzo and, btw, hi jimbo...
10:23 captbunzo ah...
http://www.geyserstudy.org
10:24 Jimbo Geyser Observation and Study Association
10:25 captbunzo so, is Echinus completely dormant now?
10:27 Jimbo Seems like its pretty rare, from what I've read
10:27 captbunzo I was lucky enough to see an eruption on a trip in I think 2005
10:28 Jimbo I haven't been to YNP since a geological field trip in 1992; Echinus was active, and
seeing it from the amphitheater was cool. Also saw Great Fountain -- one of the best
10:28 captbunzo I've gotten to see Great Fountain on my last three trips (spread over the last 6
years or so)
10:29 captbunzo Great Fountain does have to be one of the best. :)
10:29 Jimbo Nice that its "predictable"
10:29 captbunzo yes.
10:30 Jimbo I've got a lot of dream vacations, all involving geysers: New Zealand, Iceland, and at
least 10 days in Yellowstone, right about this time of year, gazing mostly. Don't know when
they'll happen yet
10:30 Jimbo BTW, I like the chat; sorry I'm a weekend-only visitor. Sometimes during the week I
might "reply" on the Forum.
10:31 captbunzo yeah, I drool over a trip to see stokkur.
10:31 Jimbo Gotta go now. Tell me when Giantess is about to erupt X-D
10:31 captbunzo and glad that you like that chat - I have plans to improve it some.
10:31 captbunzo hehe
10:32 kentish_man Got a couple of small jobs to do. Back soon.
10:32 captbunzo k
10:51 captbunzo ya back derek?
10:51 kentish_man Yeah
10:52 captbunzo so, I think you had some more feedback for me on the cam page?
10:52 captbunzo camchat page...
10:52 kentish_man Just trying to remember what they were
12:56 bpnjensen Hi, guys - I have a few minutes - glad to see Jimbo paid a visit!
12:56 bpnjensen FWIW, the big geysers that are "hard to see" include:
12:56 bpnjensen - Fan and Mortar
12:57 bpnjensen - Giant
12:57 bpnjensen -Steamboat
12:57 bpnjensen -Morning
13:00 bpnjensen Echinus has been a veryt nice geyser in the past, but recently it has been erratic at
best, and when it plays it is fairly short in duration and seemingly not as potent as formerly.
13:01 bpnjensen Ledge (at Norris) seems to still play very well, but it is rare and unpredictable. It
has had two good eruptions in recent months.
13:01 bpnjensen At Fountain, Morning'
13:02 bpnjensen At Fountain, Morning's Thief has really become a fine geyser in its own right,
playing up to 50 or 60 feet when Fountain plays. Also easy to witness.
13:03 bpnjensen Have we had a beehive today?
13:13 kentish_man on the phone
13:15 kentish_man Nice castle
13:18 kentish_man I wasn't here until about 11pm MDT Bruce
13:34 kentish_man Are you still there Paul?
13:53 kentish_man Hi Bruce
13:53 bpnjensen Hi - seems to be working now...
13:53 kentish_man Great
13:53 bpnjensen Castle was beautiful...
13:54 kentish_man Very
14:08 kentish_man AURUM
14:10 bpnjensen Cool - I just missed it (:-(
14:10 kentish_man Would you like to post that Aurum for 3:09
14:10 bpnjensen Will do
14:11 kentish_man Was a good one too
14:12 bpnjensen I'll have to take your word for that!
14:12 kentish_man Was the longest I have seen
14:12 bpnjensen I wonder if the confab near Beehive means something...
14:15 bpnjensen BEEHIVE
14:16 kentish_man PC just crashed
14:16 bpnjensen At least, the indicator...
14:17 kentish_man Lucky it wasn't the one I use for the cam control
14:17 bpnjensen Was anybody hurt? ;P
14:17 kentish_man Hahaha HA
14:17 kentish_man Everything just froze
14:18 kentish_man Hehe, another eruption for you to post, and beat Jimbo to it :-)
14:20 bpnjensen I am SOOO competetive...
14:20 kentish_man Lion's spitting too
14:20 bpnjensen I see it. We didn;t just have an OF, did we?
14:21 kentish_man OF is due at 3:57 mdt
14:23 bpnjensen See thjat guy and little kid coming? I HOPE they stop; and wait...so many keep
on going and ignore the crowd...
14:24 bpnjensen splash splash splash
14:26 bpnjensen This should be gorgeous...
14:30 bpnjensen tHE SUSPENSE IS KILLING ME!
14:31 bpnjensen Beehive 1530 :-)
14:31 bpnjensen ...and magnificent camera work, as always!
14:31 kentish_man BLUSH
14:32 bpnjensen Pay attention to the fact that Beehive is not as steamy as some geysers, at least
to start - I think the upper column is mostly cooler water.
14:36 kentish_man I have a feeling that Carolyn isn't around to take over from me, but I'm gonna
have to leave it for a few minutes.
14:36 bpnjensen Well, THAT was great.
14:37 bpnjensen OK - I have to leave too, with my son awaiting a pickup from band practice. See
y'all later...
14:43 captbunzo hello again...
14:50 kentish_man I'm here
14:51 kentish_man You missed a good Beehive
14:57 captbunzo ah.........
14:57 captbunzo was doing a puzzle with my kids
14:57 kentish_man But O.F. is due shortly
14:58 captbunzo that'll be fun :)
15:03 captbunzo quite a bit of steam blow
15:06 captbunzo as always, great cam work...
15:08 kentish_man Little Cubb
15:16 captbunzo crow!
15:16 kentish_man Raven apparently
15:17 captbunzo ahhhhhh
15:24 kentish_man I'm signing off at 23:30
15:25 kentish_man Cam and room
15:25 captbunzo okie dokie - have a good night, mate.
15:25 kentish_man I don't know if Carolyn will be taking over. She hasn't emailed me.
15:27 captbunzo plume!!!!!
15:27 kentish_man And for my finale
15:27 captbunzo (right?)
15:27 kentish_man The came will default to wide angle when I disconect
15:28 kentish_man But you may still see Lion. I think it is due.
15:28 captbunzo does it go to that default by itself?
15:28 kentish_man Yes
15:28 captbunzo cool
15:29 captbunzo was that it defaulting?
15:29 kentish_man I have disconnected
15:29 captbunzo interesting
15:30 kentish_man I am sure Lion is due, so if you see it, you can post it in the forum. Don't
forget to use MDT
15:30 captbunzo heh :)
15:30 kentish_man Bye for now
15:31 captbunzo good nite
17:54 captbunzo good nite yellowstone!


September 7th, 2008 View September's Logs

08:03 captbunzo good morning yellowstone


September 8th, 2008 View September's Logs

04:31 Robbie Good morning Yellowstone
07:16 bpnjensen Hi, Fellows - I stopped in Monday AM and came upon OF in eruption at 0814.
Missed you! Maybe later today.
07:29 bpnjensen A suggestion - on steamy mornngs such as these, it is probably useful to the keep
the camera slighlty zoome din on Geyser Hill most of the time, to allow better visual resolution,
and because the lower area is all steamy anyway.
08:54 bpnjensen Good afternoon, Derek
08:55 kentish_man Hi
08:57 bpnjensen There are some bright white spots on Giantess' pool this morning
08:57 kentish_man Sorry if I haven't been paying 100% attention to the cam, but I am the only
one on here all today and i have one or two other little things to do :-)
08:57 bpnjensen That's fine :-)
08:59 kentish_man My Epson R220 printer is acting up after 3 years of very hard service, so I
have been installing and testing a new R285 which my friend brought round here yesterday.
09:00 kentish_man Is that Aurum
09:00 bpnjensen Maybe - my stream stalled]\
09:00 kentish_man I'm attempting to have a close look at Giantess
09:01 bpnjensen That sure looks like Aurum - just watched a person walk in fornt of it.
09:02 kentish_man The cam glass needs a good wipe.
09:03 bpnjensen I think th steaming thing near left of Giantess is Teakettle
09:04 bpnjensen thousands of steaming holes...
09:05 kentish_man Is that depresion syeaming in the middle?
09:05 kentish_man T
09:05 kentish_man Steaming
09:05 bpnjensen It's about the right spot - btu it's also near Dwarf
09:05 bpnjensen depression is really close to the Boardwalk
09:07 bpnjensen Well, sadly. it's Monday morning, and I have work - so I have to get to it. I;ll try
to check in every once in awhile.
09:07 kentish_man OK
11:24 captbunzo hey derek
11:44 captbunzo an hey bruce!
11:44 bpnjensen Ahoy, Paul. happy Monday!
11:45 bpnjensen Hey, Paul, where the link for the conversation log?
11:46 captbunzo ahoy! :)
11:46 captbunzo LOOONG monday
11:46 bpnjensen Well, I gues it must be - it's almots 8 pm at your place.
11:46 bpnjensen We have guests! hi, guests!
11:47 captbunzo yeppers - and I had to go into and out of London today.
11:47 captbunzo yeaaaaaah!!! guests!!!
11:47 captbunzo http://chatlogs.meebo.com/room/oldfaithfulchat/logs/today/
11:47 bpnjensen OF appears to be coming up soon...
11:48 captbunzo oooooo. the log is fun :)
11:48 bpnjensen OK, thanks. Are you going to have link on this page outside the chat column?
11:48 captbunzo yep...
11:48 captbunzo that's one of the things I should add to the "Webcam Resources to be Added"
bar...
11:48 bpnjensen Once again, sorry for my horrid typing skills -
11:49 captbunzo np :)
11:49 captbunzo chat log could be useful to track geyser eruptions...
11:50 captbunzo oooo. look a this: http://chatlogs.meebo.com/room/oldfaithfulchat/logs/2008/09/
11:50 bpnjensen Don't know if we had Beehive or Lion yet this AM - might have had an Aurum
early, and maybe some Giantess boils, but it was just to steamy to be certain. Hey, where did
those guests go? Darn...
11:51 bpnjensen Who was Mr. Tipple?
11:51 captbunzo sad.... no more guests!
11:51 captbunzo Mr. Tipple is a friend of mine from work who I was showing the site to.
11:51 bpnjensen OF is on its way up!
11:52 captbunzo not a yellowstone geek, so he won't be back probably.
11:52 captbunzo OLD FAITHFUL!!!
11:53 captbunzo ya know if we used standardised tags to remark on eruptions here, I could parse
the chat logs and build a table of eruption times.
11:53 captbunzo like:
11:53 captbunzo ERUPTION: Old Faithful
11:53 captbunzo etc :)
11:54 captbunzo sorry, geeky thought moment.
11:54 bpnjensen As Derek was saying this AM, the lense needs a wipe - water spots all lover it
11:54 captbunzo yeah
11:55 bpnjensen You could try it - but unless people populate the chat constantly and know what
they're watching, it would be incomplete. Any spelling error would disqualify the call too.
11:58 bpnjensen Well, I need to grab some lunch - bakc after a bit.
11:58 kentish_man I'm just back from tea
12:09 captbunzo yeah
13:03 kentish_man Are you there?
13:13 captbunzo yep
13:18 bpnjensen I wanna look inside that vent...
13:20 kentish_man You need the DVD, "Yellowstone, everything else is just a movie"
13:20 bpnjensen LOL! Never seen it - is it good?
13:21 bpnjensen Thar she blows!
13:21 kentish_man Lion too
13:21 bpnjensen yay!
13:21 bpnjensen Zoom n!
13:22 bpnjensen Nice Lion! Nice kitty!
13:23 captbunzo definitely
13:23 captbunzo I think I saw a lion last night.
13:23 kentish_man Initial ?
13:24 captbunzo whatcha mean?
13:24 bpnjensen So apparently, D., althuogh you have to catch each OF, you need not linger to
the end...
13:24 captbunzo hehe
13:24 bpnjensen I don't think THIS Lion was an initial.
13:24 kentish_man I take chances
13:24 captbunzo basically, I saw what looks like what we are watching now, but from the camera
default view....
13:25 captbunzo lion is a nice little geyser, isn't it...
13:25 kentish_man Yeah
13:25 bpnjensen Paul, Lion erupts in series. After a first, usually very tall initial, it will then have
perhaps a second, and a thrid and a etc....each one usually successively shorter by a smal lfraction.
13:25 captbunzo ah.... thanks for the explanation! :)
13:26 kentish_man Carolyn's off to the park tomorrow
13:26 captbunzo woohoo! :)
13:26 kentish_man Just me at the controls until Friday
13:26 bpnjensen I guess this could have been an initial - it is lasting long enough, although it
seemed just a tiny tad short. The initial is typically about 70 or 75 feet, and this one seemed maybe
50.
13:27 captbunzo do you know what the interval is?
13:27 bpnjensen Each successive eruption follows the previous one by about 75-90 minutes.
13:27 captbunzo what about between the last in a series and the next initial?
13:28 bpnjensen Start looking for the next one about 1535.
13:28 kentish_man On Friday Gary takes over from me at 12:30 mdt
13:29 captbunzo ah.... something else to add to the page - the time in MDT :)
13:29 kentish_man Beehive went off at 9:37 MDT today
13:30 bpnjensen The intervals between series can vary. Lately, I think Lion has been about 2
series per day, and ti rarely goes up to as many as three, but somtimes is is fewer. On average,
probably 7 or 8 hours between, but it can be highy variable
13:31 bpnjensen the tourists come by the busload
13:31 kentish_man Bruce, when was the last recorded eruptions of Lioness and Big Cubb?
13:32 bpnjensen If you ahve the book handy, it'll probably say. On the order of several years or
decades.
13:32 kentish_man I didn't know if there had been any since the book was published
13:33 bpnjensen There is another nice geyser just right of Lion called North Goggles Geyser. It
can play up to 50 feet from a pretty hole in the ground. It is always filling and emptying, along
with its neighbro Goggles Spring. It has bene dormant for a fe wyears now.
13:33 kentish_man Scott did say that they make noises like they're on hair triggers
13:33 bpnjensen I don't think either Lioness or BC has played in the 2000's.
13:35 bpnjensen Big Cub and Lioness can often be seen acting like they're ready bto rumble -
splashing and growling - but it's all show for now. If one erupts, it would be plainly visible - you'd
get a big water column where LC usually is.
13:36 kentish_man OK thanks Bruce. Next question, jus how far is that boardwalk from the cam
tree?
13:36 captbunzo 78692 mm
13:36 captbunzo just kidding :)
13:36 bpnjensen Hmm - I'd say about 40 meters or so. Then, another 75 m to the geyser
13:36 kentish_man That's on minimum zoom now. Does that look about right?
13:37 bpnjensen Maybe. Here's an idea - see that sign? Can you reel bakc to the base of the trees
on the left an dstil see the sidewalk?
13:39 bpnjensen Yeah - that looks pretty good. i think about 120-130 feet / 35-40 m is about
right.
13:40 kentish_man That's as far as it will go to the right
13:40 bpnjensen You're going to wear out the servo motor
13:40 bpnjensen The perspective, if that's what you're asking about, looks prtety good at wide
angle. It looks realistic
13:40 kentish_man That depends on how well it's built
13:41 bpnjensen It is designed to wthstand a Y-stoen winter, right?
13:41 kentish_man Yeah
13:42 captbunzo hehe
13:44 kentish_man Minus 40 degrees C and F
13:44 bpnjensen C & F = Cold & Freezing
13:45 kentish_man The cams in our town all have wipers on them
13:45 kentish_man And heaters inside to stop them misting up.
13:46 bpnjensen *sigh* we're reduced to waiting for Anemone. i wish this cam had a wiper - or,
as they say in sweden, viper.
13:46 captbunzo hehe
13:46 kentish_man Have you ever seen any water caming out of Sponge Geyser?
13:46 kentish_man coming
13:47 bpnjensen Yes - from next to it. not on the webcam.
13:48 bpnjensen Sponge is cute. This wonderful vat fills up with sizzling watre, and splashes a
few teaspoons over the edg e- then it withdraws again.
13:50 kentish_man There's water coming out of that one
13:51 bpnjensen Yepp - I forget the name right offhand - Jimbo mentiones it a lot - but it
frequently erupts. there is no good viewpoint for it.
13:52 bpnjensen It is right at river's edge.
13:54 bpnjensen He is holding up a geysergram.
13:55 bpnjensen well, I got some work to do :-( Remember, Lion may erupt again starting around
1525 or so.
13:55 bpnjensen Excuise me - 1535 or so
13:56 kentish_man That's 22:35 bst
13:56 captbunzo k
13:56 captbunzo thanks bruce
13:56 kentish_man He's gone again
13:56 captbunzo yep
13:58 kentish_man Paul, you and me still haven't had that real voice chat. I look forward to
hearing what you sound like. I have already chatted to Bruce.
14:05 captbunzo we'll work it out sometime.
14:05 captbunzo right now I am working on the page a little.
14:05 captbunzo trying to come up with the design structure for the elements I want to add.
14:05 kentish_man Sometime yeah : )
14:05 captbunzo yeppers
14:05 kentish_man As John Wayne would have said, "When I get my third set of teeth" :-)
14:06 captbunzo I'm not familiar with that quote - amusing though! :)
14:06 kentish_man I am big fan of the late John Wayne
14:07 kentish_man I have most of his later westerns
14:08 captbunzo I love McClintock
14:08 captbunzo which I am sure I spelled wrong.
14:09 kentish_man My favorites are Chisum, Rio Bravo, Eldorado and Rio Lobo.
14:13 kentish_man Paul. I'm off downstairs for a while. I'll leave the cam on wide-angle
14:15 captbunzo k
14:15 captbunzo ttyl
14:29 kentish_man I think I'll sign off now Paul. I should be on from about 14:00 tomorrow
14:40 bpnjensen Here comes OF!!!
14:40 bpnjensen That was a short interval - 80 minutes?
14:47 bpnjensen Lion is splashing again
14:49 bpnjensen Lion 1549!!
14:50 captbunzo lion! woohoo!
14:50 bpnjensen That was about 87 minutes or so interval...
14:50 captbunzo really nice geyser, it is :)
14:51 bpnjensen It's great - it begins with roaring, then water :-)
14:51 bpnjensen Little Cub accompanies it now too
14:52 captbunzo wife says:; it'stiny
14:52 captbunzo ahh!!!
14:52 captbunzo now I'm the bad typist
14:52 bpnjensen bad, naughty typist!
14:52 captbunzo wife says: little cub, it's tiny, it's cute! :)
14:52 captbunzo (that's better) :)
14:52 bpnjensen It is cute - it spits about 8 fete high max
14:55 captbunzo I'm working on adding some of the bits....
14:55 bpnjensen OK - got more work to do - back later
14:56 captbunzo late mate
19:31 captbunzo good nite yellowstone!!


