XFN

Bryce Benton just posted to rdfweb-dev pointing out the arrival of XFN (XHTML Friends Network) and in particular a document from CSS-guru Eric Meyer constrasting XFN and FOAF. Thought I'd post a few thoughts and (hopefully) constructive comments. Firstly I'm impressed by it's elegance: annotate a few links with an extra attribute with values from … Continue reading XFN →

RDF Syntax: Profiling and Styling

Dorothea recently wrote a rant about the RDF syntax in which she rails against the suggestion from some RDF advocates that the syntax is unimportant: it's the model that counts. Dorothea notes that: ...only a few people actually create models

Nice Big Graphs

My first interesting find via Minding the Planet which I added to my aggregator today courtesy of Dave Beckett is The Opte Project, "mapping the internet in a single day". No doubt everyone and their uncle have already seen this, but it's new to me. Some gorgeous graphs generated using Large Graph Layout, "a compendium … Continue reading Nice Big Graphs →

My Light Cone

I just noticed on Interconnected that Matt Web has created a little utility to generate your own personal light cone as an RSS feed. I've only just recently heard of the concept of a light cone, one of many interesting facts I've learnt whilst reading Impossibility by John Barrow. You can visualise it as a … Continue reading My Light Cone →

FOAF-a-Matic in Korean; Fun With Statistics

Thanks to the kind efforts of Minsu Jang the FOAF-a-Matic is now available in Korean. I'm really pleased. With the tool now available in ten languages I thought it might be fun to estimate what the potential user base might now be. With a bit of googling I found this localization guide. The statistics include … Continue reading FOAF-a-Matic in Korean; Fun With Statistics →

Enchanted Wood 2003

Westonbirt Arboretum is rapidly becoming one of my favourite places for a family outing. I love walking in a wood and with the diverse range of tree in their collection there is plenty to appreciate throughout the year. Around Xmas time every year they rope off a section of the Old Arboretum to make a … Continue reading Enchanted Wood 2003 →

Martha

I suddenly realised I've not really posted any pictures of Martha. So here's one to be going on with.

Pining For University

Every year come October I get this overwhelming urge to go back into education again. I loved being at university as both an undergraduate studying Biology and as a postgraduate studying Computing, and freely admit to pining for the mental stimulation that full-time education brings. And yes, the lazy mornings and impromptu mid-week drinking sessions, … Continue reading Pining For University →

Unit Testing PL/SQL

For my sins I've been writing a bit of PL/SQL recently. It's been nearly 4 years since I had to do that in anger and predictably I've forgotten way more than I remember. At the time I was responsible for redesigning the database for a Laboratory Information Management System used by researchers at Pfizer looking … Continue reading Unit Testing PL/SQL →

Connect The Dots

Let's see... Whilst pointing out a few cool things Edd mentions Planet Gnome and Monologue. Both of these are community sites formed from aggregating GNOME and Mono developers blogs; James Strachan announces the new hausmates feeds. Java Blogs we already know about, and similarly the blogs on Java.net; Simon Willison notes a move to build … Continue reading Connect The Dots →