Monthly Archives: October 2006

Not knowledge

Posted on October 12, 2006 by Richard Cyganiak

Interesting piece on topic maps, KR and Cyc by Eliot Kimber: Thus my conclusion that topic maps, by themselves, do not in any really meaningful way “capture knowlege”. They can at best provide identifying objects for concepts, express simple facts … Continue reading →

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Underground animals

Posted on October 12, 2006 by Richard Cyganiak

This is so fun. (via information aesthetics)

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Posted on October 11, 2006 by Richard Cyganiak

A bunch of introductory links for students doing a thesis in the Semantic Web area (in no particular order). What would be your picks?

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On Windows 98

Posted on October 10, 2006 by Richard Cyganiak

Memories, memories … I got an Ebay package today and it put me into story writing mood. The content: a used ATX power supply. So here’s a rambling tale about long-dead computers and how I became a Mac zealot, followed … Continue reading →

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StatCVS v0.2.3 released

Posted on October 10, 2006 by Richard Cyganiak

StatCVS has been almost dormant for two years. Today (and after much prodding from Dave Gilbert) I’ve packaged a new release. The most significant new feature is that CVS tags are now shown in all timelines. For example, in the … Continue reading →

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“For sale: baby shoes, never used.”

Posted on October 4, 2006 by Richard Cyganiak

The haunting title’s a six-word short story, attributed to Ernest Hemingway. Catherina Fake asks her readers to write their own, and the results are priceless. My favourites: Lucky, yes, but my twin wasn’t. That’s how winter came that year. The … Continue reading →

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Reports, reports, reports

Posted on October 3, 2006 by Richard Cyganiak

Microsoft often gets bashed for their clueless interaction design, often unfairly, but they really make it too easy for their detractors. Look at the first screenshot here: Account Reports – Generate reports about accounts. Competitor Reports – Generate reports about … Continue reading →

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Speech synthesis on the OS X command line

Posted on October 1, 2006 by Richard Cyganiak

The problem was this: My computer would do some heavy lifting (like importing a couple M records into a MySQL database), and I would sit over at another desk (with BastianQ) doing something else. Now, I got tired of walking … Continue reading →

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