Virtuoso 6, SPARQL + GEO, Sample Queries
Virtuoso 6, SPARQL + GEO, Sample Queries

Along side a whole host of improvements, the latest version of Virtuoso (Virtuoso 6) has added support for Geo data! One small sentence, one huge leap for mankind; it’s vastly importany IMHO because it brings a new kind of link …more

How to fix a noisy computer or graphics card fan
How to fix a noisy computer or graphics card fan

Background:

A few months ago I upgraded my pc, part of which included adding an Asus GeForce 9600 GT; shortly after installing, the Fan on the graphics card started to make a most irritating grinding noise. I found that if I …more

Preparing Yourself for Web 3.0, LOD and 2010+
Preparing Yourself for Web 3.0, LOD and 2010+

If you work on the net then you’ll have probably heard of the “semantic web”, it’s nice, you can ignore it and get along just fine though; however “Linked Open Data” (LOD) is now upon us and it’s one of …more

The end of Search? Linked Data, Semantic Web & thoughts.
The end of Search? Linked Data, Semantic Web & thoughts.

Earlier today I was reading an interesting post by Georgi Kobilarov entitled “What’s wrong with the Linked Data world, part 1 – Keyword Search“; this particularly sparked my interest because in all honesty “search” had never came in to my …more

Developer Cry
Developer Cry

Whilst in my spare time I’m literally cramming to take in all the new technologies on the web and learn how to use them all, in working hours even the meatiest of projects involves old skills learned years ago; and …more

Semantic Web & XHTML+RDFa Resources
Semantic Web & XHTML+RDFa Resources

This week I’ve been having a refresher / catch-up on all things semantic and rdf on the net; from a developer standpoint.

To save everything going to waste, here’s a quick list of multiple handy resources which I’ve found (save you …more

Forced Coding
Forced Coding

update:
I’ve been off for a week after finishing a project and moving house, in that time this domain dropped and just prior to that appeared to get 20k+ reads which is a bit omg. Anyways many comments all over the …more

Flat Packing, the ultimate code optimization?
Flat Packing, the ultimate code optimization?

I’ve been thinking about something recently, I guess this one’s a big thing and hopefully somebody will go and implement this very soon.

A lot of work is always done on the code optimization side of things, and recently this has …more

The Wall
The Wall

Something all of us developers realise but it doesn’t always smack home until certain scenarios arise – The Wall (as I’ll call it for now) is the virtual line behind the UI which is where the developer / client separation …more

Optimized Flash Player 10 Z-Sorting Class
Optimized Flash Player 10 Z-Sorting Class

Following my earlier post on using vectors to Z-sort instead of arrays, I’ve updated Ralph Hauwerts SimpleZSorter util class released back in late 2008 on Lee Brimelows flash blog.

The change isn’t a massive one, but does speed things up – …more

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