Ned Gulley’s Blog. Resident buzzwords: synthetic biology, ambient displays, swarm robotics, wise crowds.
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 26th, 2001
Send your name to Mars. NASA will put your name on Mars for free. No catch. But it’s a pretty cerebral kind of stunt. Your name will be data-compressed and encoded on a CD-ROM that then gets mailed to Mars. Catch this snazzy marketing line: “Everyone on Earth who has ever dreamed of being an [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 23rd, 2001
I am fascinated by the image of the wild-n-free communes in the 60s. On the one hand, it seems like such a cool concept. On the other hand, it seems so hopeless, ridiculous, and filthy. I recently rented Easy Rider, which offers an excellent viewpoint from the middle of the era in question. Recently, there [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 22nd, 2001
TracerLock is a company that filters the web while you sleep and emails you the results. Very similar to Spyonit.com (which I use on this site and like an awful lot) and somewhat similar to the Opencola.com concept.
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 22nd, 2001
Martin Wattenberg’s treemap implementation taken to the Smithsonian: HistoryWired: A few of our favorite things. Very nice, and a glimpse of things to come, I’m sure. This interface is getting heavy press, which is a pretty cool concept in itself.
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 21st, 2001
MIT’s ( blogdex ) is now working, and sure enough, they scrape together all the content that’s being referenced by blogs around the world. Since the net is a pretty repetitive place, you get an idea very quickly of what’s hot right now. Look at the top items on this list. They’re all pretty good. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 21st, 2001
This one is from Wally. Check out humanclock.com to see what time it is. Why go electronic when you can go human? A nice small humanizing gift for the wired world.
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 20th, 2001
Learn how David Allen, the Getting Things Done guy, organizes his Palm. David Allen’s Gear, Tips, & Tools. This book is sweeping through my company like the stomach flu.
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 19th, 2001
Meerkat: An Open Wire Service
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 16th, 2001
Here’s a message from the inimitable Dave Winer. I think he does a good job with his short pithy description of why blogging is important. DaveNet : Connecting with Blogger.
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 6th, 2001
There’s a list for everything, including how to look like a tiger. Do you have what it takes? Procedures for the North Allegheny Tiger Costume. Helpful hint: When asked, “Who are you really?” remember that you are a real tiger.
