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TheGrahamBaileyBlogTheGrahamBaileyBlogI'm a technology blogger in a fast-moving ecosystem of change. I review technology, and talk tech with the 'haves' of the technology world. Articles
Miraculous Tunnel To Link London And New York
2008-05-23 16:47:00 Hardly anyone knows that a secret tunnel runs deep beneath the Atlantic Ocean. In May 2008, more than a century after it was begun, the tunnel will finally be completed. Immediately afterwards, an extraordinary optical device called a Telectroscope will be installed at both ends which will miraculously allow people to see right through the ... More About: New York , London , Link , York , Tunnel
XYZ Desk - For The Tony Stark In You
2008-05-23 12:24:00 Sorry for not posting in ages! As thanks for hanging on in there whilst my time is occupied with the new site, I’m kicking off the ‘Tony Stark ’ series, in which I’ll be checking out and finding the coolest and slickest gadgets and big boys toys, as well as other miscellaneous stuff. If you don’t know ... More About: Desk
Coldplay Returns With Free Music, Misses The Mark
2008-05-11 23:06:00 Semi-tech related here. I’m a little late with this, but Coldplay are offering up a free sample track from their new album “Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends”. If I’m honest, I was hoping that they would respond to the side of the mixed criticism of their previous album “X&Y” that said they ... More About: Music , Free Music , Free , Mark
Virtual Children: The Future? [Probably Not]
2008-05-11 00:39:00 Remember when I said I couldn’t make this stuff up? Here’s an example. The other day I got an email prompt from Facebook - social network cum app sharing site. I logged in, and as usual my long-dormant account had accumulated various requests. Friend requests, comment requests, request requests, but this one was new to me. ... More About: Children , Future , The Future , Virtual
Randy Pausch, A Great Man
2008-05-04 19:04:00 Every once in a while, someone comes along that really makes a difference; Randy Pausch is one of them. A lecturer at Carnegie Mellon University, Randy has gained fame from his 2 lectures “The Last Lecture: Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams“, and “Time Management“. He’s also dying of pancreatic cancer. I feel quite a fraud writing this, ... More About: Great , Randy Pausch
Online TV - Why It?s Good, And How To Get It Free
2008-05-02 12:11:00 Thanks to the Internet, media is everywhere. I mean literally, almost everywhere in the world. What Nappster started, everyone is still continuing. Until a few years ago, if you wanted to get hold of a song of a movie, you had two viable options. Buy, rent, or steal. In recent years, companies like media distributors and ... More About: Free , Online , Good
Apple With More Bite - What You Need To Know
2008-04-28 15:05:00 Okay, so I was close. For those of you just joining us, the Apple Store went down recently, and the rumour mills went even wilder than normal. I made some predictions for the comeback, and I was close. I predicted things like updated iMacs *ahem*, colourful iPhones, or more storage. Hit the jump for the 411 on ... More About: Bite
Apple Store Goes Down - Updated iMacs/iPhone coming?
2008-04-28 13:23:00 That pretty much sums it up. The Big Fruit has knocked down their store, and the Apple rumours are flying fast and thick as to what could happen. Hit the jump for more info, plus predictions> Okay, so barring a simple maintenance update on Apple’s store, there are a few options: Updated iMacs. On the last-but-one refresh of ... More About: Iphone , Store , Apple Store
Euphoria Brings Next-Gen Falling Over
2008-04-28 00:37:00 This is a (pretty cool) demo of a new ‘next-gen’ physics engine that’s sure to cause a laggy death. Based on virtual layers of human elements, like a skeleton, virtual muscles, and collision detection. The video also goes on to explain how amazing this is over ‘ragdoll’ physics, where parts of characters are stitched together. Technology like ... More About: Euphoria
The Next Generation [An Update]
2008-04-25 16:26:00 Just an update for all my readers: as some of you may know, for months I’ve been threatening to move to a new, more professional website. Well, I am. It isn’t easy to get hold of the right people, but its in the works. The new template is working well, and I’ve lined up 2 definite providers ... More About: Update , Generation , The Next Generation
15 Kickass Exoskeletons
2008-04-23 23:40:00 These 15 exoskeletons vary from the sedate to the mind-bending, featuring gems like this Stelarc 6-legged monster, which reminds me of futurama’s Mobile Oppression Palace. If I could have an exoskeleton, I’d have to go for one that made me really tall. And had wings. And maybe jet engines. What would your dream exoskeleton look like? [15 ...
