Data is not binary
Science, data, internet, ontology, work and non-work themes converging – my post on O’Reilly Radar, reposted below Why open data
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Author: Gavin
Fixing paths when moving wordpress
Keywords: WordPress, HostPapa, managed hosting, image upload, fix, migration I recently moved a friend’s blog to a managed (virtual) hosting
Read moreObsfuscation as a method of closed data
Things wrong with Companies House Crown Copyright data disclosure (which allows free copying) Get the DVD rom of the data
Read morea bit more than toothache
<not for the squemish…> I consider myself to have a high tolerance (albeit a low threshold) for pain: I can
Read moreΔten / Δ10 / delta10
Many late night discussions over the last year from FOWA, IT@Cork, eTech, Green:net to Geekyoto, and with the AMEE team
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Possible futures?
Pick a future?
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Age of Stupid
Official website: http://www.spannerfilms.net/films/ageofstupid Watch it here: http://www.ageofstupid.net/screening/pp/london_vue_acton
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A Climate of Polarisation
(copy of my post on the O’Reilly Radar) We’re all aware of the emotive language used to polarize the climate
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The Climate Change Act
Below are some highlights from a great summary on the 2degrees site (which requires registration and I’d recommend if you
Read moreSoundcloud Terms – more rights fuzziness
I’ve been a SoundCloud member since Feb 2008. My most recent login threw up a “we have new T+Cs” message
Read moreVirtual conferencing at HEAD conference
I presented at <head> at the London Hub (in person) on Friday, and today online (from home). I wanted to
Read moreCape Farewell
Cape Farewell sets off today with a slightly different crew to norml; including Jarvis Cocker, KT Tunstall, Laurie Anderson, Ryuichi
Read moreSea ice – update (sept 2008)
(source: http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/) The Arctic sea ice cover appears to have reached its minimum extent for the year, the second-lowest extent
Read moreCan’t everyone define the future?
At least once a year I refer someone I meet to Danny’s superb piece on Wired UK. I wanted to
Read moreThe Great Global Warming Swindle swindle
Further to the outcry at the time, this weekend The Guardian reports; “Channel 4 to be censured over controversial climate
Read moreDelia Derbyshire does it again
As if she needed to leave a greater legacy, a tape recovered from her attic 7 years ago after she
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Cloudcast :: a next step in the evolution of broadcast
At last, I think the nature of [AV] transmission is beginning to reveal itself. Do we need a new term?
Read moreFundamental UK science under threat
The Science and Technology Facilities Council in the UK has managed to create a terrible situation which could destroy fundamental
Read moreAcoustic Cosmology at Interesting 2008
Interesting2008 lived up to its name today. I gave a rather rapid (7 minute!) summary of Acoustic Cosmology. As a
Read moreDopplr do it again
Lovely stuff.
Read moreRest in peace
STEAD James, age 107 (b. 1901), passed away peacefully in his sleep on Sunday 8th June 2008 on his beloved
Read moreFood, population, climate, trade
As the UN sets out its food crisis measures, and setting aside the climate change, population growth and other globalisation
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Remarkable insights
The Long Now essay by Daniel Hillis on “Richard Feynman and The Connection Machine” contains some fantastic, inspiring nuggets, which
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Not at all pleased about this…
Blogs are very useful to gratuitously vent one’s disappointments out into the Ether… Dear Bicycle Thieves, As a thief you’ll
Read moreQuite pleased about this…
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ For (mostly my own) reference, here’s a scan of the printed version Thanks to Wendy.
Read moreDopplr and PMOG
Some people are too clever by half. (to the dopplr, batbit) Flying with radar, gaming trashes the internet, passively.
Read moreUlya at the National Gallery
For those interested in fine art, my friend and long-term collaborator, Ulya Gumeniuk, will be at the National Gallery (Room
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Sea ice – how well is it recovering?
