Tag Archives: Internet

Wireshark – Resources

Posted on January 14, 2023 by Ai Austin

Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer. I have found it useful for debugging UDP packet exchange issues between OpenSimulator and the Firestorm Virtual World Viewer. This blog posts provides links and resources in case its useful in future or for … Continue reading →

Posted in Internet | Tagged | Comments Off on Wireshark – Resources

Internet Shopping circa 1995 – Comments to the Press

Posted on October 15, 2018 by Ai Austin

I was amused to come across a press clipping of a 1995 article in the Edinburgh Evening News (“Keying in a spot of lunch” by Lindsay Reid, Evening News, 29th April 1995) in which I am quoted with several comments … Continue reading →

Posted in Internet | Tagged , | Comments Off on Internet Shopping circa 1995 – Comments to the Press

openvce.net on web.archive.org

Posted on January 31, 2018 by Ai Austin

The OpenVCE.net (http://openvce.net) web site used Drupal for its content.  The underlying data base was turned off for security in 2017. The site now just has a number of key links active, such as the download and resources pages. Some pages … Continue reading →

Posted in Internet | Tagged , , | Comments Off on openvce.net on web.archive.org

Web We Want – The Day We Fight Back

Posted on February 10, 2014 by Ai Austin

I am the Director of AIAI which is part of the University of Edinburgh and grew out of the Artificial Intelligence Department at Edinburgh. In the early 19790 we hosted a DEC-10 mainframe for UK AI research as one of … Continue reading →

Posted in Internet, Privacy | Tagged , | Comments Off on Web We Want – The Day We Fight Back

Personal Profiles

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Ai Austin

My interest in personal portable information stores and information predates my use of the approach as a PLE. I am interested in a computer-based personal assistant and ways in which that could build information to help you throughout your life. … Continue reading →

Posted in EDC11, Internet | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off on Personal Profiles

TANIA – Task Achieving Network-aware Information Agents

Posted on February 27, 1995 by Ai Austin

TANIA is a project originally proposed in 1995 by Austin Tate to a number of telecommunications companies and internet service providers. It focussed on task achieving internet agents where at the time the major focus on the World Wide Web … Continue reading →

Posted in Internet | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on TANIA – Task Achieving Network-aware Information Agents