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

Wed Nov 9 18:37:21 UTC 2011

Hahahhaa. Peter, you win at life.

Also, GNU shouldn't have created a GNU that looked exactly like a goat.
Just sayin'.

For OKF I'm down for an okapi. Perhaps holding a stack of awesome data. Or
a computer covered in stickers (much like Friedrich's, to give it some
haxx0r cred).

;) Kat

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On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 10:09 PM, Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:

>
>
> 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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>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>>>
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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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