Comments for The online home of Rufus Pollock http://rufuspollock.org Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:44:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Comment on Speaking on Digging into Open Data at Data Insights Meetup in Cambridge Today by jenny dunbar http://rufuspollock.org/2012/02/02/speaking-on-digging-into-open-data-at-data-insights-meetup-in-cambridge-today/comment-page-1/#comment-396031 jenny dunbar Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:44:34 +0000 http://rufuspollock.org/?p=1133#comment-396031 <p>Hi Rufus Just browsing through your 'online home' and was fascinated to read the 'schooldays' essays! Particularly the one on school as an institution, in particular, Oundle! So many important observations here on a variety of levels. I suspect not much has changed. We are presently in France in searing cold and searing blue skies life is good as the house is warm and we venture to the theatre tonight,an acrobatic piece on male stereotypes! A Bientot jenny</p> Hi Rufus Just browsing through your ‘online home’ and was fascinated to read the ‘schooldays’ essays! Particularly the one on school as an institution, in particular, Oundle! So many important observations here on a variety of levels. I suspect not much has changed. We are presently in France in searing cold and searing blue skies life is good as the house is warm and we venture to the theatre tonight,an acrobatic piece on male stereotypes! A Bientot jenny

]]> Comment on Quartered Safe Out Here by ags pollock http://rufuspollock.org/2009/04/14/quartered-safe-out-here/comment-page-1/#comment-389329 ags pollock Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:17:51 +0000 http://www.rufuspollock.org/?p=409#comment-389329 <p>6/10? You must be joking!</p> 6/10? You must be joking!

]]> Comment on Bright Star by ags pollock http://rufuspollock.org/2009/11/15/bright-star/comment-page-1/#comment-389328 ags pollock Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:15:25 +0000 http://www.rufuspollock.org/2009/11/15/bright-star/#comment-389328 <p>A very boring film; I had to force myself to finish it. Did it have a point? Or was in just self indulgence on the part of the filmmaker? Ps Where is the rest of the article after'beautiful and moving'?</p> A very boring film; I had to force myself to finish it. Did it have a point? Or was in just self indulgence on the part of the filmmaker? Ps Where is the rest of the article after’beautiful and moving’?

]]> Comment on Weekly Update: Rufus Pollock by Niall Cronin http://rufuspollock.org/2011/12/05/weekly-update-rufus-pollock-5/comment-page-1/#comment-387850 Niall Cronin Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:40:45 +0000 http://rufuspollock.org/?p=1071#comment-387850 <p>Hi Rufus,</p> <p>would you be available to participate in an open policy event in Ottawa, Canada on February 9.</p> <p>send me a note and I'll happily provide more details.</p> <p>Niall Cronin, Deputy Director (Outreach), Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.</p> Hi Rufus,

would you be available to participate in an open policy event in Ottawa, Canada on February 9.

send me a note and I’ll happily provide more details.

Niall Cronin, Deputy Director (Outreach), Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.

]]> Comment on Weekly Update: Rufus Pollock by Niall Cronin http://rufuspollock.org/2011/12/05/weekly-update-rufus-pollock-5/comment-page-1/#comment-387375 Niall Cronin Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:58:51 +0000 http://rufuspollock.org/?p=1071#comment-387375 <p>Hi Rufus,</p> <p>any chance you'd be available for an event in Ottawa, Canada in February? send me a note and I can provide more details.</p> <p>Niall Niall Cronin Deputy Director (Outreach) Policy Planning Bureau Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade niall.cronin@international.gc.ca</p> Hi Rufus,

any chance you’d be available for an event in Ottawa, Canada in February? send me a note and I can provide more details.