September 9th, 2008 View September's Logs

06:01 kentish_man I'm here
06:03 captbunzo lot's of steam today.. btw, what do you think about the evolving chat page?
06:03 captbunzo like the addition of the time?
06:04 kentish_man Look OK here
06:06 kentish_man I have the controls but can't see anything :(
06:40 captbunzo lovely morning in the basin
06:55 kentish_man Lion in the mist
06:56 captbunzo wow - that looks amazing...
06:56 kentish_man and Carolyn is at the contols. Her flight is delayed
06:59 captbunzo I like the clock :)
07:00 kentish_man I have the screen compressed to the left so only the chat box is visible.
07:02 captbunzo don't worry, I have your chat only option on my list ;)
07:03 kentish_man :P
07:03 captbunzo maybe by tomorrow, if you are lucky :)
07:03 kentish_man I think Carolyn has finished playing :-)
07:04 captbunzo I want access to play when others aren't manning the cam.
07:04 captbunzo I need to email the guy...
07:05 kentish_man As the days draw shorter there wont be so much cam time available.
07:07 captbunzo yeah
07:12 kentish_man Just had a chat to Carolyn on the phone
07:12 kentish_man There are bad storms forcast, and she is worried her flight may be cancelled
07:13 captbunzo that'd be no good...
07:15 kentish_man She also told me that Tom Cawley will be cleaning the camera glass on
Thursday
07:15 captbunzo hehe. thursday?
07:15 captbunzo :)
07:15 kentish_man Also on that day, he'll be switching the static cam back to the old one.
07:16 kentish_man Tom is based at Mamouth, and Thursday is his usuall day in the basin.
07:24 bpnjensen Good afternoon, gents
08:03 captbunzo good afternoon bruce
08:04 captbunzo noticed I added a clock :)
08:23 kentish_man Sorry if I haven't been responding much. I've been doing a few other jobs
around here as well as working the cam.
08:24 kentish_man Hi Bruce
08:24 bpnjensen I like the clock! Good addition. I'll check out some of the other things too. Hi,
Derek!
08:25 captbunzo well, most of the other things are still a work in progress.
08:25 captbunzo except for the links to the Chat Logs...
08:25 bpnjensen So I just discovered :-)
08:25 captbunzo as usual, if you have any ideas, please let me know!
08:25 captbunzo I wanna have this together by the end of the week and then try to get some more
people interested...
08:26 kentish_man Bruce, did you hear about the static cam?
08:27 bpnjensen One thing I wish *I* did - and probably ought to think about - is getting geyser
videos. They are inherently such dynamic things that well-done videos are wonderful. Is theer any
way to incorporate links to videos of geysers?
08:27 captbunzo yep.
08:27 captbunzo we can incorporate a link to anything.
08:27 bpnjensen Yepp, I read the log - looks like the old cam is going to be put back to reinstate
the wider view...?
08:28 kentish_man Yep
08:28 captbunzo do you have some videos in mind, bruce?
08:28 kentish_man LION
08:28 captbunzo lion!! :)
08:29 bpnjensen I have a video I too of Splendid Geyser - the only one I am aware of at all - and I
have given a copy to the Geyser Cinema to place it there. he hasn;t gotten to it just yet, though,
and I'm not sure when it wil lhappen.
08:29 bpnjensen That stream of Lion would make a nice video!
08:29 captbunzo the Geyser Cinema - another site I'm not aware of, though google will likely
make that easy.
08:29 captbunzo easy to find.
08:30 captbunzo probably? http://www.gigagraphica.com/geyser/
08:30 bpnjensen Anyway, I tried to sign up for Youtube, but somehow my signup got fouled up,
uncorrectable apparently, and so I have access to it at all :-( Otherwise, I'd have some there. many
people do already.
08:30 bpnjensen Yepp, that's it.
08:31 captbunzo I'd suggest flickr.
08:31 captbunzo MUCH better interface then YouTube.
08:31 bpnjensen I am also on Photobucket - I guess I could put some there.
08:32 bpnjensen My old videos, BTW, are all analog, and would need to be converted.
08:32 captbunzo I used to use photobucket but got a bit tired of the rubbish interface... I really
love flickr :)
08:33 bpnjensen Most of my vids are either fifth-rate or have REALLY dorky narration (designed
for family humor) but my Splendid video is a treasure.
08:33 captbunzo panoramio seemed to have a pretty good interface...
08:33 captbunzo cool
08:33 bpnjensen Maybe I should bop over to Flickr.
08:33 bpnjensen I like Panoramio, but they don't do video (I don't think)...
08:34 captbunzo I'd encourage you to give flickr a go.
08:35 bpnjensen I will look into it.
08:35 captbunzo a freebie flickr account is good, but I happily pay $25 a year for unlimited
photos and bandwidth
08:35 captbunzo  
http://www.flickr.com/photos/captbunzo
08:36 captbunzo there is a link to my pics... if you look here in particular you'll find my most
recent YNP trip pics... http://www.flickr.com/photos/captbunzo/collections/72157600005980975/
08:39 captbunzo and some of my best from that trip...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/captbunzo/sets/72157600098724834/
08:39 bpnjensen You lucky bum! I've been to Trout Lake too many times, and have never seen
the otters there!
08:40 bpnjensen Your fracturing mudpot bubble photo is a gem!
08:41 bpnjensen Old Fretful is at it again;P
08:41 bpnjensen ;P
08:42 captbunzo yeah - that was a good one... and trout lake is really nice :)
08:42 bpnjensen This thing doesn't want to put smileys when I click on them ;P
08:42 captbunzo there is a good one of great fountain in that last link. great fountain is my
favorite geyser
08:42 captbunzo :'(
08:42 captbunzo works for me.
08:42 captbunzo (and that smiley was randomly chosen..)
08:42 captbunzo what browser are you using?
08:43 bpnjensen Hmmm - I must be clicking wrong. I am using - I don't know - Internet
Explorer?
08:43 bpnjensen It bwa sworking fine yesterday.
08:43 captbunzo I am using Google Chrome at the moment.
08:45 bpnjensen Your Great Fountain is a good one. Did you see any blue bubbles or superbursts
(> 160 feet) while you were there?
08:45 captbunzo not sure.
08:45 captbunzo I was watching for them, but I don't recall...
08:45 captbunzo I suspect probably not really..
08:46 captbunzo have you seen many pics of Stokkur, Bruce?
08:46 bpnjensen A blue bubble is unusual - the whole crater lifts up several feet above the crater
rim and then explodes. It is not especially high, but it is fascianting and makes a great noise :)
08:46 captbunzo yeppers - I understand.
08:46 captbunzo check these out
08:47 captbunzo http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=stokkur&w=all
08:47 bpnjensen Fountain and Spa can also do blue bubbles, and at closer viewing range.
08:47 captbunzo stokkur looks awesome, and it blue bubbles on a regular basis.
08:47 captbunzo as well as generally being a cool geyser
08:47 captbunzo you'd be amused, bruce... they pronounce geyser as "GEEZER" over here ;)
08:48 bpnjensen Yes, Strokkur is famous for these...it is it's standard issue eruption, I think.
08:48 bpnjensen When the Brits come here to visit, they call us Geezer geezers :D
08:48 captbunzo that is a nice OF eruption.
08:48 captbunzo hehe
08:49 bpnjensen Thats' a nice one - fairly tall.
08:50 bpnjensen The rain spots on the lens are cauisng defocusing
08:50 captbunzo and the steam was mostly blowing away from the cam.
08:50 captbunzo ya know, I'd love the ability to turn hit "record" on the cam stream
08:50 captbunzo I wonder how that would work best technologically....
08:51 bpnjensen You can in Realplayer - right?
08:51 captbunzo not sure.
08:51 captbunzo I hate realplayer with a passion - haven't used it in YEARS...
08:51 captbunzo realplayer used to install some very spywarelike stuff years ago, so I basically
stopped using in protest.
08:51 bpnjensen I think Realplayer gives you that option, although I have never rie dit. What's
worng with Realplayer?
08:51 captbunzo it'd be REALLY cool to have a record button integrated into this page...
08:52 bpnjensen Oh, I see. I don;t think they do that now...do they?
08:52 bpnjensen Yes, we'd love to have a record button here.
08:52 captbunzo not sure - I haven't been using it for years. mostly I don't use it now as I no
longer have any need for it.
08:53 bpnjensen Well, for those of us who are technological dinosaurs, it is helpful :-)
08:54 bpnjensen Well - work beckions again, darn it. I gotta go and earn my next meal. See you
blokes later.
08:54 captbunzo later mate
08:54 captbunzo have a good afternoon!
10:09 captbunzo playing with recording the live stream
10:32 kentish_man I'm still trying to solve this print problem
10:33 kentish_man I use HiDownload to record the cam stream
10:46 kentish_man I'm going downstairs for tea soon.
11:53 kentish_man Hi Bruce
11:53 bpnjensen Hi
11:57 captbunzo hello again bruce
11:57 bpnjensen Howdy
11:58 bpnjensen I'm curious - what is the slow pan for?
11:59 kentish_man Just a tour
11:59 bpnjensen OK - it certainly shows a lot of little details
12:04 kentish_man Actually it's quite difficult to do a smooth pan with this thing.
12:04 bpnjensen That steam by the Castle boardwalk is Crested Pool - sometimes, though, you
may see a small geyserthat plays right from the edge of the railing - that would be Tilt's Baby, a
reincarnation of the probably buried Tilt Geyser.
12:05 bpnjensen I'd say you're doing fine with the pan...
12:06 kentish_man If you want some idea of what it's like to control a streaming webcam with the
same controls, try this: http://bozemandailychronicle.com/skycam/
12:10 bpnjensen Yikes - are those the same controls *you* have to use?
12:11 kentish_man Very similar
12:11 kentish_man The mouse wheel also zooms
12:12 bpnjensen 10-4 on the mouse wheel, but could a joystick or something else be hooked into
the system? There must be a better way to pan and change altitude...
12:12 kentish_man I don't have a joystick these days.
12:13 kentish_man Our software is called Webview Livescope
12:14 kentish_man There are 2 ways to pan and tilt. Use the sliders or just click on any part of the
screen to center on that spot
12:15 kentish_man We also have a Backlight button
12:15 bpnjensen Backlight???\
12:15 kentish_man Like with a regular video camera.
12:16 bpnjensen OK - I guess I cannot picture what that would do, exactly.
12:16 kentish_man If you have a bright background, the iris tends to auto reduce
12:16 kentish_man Backlight correction kinda overides that
12:17 bpnjensen Can you demonstrate? :)
12:17 kentish_man Watch and I'll click it, but allow 30 seconds for the stream to reach you.
12:18 kentish_man That's in now
12:18 bpnjensen I see thanks
12:18 kentish_man Now I'll take it out
12:19 kentish_man We also have presets to certain geysers
12:19 bpnjensen So you can hit the button and it pans to - castle or grand or beehive or etc.?
12:20 kentish_man Theres Grand preset
12:20 bpnjensen That;'s fun
12:21 kentish_man I think Tom or Carolyn set those up
12:21 bpnjensen Clever folks they are!
12:21 bpnjensen Is there one for Daisy?
12:22 kentish_man No
12:23 kentish_man They aren't that acurate anyway.
12:23 bpnjensen Close enough for government work, though...
12:24 bpnjensen Well, back to the grindstone... <sigh> see ya later...
12:24 kentish_man ok
13:27 captbunzo little cub!
13:28 kentish_man indicator
13:29 kentish_man Cna you see the indicator?
13:29 captbunzo ah! the beehive indicator?
13:29 kentish_man Yeah
13:31 captbunzo I've got my recording program going
13:33 captbunzo how long does the indicator play?
13:34 kentish_man 10 to 20 mins
13:34 captbunzo k
13:34 captbunzo ah - almost time now....
13:36 captbunzo lots of wiggle on the tree
13:39 bpnjensen Ha! I mad eit in time!
13:39 kentish_man Hi Bruce
13:39 bpnjensen Hola, senor
13:40 captbunzo hi bruce... I've got some software recording the video stream now.
13:40 captbunzo and my wife (Andrea) says hi....
13:40 kentish_man Indicator seemed to start at 14:2
13:40 bpnjensen Cool, and Hi Andrea!
13:40 kentish_man 14:28
13:40 bpnjensen OK, so about 12 min into it.
13:41 captbunzo hey foolks, about how many eruptions occur in each of lion's series.
13:41 captbunzo I'm educating the wife on the current geysers in view :)
13:42 bpnjensen It varies enormously. It can have just one, or up to about 8. Some years it is
consistent from one series to the next, other years there is no apparent pattern.
13:42 bpnjensen Lookie!
13:42 captbunzo woohoo!
13:43 bpnjensen This is a vwery impressive geyser to stand next to...
13:44 kentish_man I can't believe it is taller than O.F.
13:44 captbunzo beehive is better then OF, imho.
13:45 bpnjensen Well, it isn't always - OF can be up to 180 feet, but is usually around 110-150.
This one, on a calm day, can exceed 200 feet, but not always. A slight wind will chop off the top.
13:49 bpnjensen Most people agree that Beehive is better than OF - but remember, nobody gets
to stand 20 feet from OF. If they could, their opinion could be different...
13:49 captbunzo yippers
13:50 captbunzo anyone reported it yet?
13:50 bpnjensen Well, I gotta finish up the workday...later, fellows :T
13:50 captbunzo later


September 10th, 2008 View September's Logs

08:42 bpnjensen Hi! Did Beehive just go? Or is that the Indicator?
08:45 bpnjensen I gues it just went - oh, well!
08:46 kentish_man All finished
08:46 kentish_man Beehive at 09:36
08:46 kentish_man IND at 0920. I saw it start
08:49 kentish_man Indicator started just after a splash from the main cone
09:29 bpnjensen Thanks for the rundown, Derek. I have a disjointed day, so I will be very
sporadic today.
09:30 kentish_man I don't know how Carolyn got on with her flight.
09:31 kentish_man She was concerned about some bad storms.
12:52 bpnjensen Look at lion!
12:52 kentish_man Steam
12:53 bpnjensen It had a darn good puff -
12:53 bpnjensen Windy day I think
12:53 kentish_man Yeah
12:56 bpnjensen Well, I hope Carolyn got there OK. Do you know if she's been before?
12:56 kentish_man Many times
12:57 bpnjensen OK, - I know nothing about her history
12:57 kentish_man That's how she came to meet Tom Cawley
12:57 bpnjensen Ah - I thought she was a Canon employee.
12:59 kentish_man She met Tom when she was a teenager
12:59 bpnjensen and how long ago was that? :)
12:59 kentish_man That's how she got the cam job
12:59 kentish_man I think she is some kind of teacher
13:00 bpnjensen teacher is good. My wife is also a teacher of sorts.
13:00 kentish_man She was operating the cam for several months before it went online.
13:00 bpnjensen Yep, I recall
13:02 kentish_man I noticed some big puffs coming from the left mound too
13:02 bpnjensen Well, either Li'l Cub is fixin' or Big Cub is bluffing
13:02 kentish_man Might be Big Cub coughing
13:03 bpnjensen Growling
13:03 bpnjensen They are lions, after all
13:03 kentish_man I saw two lions so far today. 09:55 and 11:23
13:04 bpnjensen Was there a Lion ~ 1300, do you think?
13:04 kentish_man I was having tea at that time
13:04 bpnjensen that figures ;-)
13:05 kentish_man Early today I noticed a small spouter between the Plume boardwalk and the
Pump boardwalk
13:06 bpnjensen How small? any big bursts? Plate is in there somewhere...
13:06 bpnjensen geyser hill, as you probably recall, is covered with little sputs everywhere...
13:07 kentish_man Just about similar to Anemone but more smooth
13:07 bpnjensen Oh, so more like a steady small jet rather than splashing...
13:08 kentish_man Rather like a white bubble, as oposed to a fountain
13:08 bpnjensen Bigger than Dwarf, which appears to be going now?
13:09 kentish_man Fatter
13:09 bpnjensen Was it just below Sponge's crater?
13:09 kentish_man and shorter
13:10 kentish_man Look at the current view
13:10 bpnjensen I se eit
13:11 bpnjensen Getting seasick!
13:11 kentish_man In a line beyond OF halfway to the further boardwalk
13:11 kentish_man Had to zoom back
13:11 kentish_man Was getting sea sick
13:12 bpnjensen Oh - so maybe to the south of Plate - I may have to check the book - if it was
Boardwalk Geyser, then it would be it's first noted eruption in quite a long time.
13:16 bpnjensen Hi, Guest
13:16 kentish_man A line Surge - Model - Bench
13:16 kentish_man It was somewhere in that line
13:17 bpnjensen Of those, I'd check the one that typically is most likely bas edon intervals and
activity.
13:18 kentish_man I'll look out for it again tomorrow
13:20 bpnjensen Sigh - when will a geyser erupt - tsk tsk ;)
13:21 kentish_man That's a heck of a wind
13:21 bpnjensen I was about to say - OF is about half as tall as usual.
13:23 bpnjensen I'm getting chilly just watching it - although the aur conditioner doesn;t help.
13:24 bpnjensen That boardwalk, which has a shiny look, is mad eof recycled milk jugs - slick
when wet or icy. Called a "jugwalk."
13:24 kentish_man Does the steam of O.F. smell of anything? I've heard that some thermal
features smell like bad eggs.
13:25 bpnjensen The areas with storng smells have lots of H2S in the water, and higher acid
levels. the smell in the UGB is, to me, very mild, more earthy than sufury.
13:25 bpnjensen Norris Geyser Basin smells REALLY strong, and the watre is acidic
13:26 bpnjensen Some features do carry a sto***** aroma than others, however.
13:26 kentish_man Don't forget the broadcast tomorrow
13:26 bpnjensen !!! thanks - 1030 or 1130 MDT?
13:27 kentish_man 1--------- 1145 MDT
13:27 bpnjensen OK, thanks
13:28 bpnjensen I need to leave - urgent business - back later (maybe)
13:28 kentish_man ok


