Freebase Parallax
This is a break from my “travel blogging” :-) I just watched the video of the “Freebase Parallax” browsing interface demo. Really really cool. It’s the power of semantics!!! Freebase Parallax.
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August 2008
Photos: Zurich airport at sunset and after the rain, Greek food!
So, I arrived in Greece and it’s already been fantastic. After a long trip that saw me waiting at Heathrow for 6 hours, at Zurich airport for 3, I finally arrived in Thessaloniki. My friend Kostas picked me up from the airport at 2am and drove me to Xanthi but …
"How Do I Model State? Let Me Count the Ways"
Long time ago, in a galaxy far away… there was OGSI, there was WSRF, there was HTTP, there were services… and there were heated discussions :-) Ian Foster suggested that we write a paper together explaining our different approaches in building applications which deal with “state”. If my memory serves …
Radiohead at the White River Amphitheater
I found last-minute tickets for the Radiohead gig at the White River Amphitheater last night. It was absolutely amazing; loved it! The venue is great and it was absolutely packed. Here are some photos… A panorama of the venue before they started. I experimented with my new Canon 40D but, …
Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)
EBS is another great service from Amazon. The company continues to innovate. Werner had talked about this service in the past but now it’s available. Well done Amazon! The Amazon Web Services Blog has more. I found the pricing model interesting. While traffic from EC2 to S3 is free (unless …
Chem4Word project
/**/ One of the projects on which I’ve been spending lots of my time is the Chem4Word one. Alex Wade is driving the project and just published a page for the world to see. The team over at the University of Cambridge is fantastic; a pleasure to work with. We …
Extending "Famulus" using arbitrary data models
“Famulus” has always been the codename for our “Research Output Repository Platform”, which I’ve discussed in previous posts. I am mentioning the codename in public for the first time only now because it makes the discussion of code samples so much easier. When we come up with the official name …
Tony Hey interviewed by Jon Udell
You can listen to the interview and/or read the transcript on “on10″.
Having coding fun the Web 2.0 way
I’ve been working on a personal project for a month now. You’ll hear more about it in the coming months :-) As part of the coding part of the project, I’ve had to work against Google’s authentication, YouTube, and GData APIs. Also, I’ve looked at creating a Facebook application and …
Our wonderful interns
Earlier this week I organized a BBQ gathering at my place for the great interns working with us this summer. I’ve been working with interns in two separate projects… Datacenter-related in collaboration with James Hamilton and Dan Reed’s Data Center Futures team; “Semantics Summer of Fun” together with Evelyne Viegas. …
Stunning visualization from the BBC
Paul Watson sent me a link to this short clip showing really stunning visualizations. I wonder whether we could reuse the technology for scientific data.