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Wisteria and Cow Parsley
Leo | Wednesday March 10, 2010 |
It must be about time for an update on what has been happening at Tumbledown Farm. We have been blessed with blue skies and good weather this month. It has been a welcome relief from the cold winter that seems to have been dragging its heels for months. ...
Digital Finds
/General | Monday March 08, 2010 |
Very sad news from the pages of Rolling Stone : Singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Mark Linkous has committed suicide, his publicist confirms to Rolling Stone. Best known for his acclaimed work with Sparklehorse, who released four albums of...
Wisteria and Cow Parsley
Flower Power | Wednesday March 03, 2010 |
Awakening Spring is in the air. I can smell it. It's about time! On Monday the sun came out, ladybirds started to stir and the bees began to buzz again. You could almost hear the crocus pushing upwards ...
Digital Finds
/General | Thursday February 25, 2010 |
The Guardian and New Scientist have already reported on the OpenStreetMap response in Haiti, now the BBC has a very nice magazine piece on the same subject. For more information, see the Project Haiti wiki page.
Computing, GIS and Archaeology in the UK
opensource | Wednesday February 24, 2010 |
There’s a fantastic article in today’s Guardian ( via Computer World Magazine ) about the International Intellectual Property Alliance, who say that countries advocating the use of open source software should be put on a “Specialist 301...
Digital Finds
/General | Tuesday February 23, 2010 |
Ben has announced to the gvSIG mailing list the availabilty of the second beta of our OA Digital version of gvSIG. More details on our site From the site: Advantages of gvSIG OADE 2010 GvSIG OADE 2010 differs from the official...
Wisteria and Cow Parsley
Sunday February 21, 2010 |
Actaea seed head. They are having another photo competition over at Gardening Gone Wild . This month's theme is " Winter Light ". I was not too hopeful of taking part this month when I saw the theme. It feels like the darkest dreariest winter of...
The Biting Wires
Saturday February 20, 2010 |
This is the blog accompanying the current survey work at the New Kingdom Palace site of Malqata (Luxor, Westbank,reign of Amenhotep III) undertaken by the Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University and the Department of Egyptian Art at The Metropolitan...
Digital Finds
/General | Thursday February 18, 2010 |
Yann might be unhappy with Google and their new Buzz service, but I'd like to play with it some more and see how it pans out. Add me if you want to. I've got a Google profile and, of course, an address: iknowjoseph at gmail dot com Let's see if I...
Yanns blog
General | Wednesday February 17, 2010 |
I am unhappy about google Buzz who decided to automatically create a list of people I will be following in Buzz. I am unhappy that I was subscribed automatically to buzz via gmail although it's a service I never wanted. I am unhappy that they made the list of...
OA - Ubuntu
General | Wednesday February 17, 2010 |
Short introduction: KnowledgeTree (KT) is a document management system written in PHP, targetting small to medium businesses. I would name Alfresco as its closest competitor. At Oxford Archaeology we are already using KT, and plan to increase its use to...
Yanns blog
General | Monday February 15, 2010 |
Heimat. And it translates into "Sans-abri" in french as well :)
Wisteria and Cow Parsley
Sunday February 14, 2010 |
Kleinia abyssinica Its that time of year again. Valentines Day. The day we are told we must spoil our loved ones. I must confess I am not a big fan of being manipulated by marketing. It does not mean that I do not wish to show my nearest and dearest...
Digital Finds
/General | Friday February 12, 2010 |
Thanks to some new lab settings: I'm sure that the geofolks will have already been all over this, but I like it. Enough to replace OpenStreetMap though? Probably not.
Digital Finds
/General | Wednesday February 10, 2010 |
My last post accused archaeological science practitioners of failing at science, and quite often, archaeological theory too. Of course, there are people doing proper science and archaeology out there and they are talking about it too. More...
Yanns blog
General | Wednesday February 10, 2010 |
Those who know me know that I like Jamendo very much :) Jamendo is a platform for musicians to post and spread their music for free - you can download all the music, for free, legally. If you want to use the music in a commercial way however, or if you want...
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...
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