Ned Gulley’s Blog. Resident buzzwords: synthetic biology, ambient displays, swarm robotics, wise crowds.
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 29th, 2008
My family was up visiting my wife’s uncle in Maine this weekend. He told us some harrowing stories: for the better part of a week, his house in York was without power after the recent ice storm (the lights were on in time for our visit, mercifully). A few hours without power can be a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 23rd, 2008
In the beasts of the tropical rainforest we see a riot of color and shape like no other place on earth. This lovely poster calls attention to some of the remarkable species found in the modern rainforest. Here we see arrayed everything from the small and reclusive Franklin 3600 to the swaggering John Deere Feller/Buncher [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 17th, 2008
All roads lead to Rome, but all skyways lead to Memphis. Watch this video and you’ll see what I mean. I defy you not to think of ants crawling into an ant hill. You’re watching 25 hours worth of FedEx flights, and there’s no better way to understand the hub-and-spoke nature of the business. Everything [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 16th, 2008
Have you ever been walking on Wall Street and realized you were walking on Wall Street? When I was in college, I spent a few touristic days in Bruges, Belgium. While strolling along the old cobblestones one night, I suddenly realized that the street name “Langestraat,” which sounded so exotic to my American ears, simply [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 10th, 2008
Look, I’m sorry to be the one to tell you this, I really am, but Monty Python now has their own YouTube channel. You may commence wasting time now. As they say in their intro video, “For three years, you YouTubers have been ripping us off…” But now, they’ve decided to put authorized high quality [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 9th, 2008
Where I live, yesterday marked the earliest sunset. From now until summer, you’ll get more afternoon for your money. It’s cold and dark in New England. I always resent the sunlight when it goes vacationing in the southern hemisphere, but I am always happy to welcome it back. Nice Sun… make yourself comfortable. Shall I [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 5th, 2008
A friend of mine at work has a teen aged son who is musically gifted. He likes to play the piano, but he can’t read music. His preferred way of learning a new piece is to watch somebody else play it and copy what they do. You might think this is limiting, but you’re forgetting [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 3rd, 2008
We’re used to software that you push around with your mouse and tap-tap-typing fingers. With mobile devices, the long-awaited revolution of new input modes has finally arrived. Now that it’s finally happening, it’s hard to believe how fast it’s happening. For instance, with Shazam you can ask your iPhone to tell you the name of [...]
