Referring to today's 24-hour Wikipedia blackout in protest against proposed US copyright regulations, a colleague at work asks: Could someone explain to me why wikipedia et al wouldn't just move hosting to a different country if they have issue with US regulations... this blackout kind of implies that US law regulates the whole internet A site… Continue reading Why the proposed US copyright regulations should worry UK citizens
Year: 2012
Marmalade!
Seville oranges are in season, so it's time to make marmalade. I love making marmalade (and fortunately I also like eating it, though I'm the only person in my household who does). This is a straightforward light, tangy sort. Have seven or eight jam jars washed and ready, and keep them hot in the oven… Continue reading Marmalade!
Is music recommendation difficult?
My research department works on programming computers to analyse music. In this field, researchers like to have some idea of whether a problem is naturally easy or difficult for humans. For example, tapping along with the beat of a musical recording is usually easy, and it's fairly instinctive—you don't need much training to do it.… Continue reading Is music recommendation difficult?
End of the laptop line
I realised not long ago that, for my purposes, laptop PCs have stopped improving. It didn't happen recently: it just took me a long time to notice. In fact I reckon it happened about five years ago. My decline and theirs The first laptop I bought with my own money was a Vaio R600MX in… Continue reading End of the laptop line
My first conference paper
With my colleagues Luís and Mark, I've had a paper accepted for the ICASSP 2012 signal-processing conference: http://soundsoftware.ac.uk/icassp-2012-accepted I've previously co-written a journal paper and a couple of posters, and I've done demos, but this is the first conference paper I've ever been the primary author of. (Though it may turn out to be a… Continue reading My first conference paper
Windows 8: Mixed metaphors
I haven't yet paid much attention to the Windows 8 Developer Previews, but having found Windows Phone 7 so likeable I thought I should take a look. It's very disorientating. It's as if two different agencies are at work in designing it, one pushing for radical simplification in the mould of WP7 and the other… Continue reading Windows 8: Mixed metaphors
The Breakfast Post 