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Last login: 9 hours agoWayne is a single guy from Barnsley, England, UK.
The name's Wayne, second name Smallman (go on, laugh it up!) I'm a web designer and developer by day and a writer and 'blogger by night. I run to keep fit, I listen to almost anything except reggae and I'll eat almost anything except marzipan.

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Living Safely with Robots, Beyond Asimovs Laws
12:24pm    (5 reviews)  ethics, law, robotics, science  http://www.physorg.com/news164887377.htm...
A truly fascinating discussion, aping and greatly extending a discussion of my own from 2007, in which I examined the ethical issues relating to robots. Whether we like it or not, the machines are beginning to rise...
ITVs big hopes for micropayments | Media | guardian.co.uk
Jul 3, 6:55am    (1 review)  business, tv, entertainment, technology  http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/organgri...
From the page: "ITV 'needs some kind of payment system' on the web, says its strategy director. It will also need users prepared to pay"
Sony eyes cellphone/game gear hybrid - Nikkei| Technology| Reuters
Jun 29, 3:41am    (1 review)  business, sony, mac-os, ipod, entertainment, playstation  http://www.reuters.com/article/technolog...
From the page: "Sony Corp is considering developing a cellphone-game gear hybrid in a bid to better compete with Apple Inc's highly popular iPod and iPhone, the Nikkei business daily said on Saturday."
Recent scenes from the ISS - The Big Picture - Boston.com
Jun 26, 2:08pm    (91 reviews)  photography, space  http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/06...
If I was given the chance to see Earth from space, I might easily be reduced to tears. Few of us deserve to live here, given our lamentable habits...
Atheist bus ad dispute goes to tribunal - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting...
Jun 26, 5:35am    (1 review)  law, religion, politics, humanity  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/...
From the page: "A dispute over Metro Tasmania's refusal to display anti-religious advertisements on its buses has been set down for a conciliation hearing." Religion is, by its very existence and exceptionally violent and sordid history, discriminatory.
When social media and censorship collide
Jun 26, 1:54am    (3 reviews)  cyberculture, internet, politics, media, censorship  http://www.blahblahtech.com/2009/06/when...
From the page: "So what have the recent elections in Iran, Skittles and Trent Reznor got in common? All three represent what happens when social media and censorship collide."
Super simple way to work with Twitter API (PHP + CSS)
Jun 25, 7:48am    (2 reviews)  programming, twitter, internet, php  http://woork.blogspot.com/2009/06/super-...
From the page: "In this post I want to illustrate a super simple way to work with Twitter API and PHP. In particular, this tutorial explains how to get public updates from Twitter public timeline and display them in a web page with a custom style using CSS. In order to get Twitter updates I used Twitterlibphp (a PHP implementation of the Twitter API) that allows you to take advantage of it from within your PHP applications."
FriendFeed Now Allows File Sharing, Including MP3s
Jun 25, 5:19am    (1 review)  internet-tools, social-networking, micro-blogging, friendfeed  http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/fri...
From the page: "Everyone's Robert Scoble's favorite real-time microblogging service, FriendFeed, is now allowing users to post and download many kinds of files through their site."
http://getclicky.com/blog/165/recent-updates-to-clicky
Jun 25, 2:28am    (1 review)  marketing, internet, internet-tools, statistics, clicky  http://getclicky.com/blog/165/recent-upd...
From the page: "We've silently been releasing new features and bug fixes over the last 2 weeks. I wanted to let everyone know about the recent changes, because it's doubtful anyone has noticed all of them."
Salty ocean in the depths of Enceladus
Jun 25, 12:51am    (1 review)  space-exploration, science, planets  http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.asp...
From the page: "An enormous plume of water spurts in giant jets from the south pole of Saturn's moon Enceladus. In a report published in the international science journal Nature today (25 June), European researchers provide evidence that this magnificent plume is fed by a salty ocean. The discovery could have implications for the search for extraterrestrial life as well as our understanding of how planetary moons are formed."