Gavin

some themes emerging

Posted 2nd August 201517th November 2016 GavinPosted in arts, astronomy, climate change, data, media, music, projects, publications, science, socialchange, webcasting, work

Thinking about the sea http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/02/sunday-review/protecting-the-untamed-seas.html and webcasting https://dgen.net/blog/ms-hans and music http://rinse.fm http://store.darkclover.ro/album/sabo http://tidal.lurk.org http://lysuc888.blogspot.co.uk http://www.aec.at/aeblog/en/2015/08/03/rhythmus-als-dna-der-musik and long playing things http://longplayer.org/about/ and cosmology/topology http://www.binarydust.org/2012/09/21/evolving-language http://www.nersc.gov/news-publications/nersc-news/science-news/2014/simulations-reveal-unusual-death-for-ancient-stars and […]

Welcome back Philae!

Posted 14th June 20154th October 2016 GavinPosted in astronomy, presentations, science, stuff

To celebrate the news: Click the green flag and press S to start …. then press space bar to launch Philae. Arrow keys for left […]

When/where did you first see Bladerunner?

Posted 11th May 201419th November 2018 GavinPosted in life

I first saw Bladerunner in 1984, at the Albacon science fiction convention at the Central Hotel in Glasgow. I was 13, on my first solo […]

Updated archives

Posted 8th May 201419th November 2018 GavinPosted in business, media, projects, Startups, webcasting, work

Well, it’s been a while since I posted here (Twitter still winning), but here’s a long overdue synopsis of some of the things my first […]

W3 conf logo, meet AMEE logo

Posted 22nd February 201331st May 2016 GavinPosted in business, stuff

Nice to see the similarity in thinking here (2008 AMEE logo vs 2013 W3 conf logo)

The Guardian as damn-you-autocorrect?

Posted 2nd February 20133rd June 2016 GavinPosted in business, data, media

I know it can be hard sometimes to grasp and translate ideas in a single-shot, over the phone, but this Guardian “article” recounting their interview […]

RIP Patrick Moore

Posted 9th December 20128th November 2018 GavinPosted in astronomy, science

Very few public figures have influenced me over the years – Patrick Moore was an exception. As a friend of my aunt, he wrote to […]

AMEE at Strata – talk slides

Posted 2nd October 20129th November 2018 GavinPosted in business, climate change, data, energy, Environment, politics, presentations, science, socialchange, work

My slides from O’Reilly’s Strata conference “Making Data Work” today. I described some of AMEE’s journey: through open data aggregation and distribution, accessibility, provenance, and […]

New role at the Open Data Institute

Posted 11th September 201219th November 2018 Gavin1 CommentPosted in business, Culture, data, Government, internet, life, socialchange, Startups, work

During the Olympics Opening Ceremony, the creator of the web tweeted “This is for everyone” to millions of people around the world. Decades since their […]

NPG expands Linked Data Platform to over a quarter billion triples

Posted 20th July 201216th September 2016 GavinPosted in data, science

This is good news: “Nature Publishing Group’s (NPG) Linked Data Platform now hosts more than 270 million Resource Description Framework (RDF) statements….The data is now […]

Energy Identity

Posted 19th July 201213th February 2021 GavinPosted in business, climate change, data, energy, internet, presentations, work

[repost of my AMEE post on Energy Identity] Since AMEE’s inception in 2005, we have recognised that the emerging sets of data needed for carbon […]

ISEA 2012

Posted 29th May 20123rd June 2016 GavinPosted in arts, astronomy, music, presentations, science

I’ll be speaking at the Eighteenth International Symposium on Electronic Art, ISEA2012 Albuquerque. Machine Wilderness is a symposium and series of events exploring the discourse […]

AMEE Makes Carbon Footprinting Easier and More Fun

Posted 10th January 201218th October 2021 GavinPosted in climate change

via https://www.triplepundit.com/story/2012/amee-makes-carbon-footprinting-easier-and-more-fun/69781 At first glance, AMEE, a venture-backed UK company launched in 2008, looks like any other carbon tracking and management provider. But upon further investigation, it […]

Listen to the colliding “Antennae Galaxies”

Posted 11th October 201131st January 2018 Gavin1 CommentPosted in arts, astronomy, music, presentations, science

A sneak preview of some of the work I’ll be presenting on Sunday. Below is a radio-image taken by ALMA of the “Antennae Galaxies” colliding. […]

The utterance of a cosmological model?