We’re losing 44,000 square kilometers (17,000 square miles) of ice per year in winter (March-to-March). Last year, we watched the
Read moreCarbon target is a guaranteed catastrophe
“Carbon target is a guaranteed catastrophe” This was the headline on the front page of The Guardian today. “If you
Read morePlay me, play you
Billboard says “CBS Radio and Last.fm, both owned by CBS Corp, have teamed up for closer collaboration on their respective
Read moreGWP vs GWP vs GWP
Interesting coincidence of acronyms: Gross World Product vs Global Warming Potential vs Global Water Partnership
Read moreConvergence
Interesting convergences: http://www.opendemocracy.net/…/global_threat_multiplier “…calls for an integrated response to climate change and the wealth-poverty divide.” http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/mar/20/freeourdata.politics “A government study has
Read moreRIP Arthur C. Clarke
Sad news today. Clarke‘s three laws; 1. When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is
Read moreLibrary of Congress on Flickr
This is very promising – the Library of Congress is starting to add its archives to Flickr “The real magic
Read moreSolitary / Human Tamagochi
I was hoping that I was being ridiculous when creating the “ultimate reality TV show format” – Human Tamagochi –
Read moreAmazing video site
This is great (GB) || awesome (US); “PAD.MA is an online archive of densely text-annotated video material, primarily footage and
Read moreSpeaking at ETech and SXSW
AMEE is in the USA (California and Texas) from 2nd – 13th March. I’m presenting at 1) ETech talk (8:45am
Read moreCI shortlisted for “Distributor of the Year”
CI (of which I’m a Director) has been shortlisted for the Music Week Award “Distributor of the Year”. It’s a
Read moreOur instinct to work as a group
From TED Talks: Howard Rheingold talks about the coming world of collaboration, participatory media and collective action — and how
Read moreCrazy week
Set course for 2008…. I’ve blanked out the specifics, but each blue box is a meeting… it’s going to be
Read moreEDF rewards customers for using less fuel
EDF are providing bonus schemes to customers if they provide easier access to their data (fuel consumption), and then additional
Read moreArctic could be “Ice Free” in 5 years
“latest modelling studies indicate northern polar waters could be ice-free in summers within just 5-6 years.” [BBC] This is following
Read moreGoogle has launched an AMEE-based gadget
I’m obviously very, very happy about this. When we first began our AMEE journey, we thought it would be perfect
Read moreWeb 0.0 – the zero-energy web?
Just an idea… Web 0.0 — the zero-emission Internet? The zero-energy web. The zero-emission Internet. The zero-net. The net-zero web.
Read moreSea ice – loss rate increasing again this month
Further to my last summary on the lowest ever sea ice measurement, things are not getting any better; (source: http://nsidc.org/)
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Jodrell Bank, 50 years on …
This year is the 50th anniversary of Jodrell Bank. Today is also a landmark day for Jodrell Bank – the
Read moreSea ice – lowest ever measured
On 17th Aug 2007, Arctic sea ice surpassed the previous single-day (absolute minimum) record for the lowest extent ever measured
Read moreBBC iPlayer – strategic errors
I’ve now had a chance to download, try and then, unfortunately un-install the BBC iPlayer. There’s already a lot of
Read moreEnergy consumption debunktion
Kind of what you’d expect from the Media, but it’s still saddening to see. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article2195538.ece .. it’s like much of
Read moreBBC iPlayer
As we near the launch there are some great pieces starting to hit the wire… Currybet start with this great
Read moreMySociety win New Statesman awards (again)
More congrat’s to MySociety on their continuous setting of the bar on social engagement – this is the 3rd year
Read moreLevel3 acquires Servecast for £22m
I sold my streaming media company, Tornado, to Servecast in 2003 in a cash deal. At the time Tornado had
Read morePetrol consumption
Courtesy of The Economist (click for hi-res). The USA is the number one for petrol consumption at just under 1.4
Read moreLive Earth
Live Earth is live. I’m wondering what it’d be like if it’d been held by Global Cool instead of Al
Read moreSecret Bush Campaign To Deny Global Warming
Excerpt from Rolling Stone “… To direct the White House’s spin on global warming, Connaughton appointed Philip Cooney as his
Read moreGoogle joins The Climate Group
Great news – Google commits to go Carbon Neutral by 2008 – a very aggressive timeframe indeed. “This is just
Read moreGovernment launches Act On CO2 campaign with AMEE
Hopefully the last cross-post between the AMEE blog and this one… it’s launching this week. AMEE Press Area
Read moreAMEE blog now live
AMEE now has her own blog. http://www.amee.cc/ Please subscribe and help move us forward.
Read moreGLA takes bold steps on climate change
This is great, another “hat’s off” to the Climate Group, and the Greater London Authority. DIY Planet Repairs is a
Read moreFantastic visualisations
This is a great set of visualisations – would be great to see the originals (which are 10 foot wide)
Read moreU.S. Rejects G-8 Climate Proposal
As reported by the Washington Post “President Bush has consistently called for the development of advanced technology to help meet
Read more2 billion tonne iceberg on the move
From the BBC “… according to Dr Copland, the fact that such thick ice could split apart in less than
Read moreAmee – preview launch
We just launched Amee – a framework for collaborative campaigning on Climate Change. It’s an API on CO2 data and
Read moreNews Corporation go Carbon Neurtal
” The company’s goals are to reduce its operations’ carbon emissions significantly and to engage its 47,000 employees and its
Read mored::gen is hiring
If you’d like to get involved, have a look ℵhere.
Read moreUK Government launches new CO2 initiatives
This is very important news http://www.defra.gov.uk/news/2007/070423a.htm “A major new campaign that aims to help individuals cut their personal CO2 emissions
Read moreCI is hiring
http://www.ci-info.com/jobs.html
Read moreGreenpeace update electronics guide
Apple still at the bottom. Nokia still high. When you look at the production volumes of these products (in the
Read moreEMI and iTunes ditch DRM
at. last. http://techreport.com/onearticle.x/12160 http://www.emigroup.com/Press/2007/press18.htm http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/04/02itunes.html Of course, all CI’s clients already sell non-DRM’d music…
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