A few years ago we rented a large dilapidated house in a semi-rural part of Hampshire. The house was surrounded by fields and woods, and we shared the land with a wonderful variety of wildlife. In this post I’m sharing a few of my favourite photos from the ten or so years we lived there.…… Continue reading A few old favourites: birds
Author: Mark Braggins
Walking, usually with my two ex-racing greyhounds.
Interested in lots of stuff.
Retired from paid work
LERF: A New Way to Explore 3D Scenes with Language
The following blog post has been drafted by Bing AI Chat, based on LERF: Language Embedded Radiance Fields. I am including it on my blog as a memory-jogger to what looks like a really exciting development, and as an example of an AI drafted blog post.
Comments on writing style by Bing AI Chat
I am trying to get back into blogging regularly, and I thought it’d be interesting to look back at some of the stuff wot I wrote previously. My interests have changed over the years, but – I presume – my writing style hasn’t changed all that much. As I’m attempting to learn about artificial intelligence,…… Continue reading Comments on writing style by Bing AI Chat
Artificial Intelligence (AI) ‘in the wild’
In this post, I learn (again) the importance of asking a question in the right way
Down at heel: no longer
My ‘new’ boots sprung a leak after only a few months but I had walked 1,363 miles so it’s not surprising they needed a little specialist TLC.
Data for the Community: New research for Power to Change
Power To Change: empowering people Power to Change is an independent charitable trust that supports and develops community businesses in England. With an endowment of £150 million in 2015 from the Big Lottery Fund, Power to Change helps local people run community businesses. “Our vision is to create better places through community business. We will use…… Continue reading Data for the Community: New research for Power to Change
Announcing Open Data Camp 5
This post was originally published on the Open Data Camp blog We are delighted to announce that Open Data Camp is returning once again. Open Data Camp 5 will be the weekend of 21/22 October at Queen’s University Belfast, in the Computer Science building We are really grateful to Queen’s University, and the School of…… Continue reading Announcing Open Data Camp 5
Revisiting ‘free’ Twitter reporting and analysis tools in 2016
In January 2012 I wrote Ten of my favourite reporting and analysis tools for Twitter. Lots of people commented and suggested their own favourites, so a couple of months later I wrote a follow-up, imaginatively entitled Ten (more) of my favourite reporting and analysis tools for Twitter. I re-read both posts a few days ago, and tried out some of…… Continue reading Revisiting ‘free’ Twitter reporting and analysis tools in 2016
Pez Machines delivering self-driving cars, and other musings
This is the third instalment in a series of posts about transport in the future. The previous ones are: What does the future hold? [Transport] Thinking aloud: Back to the Future [of Transport] I have no idea how many I’ll write on this subject – I’m still digesting comments, accumulating links and reading material, so there may be…… Continue reading Pez Machines delivering self-driving cars, and other musings
Thinking aloud: Back to the Future [of Transport]
A few days ago, I blogged: What does the future hold? [Transport], in which I began thinking aloud about what transport might look like in the future. It followed a Twitter conversation with John Murray and Caroline Robinson, and was prompted by Rob Price’s article in Business Insider: Aggressive drivers are going to bully self-driving cars. Damn, forgot Hyperloop… There’s a new development…… Continue reading Thinking aloud: Back to the Future [of Transport]