Oxford Archaeology Blogs

Digital Finds | General | Monday August 18, 2008 | By iknowjoseph

I thought the recently released maps.met.police.uk service looked quite interesting. More write-up can be found on The Register .

Yann's blog | General | Friday August 15, 2008 | By yann

This could have been entitled "how to get a new operating system running in less than 2 minutes". Right, this post is intended for Linux Users only, but I know there are a couple out there... Virtualisation is a technology that is used to run several...

Libra Source | General Stuff | Thursday August 14, 2008 | By Caoimhin

Spread Open Media is an interesting site. Promotes and provokes a lot of thought.  Open source has been about for a long time now but with the new advances in media systems - graphics, video, office and sound; the open source community, which...

Digital Finds | OLPA | Wednesday August 13, 2008 | By iknowjoseph

There's plenty going on in the world of Openmoko, too much for me to comment on fully without spending a lot of time on the matter, but I'm not sure if that's the best way for me to spend my days. I'll just link to things that I think have been important: ...

Libra Source | GIMP | Wednesday August 13, 2008 | By Caoimhin

Hopefully by tonight I will have finished the first tutorial book of GIMP and get around to using of the online tutorials.  At this stage with GIMP I am a convert, a blissful radical.  GIMP does its job BETTER than anything else out there.  ITS...

Eastern Blog | Music | Saturday August 02, 2008 | By wintermute

Welcome back to the Nearer East. I am currently sitting in the evening sun watching mad Quebecois playing accordians. Yes it's that time again when us folky nutters gather in a damp park at Cherry Hinton Hall to listen to music with one finger in the ear. What...

Shapefile | General | Saturday August 02, 2008 | By Anna

The purpose of this legendary journey was to participate in the Winckelmann Cup 2008 as part of the (rather international) team CARDIFF DRAGONS. The Winckelmann Cup is the Archaeology Football Worldcup and takes place every year in a different location....

The Ubuntry / El Ubuntento | General | Friday August 01, 2008 | By RafaMJ

Jon 'Maddog' Hall is one of the persons with more influence within the free software worldwide scene. Well, I am not going to do a serious introduction because the truth is that I had hardly heard about him. I include here a link to the entry he has in...

The Ubuntry / El Ubuntento | General | Friday August 01, 2008 | By RafaMJ

Jon 'Maddog' Hall (algo así como Juan 'Perroloco' Pasillo) es una de las personas más influyentes del panorama del software libre en el mundo. Bueno, no te voy a hacer una presentación de él porque lo cierto es que yo apenas había oído hablar de él. Te dejo un...

Digital Finds | General | Friday August 01, 2008 | By iknowjoseph

English Heritage have responded to a Freedom of Information Act request concerning the procurement and use of the Intrasis site recording software: http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/archaeological_projects_team_use Provided response (.doc) and ...

Digital Finds | OLPA | Wednesday July 30, 2008 | By iknowjoseph

The terminal is fun and everything, but sometimes you might think that it's not the most fun you could get out of your rubber keyboard . For that you need Numpty Physics . Michael Kluge compiled it for Openmoko: .ipk file Source You'll...

Eastern Blog | General | Sunday July 20, 2008 | By wintermute

Greetings fellow travellers from Silicon Fen. What a short strange trip it's been - not much seems to have changed on the surface, but dig a little deeper (sorry) and differences do become apparent. As is often the case in such changeovers, the sign over the...

The Ubuntry / El Ubuntento | General | Sunday July 20, 2008 | By RafaMJ

Hola visitante. Creo que es hora de tener nuestro propio Ubuntu 8.04, la última versión. Primero déjame explicarte el por qué del nombre de las versiones de Ubuntu. Es fácil: 8 significa 2008, el año en el que la versión ha sido lanzada; 04 significa el mes,...

The Ubuntry / El Ubuntento | General | Sunday July 20, 2008 | By RafaMJ

Hi visitor. I think it is time to get our own Ubuntu 8.04, the latest version. First let me explain you why the name of the versions of Ubuntu. It's easy: 8 stands for 2008, the year when the version has been launched; 04 stands for the month, April. There are...

A2 News and Conservation Blog | Status | Friday July 18, 2008 | By danagb

Conservation blog for work on archaeological finds from the A2 Pepperhill to Cobham Widening Scheme Skanska Construction UK Ltd have been carrying out the improvements to the A2 south of Gravesend in Kent for the Highways Agency, and employed Oxford...

Digital Finds | OLPA | Wednesday July 16, 2008 | By iknowjoseph

This keyboard is great; it's a roll-up rubber affair that can be used underwater and was designed for hazardous environments. We had a batch specially made for us by Hela with a USB mini-b connector for use on the FreeRunner without any adapters. I've just...

Yann's blog | General | Friday July 11, 2008 | By yann

All the users in Mauguio, Lancaster and Cambridge are now all using Zimbra... We have made good progress in Oxford as well - the move should be finished soon! Was a lot of hard work and literally millions of emails to transfer, but we're nearly there :)

Digital Finds | OLPA | Thursday July 10, 2008 | By iknowjoseph

The first unboxing pictures of a retail FreeRunner? I was told I wasn't a real geek unless I did this: Beautiful

Digital Finds | General | Wednesday July 09, 2008 | By iknowjoseph

I received an email a while ago sent to one of the big distribution lists here at OA, it really annoyed me at the time and I think now is the time to share it with a wider audience. This is how I read it: I have just acquired the paper report for the...

Digital Finds | OLPA | Tuesday July 08, 2008 | By iknowjoseph

All the "news" provided in this post is available elsewhere. I am, however, keen to help disseminate it as far and as wide as possible, not least because I am particularly excited about the potentials of such work; more than anything, these screen shots show...

Yann's blog | General | Tuesday July 01, 2008 | By yann

It's hot, it's new, it's the french website! Right no it's not completely ready yet, but nearly :) You can follow the development at the following address: http://fr-dev.thehumanjourney.net/ . At this stage, we would be very pleased with some feedback,...

Digital Finds | OLPA | Tuesday July 01, 2008 | By iknowjoseph

I'm currently in Cambridge ; just a quick one then. Read this: http://gvsigmobileonopenmoko.wordpress.com/

Yann's blog | General | Tuesday July 01, 2008 | By yann

It seems I am not the first one to have troubles setting up a windows XP KVM guest. The main problem seems to be that it just won't install using acceleration; on the other hand, it works fine without (qemu mode). Here is a command line that works to boot from...

The Ubuntry / El Ubuntento | General | Sunday June 29, 2008 | By RafaMJ

Hola visitante. Y bienvenido a la primera entrada de este blog, mi blog-sobre-Ubuntu-basado-en-Oxford: Ubunblox. Como puedes imaginar la dirección me salió facil... Además, quería que fuera entendido en todos los idiomas. Escribo sólo en inglés y español y no...