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Bauble

Posted at 23:16:15 on Fri, August 08th 2008 by graham
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The great range of apps that we see hosted in Launchpad never ceases to amaze me. Take Bauble for example:

Bauble is a biodiversity collection manager. It is intended to be used by botanic gardens, herbaria, arboreta, etc. to manage their collection information. It is a open, free, cross-platform alternative to BG-Base and similiar software. It uses Python, GTK+ and SQLAlchemy.

Am I alone in finding that really, really cool?

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The age of Aquarius

Posted at 22:09:12 on Sat, May 24th 2008 by graham
in: astronomicalclock clock cool d40x interestingshapes oldtownsquare photography prague three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008

Graham Binns posted a photo:

Three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008, day 144

The astronomical clock in the Old Town Square, Prague.

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Playing for Keeps available from Swarm Press this August

Posted at 09:40:36 on Sun, May 11th 2008 by graham
in: cool in the news mur lafferty playing for keeps writing

Mur Lafferty writes:

I am thrilled to announce that I have signed a contract to release Playing For Keeps with Swarm Press! Swarm is an imprint of Permuted, the small horror press, and is launching this summer with three superhero titles, PFK being one. (For podcast fans, Matthew Wayne Selznick's Brave Men Run is another title coming out from Swarm.)

This is fantastic news for Mur and for everyone that's followed PFK via I Should Be Writing since its inception.

Congratulations Mur! I'd raise a glass of gin in your honour, except I can't stand the stuff, frankly. Oh well. There's a bottle of single malt somewhere that'll do as a substitute.

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Graham Binns is a writer, photographer, musician and software developer from Lancaster, England, with far too much hair, a penchant for odd t-shirts and a magnificent hat. He has been making things up for as long as he can remember and has been making code work for long enough to make a living from it.

He has written one novel, which is in the process of composting, and is working remembering how to write before embarking on a second. In the meantime, he photographs things, since it's easier not to have to make the world up in his head all of the time.