Update for 02008 08 28: A couple of weeks before I upgraded to a different service plan, TikiWiki 2.0 was released. I finally managed to get the new, larger, more complicated TikiWiki 2.0 installed. The most significant change for me is in how permissions are handled and the addition of new types of permissions, some [...]
Came across this site, WebAppers, a blog format site of the “best” open source resources for Web developers.
I was impressed with WALL-E‘s analog preservation skills. He or it knew enough to bake a VHS tape so it could be played. Not so impressive was its treatment of objects that once contained digital data. His abode contained hanging compact discs or DVDs. Interesting too that when WALL-E ended up being fried his main [...]
How well would you do in a zombie apocalypse? 64% Created by OnePlusYou Warning: Zombies Ahead (and All Around) by David Mattison, a UMapper.com Map
Visuwords.com, according to its creator, the Logical Octopus, is an “online visual thesaurus and dictionary.” Visuwords uses a free English language lexical database from Princeton University called WordNet. You can download the source code for Visuwords at no charge and install it on your own server. Source: DIG_REF mailing list, 02008 06 26
From the announcement on DIGLIB (02008 06 14): Adding value to data – Digital Repositories in the e-Science world Special Session at the 4th IEEE International Conference on e-Science (http://escience2008.iu.edu/) December 7-12, 2008, Indianapolis, USA An Initiative of DReSNet: Digital Repositories in e-Science Network (http://www.dresnet.net) There is a great, untapped potential for synergies between grid/e-science [...]
Truly a very funny one-page paradox of Second Life, check out Get a First Life, dude, from Darren Barefoot who lives in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Congratulations to the “Order of the Phoenix” team for getting that lander down safely in the Martian arctic. The imagery is dull and spectacular. The view of the lander parachuting to the surface taken from an orbital camera is unbelievable.
From the announcement on DIGITAL-PRESERVATION@JISCMAIL.AC.UK (02008 03 28) about the release of PLATTER (Planning Tool for Trusted Electronic Repositories) by Digital Preservation Europe: Digital repositories are entrusted by their stakeholders – depositors, funders and end-users – with the curation of vital and often irreplaceable electronic assets. Repositories typically validate that trust by subjecting themselves to [...]
The open source content management system Drupal, popular among the library community, is going commercial under a company called Acquia that was started by Dries Buytaert, founder of the Drupal project. Quoting the source of the story, “The new effort aims to bring a commercially supported version of Drupal to business users and could shake up the [...]
From the announcement on DIGLIB (02008 02 05): TAPE workshop on the curation and preservation of audiovisual collections University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK Monday 12th – Friday 16th May 2008 Online registration now open at: http://www.hatii.arts.gla.ac.uk/news/tape.html Programme This five-day workshop will provide an intensive grounding in the theory and practice of audiovisual archiving, enabling curators [...]
Jonathan Schwartz, Chief Executive Officer and President of Sun Microsystems, Inc., announced on his blog today that his company is purchasing MySQL AB for a hot billion dollars. I only hope whatever changes this portends for open source computing will be for the better. Source: PhotoMatt, “Sun Acquires MySQL,” 02008 01 16
According to its About page, murmur Vancouver “is an archival audio project that has collected stories set in specific locations throughout Vancouver’s Chinatown. At each of these locations, a [murmur] sign marks the availability of a story with a telephone number and location code. By using a mobile phone, people can listen to the story [...]
Here’s a pretty nifty digitization project of four historic clothing collections called Digital Dress. It’s hosted by Wayne State University Libraries. The clothing and accessories range in time from at least the 18th century to the 1980s. Digital Dress was a two-year (2003-2005) collaboration between some museums and the Wayne State University Libraries. Although it’s [...]
Saw a news story tonight about Vulcan, Alberta, the ultimate Star Trek town. Pity the poor Star Trek fan who ended up being buried with an ungrammatical grave marker (“A Trekker whose [sic] gone to the Final Frontier”), shot of which graced the story. The town’s set up a http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5102732797 to try and get the premiere of [...]
Here’s a great looking ezine called Digital Web Magzine. Thanks to David Kemper for pointing it out.