September 11th, 2008 View September's Logs

09:39 kentish_man The broadcast has started
09:39 captbunzo ah - I forgot about it...
09:40 kentish_man George Hines is walking around and chatting
09:41 captbunzo I think rangers pretty much know everything...
09:50 captbunzo he doesn't know, but I'm recording... muwhaha! :)
10:07 captbunzo after I get this going, I'd REALLY like to work up some sort of a "ask the
ranger" option.
10:09 captbunzo ranger george just got a pic, how sweet :)
10:10 kentish_man Next thursday, Carolyn should be down there with George
10:12 kentish_man After these broadcasts are done, Tom will be out there working on the
cameras
10:18 captbunzo cool
10:56 captbunzo DAISY!
10:58 kentish_man I'm going for tea shortly
10:58 captbunzo k
11:20 kentish_man I'm back
11:21 captbunzo still here.... trying to get my resource menus started, but having a little problem.
11:21 captbunzo quite annoying!
13:44 kentish_man Hi
13:44 kentish_man They're just cleaning the cam glass
13:44 bpnjensen Hi - they are cleanng the window, i see.
13:44 kentish_man Have you tried the static cam?
13:44 bpnjensen I'm surprised they are not using a Brillo pad
13:44 bpnjensen Not yet
13:45 kentish_man Much better
13:45 bpnjensen Yeah, very good - sharp picture, too.
13:47 kentish_man Castle went off a while go
13:47 bpnjensen Yeah, I caught some of the water phase. Iguess you gusy saw Daisy earlier too
13:48 kentish_man Daisy went off during the broadcast
13:48 bpnjensen Actually it was at 1056 - which means another one may be due shortly.
13:49 bpnjensen Daisy is still on roughly 2-hour intervals, and it is coming up on 1450.
13:51 kentish_man I just love to hear George Hines speaking
13:51 bpnjensen Daisy is in an intersting location, when you are standing on its northwest side,
you get a fabuloous view of Grand, Giant and Old Faithful. I've never seen Beehive form there,
but I'll bet it is visible too.
13:52 kentish_man He said "You can tell I'm from Louiville Kentucky byt the way I say PAH
instead of PIE
13:52 kentish_man "
13:52 bpnjensen Yeah, he was good. I missed it today, because my audio is broken. His Southern
accent is fun ;)
13:53 kentish_man All the women wanted to have their photo taken next to him
13:53 bpnjensen Some guys have it...
13:54 kentish_man How far is that bridge from the cam?
13:54 bpnjensen that is the bridge just below Castle - I;d say about 0.4 mile - 0.5 mile, or perhaps
650-800 m
13:55 kentish_man I may be european, but I still do miles, yards, feet and inches :-)
13:56 bpnjensen Oh! I thought you blokes did metric in merry old England
13:56 kentish_man Because we are merry old england we don't want to be completely sucked into
europe
13:57 bpnjensen Watch Daisy make a liar out of me, now...
13:57 bpnjensen Yeah - Europe does completely suck...one in...;)
13:58 kentish_man I can see one of Jimbos favorited just left of that tree by the river
13:58 kentish_man favorites
13:58 bpnjensen Yeah, he likes that one - I still cannot recall the name...
13:59 kentish_man I does spout real water too.
13:59 kentish_man It
13:59 kentish_man I don't :-)
13:59 bpnjensen Indeed, quite a bit - and quite often
14:00 kentish_man My wife says a often talk trash, but not water X-D
14:00 kentish_man I
14:00 kentish_man nor A
14:00 bpnjensen heh! your manners on the net are better than mine...
14:00 kentish_man My typing is getting worse
14:01 bpnjensen In symopathy with mine, no doubt...
14:01 kentish_man It's 2200 here
14:01 bpnjensen yes, it is - DANG! I got my closk mixe dup again! Daisy won;t be another 55
minutes yet...
14:02 kentish_man Some steam behind those trees
14:02 bpnjensen I am sorry - with two clocks on the screen I get confusipated...
14:04 bpnjensen Well, wait a second - no, i was right - it was 1456, about the right
time...AAAAHHHH!
14:04 bpnjensen Either don;t listen to me at all, put it on wide angle for afew minutes...
14:05 bpnjensen What was that thjikng to the left?
14:06 kentish_man I keep telling my friends that Prof' Bruce Jenson is the world's formost
authority on geysers
14:06 bpnjensen Maybe Terra Cotta? Witches Caudlron? It looks good!
14:06 bpnjensen You better not tell them anything after today...
14:07 kentish_man Even Scott Bryan goes to you for inspiration
14:07 bpnjensen ...yeah - for his jokes...
14:08 bpnjensen steam at Daisy?
14:08 bpnjensen naw - same old stuff
14:08 kentish_man Who is this Udo chap? Is he another expert?
14:09 bpnjensen Udo Freund? he is likely more expert than me, but he has something to do woth
the GOSA Sput and maybe the Store.
14:13 bpnjensen there are some really good, smart people out there.
14:14 kentish_man We had a nice steam hauled train past here a week ago on the main line.
14:15 bpnjensen I wish they had a webcam down at Fountain - there is a perfect location for it.
Another just beloew Grandm, taht could capture Grand, Castle, Giant and Dasiy would be great
too.
14:15 kentish_man All in good time
14:15 bpnjensen Oh? was it mainline engine or a switcher? We had a railfan weekend here last
weekend too...
14:16 kentish_man It was a mainliner.
14:16 kentish_man They used the fire service to fill up with water
14:18 bpnjensen  
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/photos/24ŕ2472-a
14:19 bpnjensen That's the engine we saw two weeks back. Pulled a short pass***** consist in
Niles Canyon near here. It, too,. used a fire plug to fill up - sometimes they meet up with fire
engines.
14:19 kentish_man I can't click that link
14:19 bpnjensen ??? why not? Works OK here...
14:20 kentish_man My pop up blocker has something to do with it.
14:20 bpnjensen Sorry about that - Anyway, if yo go to Google images and type in 2472, picks
wil come up OK.
14:21 kentish_man Remind me tomorrow, I will have to go in a few minutes
14:21 bpnjensen Try this one...
14:21 bpnjensen  
http://www.ggrm.org/news_view.aspx?articleid=35
14:22 bpnjensen I aheb to go too - more work...
14:22 kentish_man See you tomorrow


September 12th, 2008 View September's Logs

07:38 bpnjensen G'day, fellows
07:38 kentish_man Hi
07:39 bpnjensen Did you ever see the steam locomotive link I sent above?
07:39 kentish_man Yup thanks
07:39 bpnjensen If you happen to have one of the train that went by the other day, I;d love to see
it :-)
07:40 kentish_man I only have it on video
07:40 captbunzo good day...
07:40 bpnjensen This is a REALLY nice view this morning/aftrenoon
07:40 kentish_man OF is due any minute
07:40 bpnjensen Beehive was really early yesterday - anyone spot it yet?
07:41 kentish_man I've been here for about 80 minutes and I haven't seen beehive
07:41 bpnjensen So, good Webmaster, how goes the software struggle?
07:42 bpnjensen Hold that thought...
07:42 kentish_man Nice OF
07:42 bpnjensen Mighty purty...
07:44 bpnjensen In the old days, one could wander anywhere here and walk right up to it...or
most any other geyser
07:46 kentish_man Nothin much from the small vent
07:46 bpnjensen No, really just steam this time
07:46 bpnjensen That was a short eruption too
07:47 bpnjensen I did see Solitary up in the trees - steamy mornings show it off.
07:47 kentish_man I was having a close look at Giantess earlier
07:48 bpnjensen Any good news?
07:48 kentish_man It's steam was rising very fast, just as if there was a boil
07:50 kentish_man Solitary
07:50 bpnjensen That is Solitary geyser
07:50 bpnjensen have you seen photos or videos? there is on eon Youtube..
07:52 kentish_man I've seen many on YouTube
07:53 bpnjensen I wish I could use it - I have the only video *I know of* of Splendid Geyser, and
no convenient way to share it...until it gets posted on Geyser Cinema
07:54 bpnjensen !!! One of my son's friends does Youtube! i bet he'd post it for me!
07:54 kentish_man Are all those steam columns geysers?
07:55 bpnjensen Probably not *every* one, although many "ordinary" hot springs can fool you
and erupt as geysers.
07:55 bpnjensen In this picture, most of them are, although Teakettel has never bene know to
erupt.
07:56 kentish_man And Vault only with Giantess
07:56 bpnjensen Usually, yes. ther might have been some rare vault solos, but I;d need to chekc
the book.
07:57 bpnjensen By the way, you gusy might have heard that Giant had a bathtub yesterday - the
day before its last play, there was alos a bathtub.
07:58 bpnjensen That is no guarantee at all, of course, but it means that there is some cyclic
energy there again
07:58 bpnjensen That plume on the right is Dome Geyser, and it plays.
07:58 bpnjensen Now center-zoomed
07:58 kentish_man Interesting
07:59 bpnjensen The boardwalk is well below it, so lne cannot tell what the watre level is unless it
actually erupts
07:59 kentish_man Tom is going to use the old static cam for Mount Washburn
08:00 bpnjensen Oh - godo idea. i think the old one went on the fritz
08:00 kentish_man The old one was the one that was in use on OF until yesterday
08:01 kentish_man Worked fine except for the lack of wide angle
08:01 bpnjensen You mena the old OF one - right? i think the washburn webcam has been out for
awhile
08:01 kentish_man Yeah he's using the old OF static cam for Mt Washburn
08:02 bpnjensen That is quite a steambath at Giantess
08:02 kentish_man I shall be keeping a close eye on that today
08:04 kentish_man Hmmmm
08:06 kentish_man Is that water on the slope
08:30 captbunzo ah my, what is that?
08:30 captbunzo grand?
08:30 kentish_man I'm not sure
08:31 kentish_man Can't see any splashes
08:41 bpnjensen Hi, guys - got calle dihjnto ameeting
08:41 kentish_man It must be great to be so popular
08:42 bpnjensen Yeah - sure
08:43 kentish_man Bruce, can you have a guess at where that steam is coming from?
08:43 bpnjensen Near Giant? Grotto?
08:43 bpnjensen Could be Oblong
08:44 kentish_man If Giant did erupt, would we see the top of the water column?
08:44 bpnjensen No, but you;d see BIG BIG steam cloud like abomb
08:45 kentish_man Ha, another cloud to the right
08:45 bpnjensen Riverside is going
08:46 bpnjensen left to right - Grand, Oblong/Grotto, a nd Riverside now vcentered
08:47 kentish_man I have to go downstairs for a while. I'll leave the cam on wide angle
08:47 bpnjensen Grand's platform can have steam well before and after an eruption - Turban and
vent can continue to play, as can the sputs along the south rear area of Grand
08:49 bpnjensen Well - work beckons, so I must shut down - see you gusy later
13:24 kentish_man Are you there Paul?
13:43 captbunzo here at the moment.
13:52 kentish_man I need some techy advice
13:54 kentish_man I have a job here that requires me to format several 1.44 floppy disks. Some
were previously formated at 720 k. I need a simple batch file that I can click on as an icon on my
desktop
13:57 kentish_man Maybe something like cmd format a: / 1.44 but I can't remember exactly how
my son told me to do it last time
14:14 kentish_man By the way. I'm off at 22:30 and Garry takes over.
14:56 kalamitykatie kentish_man, seriously, 1.44mb floppies?
15:03 captbunzo kalamitykatie... we have a new visitor! ;)
15:04 kalamitykatie oh, yeah... Hi!
15:04 captbunzo glad you could visit, hello indeed1
15:04 captbunzo !
15:04 captbunzo so, whereabouts are you from katie?
15:04 kalamitykatie I live in Lolo, MT
15:05 kalamitykatie had good timing checking out the chat link -- arrived just minutes before the
OF eruption
15:05 captbunzo excellent, do you get to visit ynp often/
15:05 captbunzo and yes, your timing was excellent...
15:06 kalamitykatie Yes, I'm a regular visitor to the Park
15:07 captbunzo quite jealous, I am... I've been there many times in my life, but now live a LONG
way away....
15:07 captbunzo nice view of little cub and lion there, though they are both quite....
15:09 captbunzo well, glad you could stop by my cam/chat page here... it is a bit of a work in
progress, but should be complete within a week or so...
15:10 captbunzo I'm in the process of adding some links to various "resources" .... maps, photos,
geyser database info, etc.
15:11 kalamitykatie it looks great.
15:11 kalamitykatie I'm sure Bruce and Jimbo have had a ball and, of course, Caroline &
kentish_man
15:12 captbunzo thx... been a fun little project
15:12 kalamitykatie has the chat been active?
15:12 captbunzo yes, but only myself, kentish man (derek) and bruce are regular visitors at the
moment...
15:13 captbunzo I think I might have seen Jimbo in here once, not sure.
15:13 captbunzo check out the links above to the chat logs, they are quite amusing...
15:15 kalamitykatie oh, fooey, exceeded the message limit
15:15 kalamitykatie I think a post in the Yellowstone Insiders, not in the streaming cam thread,
would get more notice.
15:16 kalamitykatie I would have checked it out earlier but I dont' look at that thread very often
15:16 captbunzo well, I'm sorta waiting to announce it more thoroughly until I have it a bit more
finished...
15:16 kalamitykatie makes sense
15:17 captbunzo I'd love to get it listed on the NPS page someday.
15:17 captbunzo you should come round next thursday for the live ranger program.
15:17 captbunzo I think that starts at 10:30 am.
15:17 kalamitykatie brb
15:18 captbunzo k
15:20 kalamitykatie I'll try to remember to check it out at 10:30
15:20 kalamitykatie on Thurs
15:20 captbunzo if you listen to the audio part of the webcam stream for a while it will eventually
mention the live ranger programe
15:21 captbunzo you might want to confirm the time that way, I am translating across 7
timezones or so :)
15:21 kalamitykatie I heard that when I first popped in, before turning my speaker down. I'm at
work. :)
15:21 captbunzo ah, I understand.
15:22 captbunzo I often let it play while I am at work as I have 2 screens...
15:22 captbunzo what do you do for a living/
15:22 captbunzo ?
15:24 captbunzo btw, if you have any ideas about the page here, let me know. I am quite open to
input...
15:24 kalamitykatie I work in an ISP & computer center - administer the web, mail & dns servers,
wireless networking, etc and also sell servers, pc's, etc
15:24 captbunzo ah, another geek then... welcome!
15:25 kalamitykatie thanks. :)
15:25 captbunzo I work as a computer consultant.
15:25 captbunzo currently living in England, though I was born in the USA, Denver.
15:25 captbunzo work doing computer consultant primarily with databases, etc.
15:25 kalamitykatie once upon a time we used a slogan "We're Geeks so you don't have to be."
My bosses partner thought it was cute. I canned it as soon as their partnership disolved
15:26 captbunzo hehe ... I think it's not a bad slogan ;)
15:26 captbunzo but not quite professional :)
15:26 kalamitykatie yeah
15:26 kalamitykatie and... people are starting to get disgusted wtih cocky techs
15:26 captbunzo hehe :)
15:27 captbunzo work with Unix/Linux mostly? or windows?
15:27 kalamitykatie and... Best Buy, a chain, branded their service "Geek Squad"
15:27 captbunzo yeppers
15:27 kalamitykatie mostly Windows. some linux
15:27 captbunzo I used to do a lot of linux stuff.
15:27 captbunzo now a great mix between the two. use unix variations often.
15:27 kalamitykatie and now?
15:28 kalamitykatie my dad is a database developer
15:28 captbunzo well, primarily I work with a tool called Ab Initio.
15:28 kalamitykatie I've never even heard of that...
15:28 captbunzo yeah, sort of a niche tool.
15:29 captbunzo ever heard of Informatica or Datastage?
15:29 kalamitykatie nope
15:29 captbunzo ah, just other similar tools.
15:29 captbunzo ah... we have some play from little cub there.
15:29 kalamitykatie I would imagine that some of the people I work with might have heard of
those.
15:30 kalamitykatie yep
15:30 captbunzo basically Ab Initio is a tool that is used to move data around.
15:30 captbunzo often used to build data warehouses and the like.
15:30 kalamitykatie this is a good view
15:30 captbunzo yeah, I like the view of lion hill
15:33 kalamitykatie getting windier
15:34 kalamitykatie I get almost sea sick watching the streaming cam when its windy
15:39 captbunzo they have plans to eventually put it on a steel pole........ i.e. no/less sway
15:43 kalamitykatie that'll be cool but it'll be more noticable then
15:43 kalamitykatie I'm twins!
15:45 kalamitykatie Hi, Bruce
15:45 bpnjensen Howdy! Happy Friday!
15:45 kalamitykatie and not a moment too soon!
15:46 bpnjensen Indeed - it's been very rough week :S
15:46 captbunzo bruce! hi bruce.
15:46 bpnjensen Hi, paul - how's the webmaster doing?
15:47 captbunzo hehe - ok.... though mostly only a webmaster by hobby
15:47 captbunzo actually, I have a cold started up today
15:47 captbunzo but I'll survive..... how are you bruce?
15:47 bpnjensen Well, one of our friends is about to experince his and his family's first hurricane. I
need to leav e sonn for home to call him up.
15:47 kalamitykatie You and my son can commiserate together. He's got a cold, too.
15:48 bpnjensen Sorry about your cold - must be that English FOOOOGGGG
15:48 captbunzo hehe
15:48 kalamitykatie What town is your friend in, Bruce?
15:49 captbunzo so, who do you guys think is gonna win in November, McCain or Obama?
15:49 kalamitykatie Palin
15:49 kalamitykatie Hahahahahahahah
15:49 captbunzo hehe
15:49 bpnjensen You know, he just moved there, and I cannot quite recall, but it's about 50 mi N
of Houston
15:49 captbunzo ah, quite a place to be, southern texas.
15:50 captbunzo my father lives in Houston.
15:50 bpnjensen I was in Lubbock 2 years - flater than a 1-sided pancake.
15:50 captbunzo though we are completely astranged, so I know not of his situation there......
15:50 captbunzo hehe
15:50 captbunzo I used to live in Kansas City.... did a drive to YNP from there across the whole
of western Kansas....... talk about flat and BORING. :)
15:50 bpnjensen the only time I was in Houston - 2 hours at the airport - it was SNOWING
15:51 captbunzo ha!
15:51 captbunzo unreal
15:51 captbunzo it is quite wierd being across the ocean during this election, not getting to hear
the regular updates, etc.
15:51 captbunzo maybe I am better off :)
15:51 bpnjensen Sorry about your estrangement - I can't even imagine that.
15:52 bpnjensen the election is screwy as usual. just ONCE I would love to hear a nonstop
discussion of issues and policy instead of insults.
15:53 kalamitykatie hah!
15:53 kalamitykatie I think you can get all the news, Paul, but don't have to put up with the ads.
You've got it made!
15:53 captbunzo that's ok bruce, close the the rest of my family, relatively....
15:53 captbunzo hehe
15:54 captbunzo I check in about once a week. seems to always be the same.
15:54 captbunzo I need to get a little unlazy and make sure I am registered to absentee vote.
15:54 captbunzo it's such an effort to figure it out from over here1
15:54 captbunzo !
15:55 bpnjensen You know, I just took a quick look at the mapquest, and I think my friend live
sin Spring, TX, just 20 mi N of donwtown Houston! he's gonna get whacked but good..
15:55 kalamitykatie I take it he's in the hunder down/ travel restricted zone, then?
15:55 captbunzo it seems like houston and new orleans get hit with a new bad one just about
every year nowaday....
15:55 kalamitykatie hunker, that is
15:56 bpnjensen Could be - although my gues is that he's high enuogh to avoid serious flooding,
and in a new home he ought to be able to withstand the wind
15:56 captbunzo I actually used to live in Lousiana nearish new orleans and don't ever remember
a one as bad as these...
15:56 captbunzo that's good to hear, bruce
15:56 captbunzo do you get to see him regularly, bruce?
15:56 bpnjensen It's bene a bad few years, for sure.
15:57 kalamitykatie sounds like flooding is expected to the problem rather than wind -- especially
inland around Houston
15:57 bpnjensen Before he moved, we saw him all the time - my son and his son were bets friends
in school
15:58 captbunzo how old are your kids?
15:58 bpnjensen You may recall that 3 (2?) years ago, following katrina, Wilma became the
striongest Akltantic basin storm ever recorded. they get worse.
15:58 bpnjensen My son is 14 on Sunday, 9th grade.
15:59 bpnjensen the fellow who moved, Akshdeep (he is Indian) was part of my son;s cader of
buddies - thye did lots things together; we miss him.
16:00 kalamitykatie at least it's easier for distant friends to keep in touch these days than when we
were kids!
16:01 bpnjensen Yepp, that helps. We may pay them a visit next spring
16:02 captbunzo if you drive, there are some nice things to visit between cali and houston.
16:02 captbunzo grand canyon, carlsbad caverns.
16:03 bpnjensen I know , the land is fuill of wonderful surprises, I wish we'd have more time, but
we may only have a week. We see what we can!Folks, unfortunately, I'm afraid i need to blow this
joint for today - happy viewing, back next time
16:04 kalamitykatie have a good weekend
16:04 kalamitykatie Go Griz!
16:05 captbunzo he pops in and out a lot. :)
16:07 kalamitykatie what took you over the pond?
16:09 kalamitykatie ohh....
16:14 captbunzo wanted to expand my horizons a bit, and give the same opportunity to my wife
& kiddos.
16:14 captbunzo so I found a job and moved overe.
16:14 captbunzo we have been here about a year now.
16:14 captbunzo actually, I've been here 16 months, wife & kids a year now.
16:15 kalamitykatie too far away from YNP for me. ;)
17:22 captbunzo beehive!!!
17:22 captbunzo and a REALLY nice shot
17:41 captbunzo good nite


September 13th, 2008 View September's Logs

07:06 kentish_man Good afternoon


September 14th, 2008 View September's Logs

19:12 bpnjensen By the phinal phading photons of twilight, OF can be seen steaming into the
phantasmic sky ;-)
19:13 bpnjensen Spelled, BTW, Old Phaithphul...


September 15th, 2008 View September's Logs

11:36 captbunzo hey derek... :)
11:36 kentish_man Hi
11:38 kentish_man So who was the new girl that was on here?
11:38 captbunzo someone who stumbled in from the forum
11:38 captbunzo I just met her here
11:39 kentish_man I just missed her
11:39 kentish_man I just got back up here a few minutes ago
11:39 captbunzo ah
11:40 kentish_man I left the streaming cam control running but when I got back it had
disconnected
11:41 kentish_man So had the static cam
11:41 kentish_man That does happen occasionally
11:41 kentish_man I'm not sure wether the problem is here or elsewhere
11:43 kentish_man I see they haven't posted the next O.F. prediction time
11:44 kentish_man Do you ever use OCR software?
11:45 captbunzo nope
11:45 captbunzo well, maybe once or twice.
11:46 kentish_man So it's no good me asking you about it then :-)
11:48 captbunzo probably not then :)
11:48 kentish_man OK I wont :P
11:50 captbunzo any good cam stuff recently?
11:52 kentish_man All the regulars have errupted today.
12:48 bpnjensen Hi, gusy - when was last Daisy?
12:49 kentish_man Haven't noticed any so far
12:49 kalamitykatie good afternoon
12:49 bpnjensen Still on every two hours - plus a little once in awhile. Hi, Katie!
12:50 kentish_man Hi
12:50 kentish_man Very windy
12:51 bpnjensen Man, there's NUTHIN going on!
12:51 kentish_man If I zoom in too far you'll all get sea-sick
12:52 bpnjensen I took my Dramamine today, so I'm set
12:53 bpnjensen Seen any bison/bears recently?
12:53 kentish_man Katie doesn't stay for long :-)
12:53 kentish_man Saw a bison herd yesterday
12:54 kentish_man They were all in that medow beyond split cone
12:55 bpnjensen Yeah, I see it. It's sort of boggy out there from OF runoff.
12:56 bpnjensen Saw the tail end of Beehive this morning. was it pretty?
12:57 kentish_man I was here. I zoomed in after indicator had already started
12:58 kalamitykatie lol - you get seasick watching sometimes, too?
12:58 kentish_man I hope Tom gets a chance to clean the glass again this Thursday
12:59 bpnjensen The zoomed webcam is great - it gives you not only geysers, but also helps give
you a seafaring fix.
12:59 bpnjensen Yepp, the glass is spotty again...and at wide angle, that's where the focus goes.
12:59 kentish_man If I go to wide angle the spots on the glass look worse
13:00 bpnjensen Does this camer ahave an actual mechanical iris, or just variable CCD sensitivity?
13:01 kentish_man You can look it up on the Canon USA website.
13:01 bpnjensen Which camera model is it?
13:01 kentish_man I'll check
13:02 bpnjensen The reason i ask is because, during bright light, the depth fo field from spots to
horizon seems much better than low light, which suggests a variable iris.
13:02 kentish_man Canon NU700
13:02 bpnjensen Thanks - I'll check
13:03 kentish_man  
http://www.webcamstore.com/consumer/product.php?syŕ
13:03 kalamitykatie seems like it adjusts the aperture when you go wider angle. at smaller
apertures spots are more visible on still cams -- would expect the same on video
13:08 bpnjensen I checked the Canon website - it does not mention an iris, but it does say that the
max aperture varies between telephoto and wide angle - which is not definitive, i think.
13:08 kentish_man Aurum
13:09 bpnjensen yes!
13:09 kentish_man Quick Bruce, try and beat Jimbo to the post
13:09 bpnjensen No, he can have it ;-
13:10 bpnjensen If they mounted the cam a little higher, we could see the whole water column
13:10 kentish_man And it would rock even more :-)
13:10 bpnjensen A great place would be atop the OF Inn...that's about 90 feet up.
13:11 bpnjensen You could even attach it to the eve - eays to reach, to clean, and rock solid
13:12 bpnjensen Giant Geyser is fully visible from up there, so I hear...
13:12 kentish_man If the cam tree had no branches and leaves on it, the wind would not move it
13:12 bpnjensen That is probbaly true.
13:13 kentish_man Those stout wooden poles thay use for telephone wires would not bend much
13:13 bpnjensen So is Grand
13:13 bpnjensen A telephone pole would do the trick. Might be a lightning rod.
13:13 bpnjensen My feed here stalls almost constantly
13:14 kentish_man I'm keeping my eyes open for Carolyn. She is in the park now.
13:14 bpnjensen How is she dressed?
13:14 bpnjensen Is that a sumb question?
13:14 kentish_man She told me they would have a yellow flag with a lion on it.
13:14 bpnjensen hah! X-D
13:15 kentish_man And initials Y L in black
13:15 bpnjensen Sigh - I have to mosey - back later, maybe
13:15 kentish_man OK
13:16 kentish_man Theres no-on after me today
13:17 kentish_man no-one
13:31 kentish_man Hey Katie, do you watch the camera much?
13:33 kalamitykatie off and on
13:34 kentish_man I usually only watch it while I'm working it.
13:35 kalamitykatie i check in now and then when I'm doing tech support
13:35 kalamitykatie I tried this chat link for the first time on Friday
13:35 kentish_man I've never been to Yellowstone
13:35 kalamitykatie really?!
13:36 kentish_man Due to domestic comitments here I probably never will get the chance.
13:36 kalamitykatie sorry to hear that!
13:36 kentish_man Well I do live some 4,600 miles from Old faithfull.
13:36 kalamitykatie how did you end up manning the camera?
13:37 kentish_man I answered a message posted in the geyser mailing list
13:37 kalamitykatie cool
13:38 kentish_man I exchanged a few emails with David Monteith, who put me onto Tom cawley
13:38 kalamitykatie watching anything in particular there?
13:39 kentish_man When no geysers are errupting I just look at the marvellous scenary
13:39 kalamitykatie gotcha
13:39 kalamitykatie how long are your shifts?
13:39 kentish_man I figure that there must be many other people who watch the cam and like me,
will never visit the park
13:39 kalamitykatie I'm sure you're right
13:40 kentish_man At the moment I do more hours than the other three.
13:40 kentish_man Carolyn Aaronson is the supervisor, but she is on vacation in the park for two
weeks
13:41 kentish_man Then the two other guys fill in now and then
13:41 kentish_man Gary does 2 days a week taking over from me
13:42 kentish_man Graham does Wednesdays taking over from me
13:42 kentish_man I am somewhat limited due to the time difference
13:43 kentish_man For example, it is 9:42 pm here now and it wont be long before an old codger
like me has to sleep :-)
13:43 kalamitykatie daylight hours are diminishing, too, so there will be fewer hours to man the
camera for a while
13:43 kentish_man Thats true
13:44 kentish_man When I finish today there will be no-one to take over
13:45 kalamitykatie do you just park it on OF in that case?
13:45 kentish_man So it will default to its spotty wide angle view
13:45 kalamitykatie ah...
13:45 kentish_man When I disconnect, it goes to default
13:46 kalamitykatie does the Park Service send you predictions or do you have to keep track
yourself?
13:46 kentish_man The software we use is called WebView Livescope
13:46 kentish_man I monitor the static cam
13:46 kalamitykatie what about the other geysers - do you chart predictions yourself?
13:47 kentish_man The view we get on the cam control screen is not smooth. It varies from 0.5
to 2.0 fps
13:47 kentish_man I am not a geyser expert like Bruce and the others.
13:48 kentish_man I know roughly when Plume is due.
13:48 kentish_man I just keep swinging around till something happens
13:49 kentish_man The cam has limits as to how far it can pan
13:49 kalamitykatie I figured that I'd use this page when I'm going to watch so I can learn from
Bruce. :)
13:49 kentish_man That's its left limit
13:50 kentish_man That's it's right limit
13:51 kentish_man Also there is quite a delay with what you see on the stream
13:52 kentish_man That's max optical zoom
13:52 kentish_man Any further and it goes blurry
13:52 kalamitykatie huh... I'm still seeing wide angle right now
13:53 kalamitykatie I saw the left & right but then the stream got bogged down
13:53 kentish_man It's on Lion now
13:53 kentish_man Full zoom
13:53 kalamitykatie I'm still seeing people on the boardwalk at wide angle
13:53 kalamitykatie ah-- there's lion group!
13:54 kentish_man You'll see it go blurry when I zoom too far
13:54 kalamitykatie and the wind is blowing!
13:54 kalamitykatie I saw that
13:54 captbunzo hey katie.
13:54 captbunzo welcome back :)
13:54 kalamitykatie thanks :)
13:55 kentish_man By the way Katie I did visit the USA four times back in the 1970s
13:56 kalamitykatie I arrived in the USA in the 1970's :)
13:56 kalamitykatie by way of stork :)
13:56 kentish_man Haha
13:56 captbunzo me too :)
13:56 kentish_man I have 2 sons. 24 and 28
13:56 kalamitykatie now you sound like my husband
13:57 kentish_man And two beutifull Grandaughters
13:57 kalamitykatie I have one son
13:58 kentish_man Do you use any chat stuff like MSN or Skype?
13:59 kalamitykatie I have accounts on MSN IM, AOL IM and Yahoo IM
14:00 kentish_man I hardly ever use Yahoo, but my MSN is ---------------------
14:05 kalamitykatie I'm katie(at)centric(dot)net on MSN
14:07 kentish_man You seemed amused at me using floppy disks
14:07 kalamitykatie well...
14:08 kalamitykatie I do suggest that you get any data that you have stored on them onto other
media while fdd drives are still available. ;^)
14:08 kentish_man They were for a friend of mine who has a travelling street organ that runs on
mid,
14:08 kentish_man midi
14:09 kalamitykatie well, so far getting drives is still easy but they'll become scarce before too
awful long
14:09 kentish_man The organ in addition to a Roland synth has a full set of real percussion and
two real accordians
14:09 kalamitykatie two! accordians?
14:09 kalamitykatie wow!
14:09 kalamitykatie my sister in law would be in double heaven
14:09 kentish_man They are supplied with air
14:10 kentish_man from a blower that makes them expand
14:10 kalamitykatie got any video?
14:10 kentish_man And midi signals operate the relays that pull the keys in
14:10 kentish_man I have a photo and some mp3s
14:11 kalamitykatie wouldn't mind seeing/hearing that
14:11 kentish_man She runs the organ for charity collections
14:11 kentish_man I'll send you a picture via MSN
14:15 kalamitykatie sometimes I feel like a peeping tom watching the streaming cam
14:16 kentish_man I don't :-)
14:17 kalamitykatie wave back, now
14:18 kentish_man My last job before my early retirement was a CCTV camera operator for our
local police
14:18 kalamitykatie ah, then you're used to it
14:19 kentish_man Without going into details, some of the things we saw would make your hair
stand up :-)
14:19 kalamitykatie well, I wonder if whoever they were waving at was able to see them
14:20 kentish_man If they had a phone to their ear, then they probably could.
14:20 kalamitykatie every once in a while they have those kinds of videos on tv. some are quite...
freaky
14:20 kalamitykatie yep
14:21 kentish_man I'll have to shut down soon, but I'll wait for your transfer to finish.
14:21 kentish_man You must have a slow connection
14:22 kalamitykatie not usually but today it is -- I'll have to ask my coworkers what they are
doing on this link
14:22 kalamitykatie I have three links.
14:22 kalamitykatie the other two are fine
14:23 kentish_man I have 10 mbt download and 0.75 mb upload
14:23 kalamitykatie but this is the only one I have wi-fi access to and I'm using wi-fi on my
notebook while donig "real" work on my desktop
14:23 kentish_man My son set all this up here
14:24 kentish_man There are two PCs in this room and he has his laptop in his room.
14:24 kalamitykatie I work in a computer center & ISP. I'm not at the NOC but rather at an office
location. I have two pc's and three Internet connections from my desk
14:24 kalamitykatie yep, that download is craaawling
14:25 kalamitykatie if you're ready to call it a day you could re-send another time...
14:25 kentish_man If your sister in law likes the music, then maybe I can send her a CD of the
organ. There are 12 volumes.
14:26 kalamitykatie I'll keep that in mind
14:26 kentish_man I'll shut the camera down and leave your transfer running while i go
downstairs to attend to my wife.
18:07 kalamitykatie the glass is even dirtier than earlier today


September 16th, 2008 View September's Logs

07:36 bpnjensen Is that grand?
07:36 kentish_man I couldn't see any water jets
07:37 bpnjensen Mornin' - lots of steam, though...
07:37 kentish_man Normally Grand shoots out those white water rockets
07:37 bpnjensen That could be Rift too, i suppose
07:38 bpnjensen Grand may have already played, judging by the steam
07:38 bpnjensen Or, could be Turban - dang I wish there was another camera
07:38 kentish_man We've had Riverside already
07:43 kentish_man Where's that steam at the bottom coming from?
07:43 bpnjensen Now I am quite certain - that steaming thing left of Giantess is Teakettle. Aurum
comes out just left of that
07:44 bpnjensen The steam at the bottom - not sure, could be a modets shot spring like Chinese
or Blue Star
07:45 bpnjensen Those two are long the Boardwalk behind OF
07:45 bpnjensen there is also a steaming fumarole on OF's backside very near the geysre itself - ti
could be that.
07:46 kentish_man I'd love to see a picture of the mysterios Teapot. :-)
07:46 bpnjensen It isn;t much - it is a nice hot spring with a rim around it. It looks impressive, but
it just gently boils.
07:47 bpnjensen Oh, sorry - Teapot - that's the little tiny thing near OF...
07:47 kentish_man According to Scott, it is to the left of O.F. but down the hill a bit
07:47 kentish_man The vent to the right of O.F. does not have a name
07:48 bpnjensen Yepp, not far from you see Split Cone. Even when you are there, it is not very
noticeable. That vent right of OF is probably considered part of OF.
07:48 bpnjensen Plume!
07:48 kentish_man Yep
07:48 bpnjensen Plume @ 0848
07:49 kentish_man Previous was 07:51
07:49 bpnjensen So about 57 minutes. OF apparently not far behind
07:51 bpnjensen We must find a way to get you there.
07:52 kentish_man Getting me there would be expensive enough, but getting my wife there with
sufficient mobilty to move around would be extremely expensive
07:52 kentish_man Maybe if I win the lottery :-)
07:53 bpnjensen I'm working on it too.
07:54 bpnjensen Did we just see the last flash of Aurum?
07:54 bpnjensen Maybe Pump
07:54 kentish_man Pump
07:55 kentish_man It's hard enough to persuade my wife to have a yearly week down in Cornwall.
07:55 bpnjensen Is that due to expense or due to physical difficulty?
07:56 kentish_man She's only been to the USA once, and that was our honeymoon in 1979
07:56 kentish_man She can't walk more than 50 feet or so.
07:56 bpnjensen Well, admittedly, an overseas trip is a big deal. I have never done it, and maybe
never will...
07:57 bpnjensen It would be routine over here to provide ample mobility
07:57 kentish_man I have never even visited my brother in Meriden CT
07:59 bpnjensen I suppose a visit here would need to include your brother, for certain
08:00 kentish_man I think he is planning a trip to the park in the not too distant future
08:00 bpnjensen I hope he can get there - it's a neat place, and not just because of the geysers.
Well, I have some obligados here at work ... I need to get to them. I wil be back after awhile.
08:01 kentish_man OK
10:15 kalamitykatie thought I'd take a peek at what's going on
10:15 kentish_man Hehe, nothing much :-)
10:15 kentish_man Bruce was on earlier
10:16 kalamitykatie as it gets dark and the camera automatically opens up the aperture the spots
become less visible I noticed last night
10:16 kentish_man I noticed that the static cam works in moonlight
10:17 kalamitykatie I didn't check any later than just after dark
10:17 kalamitykatie moon was full last night. I wondered if it would cast enough light for that
camera
10:18 kentish_man I did try moving the streaming cam around in the middle of the night but could
only see a couple of lights near the buildings
10:20 kalamitykatie Hi, Bruce
10:21 bpnjensen Good morning, Katie
10:22 bpnjensen yesterday at the Canon website, I discovered that some of the Y-Stone biologists
have streaming cans set up in biologically sensitive locations for monitoring wildiufe movements -
I wonder if we can get visual access to any of those...?
10:23 kalamitykatie did you see the video of the griz sow & two cubs playing with a black wolf
from Glacier? One of Kate Kendall's motion activated cams captured the video. It's not a web cam
10:24 bpnjensen No, I surely did not - is there a link?
10:24 kalamitykatie yeah... I posted in on Y-Net. I'll see if I can find it again.
10:26 bpnjensen It is possible that the Y-Stone cans are also moiton activated and not live
streaming - I wil check again
10:29 kalamitykatie  
http://www.nrmsc.usgs.gov/research/video/Kendall_Oŕ
10:29 kalamitykatie that's a link to that video -- the cam is not on the web
10:37 kentish_man Lion
10:37 bpnjensen Here is a link to the decsription of the video cam use in Y-Stone - apparently not
streaming...
http://tinyurl.com/69b48b
10:37 bpnjensen Thanks, Katie, and nice Lion
10:38 bpnjensen I am glad someone is thee to watch it :-)
10:38 kentish_man The last Lion I saw was 10:09
10:39 kentish_man Aurum was at 9:45
10:39 kentish_man There was a Beehive but I didn't log the time
10:41 kentish_man I'm going for tea now.
10:43 kalamitykatie just proved your British!
10:46 bpnjensen Just watched that Grizz/Wolf video - it was great! Wolf was pretty big but
obviously funnin' with the youngsters ;-)
10:47 bpnjensen So, possibly another Lion, then, around or just after 1300...
10:51 kalamitykatie yeah, that's definitely a big wolf but it looks like everyone is having fun
10:51 kalamitykatie well, mom might be a little bit worried, but not a whole lot
14:18 kalamitykatie quite a bit of tail end to that eruption
14:19 kentish_man Yeah
14:55 bpnjensen You know things are quiet when Sawmill is the best thang around...
14:55 kentish_man :-)
14:56 kentish_man I just showed my wife that video of the bears and the wolf
14:56 bpnjensen Did she like it?
14:56 kentish_man Yep
14:56 bpnjensen My family wil get a kick out of it
14:57 kentish_man The last time we saw bears in the wild was back in 1979 at Old Forge NY
14:57 kentish_man They were scrounging around the garbage dump.
14:57 bpnjensen We have quite a few here in California - the Sierra is full of them (but no grizz).
sad when they hit the dumps - but that is slowly changing
14:58 kentish_man One even walked through the main street and climbed up a tree by the
roadside
14:58 bpnjensen :-)
14:59 kentish_man One of my favorite american wild animals is the Chipmunk
14:59 kentish_man They are so cute
14:59 bpnjensen Chipmunks are very cute - you don;t have them there, eh?
15:00 kentish_man Only in zoos
15:00 bpnjensen If you have a cyhance, I have a coupl eof Panoramio chipmunk photos.
15:00 kentish_man We get Grey Squirels
15:00 kentish_man And a few Red Squirrels
15:01 bpnjensen In the Sierra, we have one squirrel, a Douglas Squirrel, that is like a little bolt of
lightning - they run up and donw the giant sequoias lik emad, cutitng down cones.
15:01 kentish_man My shift on the cam officially ended 2 minutes ago
15:02 kentish_man Even though I am still logged in
15:02 bpnjensen Well - You don;t need to get carpal tunnel syndrome on MY account...givwe
your phalanges a rest
15:03 kentish_man As I said before Bruce, you have a way with words :-)
15:03 bpnjensen If only I could type them properly...
15:04 bpnjensen This dang stream keeps freezing up - I hate firewalls!!!
15:04 kentish_man My friend with the street organ phoned me again today. She wanted 5 of
volume 11 CD made up for her
15:04 kentish_man So I been doing some printing
15:04 bpnjensen Wht kind of music gets playe don that contraption?
15:05 kentish_man Anything from Achy Breaky Heart to a Viennese Waltz
15:05 bpnjensen marches, polkas, and etc?
15:05 kentish_man Yes
15:05 bpnjensen William tell and 1812 overtures?
15:06 kentish_man It was designed for use in a dance hall
15:06 bpnjensen Oh - so maybe the cannon shots aren't real appropriate then...
15:07 kentish_man Anything that can be arranged for a Roland synthesizer, 2 accordians and a
full set of percussion.
15:07 bpnjensen Plume!
15:07 bpnjensen Plume at 1606
15:07 kentish_man Missed it
15:07 bpnjensen atillon\
15:11 bpnjensen Well, gonna get outta here and head home. Sweet dreams tonight, eh?
15:11 kentish_man Yeah
15:11 kentish_man Little Dwarf is still there
15:11 kentish_man That never stops


September 17th, 2008 View September's Logs

08:51 kalamitykatie Not a soul in sight... eerie
08:59 kentish_man Hi
10:32 kentish_man Just saw Carolyn on the cam
10:48 kalamitykatie How long ago was that (I just came back to this screen)?
12:43 bpnjensen Funny - I posted a message earlier, it registered on the chat column, but was not
preserved - can you guys see this?
12:44 bpnjensen Hello?
12:44 kentish_man Yeah
12:44 bpnjensen OK - my message form this morning wa scompletely lost!
12:44 kentish_man I see ya
12:44 kentish_man Well I finally got Carolyn on the cam earlier
12:45 bpnjensen Yeah - where was she?
12:45 kentish_man Down on the boardwalk near the cam
12:45 bpnjensen Was she in ranger or civvie garb?
12:45 kentish_man She's not a ranger
12:46 bpnjensen That's waht i thought, but you never know - she;s an honored guest...
12:46 kentish_man She'll be on again tomorrow when George is doing his talks
12:50 kentish_man Check your email. I just sent you something
12:54 kentish_man Did you get it?
12:56 bpnjensen had to step away 0 being called into a meetng again. Goota go, but I wil check
ASAP...
12:57 bpnjensen I saw it! Cool! What's YL and the Loon mean?
12:57 kentish_man I'll have to ask her next time.
14:44 kalamitykatie Bruce, YL stands for Yellowstone Loon. It's another online Yellowstone
group. Some of the same people as Y-Net and some others.
14:54 bpnjensen OK, Thanks Katie - got it.


September 18th, 2008 View September's Logs

13:15 bpnjensen The webcam is having technical difficulties, I see...
14:39 kentish_man Bruce
14:47 kentish_man How's that? :-)
14:47 captbunzo cam keeps stalling and re-buffering
14:48 kentish_man It's OK here on the control screen and media player
14:51 kentish_man Grand in erruption


September 19th, 2008 View September's Logs

07:52 bpnjensen Morning! Looks like we have Riverside...
07:52 bpnjensen Probably Grotto too...
07:52 kentish_man Have you noticed the improved zoom?
07:53 bpnjensen I wonder if a cloud from Artemesia would be discernible from the cam? yeah, I
guess the zoom is sharper, isn;t it?
07:53 bpnjensen Closer, too...
07:54 kentish_man How's that?
07:54 bpnjensen So, how close can you go before it gets fuzzy? that's pretty good -
07:54 bpnjensen Nice slopping from Beehive
07:55 bpnjensen WOW!
07:55 bpnjensen Did they change the cam?
07:55 kentish_man Apparently
07:56 bpnjensen Now we can wallow in the details...
07:56 bpnjensen wallow wallow wallow
07:56 bpnjensen Now Anemome will actualy look like a geyser...
07:57 bpnjensen Steam still befuddles the focus, I guess...
07:58 bpnjensen Sawmill will be great now too.
07:58 kentish_man Just after Tom handed it back over yesterday, there was a nice Beehive at
15:33
07:59 bpnjensen Cool - was there a noticeable improvement at that scale?
07:59 kentish_man Indicator looked so big
07:59 bpnjensen If beehive were not there, people would ooh and ahh over it, I;m sure...
08:02 bpnjensen Daisy may be more fun to watch too
08:04 bpnjensen There is a little geyser, Uncertain, that plays from a hole in Sawmill's sinter
platform - i wonder if it would be visible, or lost behind that tree...
08:05 bpnjensen Turban, probably
08:05 bpnjensen I don;t see any jets...
08:06 bpnjensen Yet, the cloud is BIG... Maybe Grand
08:06 kentish_man Would we see F & M from the cam?
08:06 bpnjensen You;d see a big cloud for certain
08:07 bpnjensen It would be near Riverside, and just left of it
08:07 kentish_man OK
08:08 bpnjensen The cloud would last a fairly solid 20-25 minutes
08:08 bpnjensen So it could be mistaken for Riverside
08:10 bpnjensen The next Grand, then, will probably occur between 1530 and 1930 (3:30 and
7:30 PM). Its prediction window is about 8.5 hours +/- 2.
08:11 bpnjensen And interestingly, in my experience, it is usually either fairly early, like 6.5 or 7
hours, or late at about 10 hours, depending on what Rift does.
08:12 kentish_man If there's anything you think might interest me, now the zoom is better, just let
me know. :-)
08:14 bpnjensen Well, it will be mostly the same things we've typically been able to see, just better
views. Maybe some of the sputs on Geyser Hill wil lbe better ~
08:17 bpnjensen That little hol enext to OF might be mor ereadily revealed.
08:18 bpnjensen Li'l Cub
08:18 bpnjensen Not bad!
08:18 kentish_man Not so little now
08:18 bpnjensen gte that daggone steam out of the way
08:19 bpnjensen Might we see a Lion soon?
08:20 kentish_man None so far today
08:21 bpnjensen I think, and I could be wrong, that there might be a statistical increase in LC's
activity around the time of a Lion series, but don't quote me.
08:21 bpnjensen Check the book! BTW, do you have the 4th edition yet?
08:22 kentish_man I only have the one you sent me :-)
08:22 bpnjensen Can we watch Anemone for just a couple?
08:23 bpnjensen It's where those peeps are
08:23 bpnjensen One or the other of them plays every 7 minute sor so
08:23 kentish_man There's also another little sput between OF and anemone
08:24 bpnjensen That is probably Improbable - it can be a nice thing to watch while awaiting
Beehive and Plume
08:24 bpnjensen It's about 30 feet off the boardwalk straight across from Plume to the south
08:25 bpnjensen You can see the ID sign for Anemone at the Boardwalk
08:26 bpnjensen Anemone :-)
08:27 bpnjensen That one is probably Big Anemone
08:27 bpnjensen That;'s it :-)
08:27 bpnjensen Little Anemone
08:28 bpnjensen These two are often the very next geyser(s) that people see up close after
OF...the first ones you enouvcnter on Geyser Hill
08:28 bpnjensen Is my typing dyslexic or WHAT?!?!
08:29 bpnjensen This is the longest LA I;ve seen.
08:29 kentish_man But they are nowhere near as close to OF as they appear on the cam
08:29 bpnjensen No, they're across the river on Geyser Hill. OF really does stand apart from the
others.
08:30 bpnjensen The webcam really foreshortens the vieiwng distances
08:31 bpnjensen Plume will look GREAT
08:32 bpnjensen That sign back there is a basin map
08:32 bpnjensen "You are here ^"
08:32 kentish_man I thought it might say "Beware of the Bears"
08:32 bpnjensen No - nothnig like that in the basins :-)
08:33 bpnjensen Mt. Washburn and Pelican Valley have signs that say do not enter - bear habitat -
and they're not kididng.
08:34 bpnjensen Folks are starting to gather already Beehive's altar...
08:34 kentish_man I'll dig out some bear pictures I took at Old Forge back in 1979
08:34 bpnjensen I;d like to see them :-)
08:34 bpnjensen I have a couple I posted from this summer at Yomseite on Panoramio
08:34 bpnjensen I'll have a a couple ofd grizz pix soon.
08:35 bpnjensen I mean to say, Yosemite
08:35 bpnjensen Anything down Daisy/Sawmill way?
08:36 bpnjensen What're the biggest predators in England? Badgers, maybe?
08:37 bpnjensen Not mucn right now, I guess...
08:37 kentish_man Badgers and Foxes
08:37 bpnjensen Ah, OK
08:38 kentish_man A trivia question. How many species of wild snakes are there in England?
08:38 bpnjensen Uhhh - it's pretty samll - zero or one, maybe?
08:38 kentish_man Three
08:38 bpnjensen That's more than i thought!
08:38 kentish_man Grass snakes (non poisionous)
08:38 bpnjensen St. Patrick did his job well, I guess
08:39 kentish_man Smooth snake (non poisonous) and rare
08:39 kentish_man The Adder is poisonous but only bites if you step on him
08:40 bpnjensen We only have a couple of major classes of poisonou sankes here - Rattlers and
water moccasins. We might get a coral snake down in the desert occasionally, but not often. Lots
of rattler species, though...
08:40 kentish_man We have 3 kinds of Lizard
08:40 bpnjensen You have Adders in England?
08:40 kentish_man Yeah.
08:40 kentish_man Quite comon out in the country. I have seen them not far from here
08:40 bpnjensen We have a mess of lizards. We also have Gila monsters ion the desert, who have
a poison tail tip.
08:41 kalamitykatie I saw Jimbo predicted a Beehive eruption... has there been one?
08:41 kalamitykatie oh, and "hi"
08:41 bpnjensen We have msotly gopher snakes around here - fairly large constristors,
non=poisonous, about 5 feet max - and striped garter snakes. Rattlers out in the hills.
08:42 bpnjensen No Beehive yet - good splashing sometimes.
08:42 bpnjensen oh, and Good morning :-)
08:42 bpnjensen We did see Grand about half hour ago.
08:43 kentish_man 6 pics on there way Bruce
08:43 bpnjensen Riverside about 45 ago
08:43 kentish_man They were all scanned from 35mm slides
08:43 bpnjensen OK,. I'll check the e-mail - I like slides :-)
08:45 bpnjensen Nice pictures, but awfully sad to to see them in a dump! Did we miss OF?
08:45 kentish_man It's on now
08:45 kentish_man Too steamey
08:45 bpnjensen So steamy -
08:46 kentish_man Carolyn was in front of the cam yesterday during the ranger talk
08:46 kentish_man She had the job of handing George the picture cards.
08:47 bpnjensen On a REALLY cold morning, it comes up like cauliflower. Carolyn gets in the
act! Nice work if you can get it.
08:48 bpnjensen Well, I am unfortunately at work, and they would rather have me doing what I
get paid for - so I gotta scoot for now. See you gusy later...
08:48 kentish_man OK
10:01 kalamitykatie yeah!
10:01 kentish_man Nice Lion
10:02 kalamitykatie very nice...
10:02 kalamitykatie just got back to my desk
10:02 kentish_man Did I tell you it is a new cam?
10:04 kalamitykatie it is?
10:04 kentish_man Yeah, and the zoom is more powerfull than the old cam
10:04 kalamitykatie cool!
10:05 kalamitykatie are you driving?
10:05 kentish_man Yep
10:05 kentish_man Look
10:05 kalamitykatie whoo-hoo!
10:05 kalamitykatie is it mounted on the same tree? seems more stable
10:05 kentish_man Same tree
10:06 kentish_man Just less wind
10:06 kalamitykatie that's nice and sharp zoomed in that tight!
10:07 kalamitykatie tryinig to make me dizzy? :)
10:27 kentish_man Beehives Indicator.
10:27 kalamitykatie yep!
10:31 kalamitykatie rainbow!
10:31 kentish_man Nice
10:33 kalamitykatie i got some catpures -- the rainbow shows up good on them, too
10:39 kalamitykatie nice to not have the spots!
10:39 kentish_man Yeah
10:42 kalamitykatie wow! that zoom!
10:43 kentish_man Needless to say I stayed up real late playing with it.
10:49 kentish_man Got disconnected
10:49 kentish_man From cam and room
10:50 kentish_man Anyway, I was about to pop downstairs for something to eat.
11:34 captbunzo hi kate
12:09 kalamitykatie hello. sorry... I've been leaving this screne open and popping back to it when
I'm on the phone or otherwise not actively doing anything on this pc
12:10 kalamitykatie is it just me or does this cam have better contrast, too?
12:14 kentish_man Didn't realise I didn't have the chat room running
12:15 captbunzo I do the same, cate.
12:16 captbunzo and yeah, I think the cam is a lot better
12:16 captbunzo I was noticing that with the last OF eruption.
12:23 bpnjensen This cam has better resolution, contrast, zoom ability and (when steam subsides)
focus. A significant improvement.
12:24 bpnjensen Expecting Plume soon? Do we know the lats one? Anyone check Daisy?
12:24 kentish_man Just happened 13:21
12:25 bpnjensen Oh, Thanks! Just missed, by jinkies. Well, try again at 1415 or so...
12:25 kentish_man Beehive at 11:29
12:25 kentish_man With rainbow
12:25 bpnjensen So I heard - dang work...
12:26 bpnjensen ...and now I gotta go back again - meeitng in 3 minutes...
12:29 bpnjensen yay! I'm in a meeting, but still here... :-)
12:30 kentish_man Hmmm
12:35 kalamitykatie I'm tellin'! ;^) jk
12:37 bpnjensen Multitasking at its best ;-)
12:37 bpnjensen lion yet?
12:38 kalamitykatie lion at 11:00
12:38 kentish_man 10:59
12:38 kentish_man Close
12:38 kalamitykatie I prolly missed the first min.
12:38 bpnjensen maybe another at 140ish then
12:39 kentish_man Don't forget Katie, the video arrives at the stream about 30 seconds later than
I see it on the cam control viewer.
12:39 kalamitykatie ah
12:45 bpnjensen LION! 1345
12:46 bpnjensen Zoom in! Zoom in!
12:46 kentish_man Got there in the end
12:46 bpnjensen yay!
12:47 bpnjensen Nice!
12:47 kalamitykatie I think you almost gave Bruce a hearth attack
12:49 kentish_man Yeah his secretary is probably rescusitating him now
12:49 bpnjensen I'm OK :-)
12:52 kentish_man Castle IE ?
12:52 bpnjensen YES!
12:52 kalamitykatie we need another cam on the other side of the trees :)
12:53 bpnjensen Yes- one for castle, daisy, grand, giant, sawmill group.
12:54 bpnjensen There is a group of trees at Grand that would be perfectly placed.
12:54 kentish_man As Tom Cawley might say, cams are cheap enough but the streaming costs are
the problem
12:54 bpnjensen Really? Expensive, eh?
12:54 kalamitykatie bandwidth is getting less expensive, too
12:54 bpnjensen Meeting over! ;-)
12:55 kalamitykatie 10 years ago this would have been completely cost prohibitive. Now it's
possible. In coming years I'd imagine more streams will be possible due to both decreasing
bandwidth costs and better compression.
12:55 kentish_man They gave us a scare a few weeks ago.
12:55 kalamitykatie oh?
12:55 kentish_man Washington told Yellowstone they would have to cut the cam times down to
two days a week
12:56 kentish_man However there was a last minute reprieve
12:56 kentish_man They found some more bucks to allocate.
12:57 kalamitykatie I wonder if YA or the like could pitch in
12:58 kalamitykatie make it a joint project - make an AFA
12:58 kentish_man Get a big company to sponsor it
12:59 kentish_man They would want their logo displayed though
12:59 bpnjensen Let's see - waht company needs to improve its environmental credentials?
12:59 bpnjensen It would be easy enough to place the logo at the bottom next to Canon.
13:00 bpnjensen Chevron!
13:00 kalamitykatie maybe it doens't need to be a company that needs to improve image -- maybe
a company in the telecom industry.
13:01 bpnjensen AT&T?
13:01 kalamitykatie No -- someone based in the region.
13:01 kentish_man What's that ranger doing with that trolly
13:01 kentish_man Selling things?
13:01 bpnjensen Oh - are there any companies big enough up thataway?
13:01 kalamitykatie or someone that at leawst provides service in the region.
13:01 bpnjensen Serving sancks?
13:01 bpnjensen snacks?
13:01 kalamitykatie There's one that comes to mind by they'd probably kill me for mentioning
them in a publicly archived chate
13:02 bpnjensen Is it the one you work for? :-)
13:02 kalamitykatie no -- but they are a supplier
13:02 kentish_man The snacks all seemed to have gone
13:02 kalamitykatie everyone else is curious, too
13:02 bpnjensen All that's left are some biosn skulls...yecchh
13:03 bpnjensen Oh, that was the lady's shiort...
13:03 bpnjensen smirk'
13:04 bpnjensen Derek, have you ever caught anybody wanderng off the boardwalks?
13:04 bpnjensen Bunhc of peeps over at Aurum
13:06 kalamitykatie I almost called LE one day watching the static cam when I saw someone fall
in the winter. It was taking him sooooo long to get up and there didn't seem to be anyone around
13:07 bpnjensen looks like Sawmill. tardy is right there too.
13:07 bpnjensen zom zoom zoom
13:07 bpnjensen yay! Nice big bursts
13:08 kentish_man Does that shower over the boardwalk?
13:08 bpnjensen When the wind blows the righjt way, yes - easily
13:08 bpnjensen It wil today
13:09 bpnjensen You also feel good "thumping" under your feet as steam bubbles collapse
underground.
13:09 bpnjensen Other geysers that thump really well are Oblong and Artemisia.
13:10 kentish_man And Giantess :-)
13:10 bpnjensen I've heard that...but never bene there at the moment
13:10 bpnjensen Daisy and Comet are steaming
13:10 kentish_man George Heinz said that people in the O F Inn thought it was a quake starting
13:11 bpnjensen That's probably true - Giantess probbaly beats them all in the groundshaking
dept.
13:11 bpnjensen Might want to watch for daisy soon - good steam
13:13 bpnjensen Behind the trees, form left to right, is *probably* Splendid, Comet and Daisy -
althuogh not 100% sure of position
13:17 captbunzo hey derek, show off the new camera for me!
13:18 bpnjensen Did we have another Riverside recently? If not, then due soon...
13:18 captbunzo nice bit there, is that sawmill?
13:19 bpnjensen Yepp
13:19 captbunzo sawmill is cool. sat and watched it for a while last time I was there.
13:19 bpnjensen I agree - it is a favorite
13:20 captbunzo isn't it the one that will drain completely and then refill?
13:20 captbunzo does that ring a bell?
13:20 bpnjensen Sawmill is one of those - but it may remain empty for awhile. Now were on
Spasmodic
13:21 bpnjensen Plume may come up soon
13:22 captbunzo ok, now what is that?
13:22 bpnjensen Scissors Spring
13:22 bpnjensen Depression is just left f it
13:23 bpnjensen Last Plume was 1:02 ago - hope it's a little late...
13:27 bpnjensen Here it comes...
13:28 kentish_man Started to spit on the glass
13:29 bpnjensen So, you can avoid water droops by aiming away?
13:30 bpnjensen Look at those ingrates, walking away...
13:30 kentish_man Well if I didn't, it would be a week before they clean it again
13:30 bpnjensen Grand?
13:30 kentish_man You tell me :-)
13:30 bpnjensen Sure looks like it
13:31 kentish_man I bow to your infinate experience
13:31 bpnjensen I still don;t see any jets
13:31 kentish_man Grand went off at 15:48 yesterday
13:32 bpnjensen And about 0805 this morning, too.
13:32 bpnjensen Thjis would be early for GHrad, no doubt about it...
13:33 kentish_man Turban?
13:33 bpnjensen mighty big long-lasting Turban!
13:33 kentish_man What else is there?
13:34 bpnjensen The only two things that erupt without Grand are Rift and West Triplet, and
neither one is "big" - although both can go awhile
13:34 bpnjensen maybe we missed Grand's start - it would have been larger
13:35 kentish_man Theres Daisy
13:35 bpnjensen After Grand is done, Turban and Vent can, and do often, keep going
13:35 bpnjensen daisy! yay!
13:36 bpnjensen This is much better than the old camera
13:36 kalamitykatie better zoom, sharper, better color contrast
13:37 bpnjensen So, another Dasiy around 1630-ish
13:37 kentish_man I'll be gone by then
13:37 bpnjensen How about another Lion around 1500?
13:38 kentish_man Today, Gary takes over from 15:30 MDT
13:39 bpnjensen I havwe to cool it on the stream for awhile - they don;tike us using too much
13:39 kalamitykatie do any of the other operators every hang out on the chat?
13:39 bpnjensen Do they know aboutit?
13:40 kentish_man I don't know anything about the other 2 guys
13:40 kentish_man Gary and Graham
13:40 kentish_man I don't know even if they use the forum
13:40 bpnjensen the new game show - "Know Your Webcam Op!"
13:40 kentish_man Hmmmm
13:40 bpnjensen Is gary "Geyser Gary"??
13:41 kalamitykatie good question
13:41 kentish_man You'll have to ask him. :-)
13:41 bpnjensen Perhaps I will - right now I HAVE to shut down :-(
13:42 kalamitykatie I gotta go, too. Gotta pick B up after school
13:42 kentish_man B?
13:42 kalamitykatie first initial of my son's name. :)
13:42 kentish_man Ahhh
13:43 kentish_man Mine is out on the booze :-)
13:43 kentish_man Mind you he is 24
13:43 kalamitykatie mine is 7
13:43 kalamitykatie he better not hit the booze for a while :)
13:43 kentish_man He's gone straight from work
13:44 kalamitykatie I did that a lot at that age, too
13:44 kalamitykatie :)
13:44 kentish_man You must be a little older than my oldest son
13:44 kalamitykatie I'm 33
13:44 kentish_man He's 28
13:45 kentish_man Not far out
13:50 kentish_man Can you see that Paul?
14:20 bpnjensen Back again...
14:20 bpnjensen Did you gusy see another Lion around 1500?
14:20 kentish_man I found 3 Garys in the forum list
14:20 kentish_man 15:09 Lion
14:21 bpnjensen 3 Gary's is better than one Lion, I guess...oh good! Lion!
14:21 kentish_man I PMd 2 of them
14:22 bpnjensen Speaking of kids, my son is 14 last week - he seesm to not be interested in
booze.
14:22 kentish_man Both my sons drink but they don't smoke
14:22 kentish_man I don't do neither
14:23 bpnjensen good 4 U p me neither
14:23 kentish_man Your son looks like a sensible younf lad
14:23 kentish_man young
14:24 bpnjensen Looks can be deceiving ;-) but in this case, you are right - he's quite responsible
14:25 kentish_man I'm going to log off the cam now and leave it to Gary. I warn you though, he's
not always very punctual :-)
14:25 bpnjensen OK - a pleastn evening to you. tellhijm to log on here!
14:26 kentish_man I don't know the guy
14:26 bpnjensen I wa safraid of that - se la vie.
14:26 bpnjensen Bye!
14:26 kentish_man Carolyn has never told me anything about the other two guys
14:26 kentish_man Only their names.
14:26 bpnjensen Holding back eh?
14:27 kentish_man The cam is now in it's default postion
14:27 bpnjensen OK, I gotta finish up th work for the week. TTFN...
14:27 kentish_man Next time it moves it wont be me.
14:42 captbunzo hi derek.
14:42 captbunzo back for a bit...
14:45 kentish_man I'm not on the cam now.
14:46 kentish_man It should be some guy called Gary
14:46 captbunzo ah
14:46 kentish_man He is supposed to start at 22:30
14:49 kentish_man I don't think we'll miss anything
15:19 captbunzo anyhow, gotta run for a while.
15:19 captbunzo ttyl
15:22 kalamitykatie I sent a message to Geyser Gary asking if the streaming cam operator and he
are one and the same person...
15:42 kentish_man Sorry, I was watching a Railway video.
15:42 kentish_man I PMd him via the forum asking him the same question
15:42 kentish_man But I haven't got a reply yet.
15:44 kentish_man There are at least 2 other Garys listed in the forum.
15:45 kentish_man Are you there?
22:16 guest734208 the lights are out ;-)


