Author Archives: drj11

My friend Simon Holgate of Sea Level Research has recently “cursed” me by introducing me to tides and sea-level data. Now I’m hooked. Why are tides interesting? When you’re trying to navigate a super-tanker into San Francisco Bay and you … Continue reading →

Journalists, academics and budding open data hackers often praise ScraperWiki for making web scraping easy. And while it’s true our platform and powerful APIs let you get more done, more easily, the statement still creates some head-scratching at ScraperWiki HQ. … Continue reading →