Hacks and experiments with cultural heritage content, from James Morley
Advanced warning: this is just a test post for myself, so only read on if you’re interested in the Calais service, and geotagging in particular … — I’ve also now found and installed the ‘official’ Tagaroo plugin from Calais. Here’s a quick test to see how it works. Unlike the Read more …
I’ve just installed two WordPress Plugins to test out automated tagging systems. I’m also really interested in automated geotagging, but not sure if that’s available. For example, if I say that this post is about London, does it add lat long tags? Could these be used to create a map? Read more …
I’ve had some strange replies to questions/complaints before, but this one really takes the biscuit. A nearly new print cartridge packed up, and it should be covered under warranty, so I tried to ask HP how I should return it. At this point readers should either give up, or make Read more …
The BBC is reporting that a New exotic fruit [is] to hit UK shops. New? What’s new about the baobab? Africa’s ‘upside down tree’. Well it’s certainly not a new species. It’s certainly not a new use. What appears to define this as ‘new’ is that the EU has just Read more …
The Eden Project has just seen a titan arum flower, and to back it up they have done some nice web coverage including a live webcam and timelapse footage. But looking at Google News it seems that this latest flowering has failed to capture the imagination of the press with Read more …
Introducing www.WhatsThatPicture.com…. My personal interest in vintage photographs has inspired me to conceive a new website, called “What’s That Picture?” In my own rather random collections I have been struck by how many photographs simply have no provenance, yet look as though someone, somewhere, should certainly know where or perhaps Read more …