Niall Niall Cronin Deputy Director (Outreach) Policy Planning Bureau Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade niall.cronin@international.gc.ca

]]> Comment on ANN: PyWordPress – Python WordPress Library using the WordPress XML-RPC API by ANN: PyWordpress – Python Wordpress Library using the … http://rufuspollock.org/2011/12/29/ann-pywordpress-python-wordpress-library-using-the-wordpress-xml-rpc-api/comment-page-1/#comment-381519 ANN: PyWordpress – Python Wordpress Library using the … Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:12:46 +0000 http://rufuspollock.org/?p=1081#comment-381519 <p>[...] reading here: ANN: PyWordpress – Python WordPress Library using the … Tags: api, code-on-github, python, python-package, pythonic-interface, rpc, [...]</p> [...] reading here: ANN: PyWordpress – Python WordPress Library using the … Tags: api, code-on-github, python, python-package, pythonic-interface, rpc, [...]

]]> Comment on Talking at British Library about Open Shakespeare by “Jumping o’er times”: An Update on Open Shakespeare | http://rufuspollock.org/2011/02/22/talking-at-british-library-about-open-shakespeare/comment-page-1/#comment-374808 “Jumping o’er times”: An Update on Open Shakespeare | Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:18:41 +0000 http://rufuspollock.org/?p=888#comment-374808 <p>[...] and a local radio station reported on our first annotation sprint. We were also invited to give a talk at the British Library as part of a series of staff talks on textual analysis at the end of February, an event which [...]</p> [...] and a local radio station reported on our first annotation sprint. We were also invited to give a talk at the British Library as part of a series of staff talks on textual analysis at the end of February, an event which [...]

]]> Comment on Shuttleworth Fellowship Bi-Annual Review by 2011 review « Helen Turvey http://rufuspollock.org/2011/11/25/shuttleworth-fellowship-bi-annual-review/comment-page-1/#comment-369381 2011 review « Helen Turvey Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:44:45 +0000 http://rufuspollock.org/?p=1057#comment-369381 <p>[...] Full report back and summary: [...]</p> [...] Full report back and summary: [...]

]]> Comment on ‘Hello World’ with WSGI by robert kline http://rufuspollock.org/2006/08/31/a-very-simple-introduction-to-wsgi/comment-page-1/#comment-364559 robert kline Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:19:14 +0000 http://www.thefactz.org/ideas/archives/120#comment-364559 <p>This link is broken:</p> <p>http://www.saddi.com/software/py-lib/py-lib/fcgi.py</p> This link is broken:

http://www.saddi.com/software/py-lib/py-lib/fcgi.py

]]> Comment on The Public Domain in 2011 by Marco http://rufuspollock.org/2011/01/03/the-public-domain-in-2011/comment-page-1/#comment-355723 Marco Wed, 09 Nov 2011 04:15:11 +0000 http://rufuspollock.org/?p=810#comment-355723 <p>Thanks for starting this;</p> <p>What I am looking for is a site that offers musical recordings (I guess 78 rpm records only, unfortunately, don't bother with wax rolls and the like) that have entered into the public domain. The idea is to publish these as complete albums, complete with cover art where possible, and in lossy (.ogg) and lossless formats (flac) downloadable as 7-Zip archives (to ensure integrity). Ideally the site offers metadata to allow for easy searching, offer streaming previews, and allow for easy iPod (etc.) integration.</p> <p>I have searched far and wide but there isn't really a "sound recording" (as in musical work) Public Domain yet. A good example would be jamendo.com where CC-works are available. A bad example would be the US LoC National Jukebox (one cannot download as even works from 1900AD are still under "state law" copyright).</p> Thanks for starting this;

What I am looking for is a site that offers musical recordings (I guess 78 rpm records only, unfortunately, don’t bother with wax rolls and the like) that have entered into the public domain. The idea is to publish these as complete albums, complete with cover art where possible, and in lossy (.ogg) and lossless formats (flac) downloadable as 7-Zip archives (to ensure integrity). Ideally the site offers metadata to allow for easy searching, offer streaming previews, and allow for easy iPod (etc.) integration.

I have searched far and wide but there isn’t really a “sound recording” (as in musical work) Public Domain yet. A good example would be jamendo.com where CC-works are available. A bad example would be the US LoC National Jukebox (one cannot download as even works from 1900AD are still under “state law” copyright).

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