[okfn-discuss] Open Data Collage: Highlight of my Day

Tue Nov 8 22:09:50 UTC 2011

On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 8:59 PM, Kat Braybrooke <kat.braybrooke at okfn.org>wrote:

> Haha! Sounds good to me - let me know if you want any help with the
> visuals. Is reminiscent of the GNU-Linux goat,

A GOOOOOAAT???!!! I am trying to make this sound like Lady Bracknell's
"HAAANDBBAG"???

> which I just put a sticker of on my laptop next to the Firefox fox -
> animal mascots never get old!

I'm a GNU.
I'm a gnu—I'm a gnu
The g-nicest work of g-nature in the zoo
I'm a gnu—how do you do?
You really oughtta g-know w-who's w-who
I'm a gnu—spelt G - N - U
I'm not a camel or a kangaroo
So let me introduce, I'm neither man nor moose
Oh, g-no, g-no, g-no, I'm a gnu!"

[copied without permission but to avoid tragedies for GNUs]

You will do penance. You will learn the GNU song (four verses,
http://www.poppyfields.net/poppy/songs/gnu.html ) and when we meet ?next
week I shall expect you to sing it to me.

> And since the #opendata movement doesn't have one yet, I think now is high
> time for that ;)
>
> So do I. I suppose the OKF could have an OKapi.

A bison? An okapi? Could it be a hearty beast?
Then I seem to hear a voice—"I'm a gnu!

>
> Kat
>

No it can't be a Kat. We have a McDawg and he will chase off any Kats.

Does the OKF have teeth? That will be a big determinant

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> On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 8:13 PM, Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 5:40 PM, Kat Braybrooke <kat.braybrooke at okfn.org>wrote:
>>
>>> Haha, Peter! This is all quite amazing. It's confusing, meta-faceted,
>>> and awe-inspiring ;)
>>>
>>> We should make a t-shirt with your #opendata stuffed animal mascots on
>>> it, methinks....
>>>
>>
>>  Generally I agree. My small concern is that some of these are thrid
>> party trademarks such as Tux-linux and Gulliver-BMC. Whereas the new
>> KosherFrog which I shall introduce soon has no problems.  And I thinks we
>> also need to have a clearer idea of their roles. (e.g. in the first
>> photocomic Felix Q Potuit was briefly on the side of the "goodies" whereas
>> in the second he is clearly an arrogant academic (he actually has LSE
>> tattooed on his back).
>>
>> This could become a "peanuts" like strip with a smallish number of
>> situations and open speech bubbles. These have the great advantage that
>> they can have translations (or even completely different) stories.
>>
>> P.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Kat
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>> | Open Knowledge Foundation | London UK
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>>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk>wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Kat Braybrooke <
>>>> kat.braybrooke at okfn.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Peter - your dog is on Twitter? Most amazing thing I've heard all
>>>>> week!!!
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> No. You and I are confused. Choose from the following:
>>>>  * animal garden photocomic with penguins , turtles etc - and delivered
>>>> with an OKF tshirt
>>>>  * "closed access means people die" at Open Science (again with OKF
>>>> shirt and SOME slides from animal garden
>>>>  * various other photocomics on PMR blog, but no dogs
>>>>  * Jenny/PMR video with SF material, and Graham Steel (McBlawg ==
>>>> McDawg) but no dogs
>>>>  * a statement that I shall need a dog (for McDawg) and a frog for
>>>> Gilles Frydman == KosherFrog
>>>>  * and today a post that gave Gilles and the kosherfrog.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> (And I am agreed with everyone else that the picture is beautiful, by
>>>>> the way!)
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Which picture???
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Kat :)
>>>>>
>>>>> FWIW I hope to get a scots terrier for McDawg in the photocomics and
>>>> also a kosherfrog (harder) for Gilles. Gilles and Graham hope to be at the
>>>> Dec hackathon in the flesh as well.
>>>>
>>>> Is that clear or is that worse :-)
>>>>
>>>> p.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> | Kat Braybrooke | Community Coordinator
>>>>> | Open Knowledge Foundation | London UK
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>>>>> @kat_braybrooke <http://twitter.com/kat_braybrooke>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 9:18 PM, Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Carla,
>>>>>> This is very exciting. I have been creating stories about animals who
>>>>>> want Open data. Here is one -
>>>>>> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6280676/serpentine.pdf
>>>>>> I am going to need two more animals for the next story, a dog from
>>>>>> Scotland (McDawg) and a frog (KosherFrog). The dog is a scots terrier; they
>>>>>> are friendly but can be fierce. You can see a picture of the frog on
>>>>>> Twitter (@gfry).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best wishes
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Peter
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Peter Murray-Rust
>>>>>> Reader in Molecular Informatics
>>>>>> Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry
>>>>>> University of Cambridge
>>>>>> CB2 1EW, UK
>>>>>> +44-1223-763069
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Peter Murray-Rust
>>>> Reader in Molecular Informatics
>>>> Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry
>>>> University of Cambridge
>>>> CB2 1EW, UK
>>>> +44-1223-763069
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Peter Murray-Rust
>> Reader in Molecular Informatics
>> Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry
>> University of Cambridge
>> CB2 1EW, UK
>> +44-1223-763069
>>
>
>

-- 
Peter Murray-Rust
Reader in Molecular Informatics
Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry
University of Cambridge
CB2 1EW, UK
+44-1223-763069
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