I’m currently developing a new Web site called We Challenge You! (http://www.wechallengeu.com). The core component of the site is a links directory. I’m using eSyndicat Directory Pro for that part and and Website Baker, an open source application, for the content management system envelope. The mission of We Challenge You! is to link you to [...]
Courtesy of Canadian author Margaret Atwood comes the latest twist on the old-fashioned pantograph, LongPen, in which an author can autograph and discuss a book owned by a reader at a distance through the magic of Internet and mechanical engineering technology. According to the FAQ, “Ultimately a range of people from artists and athletes to [...]
According to the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative, the Y2Y project “The Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative is a joint Canadian-U.S. network of over 800 organizations, institutions, foundations, and conservation-minded individuals who have recognized the value of working together to restore and maintain the unique natural heritage of the Yellowstone to Yukon region and the [...]
My WordPress-based Ten Thousand Year Blog and my TikiWiki site have been down more than up due to the “CPU Quota Exceeded” situation courtesy of my hosting provider. In checking the WordPress.org support forum, apparently this has been an issue with other WordPress users. Most of them simply switched providers. I’m looking at that as [...]
Kind of cool being able to use the Apple Safari 3 Web browser for Windows XP or Vista. It’s in public beta. It seems able to handle CSS stylesheets better than Internet Explorer. Haven’t seen any bugs yet. Plugins are available for things like Adobe PDF and Flash-based sites. Source: WEB4LIB mailing list, 02007 06 [...]
Gosh, how often does this happen, bureaucrats actually listening and responding to user feedback. What was FirstGov.gov, a United State Government information portal, is now USA.gov. The list of RSS feeds is at http://www.usa.gov/rss/index.shtml The Reference Center component includes link categories for things like libraries, laws and regulations, maps, historical documents, and photos and multimedia, [...]
U.S. News & World Report published its Best of the Web 2006, a mere 30 Web sites divided between five categories (Shopping, Entertainment, Photo & Video, Health, Travel). The print magazine version appeared in the November 20, 02006 issue. Source: DIG_REF mailing list, 02006 12 19
For those who care about the next release of Microsoft Windows known as Windows Vista, you can evaluate your PC’s condition to use the operating system as well as download Windows Vista Release Candidate 1.
Dana Turgeon from the City of Regina Archives helped reenergize The Canadian Archivist Blog started by “John” in July 02005. A renewed effort to make the site into an online community for Canadian archivists began the week of September 18, 02006. The blog is hosted through the popular LiveJournal service. The Atom subscription feed URL [...]
Neil Beagrie posted a note to DIGITAL-PRESERVATION@JISCMAIL.AC.UK (02006 09 06) about Arkhold, a commercial Web multigenerational hosting service based in Corvallis, Oregon, USA. According to founder Dave Gore, as quoted in Beagrie’s note, the target customer base consists of “artists, musicians, writers and family historians who want to preserve their work online.” Gore added, “A [...]
The Musematic blog offers “Rants and raves on the latest trends in the world of museum informatics and technology. An intrepid cast of experts from the Museum Computer Network and AAM’s Media & Technology Committee share their insights, observations and tricks of the trade.” Powered by the omnipotent WordPress software, Musematic syndicated content feeds come [...]
The July 02006 issue no. 48 of Ariadne, published in Great Britain, contains a couple of worthwhile articles on digital preservation: “Mind the Gap: Digital Preservation Needs in the UK” by Maggie Jones and Najla Semple “A Foundation for Automatic Digital Preservation” by Miguel Ferreira, Ana Alice Baptista and Jos Carlos Ramalho There are also [...]
While the Royal Academy of Arts Burlington Gardens building burned on August 29, 02006, one of the exhibits coming to the RAA 6 October to 4 November 2006 under the auspices of the Saatchi Gallery and featured on its Web site, promotes itself through a photo called “Pyromaniac 2 by Josephine Meckseper as published in [...]
From the notice posted on the nestor mailing list (02006 08 14): “The Society for Imaging Science and Technology announces the Call for Papers for Archiving 2007 to be held May 21-24, 2007 in Arlington, VA. The deadline for abstract submission is November 1, 2006 and a PDF of the Call for Papers can be [...]
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