Ned Gulley’s Blog. Resident buzzwords: synthetic biology, ambient displays, swarm robotics, wise crowds.
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 6th, 2003
One of the best ways to build something that you don’t have time to do yourself is to describe it on a blog and wait for somebody else to build it. This has happened enough times for somebody to give it a name, the LazyWeb. Names are legs for memes, and this one is off [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 4th, 2003
My USB to Mini-USB cable came in the mail yesterday (see my Froogle post of 12/31 below), and I’m very pleased to report that it works perfectly. So there’s another reason to like the svelte little Zire: no need to buy a fancy-pants custom cradle-n-cable for your machine. A $3.25 cable from PCTek Online will [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 2nd, 2003
APOD has a lovely snapshot from our friends in the International Space Station of Mt. Etna spewing ash and lava across the Mediterranean.
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 2nd, 2003
Here’s something we’re (sadly) going to see a lot more of: digital stalking. A Wisconsin man is accused of stalking his former girlfriend by attaching a GPS device to her car. GPS device used to stalk woman (CNN.com). It’s too bad that so many creepy disaffected stalker-types are also technically skilled geeks. [Seen on Gizmodo]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 2nd, 2003
It is a well-established fact that New Year’s Day (with the possible exception of Valentine’s Day) is the most depressing day of the year. It’s supposed to be filled with portent and possibility, with hope for the coming year. Instead it is filled with asinine parades, with stomach-churning hangovers and bleak dreary weather. What does [...]
