Thursday May 19, 2011
A collection of the best open data sets and open-source tools for data science, wrapped in an easy-to-use REST/JSON API with command line, Python and Javascript interfaces. Available as a self-contained VM or EC2 AMI that you can deploy yourself.
It's essentially a specialized Linux distribution, with a lot of useful data software pre-installed and exposing a simple interfaced
Sunday December 5, 2010
A USB stick embedded in a wall on Brick Lane. Anyone fancy a trip there?
Wednesday October 7, 2009
View the full map (PDF) covering almost 18 months of my scrobbled listening. I really want to...
Thursday July 16, 2009
Visually driven, intuitive and simple, We Are Hunted seeks to be a daily destination for music lovers looking to discover their next favourite artist.
We listen to what people are saying about artists and their music on blogs, social networks like Facebook and MySpace, message boards and forums, Twitter and P2P networks to chart the top songs online everyday.
Thursday June 11, 2009
Good old Guardian chapsL "When you vote in the European elections ... they are not published centrally - until now, that is. The table is sortable - and the full spreadsheet with numbers, all parties and turnout is below"
Tuesday April 14, 2009
Currently, the API exposes a variety of data for approximately 200 countries over a time period of more than 50 years.
Tuesday February 17, 2009
On trusting 3rd parties with your data, loss and backups