Posted 9th October 201119th November 2018 GavinPosted in arts, astronomy, music, presentations, research, science

“On 12 April 1961 Yuri Gagarin became the first human in outer space and the first to orbit the Earth. 2011 sees the fiftieth anniversary […]

Binary Dust …

Posted 10th December 201016th September 2016 GavinPosted in arts, astronomy, business, music, music-industry, performances, projects, science

Well, it’s taken a little while to pull together, but Binary Dust is now live. Hope you enjoy.

Energy transformation is in the hands of the many

Posted 19th October 201011th April 2019 GavinPosted in business, energy

Hermann Scheer (1944-2010): German Lawmaker, Leading Advocate for Solar Energy and “Hero for the Green Century” in One of His Final Interviews [emphasis mine] “HERMANN […]

Webcasting radio = innovation

Posted 16th October 201018th November 2018 GavinPosted in Culture, media, music, webcasting, work

A big shout out to RinseFM who just got their FM license [Guardian, Evening Standard]. This is the second station I’ve helped with streaming that’s […]

Streaming the smart grid

Posted 1st October 20107th January 2012 GavinPosted in business, energy

While mixing up a number of metaphots here, I’m thinking that RTSP and multicast would be very good mechanisms to support smart grid/smart meter infrastructure. […]

Fixing paths when moving wordpress

Posted 24th June 20107th January 2012 GavinPosted in stuff

Keywords: WordPress, HostPapa, managed hosting, image upload, fix, migration I recently moved a friend’s blog to a managed (virtual) hosting solution (hostPapa in this case) […]

a bit more than toothache

Posted 17th December 200918th November 2018 GavinPosted in life

<not for the squemish…> I consider myself to have a high tolerance (albeit a low threshold) for pain: I can usually accept it and work […]

A Climate of Polarisation

Posted 28th January 20099th November 2018 GavinPosted in business, climate change, energy, Environment, presentations, publications, science, socialchange

(copy of my post on the O’Reilly Radar) We’re all aware of the emotive language used to polarize the climate change debate. There are, however, […]

The Climate Change Act

Posted 28th November 20089th November 2018 GavinPosted in Environment

Below are some highlights from a great summary on the 2degrees site (which requires registration and I’d recommend if you want to get involved). I’m […]

Soundcloud Terms – more rights fuzziness

Posted 21st November 2008 GavinPosted in Uncategorised

I’ve been a SoundCloud member since Feb 2008. My most recent login threw up a “we have new T+Cs” message with no option to continue […]

Tim O’Reilly: “Instrumenting the World” (archive)

Posted 2nd November 20083rd September 2024 GavinPosted in business, Culture, data, energy, Startups

Archive of http://www.ugotrade.com/2008/11/02/tim-oreilly-instrumenting-the-world/ (in case Tish’s site vanishes) Tim O’Reilly: “Instrumenting the World” Sun, Nov 2, 2008 Tim O’Reilly has outlined some of the world’s […]

Virtual conferencing at HEAD conference

Posted 26th October 200826th October 2008 GavinPosted in Uncategorised

I presented at <head> at the London Hub (in person) on Friday, and today online (from home). I wanted to capture some of my thoughts […]

Cape Farewell

Posted 25th September 2008 GavinPosted in Uncategorised

Cape Farewell sets off today with a slightly different crew to norml; including Jarvis Cocker, KT Tunstall, Laurie Anderson, Ryuichi Sakamoto and many other remarkable […]

Sea ice – update (sept 2008)

Posted 21st September 2008 GavinPosted in Uncategorised

(source: http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/) The Arctic sea ice cover appears to have reached its minimum extent for the year, the second-lowest extent recorded since the dawn of […]

Can’t everyone define the future?

