Archive - Mar 2008
SciBarCamp in the News
SciBarCamp got a decent write up in the National Post (here)
A very important message to pass on from the author of the article (Dave Sachs)..."Don't blame me for the title!"
SciBarCamp
Its been a busy March. A talk at Pittcon in New Orleans, then directly over to Microsoft in Boulder, Colorado to visit Rob Fatland about the SEAMONSTER project, and finally SciBarCamp in Toronto.
AnIML Workshop @ Pittcon 2008
Pittcon 2008 has come and gone in a blink of the eye. I gave a talk this year at the Workshop for the Analytical Markup Language (AnIML).
I think that we put on a good workshop which gave an overview of the upcoming AnIML standard and some demonstrations of how it can be used.
Greener Air Travel
The Virgin flight on bio fuels from Heathrow to Schipol (Amsterdam) last week was an encouraging step forward in cleaner (greener) air travel.
Another area where airlines should be looking for reducing consumption is the beverage cart in the cabin.
On a Continental flight this morning to New Orleans via New York I asked for a coffee. I received:

