I just read about a new app for the iPhone that I plan to get. It uses complex formulas predicting your circadian rhythms. It also calculates when you need to be exposed to light and when to avoid light after changing numerous time zones. The app is called Entrain, but unfortunately the article I read doesn’t say where you go to become a Beta tester. I travel a lot, to Europe and to Canada each year, and I am hopeful this app can shorten the time that I am affected by jet lag.

Read the full jet lag article here.

We are weather freaks. That just happens to you when you own an island in Belize. We just found this video of a full year of satellite global weather imagery, compressed into an 8-minute video. The European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites produced this video to show global weather patterns throughout 2013. The accompanying commentary by Mark Higgins of EUMETSAT is excellent.

Most of the interesting aspects of this year-long compilation of satellite imagery can be heard on the narration. It is fascinating to see the bigger patterns of the weather systems around the earth. If you focus on the region and specific locality that you are from you can see the bigger weather patterns that affect you every day. What is most remarkable about focusing on your region is to compare it to other areas, and then realize how much more severe the weather is in the extreme storm zones!

I recently came across a great new video of Belize scuba diving. This dive was filmed near Southern Long Caye, which is not the same Long Caye that we own (there are about 8 Long Cayes in Belize.) However, the underwater ecosystem is the same, and the woman who created this video, Stacy Holbert, did a fantastic job splicing together wonderful clips from this one dive.

The coral is exactly the type we see off of our Long Caye at Glover’s Reef, including a shot of a gigantic pillar coral, which is somewhat rare in Belize. She also has great footage of nurse sharks, a spotted eagle ray, lobster, lionfish, and grey angelfish.

If you wish to get an idea of what you you will see while diving in Belize, this video gives a perfect overview.