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 →

FOAF-a-Matic In Italian

Thanks to the efforts of Fabrizio Tarizzo the FOAF-a-Matic is now available in Italian. That brings the total up to 9 different languages. Thanks Fabrizio!

XForms Freebie

First Eric van der Vlist makes his RELAX NG book freely available, and now Micah Dubinko has done the same with XForms Essentials. (found via Cafe con Leche). Excellent. Is this a new trend for O'Reilly I wonder? I've been specifying a number of XML APIs (RESTful of course) recently and it'd be nice to … Continue reading XForms Freebie →