Randy Pausch?s Last Lecture
2008-04-23 00:42:00 Randy Pausch’s last lecture at Carnegie Mellon University has become a hit on YouTube, watched thousands of times the world over. It’s the literal last lecture of the Universities’ lecturer, as he is dying of pancreatic cancer - I defy anyone not to be touched by this. Be warned though, the video is 78 minutes long, ... More About: Randy , Randy Pausch
Man Sells Entire Life - Really, No Kidding
2008-04-20 23:03:00 This guy is cool. At 22nd June 2008 at Midday, he’s selling his life. That’s right - his entire life. From his website: Everything. Life style. House. Car. Motorbike. Job. Friends. Everything that I own, and all of the things that I don’t own, but that are still an important part of my life! According to his website, ... More About: Kidding , Entire
The Man Who Wrote 200,000 Books
2008-04-15 11:31:00 Let’s get one thing straight; this kind of genius brings us things like Google, distributed computing at home, and let’s face it - the Internet. Philip M. Parker is one of these geniuses. He’s got computers armed with AI-based software that can write books. Go ahead, read that again, I’ll wait. Done? Good. It ... More About: Books , Wrote
The Technology Paradox: The Future Of Technology
2008-04-11 11:34:00 If you’re reading this post, to a certain degree you’re a technophile, gadget lover, or just found me via a search engine (if so, welcome). If you are a technophile or a gadget lover like me (I’m kinda both), then you’ll find that reading about technology, scoping out your next buy, and of course using your ... More About: Technology , Future , The Future , Paradox
Possibly The Best/Worst Use For Industrial Coolant [Crazy but cool]
2008-04-05 20:59:00 I’m not sure whether to toss this into the ‘genius’ or ’spectacularly bad idea’ pile. As how-to’s go, it’s certainly very dangerous. Instructables (home of whacky home-grown how-to’s) user giannyl has a video on how she managed to make a bananna shake with liquid nitrogen. Yes, liquid nitrogen. The same liquid nitrogen that comfotably resides at 63.15 ... More About: Cool , Industrial , Crazy
Open Source Planet, Chairless Planes, And Other April Fools Pranks Of Tech
2008-04-02 00:35:00 If you hit Google today, you would have been greeted with the line “A Cool World: Enjoy a rosier future as a Virgle Pioneer“. Virgle is the partnership between Richard Branson’s Virgin, and Google, that aims to take humanity to Mars - and what’s more, they plan to make the red planet Open Source . If you ... More About: Pranks , Planet , April , Tech
YouTube Higher Quality Lands
2008-03-31 19:31:00 Check this out; I thought I’d post up a version on the new Cadbury’s Chocolate Advert, but then I saw something different about YouTube. Underneath the video, there’s now a link offering ‘watch this video in higher quality’. Clicking reloads the video in - you guessed it - higher quality. I’ve yet to test the quality for ... More About: Youtube , Higher , Quality
Convergence Is Crushing Gadget Functionality
2008-03-31 10:00:00 An article on MSN’s Tech and Gadget s section caught my eye today. Called ‘Converging on a big mistake’, the article points out that technology convergenge - specifically in gadgets - isn’t so great, and can really make the water murky when it comes to functionality, as well as some other points. To some extent, I agree with ... More About: Convergence
Finnish Minister Nailed For Saucy Texts
2008-03-30 00:37:00 In my experience, it’s my opinion that those who text, flirt (I might call that Graham’s First Law - to the patent office!). Finland’s foreign minister has unfortunately discovered that those who flirt, get caught. Ilkka Kanerva sent about 200 saucy texts to Johanna Tukiainen, an erotic dancer, and unfortunately - you guessed it - got ... More About: Minister
Doctor Who Returns For New Series, Geeks Rejoice
2008-03-29 00:11:00 May the geeks of the world - or of the UK, anyway - rejoice. The BBC’s new series of the incredible Doctor Who has been announced for April the 5th, and I for one can’t wait. If you’re really interested, you can check out a trailer for the new series over at the BBC, here. ... More About: Geeks , Series