Posted 4th August 20084th August 2008 GavinPosted in Uncategorised

At least once a year I refer someone I meet to Danny’s superb piece on Wired UK. I wanted to write about this now, partly […]

The Great Global Warming Swindle swindle

Posted 20th July 200820th July 2008 GavinPosted in Uncategorised

Further to the outcry at the time, this weekend The Guardian reports; “Channel 4 to be censured over controversial climate film” “Channel 4 misrepresented some […]

Delia Derbyshire does it again

Posted 19th July 200819th July 2008 GavinPosted in Uncategorised

As if she needed to leave a greater legacy, a tape recovered from her attic 7 years ago after she passed away resets the “baseline” […]

Cloudcast :: a next step in the evolution of broadcast

Posted 7th July 20081st February 2018 GavinPosted in business, Culture, data, internet, media, music-industry, socialchange, webcasting

At last, I think the nature of [AV] transmission is beginning to reveal itself. Do we need a new term? Probably – many other terms […]

Fundamental UK science under threat

Posted 4th July 200819th January 2012 GavinPosted in astronomy, business, science

The Science and Technology Facilities Council in the UK has managed to create a terrible situation which could destroy fundamental research across the country. This […]

Acoustic Cosmology at Interesting 2008

Posted 21st June 2008 GavinPosted in Uncategorised

Interesting2008 lived up to its name today. I gave a rather rapid (7 minute!) summary of Acoustic Cosmology. As a few people mentioned afterwards that […]

Dopplr do it again

Posted 20th June 2008 GavinPosted in Uncategorised

Lovely stuff.

Rest in peace

Posted 8th June 20089th June 2008 GavinPosted in Uncategorised

STEAD James, age 107 (b. 1901), passed away peacefully in his sleep on Sunday 8th June 2008 on his beloved Isle of Arran. Loving father […]

Food, population, climate, trade

Posted 3rd June 20083rd June 2008 GavinPosted in Uncategorised

As the UN sets out its food crisis measures, and setting aside the climate change, population growth and other globalisation issues, this image caught my […]

Not at all pleased about this…

Posted 27th May 200818th November 2018 GavinPosted in life

Blogs are very useful to gratuitously vent one’s disappointments out into the Ether… Dear Bicycle Thieves, As a thief you’ll never consider that you are […]

Quite pleased about this…

Posted 20th May 2008 GavinPosted in Uncategorised

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ For (mostly my own) reference, here’s a scan of the printed version Thanks to Wendy.

Dopplr and PMOG

Posted 13th May 200813th May 2008 GavinPosted in Uncategorised

Some people are too clever by half. (to the dopplr, batbit) Flying with radar, gaming trashes the internet, passively.

Uptime

Posted 30th April 2008 GavinPosted in Uncategorised

The core of dgen, 30th April, 22:54:19 up 370 days. #reboot complete A bit like my brain feels.

Ulya at the National Gallery

Posted 25th April 2008 GavinPosted in Uncategorised

For those interested in fine art, my friend and long-term collaborator, Ulya Gumeniuk, will be at the National Gallery (Room 21) throughout April and May […]

Sea ice – how well is it recovering?

Posted 16th April 200816th September 2016 GavinPosted in climate change, data, science

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 lowest ever sea ice measurement […]

Carbon target is a guaranteed catastrophe

Posted 7th April 2008 GavinPosted in Uncategorised

“Carbon target is a guaranteed catastrophe” This was the headline on the front page of The Guardian today. “If you leave us at 450ppm for […]

Play me, play you

Posted 2nd April 2008 GavinPosted in Uncategorised

Billboard says “CBS Radio and Last.fm, both owned by CBS Corp, have teamed up for closer collaboration on their respective radio initiatives. Under the agreement, […]

GWP vs GWP vs GWP

Posted 31st March 200831st March 2008 GavinPosted in Uncategorised

Interesting coincidence of acronyms: Gross World Product vs Global Warming Potential vs Global Water Partnership

Convergence

Posted 21st March 200821st March 2008 GavinPosted in Uncategorised

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 finally acknowledged that making data […]