Ned Gulley’s Blog. Resident buzzwords: synthetic biology, ambient displays, swarm robotics, wise crowds.
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 23rd, 2009
Here’s the kind of thing we used to see alongside a headline like HISTORIC IMAGE FROM SPACE or FUZZY BLOB WALKS ON OVEREXPOSED LUNAR SURFACE. It’s no wonder people claimed the moon walk was fake. It wouldn’t be hard to fake this sneeze-and-spilled-ink furball. But we’ve come a long way since then. Cameras are cheap, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 12th, 2008
Fargo North Decoder, of Electric Company fame, once helped a character played by Rita Moreno with her dangerously loose interpretation of a No Fishing sign. Her version went like this: “Private Property? No! Fishing Allowed.” She was wrong; trouble ensued. In a similar vein, here is a good one from Steve Crandall’s blog. It appears [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 10th, 2008
The other day when I was trying to track down an old friend from my previous job, I ended up on a Beach Volleyball photography site. Because that’s what I used to do in my old job: pro beach volleyball. Yep. I was quite the pro beach volleyballer back in the day. You can probably [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 28th, 2001
Here’s a beautiful shot of the Earth at night from NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day site. It’s big; if you look closely you can tell a lot of stories with it. For instance, South Korea looks like an island. There’s a line of blackness that starts right at the border with North Korea.
