Oxford Archaeology Blogs

Digital Finds /General | Monday February 08, 2010 |

There's a fantastic article on the Guardian's website about further revelations emerging from the UEA "Climategate" affair. The conclusion? Release the source code of applications you use in scientific endeavours. I said something like this at TAG 2008: ...

Wisteria and Cow Parsley Winter | Monday February 08, 2010 |

Last Sunday there was a rare day of winter sunshine so I decided to make the most of it and take in some snowdrops. After a very pleasant drive through the Cotswolds I arrived at Colesbourne Park . Colesbourne Park was the home of Henry John Elwes (1846-1922)...

Computing, GIS and Archaeology in the UK opensource | Friday February 05, 2010 |

This week I have actually been doing some real GIS work for a change, rather than going to meetings, writing bids, writing reports, fixing computer problems and showing other people how to do stuff. I think this is the first time in approx 2 years that...

Digital Finds /General | Thursday February 04, 2010 |

A great number of people, myself included, have been doing what we can to help relief work in Haiti. This is now, rather wonderfully, being picked up in the proper press: NewScientist 27 January 2010: How crowdsourcing is helping in Haiti The...

Wisteria and Cow Parsley Photography | Tuesday February 02, 2010 |

Silent the phantom wood in waters deep .

Wisteria and Cow Parsley Plants I Like | Sunday January 31, 2010 |

Whenever I see an article discussing trees with interesting bark Acer griseum usually comes top of the list. I am not sure I have ever seen one that even so much as mentions Polylepis australis. Although I think it is sad that it does not have a more sexy...

The Biting Wires Friday January 29, 2010 |

The GIS and Survey manual has now also been made public on the gvSIG Community Contributions website ! :-)

Digital Finds /General | Thursday January 28, 2010 |

I'm thinking about going to the OpenStreetMap conference this year, named State of the Map. The question remains though, is it in Spain , Italy or Portugal ? It's good to see that a bunch of mapping enthusiasts are so geographically aware. I'm hoping...

Wisteria and Cow Parsley Tumbledown Farm | Thursday January 28, 2010 |

  So January is nearly over; I cannot say I am sorry. As the snow receded it left behind a sea of brown mush and boggy land. My Aeoniums have had it. I am not holding out much hope for the Echeveria either. As for the rest,...

`~` KeePOnMoviN' `~` Wednesday January 27, 2010 |

เมื่อวาน (26กุมภา)  ด้วยความที่ช่วงนี้ขี้เกียจทำกับข้าว หลังเลิกงานเราเลยเดินไปซื้อไก่ทอดแถวๆที่ทำงาน เพื่อเอากลับไปกินเป็นมื้อเย็น ซื้อเสร็จเราก็มานั่งสั่นงั่กๆ รอรถเมลล์ที่ป้าย อากาศตอนนั้นประมาณ 1-2 องศาได้มั้ง (แอบคิดในใจ จะแข็งตายก็คราวนี้ล่ะกู =...

Wisteria and Cow Parsley Tumbledown Farm | Sunday January 24, 2010 |

Digital Finds /General | Thursday January 21, 2010 |

Plenty of vintage TV archaeology released via the BBC Archives to help plug some new content: http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/chronicle/ To coincide with BBC Radio Four's groundbreaking 'A History of the World in 100 objects" the BBC archive...

Digital Finds /General | Thursday January 21, 2010 |

Sounds like ray guns. Some great cold weather blog posts: Dispersion of Sound Waves in Ice Sheets Ice Recordings Updated …Sounds like Star Wars Blasters Archaeological implications for encounters with singing lakes abound; who's for...

Wisteria and Cow Parsley Garden Visit | Wednesday January 20, 2010 |

The Courts, Holt, Wiltshire. I have been on something of a garden visiting odyssey over the past year. I have delighted in discovering a whole range of gardens across the England. Garden visits have been my way of escaping the stresses of real world....

OA - Ubuntu General | Wednesday January 20, 2010 |

Dear Planet Ubuntu, I've been having issues with KVM for several months now (running Ubuntu Hardy LTS). I was using kvm62, had many issues with it (non fontional SMP, issues with network drivers, ...), then I moved to the kvm84 and libvirt 0.6.1 backports, an...

Computing, GIS and Archaeology in the UK Life | Monday January 18, 2010 |

I’ve always used Google Alerts to let me know when Archaeogeek is mentioned online. It’s very useful for checking that your posts are not used/copied without attribution or permission, for one (this happens on a depressingly regular basis, and...

Wisteria and Cow Parsley Flower Power | Friday January 15, 2010 |

(It goes ping when its finished!) I can't wait for Spring. I'm busy planning what I am going to grow this year. What's on your list? "Like seeds dreaming beneath the snow your heart dreams of spring." Kahlil Gibran.

Wisteria and Cow Parsley Aspidistra | Wednesday January 13, 2010 |

Part III of our series of special guest blogs by wildlife gardener and writer Aspidistra. The blackbird sits somewhere in the middle of the garden pecking order. The snow, I find, has been messing with social etiquette....

Yanns blog General | Tuesday January 12, 2010 |

Just wanted to point out this. Congrats to google execs for this. Stick to your convictions and what you think is right, no matter how much it hurts - is an advice many companies (and people) should follow.

Digital Finds /General | Tuesday January 12, 2010 |

My watch stopped yesterday, first time I've ever had that with a digital:

Wisteria and Cow Parsley Aspidistra | Tuesday January 12, 2010 |

The second part of our special guest blog series by wildlife gardener, writer and jam collector Aspidistra.  Snowed in in the village. I ts not just the wildlife that finds the snow a bit of a challenge, the humans are up to...

Wisteria and Cow Parsley Aspidistra | Monday January 11, 2010 |

I am very excited today as we have our first ever guest blogger at Wisteria and Cow Parsley. Stilton is giving her a suspicious look, but I think you'll like her! Today's post is by our dear friend, wildlife gardener and writer, Aspidistra. Photo's are from...

Computing, GIS and Archaeology in the UK opensource | Thursday January 07, 2010 |

The Call for Papers for the second UK OSGIS conference is now open. This will take place at the University of Nottingham Centre for Geospatial Sciences on the 21st-22nd of June 2010. More information is available at the website . Last year’s conference...

Computing, GIS and Archaeology in the UK Life | Wednesday January 06, 2010 |

Happy New Year everyone. I don’t know about you, but I won’t be inviting 2009 back for a repeat visit any time soon! Whilst I know it was a tough year for everyone, for me the problems were compounded by health issues (of the chronic rather than...