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  • Thursday Updates on Perry the Gustavus Corpse Flower

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    doachs

    One of the good indications that Perry is getting really close to blooming is that on Wednesday at 1:00pm the bracts fell off. By looking at other Titan Arums it seems like the bracts fall about 2 or 3 days before it blooms. If you are interested, we happened to catch the event with our…

  • Perry, now with sound

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    doachs

    Earlier today we turned on the microphones on all of the cameras in the greenhouse. So if you are on campus and tune in to channel 7, you can hear what is being said in the greenhouse. Also for those of you lucky enough to be on our wired computer network, you can view live…

  • For all you Perry addicts

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    doachs

    Since it appears that Perry is now an addiction for some, I thought I would give those addicts a little something extra to look at. I am working on a new page that displays a variety of recent photos of Perry the Titan. The page is filled with thumbnails from all three cameras taken from…

  • May 5th, Corpse Flower Time Lapse Updates

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    doachs

    More Time Lapse Video Camera 1 March 28th – May 5th or on youtube Camera 1 May 3rd – May 5th or on youtube Camera 2 May 3rd – May 5th or on youtube Camera 3 May 3rd – May 5th or on youtube If you pay close attention to the video between 1:00am on…

  • More Time Lapse Video of Perry the Titan (Corpse Flower)

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    doachs

    Camera 1 April 26th – May 3rd or on youtube Camera 2 April 27th – May 3rd or on youtube Camera 3 May 1st – May 3rd or on youtube So, when is this plant going to bloom you may ask? Good question. I too have been trying to figure that out and the best…

  • Corpse Flower Time Lapse from May 1st

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    doachs

    The time lapse videos created from the images taken between midnight May 1st and early morning of May 2nd are now in. Time Lapse Video of Camera 1, May 1st Time Lapse Video of Camera 2, May 1st Time Lapse Video of Camera 3, May 1st You can also find links to them on the…

  • Corpse Flower Camera

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    doachs

    Thanks to the hard work and dedication of many people here at Gustavus we now have a wolderful flowering Amorphophallus titanum also known as a Corpse Flower to Titan Arum. Thanks to this unique event we have been given an opportunity to put some of our “toys” to good use. This afternoon we added a…

  • New Channels Added to GusTV

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    doachs

    For everyone trying out the GusTV pilot, we now have two additional channels. Thanks to some new hardware we are able to add some more channels to the lineup. Starting today we have added PBS (TPT2) and my 29 (WFTC). We hope to bring some more channels to the list soon. Please do let us…

  • Bittorrent From Only Internet2

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    sommere

    As you may have noticed, our connection to the Ineternet is often quite busy. In addition to our connection to the “Commodity Internet,” Gustavus also has an extra fast connection to Internet2 which connects colleges, universities, and research institutions on a very fast network. While our Internet connection is very busy most of the time,…

  • Where does our mail come from?

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    sommere

    According to our mail server logs, not surprisingly, almost exactly half of the mail Gustavus mail users receive is from other people at Gustavus. What may surprise some is that Facebook accounts for about 34% of the mail we receive. Here’s a graph from yesterday, which is pretty typical for a weekday. By gathering and…