September 20th, 2008 View September's Logs

06:14 kentish_man Hi
06:49 kentish_man Hi Katie
06:52 kalamitykatie good morning
07:07 kentish_man How are you
07:08 kalamitykatie doin' okay. you?
07:14 kentish_man Sorry, phone went.
07:14 kalamitykatie That's okay. I'm just checking things out for a few minutes before getting
ready for the day
07:15 kalamitykatie nice light there this am
07:16 kentish_man I just finished a video chat on skype with my friend in Hendersonville, NC.
07:16 kentish_man I love video chats
07:22 kalamitykatie so what is this we're watching?
07:22 kentish_man Just waiting for Old faithfull
07:23 kalamitykatie I've got the other cam in in another screen - popping back and forth
07:24 kalamitykatie wide angle/zoomed
07:24 kalamitykatie back and forth...
07:25 kalamitykatie B is watching with me now, too
07:26 kentish_man Do you ever use a webcam?
07:27 kalamitykatie the company I work for sells & installs them for customers to use for
surveillance but I don't work in that area
07:27 kalamitykatie which doesn't stop me from being required to troubleshoot...
07:27 kentish_man I use an old VHS c camcorder into a composite video socket on my TV card
07:28 kalamitykatie What's that behind OF to the left?
07:28 kentish_man Plume
07:28 kentish_man It does 4 or 5 bursts
07:31 kalamitykatie the webcams we've been selling lately are often wireless
07:32 kalamitykatie we still use ethernet where practical, though
07:32 kentish_man It would be great to see you on cam one day.
07:33 kalamitykatie Oct 4
07:33 kalamitykatie I'll stop on the boardwalk and wave. :^)
07:33 kentish_man Many people wave from there
07:33 kalamitykatie Or morning of Oct 5...
07:34 kalamitykatie Yep. :^)
07:34 kentish_man Do you have any way to warn me, so I'm ready.
07:35 kalamitykatie Ummm... Hmmmm....
07:35 kentish_man Can you send texts from your mobile?
07:35 kalamitykatie yeah
07:36 kentish_man OK +44 7--------49
07:37 kalamitykatie gotcha saved
07:38 kentish_man Carolyn doesn't do texts so she held a yellow flag then I phoned her :-)
08:03 kalamitykatie sorry.. had to go start getting ready.
08:04 kalamitykatie I'ts homecoming for our college football (American) team today. Time to get
to the parade and tailgate paties. Go Griz!
08:04 kentish_man :D
11:51 bpnjensen MMM - watching geysers and eating chocolate chips - can life get any better?
11:51 kentish_man Aren't you working? :-)
11:52 bpnjensen On Saturday??? Nosah!
11:52 bpnjensen Are you at the helm right now?
11:52 kentish_man Yeah
11:53 kentish_man Until I get tired
11:53 kentish_man There's no-one else today
11:54 bpnjensen So you don't *have to* hand off to Gary or Graham at 2330, then...
11:54 bpnjensen 2330 your time, that is...
11:56 kentish_man No Gary tonight
11:56 bpnjensen Hello, Guest!
11:57 kentish_man It's nearly 20:00 here now
11:57 kentish_man I will sign of anytime after 22:00, depending on how tired I get.
11:57 bpnjensen Right-you're 8 hours ahead of me. 7 ahead of Yellwosotne.
11:57 kentish_man Yeah
11:58 bpnjensen Have some chocolotae chips, they'll kepe you perky
11:58 kentish_man Guest aint talking :-)
11:58 kentish_man Looks a bit windy
11:58 bpnjensen Yepp - easterly wind today
11:59 kentish_man Hey Guest! do you have any requests as to where you would like the camer
aimed? :-)
11:59 bpnjensen Guest departed :-(
11:59 kentish_man I scared him off
12:00 bpnjensen Not you - too amiable
12:01 bpnjensen Looks like some weather coming in from the NW
12:02 bpnjensen Grand?
12:02 bpnjensen Or just a vigorous turban?
12:06 kentish_man Daisy at 10:26 and 12:24 MDT
12:07 bpnjensen So, another Daisy at about 1420 or so.
12:07 bpnjensen This looks nice wiht the wind blowing the steam away
12:07 bpnjensen Gorgeous!
12:08 bpnjensen Thta is nice - dark contrasty cloouds, bright detailed water column - just about
perfect.
12:10 bpnjensen This new cam is wonderful! I wonder why they never names a geyser
"Wonderful" or "Wondrous" Geyser...?
12:10 bpnjensen Pump is pumping
12:12 bpnjensen Have you seen that little sput again, betweem Pliume and Sponge?
12:13 kentish_man Yes
12:13 bpnjensen Did you figure out its provenance?
12:13 kentish_man I can't relly zoom in very far until that darn winds drops
12:13 kentish_man really
12:16 bpnjensen WEll, my wife just came home wiht some groceries, so I am on call. See you
after a bit...
12:16 kentish_man OK
12:31 Mikessa loved it
12:32 Mikessa I thought Old Faithful was so pretty
12:32 kentish_man Great
13:16 captbunzo oooo. fog.
13:16 captbunzo and I agree with Bruce, the new cam is great!
13:16 kentish_man I just lost the stream
13:16 kentish_man and the cam controll has disconnected
13:20 kentish_man Just look at that rain
14:12 kentish_man Are you still there?
14:13 captbunzo yep
14:13 kentish_man Lost everything for a while
14:14 kentish_man Stream and cam control
14:14 captbunzo you at the controls now?
14:14 kentish_man Yeah
14:14 captbunzo what are we looking at?
14:14 captbunzo and is that full zoomed?
14:14 kentish_man Just panning
14:16 captbunzo full zoom?
14:16 kentish_man Just about
14:17 kentish_man That is full
14:17 captbunzo ooo. that's funky.
14:18 captbunzo not great at that view....
14:20 kentish_man Did you see those close-ups of the cars?
14:20 captbunzo nope
14:21 captbunzo let's go for it :)
14:21 kentish_man I'll have to pan back to it
14:22 captbunzo COOL
14:22 captbunzo cool
14:24 kentish_man I'm going down stairs for 10 minutes, then I'll be back to play some more :-)
14:46 kentish_man Hi
14:46 bpnjensen Hi!
14:46 kentish_man Had some kinda power failure earlier
14:47 kentish_man Just after the heavy rain at OF
14:47 bpnjensen Maybe at their end?
14:47 kentish_man Lost the stream and the cam control for a while
14:47 bpnjensen Sawmill and Spasmodic both ie
14:49 kentish_man I've noted larger than usual amounts of steam coming from behind Little Cub
14:52 bpnjensen Is that the litle sput
14:53 kentish_man It was there earlier, directly behind and in line with OF
14:54 bpnjensen Thta's big
14:54 kentish_man Not Giant? :P
14:54 bpnjensen I won;t say it isn;t.
14:54 bpnjensen Could be Oblong
14:55 bpnjensen It looks pretty humidn there today, so everything might be steamier than usual
14:56 bpnjensen Too small for Giant, I think
14:56 bpnjensen but let's see how long it persists
14:57 kentish_man Would Mastiff make any visible steam?
14:58 bpnjensen IT would sewdn up a big cloud - but it virtually never plays by itself
14:58 kentish_man with Bijou ?
14:58 bpnjensen That could even be Grotto & Rocket. It;s very hard ot tell form this vantage
point
14:59 bpnjensen Mastiff usually plays as aprecursor to Giant - if that IS mastiff, the clooud could
get a lot bigger shortly.
14:59 kentish_man I'll check back in a few minutes
14:59 bpnjensen After seeing thatwide angle view, I want to say it's Riverside
15:00 kentish_man Riverside is further to the right
15:01 bpnjensen Yeah, I just checked the stil cam, and you;re right
15:02 bpnjensen Bijou, BTW, is a very small geyser as a rule. When Ginat is active, it usually
goes all the time except during a hot period. Squirts about 15 feet high.
15:03 kentish_man That looks like Riverside
15:04 bpnjensen Yepp, or F&M
15:05 kentish_man Theres that small sput behind OF
15:06 bpnjensen Oh, yeah - that's tiny
15:06 kentish_man So what is it?
15:09 bpnjensen I would say, based on the Geyser book and the position, that it is Model Geyser
15:10 kentish_man Aha
15:12 bpnjensen The fairly steamy thing just downhill land left of Sponge is Plate Geyser, which
currently is active abiouyt evety week ro two, and then erupts several times ot about 15 feet.
15:13 bpnjensen That mustbe Grand
15:13 kentish_man I agree
15:13 bpnjensen What a sauna...
15:14 kentish_man Lte's have a duet
15:14 bpnjensen Am I correct in thinking Daisy is due shortly?
15:14 bpnjensen Wow! Sideways splashes from OF
15:15 bpnjensen Daisy wa sbaout 1020, 1220, probably at 1420 and then...
15:16 bpnjensen That looks cool :-)
15:17 bpnjensen It's getting late there...sleepy?
15:17 kentish_man I'm OK thanks, but I can hear wife snoring in the next room
15:17 bpnjensen Great bursts from Grand!
15:23 kentish_man We had a visit from Mikessa earlier
15:23 bpnjensen Oh! How did she like it?
15:23 bpnjensen Wonder if we'llk get a second burst...
15:23 kentish_man Didn't stay long
15:23 kentish_man Just comented on how nice the OF erruption looked
15:24 bpnjensen :-)
15:24 kentish_man More rain
15:24 bpnjensen Yeah, it's moving in
15:24 kentish_man Last lot of rain killed the camera
15:24 bpnjensen Looks like Grand is over
15:26 bpnjensen wasn;t that Daisy?
15:26 kentish_man Daisy
15:27 kentish_man Nice one
15:27 bpnjensen Good contrast
15:28 bpnjensen Kind of amazing - Daisy is the last-visited of the big prediucted geysers, and yet
it is more visible than any other except OF. Ironic, ain't it?
15:28 bpnjensen From the cam, that is
15:29 kentish_man Probably too far from the parking lot :-)
15:29 bpnjensen Could be - people seem to ve happy to troop well past it to see Riverside, tho...
15:32 kentish_man Plume next
15:32 bpnjensen WEll, I need to get my son from band practice..so that'll have to doi it for me.
Plume...yepp. Thanksa for the good camwork!
15:32 kentish_man I saw it 30 seconds early
15:33 bpnjensen :-)
15:33 bpnjensen I gots to go - see ya later, have a good night
15:33 kentish_man OK


