Monthly Archives: August 2006

Tim Bray on Ruby syntax

Posted on August 27, 2006 by Richard Cyganiak

Tim Bray has been learning Ruby for a while and is currently summarizing his experiences as the Ruby Ape Diaries. The latest installment – Surface Phenomena – is particularily interesting as it deals with the area where Ruby really shines: … Continue reading →

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Italy photos

Posted on August 22, 2006 by Richard Cyganiak

I finally finished uploading some photos from my recent trip to Italy. It was a visit to Semedia group in Ancona, and a few days in Rome, all during the hottest week of the year. This was my first time … Continue reading →

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Cats and productivity

Posted on August 21, 2006 by Richard Cyganiak

Scott Adams: As soon as I pick up a drawing implement, [my cat] systematically goes around my office chewing and scratching one item after another until she finds something that will make me stop work and pet her. I don’t … Continue reading →

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Everyday wisdom on index cards

Posted on August 21, 2006 by Richard Cyganiak

There’s a lovely collection of charts and diagrams doodled on index cards that explain various everyday insights. (via Information Aesthetics)

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D2RQ in TopBraid Composer

Posted on August 9, 2006 by Richard Cyganiak

TopBraid Composer, the commercial Eclipse-based ontology editor developed by Holger Knublauch and colleagues at TopQuadrant, supports D2RQ in its latest release. Holger says: A common request from our customers is the ability to reuse existing (legacy) databases in the context … Continue reading →

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Seven minutes of Feynman

Posted on August 7, 2006 by Richard Cyganiak

David Weinberger has dug up a great clip of Richard Feynman explaining physics and the universe: When you’re thinking about something that you don’t understand, you have a terrible, uncomfortable feeling called confusion. It’s a very difficult and unhappy business. … Continue reading →

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Exporting the OS X Address Book to FOAF

Posted on August 4, 2006 by Richard Cyganiak

Maintaining my FOAF file involves a lot of work: I have to write RDF/XML by hand, calculate SHA1 hashes, and enter a lot of information that is already stored in a different place: my address book. That’s why I have … Continue reading →

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