WayneSmallman
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I'm Wayne, the guy behind the Blah, Blah! Technology blog, which is about delivering technology commentary and opinion on the kind of technology trends that shape lives, shape businesses and shape the future — be sure to join my Sci-Tech Community!
http://www.blahblahtech.com/about
Barnsley, Yorkshire, England
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Stainless Planet | Environment. Developing world. Issues you care about. view story
7 votes- Submitted by WayneSmallman
- about 22 hours ago
- (http://www.stainlessplanet.com/)
I am not an ecolofreak. At least not yet, I am working on it. I for sure am really concerned about the environment and conservation. Stainless Planet is a way for me to take a step forward and give more substance to my convictions.
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Introducing Picasa 3.0 (and big changes for Picasa Web Albums) view video
4 votes- Submitted by WayneSmallman
- 2 days ago
- (http://googleblog.blogspot.com/20...)
Today, we're rolling out major technology upgrades to both Picasa and Picasa Web Albums. As you might have guessed, these are largely focused on how we share and enjoy our photos with others.
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BBEdit 9 Packed With Powerful New Text Editing Tools view photo
4 votes- Submitted by WayneSmallman
- 4 days ago
- (http://www.webmonkey.com/blog/BBE...)
Bare Bones, makers of the venerable BBEdit, have handed down a new set of tablets bringing BBEdit alongside, and arguably far past, its competitors...
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Toward textile-based solar cells: SPIE Newsroom: SPIE.org view photo
6 votes- Submitted by WayneSmallman
- 5 days ago
- (http://spie.org/x27087.xml?highli...)
A fiber-based organic photovoltaic may form the building block of cost-effective, energy-harvesting textiles.
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21 Ways the Digital Revolution is Leaving the Consumer Behind : Brazen Careerist - A Career Center for Generation Y view story
9 votes- Submitted by WayneSmallman
- 5 days ago
- (http://www.brazencareerist.com/20...)
Brazen Careerist is an online community and career center for Generation Y -- young professionals who want to define their careers using the new rules for success.
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BT bets on open development | Business Tech - CNET News view story
2 votes- Submitted by WayneSmallman
- 5 days ago
- (http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-...)
BT, long considered a risk-taker in the telecommunications market, has laid a $105 million bet to open its network to application developers in the hopes of creating innovative voice services. But will other phone companies take a similar gamble?
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AppleInsider | Apple seeds developer tools for background-conscious iPhone apps view story
3 votes- Submitted by WayneSmallman
- 5 days ago
- (http://www.appleinsider.com/artic...)
Apple has equipped some of its developers with the tools needed to begin authoring iPhone applications that can receive data over the internet, like instant messages, even when they're not running...
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One Company’s Way of Fighting Global Warming: Transforming CO2 Into Useful Products : CleanTechnica view story
5 votes- Submitted by WayneSmallman
- 5 days ago
- (http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/...)
California-based Carbon Sciences thinks the answer to our CO2 problem is calcium carbonate—specifically, the company has invented a process to convert CO2 into calcium carbonate that can be used in everything from cosmetics to ceramics...
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Nature Activities - Everyday Environmentalist: Run Your Car on Vegetable Oil view photo
3 votes- Submitted by WayneSmallman
- 8 days ago
- (http://www.nature.org/activities/...)
A hybrid vehicle was a little out of a traveling intern’s budget, but it turns out there are alternatives. A diesel vehicle can be made to run on waste vegetable oil (WVO) with some modifications...
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Paraplegics take first steps with robotic legs view video
11 votes- Submitted by WayneSmallman
- 9 days ago
- (http://technology.newscientist.co...)
Paralyzed for the past 20 years, former Israeli paratrooper Radi Kaiof now walks down the street issuing a faint mechanical hum. That is the sound of an electronic exoskeleton that moves the 41-year-old's legs and propels him forward.