September 21st, 2008 View September's Logs

11:47 captbunzo hi derek.
11:47 kentish_man Hi
11:47 captbunzo I had a good capture of beehive erupting I was gonna post online, but then I
screwed up the file.
11:48 captbunzo so instead I am playing with a capture I have made of the ranger programme
from a cpl weeks ago.
11:48 captbunzo :)
11:48 kentish_man OK
11:49 captbunzo I'm gonna compress it down to a smaller sized file, then maybe upload to google
video
11:50 kentish_man I use HiDownload to capture the cam stream. It saves as .asf files which are
easily converted.
11:50 captbunzo I use a similar program, also creates .asf
11:51 kentish_man I have made a 2 hour DVD for Carolyn containing all her appearances in front
of the cam.
11:51 captbunzo hehe
13:49 kentish_man I'm not on the cam now
13:49 kentish_man Garry is supposed to start at 21:30 but he will start when he's ready :-)
13:50 captbunzo k


September 22nd, 2008 View September's Logs

07:51 bpnjensen At 0850 monday, alot of webcam waving going...4 peeps, looks like 2 men & 2
women. Anyway, they look happy to be there ;-)
07:53 bpnjensen Almost looks liek they are posing!:D
10:12 bpnjensen Katie, was that you on the cam earlier?
10:13 kentish_man She wont be there yet
10:14 bpnjensen Oh - OK. Someone was acting all happy and sociable a couple hours ago.
10:14 kentish_man Hehe, that happens all the time at Happy Yellowstone :-)
10:15 kentish_man By the way, Daisy was at 10:03
10:15 bpnjensen Oh, OK - another about noon, then :)
10:16 kentish_man Yup
10:17 bpnjensen I managed to get a Youtube login. As soon as I can, I wil try to post that
Splendid Geyser video.
10:17 bpnjensen When it comes to video, I am at the bottom of the learnin' curve.
10:19 kentish_man I am sure you are expert at other things :-)
10:19 bpnjensen I'm awful good at worrying myself into a frenzy...and eating chocolate
10:20 kentish_man I like chocolate too :P
10:20 bpnjensen You guys have some good stuff over there. Cadbury is my favoite store brand, I
think.
10:21 kentish_man There are other good types too.
10:21 kentish_man I like Aero
10:21 bpnjensen have you a fave?
10:21 bpnjensen Aero - never heard of it. I will look for it.
10:22 kentish_man Bubbly
10:24 kalamitykatie the soonest I'll be there next is Oct 4
10:25 bpnjensen So I see! Is it chocolate through, or is there a honey component?
10:25 bpnjensen Hi, katie -
10:25 kentish_man It is chocolate with air bubbles inside.
10:27 bpnjensen I was in the UGB one FINE October day, about the tenth - it was the best
weather I had experienced in decades, dry, hi about 65F, warm low sunshine, perfect lighting,
bison and elk strolling everywhere - I thought I'd died and gone to Heaven.
10:27 bpnjensen So the bubbles make the chocolate better?
10:28 kentish_man http://www.aerobubbles.co.uk/
10:28 bpnjensen That's a silly website :-)
10:31 bpnjensen Gotta go for a bit - back after awhile
10:31 kentish_man K


September 23rd, 2008 View September's Logs

08:10 bpnjensen Castle in full eruption at 0908 Tuesday AM. Webcam is zoomed in on it.
Graham's work? I wish he were here - we could steer him toward other geysers, but maybe he
knows them...
08:12 bpnjensen by 0911 Castle is beginning to change to steam phase.
08:15 bpnjensen It looks like a cool, dry morning at the UGB - a perfect fall day.
08:20 bpnjensen A report from Y-Net tells us that Beehive already played early this morning, so
that one is out for awhile. Maybe another Lion shortly after 1000 however.
08:53 kalamitykatie hello, mtgirl!
08:54 kalamitykatie nice bright day there today
08:54 kalamitykatie doesn't look like anyone is "driving" the cam. It's in its default position.
08:54 mtgirl It does seem that way.
09:07 kalamitykatie contrast on this new cam is so good you can see the shadows of passing
clouds on the ground when low clouds move by
09:31 bpnjensen Good morning, Katie - someone was at the helm duirng Castle, don't know
who...
09:48 kalamitykatie Derek's driving...
10:13 kalamitykatie beehive indicator?
10:21 bpnjensen Beehive already played this morning, so I'd be surprised if we see another before
dark, at least
10:22 kalamitykatie what I was looking at wasn't far enough to the left... I just caught a glimpse
(have two pc's on my desk, was looking at the other screen). It was probably plume that I saw
10:24 bpnjensen OK - near Beehive is also Scissor's Spring just left by the railing, and Depression
a tad farther left.
10:25 kalamitykatie What I saw would have been further right. Oh well...
10:25 bpnjensen Usually, if Derek is at the throttle, he is also hooked into the chat here. Gary and
Graham do not attend, as far as I know. i wish they would!
10:26 bpnjensen Another Lion within 20 minutes is not inconceivable, IF it played about 1:15
ago...
10:28 kalamitykatie Derek has a few other things on his plate this am I gather. I've im'ed with him
a bit.
10:41 kentish_man If you think you see anything else that I missed don't hesitate to shout :-)
10:53 kalamitykatie cool


September 24th, 2008 View September's Logs

08:35 mtgirl Morning'. Which one was going off after beehive?
08:35 kentish_man None. Just a load of steam :-)
08:36 kentish_man Are you staying for a while or just passing through?
08:36 mtgirl Ahh. I just saw it when the camera move to the right.
08:37 mtgirl For a little while.
08:37 kentish_man I haven't seen you before.
08:37 mtgirl Katie just pointed the way yesterday.
08:38 kentish_man By the way, I'm one of the four volunteer cam operators
08:38 mtgirl I must have missed the post on y-net. :)
08:38 mtgirl Derek right?
08:38 kentish_man Yep
08:38 kentish_man I'm the only one that chats in here.
08:38 mtgirl I'm Katie's sister.
08:38 kentish_man Aha :-)
08:39 mtgirl I read Bruce and Katie talk about that.
08:39 kentish_man Just going to get a cup of tea then I'll be right back.
08:39 mtgirl :)
08:44 kentish_man Back
08:45 mtgirl Do they let you know what the estimates are?
08:45 kentish_man No
08:46 kentish_man The only guide I get is from the static cam posting of Old Faithfull
08:46 mtgirl That kinda stinks. Who knows what ya miss.
08:47 kentish_man I'm not too worried. I just zoom into what I see :-)
08:48 mtgirl I always enjoy watching this.
08:48 kentish_man I consider myself lucky to be allowed to operate the cam
08:49 mtgirl I bet!
08:50 mtgirl How do you all work out the shifts?
08:50 kentish_man I happened to see a posting in the geyser mailing list from David Monteith
asking for volunteers
08:51 kentish_man Carolyn Aaronson in Connecticut is the shift arranger
08:51 mtgirl I knew she was a driver.
08:51 kentish_man David put me onto Tom Cawley who phoned me and interviewed me.
08:52 mtgirl Cool.
08:53 kentish_man How's that for a real close-up?
08:53 mtgirl Nice.
08:56 kentish_man Do you chat anywhere else, such as MSN or Skype?
08:58 mtgirl Msn and yahoo.
08:58 kentish_man My MSN name is ---------------------
08:59 mtgirl ------------------------
10:52 kentish_man Welcome guest :-)
11:21 bpnjensen Hi, Derek - happy Wednesday
11:22 bpnjensen Hi, Mt. Girl
11:22 mtgirl Hello.
11:23 bpnjensen Things are a bit slow right now.:)
11:23 mtgirl How's Bruce today?
11:24 mtgirl I caught beehive and OF earlier.
11:24 bpnjensen Oh, not too bad. Just grabbing a few views before wrok calls again.
11:24 bpnjensen Glad you caught Beehive - it looks great on thsi ne wcamera.
11:24 mtgirl Lol's. I try to check it when home for lunch. I'm off today so I'm in and out.
11:24 mtgirl They all look great on the new cam.
11:24 kentish_man Hi folks
11:25 bpnjensen Indeed they do! Even the little sputs. Hows the weathe rup your way?
11:25 mtgirl Some nice white fluffy clouds, very little breeze.
11:25 bpnjensen You guys ever see a marmot on this cam? the area is loaded with the little
beggars...
11:26 kentish_man Just caught the end of Aurum
11:26 mtgirl Hey again, Derek.
11:26 bpnjensen Aurum!
11:26 kentish_man Yeah
11:26 bpnjensen Aul dun
11:26 bpnjensen That was at 1225, FWIW.\
11:26 kentish_man Carolyn's back
11:27 bpnjensen While I have you computer-savy folks here, I have a question - how can I take a
clip from a DVD of my own video and edit it for Youtube? My video editing software doe snto
seme to recognize the file format type...?
11:27 kentish_man She's out there again in May
11:27 mtgirl Hmmm...let me get Katie on here!
11:28 kentish_man The way I do it is rather complicated.
11:28 bpnjensen All I nede to do is convert an MPEG-8 9I think) to a simpler form - my software
can use many, but not that one.
11:29 kentish_man A DVD contains VOB files, and they need to convert
11:29 bpnjensen If I cannot do that, I wil need to use the roiginal VHS tape, a VHS machine and
a converter
11:29 bpnjensen Yes, that's right. How can i converty a VOB file?
11:30 bpnjensen If i send you the DVD, can you do it for me?
11:30 kalamitykatie ehlo
11:30 kalamitykatie sheesh-- working on mail servers too much today
11:30 bpnjensen Ehlo to you too! ;P
11:30 kalamitykatie that's mail server speak for "hello"
11:30 mtgirl ehlo to you too!
11:31 mtgirl Sounds like covering up a typo to me! ;P
11:32 kalamitykatie it's a typo that has lasted for years
11:32 kalamitykatie :)
11:32 kalamitykatie servers respond to helo, too
11:32 bpnjensen I kind of like that ehlo thing - it works in a quirky way...
11:32 kalamitykatie but not all respond to hello
11:32 kalamitykatie apparently that second "l" is considered redunandant and not needed. i don't
know...
11:33 kalamitykatie anythign exciting gon' on?
11:33 kalamitykatie nice mirage
11:33 bpnjensen I was asking thes eguys if they know a way to extract a DVD file for editiing on
software for Youtube.
11:34 mtgirl Cool featured photo Katie!
11:34 bpnjensen I have a DVD of my own video, but its in a format my software doesn;t use.
11:40 bpnjensen You know what's ironic? That this webcam, in its placement for OF, also looks
across what must be the mosty barren segment of the UGB, devoid of interest!
11:40 kentish_man Total Video Converter should convert just about anything to anything
11:40 bpnjensen You gotta look more than 1/4 mile for anyth*****eally good!
11:41 bpnjensen Total Video Converter (TVC) - where can this be had?
11:41 bpnjensen Can TVc maintain a high level of image quality?
11:41 kentish_man Depends if you want to pay for it or not :-)
11:42 bpnjensen Well, I'd rather not pay TOO much - I just want to psot a few geyser vids, that's
all.
11:44 bpnjensen Gee, it's $41 US - a little pricey for my needs - too bad they didn't have a trial
version.
11:44 bpnjensen It also does not mention MPEG-8 as a source to convert, only MPEG4.
11:45 kentish_man I've never heard of MPEG8
11:45 bpnjensen I hadn't either. Maybe it's a new format?
11:46 bpnjensen Maybe I was too tired and recall it wrong...that is not out of the question... :S
11:46 kentish_man VOB files are not MPEG8
11:46 bpnjensen Are they MPEG4?
11:47 kentish_man Mosy likely
11:47 bpnjensen I will check tonight. Maybe I was hypnotized or something.
11:50 bpnjensen Well, shucks, baxck to work. See you guys later.
11:50 mtgirl Have a great day.
11:50 kentish_man Bruce
11:51 kentish_man Hang on
11:51 kentish_man In a few minutes check your email
11:51 kentish_man I'm trying to send you something usefull
11:51 kentish_man Too late he's gone
11:51 mtgirl Seems like.
11:52 mtgirl I think Katie's gone too. She went to away on msn.
11:52 mtgirl Does Beehive go off around9:30 every day?
11:53 kentish_man No
11:53 kentish_man It varies quite a bit
11:53 mtgirl The last two mornings it has been in that area that I have seen it erupt.
11:53 kentish_man Tends to get earlier everyday
11:54 mtgirl How often does it go?
11:54 kentish_man No more than once a day, but not predictable
11:55 mtgirl So I've just been lucky. :)
11:56 kentish_man I finish at 4pm mdt today. Someone called Graham takes over.
11:58 mtgirl How long of shifts do you do?
11:58 kentish_man Varies
11:59 kentish_man Now the others are all back from vacation my hours will reduce
11:59 mtgirl Understanble.
12:00 kentish_man Graham only does 4pm to dark one day a week
12:00 mtgirl So it's what your are willing and able to work.
12:00 kentish_man Gary does the same but 2 days a week.
12:00 kentish_man Carolyn and me do what we can to fill in the rest
12:00 mtgirl You and Caroline do the rest?
12:01 mtgirl I'm surprised there aren't more volunteers.
12:02 kentish_man Are you interested?
12:02 mtgirl Which was that little one?
12:02 kentish_man Plume
12:02 mtgirl I probably wouldn't be a good one.
12:03 mtgirl I work a rotating schedule and travel two of my weekends a month.
12:03 kalamitykatie I'm back. If I view my client's server full screen it shows me away on MSN.
12:03 mtgirl I now. I messaged you.
12:03 kentish_man When the winter draws in and the daylight time gets shorter there will be less
hours to share anyway
12:04 mtgirl This is true. I go to and get home from work in the dark
12:05 kentish_man Here in south east of england at the moment, sunrise is 6:50 and sunset is
6:55pm
12:07 kentish_man Would anyone like me to point the cam at anything in particular?
12:07 mtgirl Want to give a lesson in geyser locations?
12:08 kentish_man Bruce is the expert in this room that is, when he is here
12:08 mtgirl I almost asked him. I know he knows a LOT on the geysers.
12:09 kentish_man He is a mine of information
13:37 bpnjensen Well, i made it back for a few.
13:37 kentish_man Did you get the email?
13:38 bpnjensen No, not yet - I'll check ~
13:39 bpnjensen yeah, I got it - for some reason, Yahoo! takes things with large attachments and
chucks them in the trash. I'm glad you alerted me! I'll give it a try.
13:40 bpnjensen BTW, Thanks!
13:40 kentish_man OK
13:42 bpnjensen Have we heard from Paul lately? I miss him...
13:44 bpnjensen That's an interesting spot - both Sawmill and tady are right there, more or less
aligned, and I wonder if we can distinguish betwene them. Tardy is always smaller, but can be
vigorous
13:45 bpnjensen Tardy, not tady :T
13:45 bpnjensen That thing going *might* be Tardy rather than Sawmill - it seesm smaller.
14:00 bpnjensen The boardwalk quiets down a lot as autumn proceeds
14:02 kentish_man Last Daisy was 13:38
14:02 bpnjensen Gotta go again - thanks for the e-mail! I might be back to check for Daisy then
about 15:30 onward...
14:02 kentish_man Graham takes over at 1600


