Re: [backstage] Public Domain weather symbols in SVG ~:

2007-09-10 Thread oliver wood
I saw that a few months ago and thought - WOW! No other words for it. On 9/10/07, Ian Forrester [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can I just say how much I love SVG. I saw this on the weekend at BarCampBrighton which uses SVG too. http://lastgraph.aeracode.org/ It takes your last.fm profile and

[backstage] WMV9 on Mac

2007-06-12 Thread oliver wood
Hi gang, Completely the wrong list one imagines, but with all the current banter about DRM, cross OS operability, etc etc, it reminds me that I'm yet to get WMV files to play on my Mac. Specifically these new fangled WMV9/drm protected thingybobs. Googling such seems to produce people wanting

Re: [backstage] DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY

2007-05-03 Thread oliver wood
Or thinging about it backwards - surreptitious painting of mobiles! On 5/3/07, Matt Locke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: but this looks more interesting - a paint that can block wi-fi and wireless signals. Maybe there could be a new form of grafitti, with people painting the tube trains in order

Re: [backstage] University Tour update

2007-03-11 Thread oliver wood
Have fun up North - I bloody miss Newcastle. On 3/11/07, Matthew Cashmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The preparations are ready, the tour bus is stocked with beer and MMs with all the blue ones taken out - tomorrow we head north! Well, truth be told the hire car has arrived, I've plugged the

Re: [backstage] WebDD - Saturday 3rd February 2007 - A free conference for you

2007-01-08 Thread oliver wood
Not just the cool kids - I'll be there too. On 1/8/07, Daniel Morris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All the cool kids are :)

Re: [backstage] democracyplayer

2006-12-21 Thread oliver wood
Rich E makes a very compelling case! I imagine it is only a matter of time. Now that we have compression/encryption and bandwidth to do these things is is only time before an enterprising person gets on and does it. It would be a shame to have a reaction of squashing such as the music and film

[backstage] National Statistics API?

2006-12-08 Thread oliver wood
Morning Gang, I lvoe the elvel of detail available on http://www.statistics.gov.uk/ but they don't provide any feeds or API's as far as I know. Has anybody come across anything simalar, or any third-party parsings of this information which is easily accessable? It looks like it would tie into