Microsoft Developing Office Suite For iPhone - Really
2008-03-26 00:05:00 It’s been confirmed to Fortune by Tom Gibbons - head of Microsoft ’s Specialized Devices and Applications Group - that the Big Blue will be looking to bring its Office suite to the iSlates. “To the extent that Mac Office customers have functionality that they need in that environment, we’re actually in the process of trying to ... More About: Iphone , Office Suite , Suite
Verizon Wins 700Mhz Auction, And Why That?s Not So Great
2008-03-21 00:42:00 What Just happened: Just as Gizmodo, and to a lesser extent I believed, Verizon has won the auction for rights to the 700Mhz chunk of the US airwaves. The Giz has a handy guide here about why that’s important, and what it is. Why that’s not so great: Simply put, Verizon doesn’t really change things. When Google ... More About: News , Auction , Great , Wins
Rise Of The Machines: Armies Of Real Transformers Coming Soon
2008-03-14 23:52:00 It’s happened. Just like a science fiction film, innocently enough, 10 universities are collaborating with the European Union-funded Symbrion to create swarms of transformer-style robots for various humanitarian causes. The scientists are aiming to create self-organising robots that will work in teams by 2013. Researchers will create standards that will allow the robots to evolve, adapt, work ... More About: Transformers , Machines , Real , Rise
Electronic Post-It Is Cool, Slightly Pointless
2008-03-13 12:44:00 This electronic version of a post-it note from Popular Science is actually a kit that you can make yourself. You use a trackpad to draw or write a note, which condenses to a small screen above. As much as this idea is fantastic, I think it might be adopted by iPhone and iPod SDK developers, ... More About: Electronic , Cool , Post , Pointless
Europe Blasts Jules Verne Into Space
2008-03-10 00:34:00 Dubbed “Hules Verne”, a 20-tonne unmanned freighter left the Kourou spaceport in South America at 0403 (GMT) today, officially taking Europe into the space-age. “With the launch of the ATV, we are embarking on an extraordinary voyage,”, said European Space Agency chief, Jean Jacques Dordain. The 20-tonne beast will provide fuel and waste disposal for the $100 ... More About: Jules Verne
Viruses As Art Bring Back Bad Memories For Make Google, Microsoft
2008-03-09 00:59:00 This really is strange. Artist Alex Dragulescu has used neutralised forms of unpopular viruses such as PWS-Lineage, Stormy, Mytob, IRCBot, Netsky (which will become SkyNet in the future, until the John_Connor patch is released), and MyDoom, which took out Google for several hours back in 2004. Security firm MessageLabs commissioned the works: API calls, memory addresses and ... More About: Microsoft , Back , Memories , Make
A-Day: Apple Launches iPhone SDK, iFund, iDeathstar
2008-03-07 23:23:00 That’s right, at a town hall event held at Apple ’s headquarters (or ‘the mothership’), His Steveness announced a whole load of goodies: Although late, the SDK for iPhone was announced Games are coming to iPhone, including Spore and Super Monkey Ball An AIM client will be coming to the iPhone (Or you can get it ... More About: Iphone
Microsoft Rolls Out Internet Explorer 8, Get It While It?s Hot [Browser War
2008-03-06 00:10:00 The Big Blue just announced their next move in the Browser Wars: A new version of it’s own offering Internet Explorer . What’s new? So far, IE8’s main new features are a kind of offline browsing trick where you can work on pages and save the changes locally, and then sync up when the Internet link comes ... More About: Microsoft , Internet Explorer , Mozilla
Check Out: Cali Lewis, GeekBrief
More articles from this author:2008-03-01 10:00:00 Although not completely devoid of the fairer sex, the technology world is arguably a male-majority place. One of the best podcasters out there, however, is Cali Lewis . Husband and wife - yep, she’s taken, the duo get out and about, podcasting on a range of techno-topics as well as reporting on events like CES 2008, and ... More About: Check 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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