September 25th, 2008 View September's Logs

06:51 guest7971212 so whos been to old faithful?
06:52 kentish_man I haven't. I just operate the web cam
07:45 bpnjensen Wow! Steamy -
07:48 bpnjensen That largest steam plume behind Grand is most likely Grotto. Giant would be
*just* to it's left.
07:49 bpnjensen The one down beyond *could* be Artemisia
09:11 bpnjensen That crowd of people may be waiting for Depression Geyser...
09:11 bpnjensen Or not...
09:11 kentish_man Tom's just taken over
09:11 bpnjensen Oh, OK - another live broadcast today?
09:12 kentish_man The radio mikes on already
09:12 bpnjensen :S My audio is gone, so i cnanot hear it
09:12 kentish_man George is talking
09:14 bpnjensen Well, I just got the order to quash the live stream, so I better opt out for
now...later!
09:14 kentish_man OK
09:45 kalamitykatie kinda looks like dad
10:22 kalamitykatie I just got back... do they know they're still mic'ed?
10:23 kalamitykatie guess so...
10:24 kalamitykatie or not...
10:24 bpnjensen I gather that incongruous verbs are coming across the audio portion of the
program?
10:25 kalamitykatie now I hear George talking to visitors -- he just said he's getting ready to do a
talk
10:25 kalamitykatie I was hearing visitors visiting, etc
10:25 bpnjensen heh - that could be fun...;)
10:27 bpnjensen look at Lion!
10:27 kalamitykatie right now he's telling visitors how the next eruption will be predicted -
stopwatch on timing of eruption and triangulating height
10:27 kalamitykatie I think Derek is probably too busy driving with the live presentation
10:27 kalamitykatie George just said hi to mom, dad & wife
10:27 kentish_man Lion has gone off at 8:27 and 9:59
10:27 bpnjensen What did Lion do? Did it have a minor?
10:28 kalamitykatie oh, there he is!
10:28 kentish_man I was watching the Simpsons :S
10:28 kalamitykatie lol
10:28 bpnjensen Well, the time is right for another Lion - but unless it kicks into gaer shortly, that
big puff could have been a minor eruption.
10:28 bpnjensen D'oh!
10:28 kalamitykatie last erupton 140 ft
10:29 bpnjensen It looked fairly tall - 140 feet is slighlty higher than average
10:29 kalamitykatie stacy- doesn't he look like Dad from this distance?
10:29 kalamitykatie it's the beard...
10:29 kentish_man On youtube there is a chat show with all six people who do the simpsons
voices
10:30 bpnjensen A fe wyears back, it was having routine monstrous eruptions well over 160 feet -
nice and big. Yeah, he reminds me of the pics of we've seen of your father.
10:30 kentish_man To me he looks like someone from a Disney movie :-)
10:30 mtgirl Kinda looks like Dad giving scope lessons.
10:30 bpnjensen Your Dad would look good with a ranger's hat on...
10:31 kalamitykatie the hats he does wear are close enough
10:31 bpnjensen What kind of scope?
10:31 mtgirl Pentex spotting scope with his converter for his k10 and k20 cameras.
10:31 kalamitykatie pentax 100ed and 60ed
10:31 kalamitykatie various eyepieces
10:32 kentish_man Hey Bruce, did you teach George all those difficult words?
10:32 bpnjensen Ah - I have some astro scopes and one very cheap potter,. whcih I hope to
replace one day with a Zeiss.
10:32 bpnjensen I can't hear what george is saying, but we taught each other everyting we know.
10:32 kalamitykatie subduction -- bet you could have guessed
10:33 bpnjensen yeah - he gestures BIG
10:33 bpnjensen Did he mention Laramide Orogeny yet?
10:33 kentish_man I like "Silicon parcipitating out of salution"
10:34 bpnjensen It's the itinerant hotspot!
10:34 kalamitykatie ya think?
10:34 kalamitykatie :)
10:34 bpnjensen We could probably all give this talk with a little makup on...
10:35 kentish_man He says Pah instead of Pie
10:35 bpnjensen I wish I could hear this...:'(
10:36 kalamitykatie he just observed that the visitors probably haven't looked at that map they
received at the gate. :)
10:36 bpnjensen Big surprise there, eh?
10:37 kalamitykatie #'s geysers world, YNP & UPG
10:37 kentish_man Going for tea now
10:37 kalamitykatie now earthquakes --shakes, cracks fissues
10:37 bpnjensen If you go by Scott Bryan (and I do) Y-Stone has had as many as 600 geysering
holes.
10:37 bpnjensen Flood, famine, and iniquity!
10:38 kalamitykatie George used different numbers - 600 world, 300 ynp, 150 UGB if I heard
right
10:38 kentish_man Can anyone see my chat?
10:38 kalamitykatie Yes, Derek.
10:38 mtgirl Yes. Enjoy your tea.
10:38 kentish_man OK
10:38 kalamitykatie enjoy tea
10:38 kalamitykatie Lol
10:38 kentish_man :P
10:38 bpnjensen That mnay be a snapshot of active geysers at the moment. Yes - have some
crumpest too!
10:39 bpnjensen I like crumpets.
10:39 kalamitykatie now talking about camera sent down OF
10:39 kalamitykatie I like scones
10:39 bpnjensen MMMM - scones!
10:39 mtgirl Don't make me hungry!
10:39 bpnjensen ever have those Aussie Toaster Biscuits?
10:39 kalamitykatie no
10:39 kalamitykatie good?
10:39 bpnjensen Slater thoswe with butter and jelly and you;l never eat anyt*****lse
10:41 bpnjensen They are a substantially superior substrate for subtle accoutrements
10:41 kalamitykatie 1 more talk to come on personality of individual geysers
10:41 bpnjensen DANG! I wanna hear!
10:42 kalamitykatie I'll see if I can capture it if you want...
10:42 bpnjensen BTW, tonight I am going to post a vidoe of Splendid Geyser on Youtube. the
only one out there, I think. It's old, but it gives an idea of the size and power.
10:42 mtgirl That will be awesome!
10:43 bpnjensen That's OK, Katie - I be he'll give it again one of these days. Thanks, though...
10:43 kalamitykatie be sure to post a link on the forum!
10:43 kalamitykatie It might even be one of the 4 that will be avail on the NPS site
10:43 bpnjensen I will let everyone know if it is successful. I have to apologize in adavnec fo rthe
quality - it is my first attempt at doing this - but I may try to enhance it for future reporting.
10:44 mtgirl He said 15 to for the next talk right?
10:44 kalamitykatie I think so.
10:44 bpnjensen I need to scram right now - I wil be back later. have fun!
10:44 mtgirl See ya.
10:44 kalamitykatie I'm gonna close for 15 or so, too
10:44 mtgirl Okay.
10:45 kalamitykatie now he just said program righ tnow!
10:45 mtgirl He is still talking to the crowd for me.
10:45 mtgirl Just said right now.
10:46 mtgirl :(
10:46 kalamitykatie he's talking about you, Derek!
10:47 mtgirl You and Carolyn!
10:47 kalamitykatie good driving, derek
10:57 kalamitykatie Thanks, George!
10:57 mtgirl Applause! Applause!!
11:02 mtgirl Woo-hooo. That was interesting.
11:47 kentish_man I'm still here :-)
11:48 bpnjensen :D Good driving, as they say...
11:48 kentish_man When I got back from eating, the show had finished
11:50 kentish_man When I first signed in today at 9:00am MDT there was a 50 second delay on
the stream
11:50 bpnjensen Wow! What sets the delay?
11:50 kentish_man We'll have to ask Katie next time she's here
11:51 bpnjensen When they do the talks, is there still a delay, or is that truly live?
11:51 kentish_man I think it's back to 25-30 seconds now
11:52 kentish_man We see it with the delay on the stream, which is why it would be difficult for
me to control the cam when George is talking
11:52 kentish_man Tom gets a direct audio feed in the VC
11:53 kentish_man Is there some kinda screen in the VC for the visitors to see whats on the
cams?
13:41 kalamitykatie Hi Derek
13:41 kentish_man Hi
13:42 kentish_man Sawmill seems to be going well :-)


September 26th, 2008 View September's Logs

07:54 bpnjensen Good morning!
07:54 bpnjensen Or afternoon, as the case may be...
07:57 bpnjensen If anybody should read this, I placed a vidoe of Splendid Geyser on Youtube - to
see it, go here and click 'Watch in High Quality' at the base of the video screen...
07:57 bpnjensen  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CawG5wvx1bQSplendid Geyser, Yellowstone, early July
1997 (Higher Quality)
07:57 kentish_man I already got your 2 emails
08:00 bpnjensen yay! You know what's goofy? Under 'Related videos' next to the main screen, the
Youtube site uses the word 'Splendid" instead of 'Geyser" to chosoe related videos - none of them
are geyser-related! These websites are weird.
08:01 bpnjensen OK, you stumped me - my stream broke for a minute, and I don't know what this
is...
08:01 bpnjensen Daisy!
08:02 kentish_man Daisy is such a good time keeper
08:02 bpnjensen See that tiny little puff two left of Daisy? That's Splendid...
08:02 bpnjensen Daisy if very regualr this year...
08:03 bpnjensen is...regular... D'oh!
08:03 kentish_man For the last few days, Daisy has kept close to within 15 minutes past the even
hour
08:04 bpnjensen Then this one was early, yes?
08:04 kentish_man That's not bad though
08:04 bpnjensen or...no! it was a couple of minutes before the odd hour! But you are right - Daisy
is doing well this season
08:05 kalamitykatie g'morning, guys
08:05 bpnjensen Hi, Katie
08:05 kentish_man Hi Katie
08:07 kentish_man Yesterday, this one was showing one of the jets playing quite high bursts
08:07 bpnjensen Spasmodic - some bursts can be about 15 feet or so out of the southerly vents.
08:07 kentish_man Occasional bursts were reaching 6 feet at least
08:08 kentish_man It looks real close to the boardwalk
08:09 bpnjensen The front of it is very close - you could reach and touch the hot overflow. The
platofrm is wide, however, and there are vents spread over about 400 square feet
08:10 kentish_man My cam controls are very sluggish at this moment
08:11 bpnjensen Sometimes, yo may be lucky enough to see a small geyser just in back of
Spasmodic with jets to about 20 feet - that would be Penta, which is semi-rare. Sorry about your
controls! We can sympathize...
08:11 kentish_man And my viewing screen is well under 1 fps
08:11 bpnjensen Ugh! that stinks for the guy in command...
08:12 bpnjensen A shark must have bto that Transatlantic Cable...or a space shark ate the
satellite...
08:13 bpnjensen The morning rove is about to get underway.
08:13 bpnjensen George has the best - the BEST - job on this planet. My envy knows no bounds.
08:14 kentish_man Do you have "Hoodies" in america?
08:14 bpnjensen ???
08:14 kentish_man Just curious
08:14 bpnjensen I'm curious too - what the heck are Hoodies?
08:15 kentish_man Over here they are teenage hoodlums who wear shirts with hoods so the
security cams can't identify them when the do wrong.
08:16 kentish_man when they steal from shops
08:16 bpnjensen BTW - if you looked at the Splendid Geyser video, would you have any advice
on how to perk up the brightness and contrast?
08:16 kentish_man It looked OK to me
08:17 bpnjensen Oh - yes, we have hoodlums who wear hooded shorts and sweats - I think they
are everywhere. have they given you trouble?
08:17 bpnjensen I thought the video was a bit too dark.
08:17 kentish_man We see loads of them in the centre of our towns
08:18 bpnjensen We have lots of kids who just wear them as a style - and we have quite a few
people who are just always cold. A a result, it is hard to tell the few bad apples from the general
pops.
08:19 kentish_man Riverside?
08:19 bpnjensen I was out riding my bike yesterday - 75 degrees on the trail - and people were
walking by dressed like eskimos shivering.
08:19 bpnjensen Yeah, Riverside! Most likely, anyway. nothing els eis quite that far right
08:20 bpnjensen Three other big geysers down there are Fan and Mortar, Link and Artemisia, and
none fo them are that north.
08:20 kentish_man Would the steam fro Steamboat be visible from the cam or is it just too far
08:21 kalamitykatie At the high school where my mom teches, hooded sweatshirts were banned
for a few years because, in theory, weapons could be concealed in them
08:21 bpnjensen Steamboat is too far, I think. however, on a very cold damp morning, clouds
from Grand Prismatic Spring and Excelsior's Crater are visible over the trees above OF.
08:21 kalamitykatie fortunately, common sense has prevailed -- they could as easily be hidden in
other loose or pocketed clothing and hooded sweatshirts are warm. I wear them to football games
and in the Park frequently.
08:22 bpnjensen My son;s school has some clothing bans, but mostly for symnbols and certain
color combos. gang-related. It gets chilly enogh so that hooded shorts are allowed
08:22 kalamitykatie what's steaming off to the right? Just OF stema?
08:22 bpnjensen I wear them all the time in winter.
08:23 bpnjensen katie, are you looking at the small puff up the hill?
08:23 bpnjensen Or that little side vent of OF?
08:23 kalamitykatie lazy teachers liked the ban -- kids can also text with their two hands in the big
pocket
08:24 bpnjensen That splasher is Improbable Geyser
08:24 kalamitykatie mom doesn't have a problem... she walks around the class interacting with her
students and requires hands on their desks
08:24 kentish_man Surely this one is Anemone
08:24 bpnjensen How can you text when you can't see the keys? I can;t even text when i CAN see
them...
08:24 kalamitykatie it was off the screen to the right when the cam was looking left of OF. Steam
drifted into the frame. Probably steam from OF or any of these
08:25 bpnjensen Anemone is the pair of vents just left of the Boardwalk sign.
08:25 kalamitykatie they've had lots of practice! they also use a ring tone that is only audible to
people under about age 19 or 20 -- a high frequency that is lost to more mature ears
08:25 bpnjensen Did I get ti worng?
08:26 bpnjensen yeah, I;ve heard about the 16 khz ring tones ;-)
08:26 bpnjensen Improbable would be to the left of Anemone
08:27 bpnjensen Well, i need to get to work, gusy - have fun, see ya later
08:28 kentish_man gusy?
08:28 kentish_man He always gets his S and Y reversed :)
08:29 kalamitykatie I have bigger problems than that at times :)
08:30 kentish_man Over here we have a catch phrase "Getting your knickers in a twist" LOL
08:31 kentish_man Meaning getting muddled
09:23 kalamitykatie you just planted a song in my head and now it's stuck
09:24 kentish_man Hmmm, I haven't heard that song.
11:45 bpnjensen Plume Geyser 1244
13:05 bpnjensen Illegal bikes on the boardwalk!!!!!
13:06 kentish_man I have just reported the slow cam controls to Carolyn and she has reported it
to Toms department.
13:06 bpnjensen Cool!
13:07 kentish_man The stream looks OK
13:07 kentish_man It's just the controls and the control viewer
13:08 bpnjensen The stream has looked fine from here. FWIW, bikes are permitted on paved
roads and almost all paved walkways, but not on any wooden or "jugwalk" paths.
13:09 kentish_man Many cyclists over here break the law and ride fast through pedestrian areas
13:10 bpnjensen I'm sure - that happens here too.
13:11 bpnjensen You use a bike at all?
13:12 kentish_man I used to
13:12 kentish_man Is there some kinda screen in the VC for the visitors to see whats on the
cams?
13:13 bpnjensen I'm not sure. It would be a sensible thing to have, although you;d get some
people who would never take their eyes off it.
13:13 bpnjensen The new visitor center wil almost certainly have something that coul d be
monitored
13:13 kentish_man I assumed you had been in there and looked around
13:14 bpnjensen When I'm there, I usually head in there just long enough to get the predictions
upon arrival - after that, I am out in the basin from sunrise to sunset and frequently beyond that. I
rarely look beyond the front counter.
13:15 kentish_man Well Tom has the cams server machines in there somewhere.
13:16 bpnjensen My guess is that the present VC has no monitor for public consumption,
although the ranger counter probably does. The new VC may have one or more.
13:17 bpnjensen It is worth remembering that the vast, vast majority of folks going in there have
no idea what they are about to encounter, and an uninterpreted video screen would probably just
confuse some of them.
13:18 bpnjensen Looks like Spasmodic has drained.
13:18 kentish_man I'm just trying to visualize where Tom sits when he controls things for
Georges talk.
13:19 bpnjensen The current temp VC really does not have a good basin view other than OF.
Tom probbaly controls it by "feel" just knowing what and where things are happening.
13:20 kentish_man So is it just a one room building?
13:21 bpnjensen Right now, yes. The old VC that wa sjust demolished was a large structure and
so wil the new one be.
13:21 kentish_man So Toms servers must therefore be in full view of the visitirs
13:22 bpnjensen It might be, although I cannot say which way it would be aimed
13:23 bpnjensen i can say that I have never noticed a screen in there, but I have never really
looked - when I'm there, I'm a man on a mission.
13:24 kentish_man Look at those idiots
13:24 bpnjensen Oh, walking around o the ground?
13:24 kentish_man I don't think they are supposed to stand there
13:25 bpnjensen No, they're technically out of bounds. Right there the danger is tiny, but there are
some places where that stunt wil lkill you.
13:26 bpnjensen FWIW, we sometimes sit on the boardwalk edeg where no benches are and out
feets touch the dirt :-)
13:27 bpnjensen On the near side of the walkway, you see vast expanse of gray pea gravel and
dirt. there seems to be no enforcement over that area. I wish they'd revegtate it - it is sort of ugly.
13:28 kentish_man Yeah, even the trees don't root deep into it.
13:28 bpnjensen Anyway, a similar area just down the wealkway by the OFInn parking lot has
several steam vents that show up on cool mornings, and people walk right through that area.
13:30 bpnjensen Last year, i watched one lady walk off the boards and gaze straight down into a
bubbling blue pool. One false move, boy...
13:30 kentish_man Plenty of Ravens
13:31 bpnjensen And THIS year we saw many people over at West Thumb traipse across crumbly
steaming gorund to look into another pool, inches form the water's edge. My eart was in my
throat.
13:31 bpnjensen Arrest those corvidae! Those scofflaws ignorethe rules and march across the
sinter with impunity!
13:32 kentish_man Like those idiots who put that orange pylon in the side of Old Faithfulls cone
13:32 bpnjensen OOOHHH, doesn't that suck? That was ill.
13:33 kentish_man Did you read about that in the mailing list?
13:33 bpnjensen Well - sigh - I have some thing to finish up before I quit for the week - so off to
the races. On your last question, no. I was there at that time, and the geyser community was
buzzing about it.
13:34 bpnjensen See you later, OK?
13:34 kentish_man I was on the cam when the rangers removed it
13:34 kentish_man OK


September 28th, 2008 View September's Logs

09:54 kentish_man Hi


September 29th, 2008 View September's Logs

08:12 bpnjensen Looks like a nice day in the basin this morning...
08:12 bpnjensen Things are steamy...a good sign :>
12:26 bpnjensen Hi - how are things?
12:27 bpnjensen the stream is really show just now...
12:27 bpnjensen Sorry, SLOW...
12:32 bpnjensen That's some precision camwork there, bud!
12:32 bpnjensen Are you using presets?


September 30th, 2008 View September's Logs

07:23 bpnjensen Good afternoon!
07:54 kentish_man Test
08:25 kentish_man Hi
08:55 kalamitykatie just me
08:58 kentish_man Carolyn is on the cam now
09:21 bpnjensen Good day once again.
09:22 kentish_man Hi
09:22 bpnjensen Carolyn still at the helm today?
09:22 kentish_man I am off the cam completely now
09:22 bpnjensen You don;t do it anymore?
09:23 kentish_man Until the speed problem is fixed
09:23 kentish_man It's got real bad now
09:23 kentish_man 0.02 fps as I type
09:23 bpnjensen Whew! Ii thought we' d lost our main conection! Sorry the problem is so severe.
09:24 kentish_man Carolyn is getting more than 2.0 fps
09:24 bpnjensen Is it on your end or back at the ranch?
09:24 kentish_man I have no problems with the media player stream
09:24 kentish_man I think the problem is with Qwest
09:24 bpnjensen Yo must get a different feed than the regular stream then - ah, Qwest.
09:24 kentish_man The internet company that Tom uses
09:25 bpnjensen Qwest is a - what? - parallel to someone like comcast?
09:26 bpnjensen What do you usually get for FPS?
09:26 kentish_man After crossing the Atlantic, the route is via New York; Newark; Denver then
somewhere in South Montana, before reaching the park
09:26 bpnjensen and back by the same route, I gather...
09:26 kentish_man I usually get between 0.5 and 1.8
09:27 bpnjensen Hmm - that seems pretty slow for someone who has control...
09:27 kentish_man Qwest is an american internet company
09:27 bpnjensen I think I will look them up.
09:27 bpnjensen I wonder if they;d be better off getting AT&T servivce up there.
09:28 kentish_man Tom Cawley said they are not renouned for their customer service
09:28 bpnjensen He's probbaly right. they used to be great decades ago.
09:29 kentish_man My company started life as a branch of United Artists.
09:29 bpnjensen I cannot stay too long, sinvce they frown on too much streaming here, but Ill
drop by whe I can today. Lots of readng to do.
09:29 kentish_man Then they became Telewest, then Blueyonder
09:29 bpnjensen United Artists? the Chaplin/Fairbanks UA?
09:29 kentish_man Now Virginmedia
09:29 kentish_man There is only one UA
09:30 bpnjensen Then that;s the one :)
09:30 bpnjensen How do you like their service?
09:31 kentish_man We rarely have any problems. We have a TV - phone - internet package
09:32 kentish_man Our whole town was cabled with fibre optics
09:32 bpnjensen That's what Comcast gives us too, although we believ their prices are exorbitant
09:33 bpnjensen Did we just see a puff from Indicator?
09:33 kentish_man I pay the eqivellent of 70 dollars per month for unlimited internet, several tv
channels and the phone
09:34 bpnjensen I wish we could get that = a package like that would costs us $120 or so.
09:34 kentish_man There is plenty of competition over here
09:34 bpnjensen There is NONE here. except for crummy satellite TV and AT&T crummy
internet.
09:35 kentish_man And you live close to a large famous american city
09:35 bpnjensen Big stupid metro area is more like it. A bunch fo lemmings.
09:36 kentish_man Hehe
09:36 bpnjensen I have to go, Im afraid - talk later...
09:36 kentish_man OK