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Cause we’re hungry up North!", "url": "https://sambail.com/2012/09/20/manchestereats-cause-were-hungry-up-north/", "published_at": "2012-09-21T03:02:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd05-dce8-7326-9407-9076a94b6f06", "title": "Oh so pretty.", "url": "https://sambail.com/2012/08/27/oh-so-pretty/", "published_at": "2012-08-27T16:56:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd05-dce8-7326-9407-9076a9b9871a", "title": "A few of my favourite things", "url": "https://sambail.com/2012/08/25/a-few-of-my-favourite-things/", "published_at": "2012-08-25T12:16:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd16-4e20-7015-a6ad-019ed6e4a337", "title": "A SPARQLing Benchmarking Adventure", "url": "https://sambail.com/2012/08/21/a-sparql-benchmarking-adventure-3/", "published_at": "2012-08-21T22:13:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd16-4e20-7015-a6ad-019ed6f781b5", "title": "JavaScript for Cats", "url": "https://sambail.com/2012/08/20/javascript-for-cats/", "published_at": "2012-08-20T13:59:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd16-4e20-7015-a6ad-019ed7284fab", "title": "Drink! 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helpful OWL API Tools", "url": "https://sambail.com/2011/10/03/list-of-helpful-owl-api-tools/", "published_at": "2011-10-03T11:41:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd34-2ad3-701a-b4f5-d9f9e6195751", "title": "In other news: 168 days of rabbit", "url": "https://sambail.com/2011/09/24/in-other-news-168-days-of-rabbit/", "published_at": "2011-09-24T19:11:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd34-2ad3-701a-b4f5-d9f9e6982fbf", "title": "‘MANCHustifications’", "url": "https://sambail.com/2011/09/21/manchustifications/", "published_at": "2011-09-21T09:36:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd34-2ad3-701a-b4f5-d9f9e6bcde66", "title": "I heart MCR, Part 2.", "url": "https://sambail.com/2011/09/18/i-heart-mcr-part-2/", "published_at": "2011-09-18T18:08:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd34-2ad3-701a-b4f5-d9f9e74e3ac7", "title": "I heart MCR.", "url": "https://sambail.com/2011/08/21/i-heart-mcr/", "published_at": "2011-08-21T23:42:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd34-2ad3-701a-b4f5-d9f9e83db373", "title": "We Are Nowhere, And It’s Now: Ancoats.", "url": "https://sambail.com/2011/08/17/we-are-nowhere-and-its-now-ancoats/", "published_at": "2011-08-17T19:15:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd34-2ad3-701a-b4f5-d9f9e87bc9d4", "title": "Manchester Riots. The aftermath.", "url": "https://sambail.com/2011/08/10/manchester-riots-the-aftermath/", "published_at": "2011-08-10T22:41:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd50-9092-719c-999d-e8cc6164b4d7", "title": "Minimize Me! Day 4 & 5", "url": "https://sambail.com/2011/07/29/minimize-me-day-4-5/", "published_at": "2011-07-30T03:15:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd50-9092-719c-999d-e8cc61c26d14", "title": "Minimize Me! Day 2 & 3", "url": "https://sambail.com/2011/07/28/minimize-me-day-2-3/", "published_at": "2011-07-28T15:35:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd50-9092-719c-999d-e8cc61c42697", "title": "Minimize Me! Day 1.", "url": "https://sambail.com/2011/07/26/minimize-me-day-1/", "published_at": "2011-07-26T04:20:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd50-9092-719c-999d-e8cc621edfe0", "title": "Off to DL…", "url": "https://sambail.com/2011/07/11/off-to-dl/", "published_at": "2011-07-11T13:31:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd50-9092-719c-999d-e8cc624e4a5b", "title": "“Carlos Tevez hates Manchester more than you do.”", "url": "https://sambail.com/2011/06/15/carlos-tevez-hates-manchester-more-than-you-do/", "published_at": "2011-06-15T14:49:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd50-9092-719c-999d-e8cc625d75e8", "title": "Young Hearts Spark Fire: a night out in Fallowfield", "url": "https://sambail.com/2011/06/10/young-hearts-spark-fire-a-night-out-in-fallowfield/", "published_at": "2011-06-10T14:54:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd50-9092-719c-999d-e8cc62feecd6", "title": "Reactions to schema.org", "url": "https://sambail.com/2011/06/09/reactions-to-schema-org/", "published_at": "2011-06-09T16:33:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd50-9092-719c-999d-e8cc63d9579c", "title": "Axiomatic Richness – is your ontology full fat or skimmed?", "url": "https://sambail.com/2011/06/02/axiomatic-richness-is-your-ontology-full-fat-or-skimmed/", "published_at": "2011-06-02T17:16:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd50-9092-719c-999d-e8cc64c1ce42", "title": "Jesus Fucking Christ.", "url": "https://sambail.com/2011/06/01/jesus-fucking-christ/", "published_at": "2011-06-01T16:18:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd50-9092-719c-999d-e8cc6589949e", "title": "The Semantic Web Layer Cake", "url": "https://sambail.com/2011/05/18/the-semantic-web-layer-cake/", "published_at": "2011-05-18T10:27:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd64-d132-72a2-9024-ef9bff8c28e7", "title": "Running Off With The Fun City Girls: The Great Manchester Run 2011", "url": "https://sambail.com/2011/05/15/running-off-with-the-fun-city-girls-the-great-manchester-run-2011/", "published_at": "2011-05-15T16:18:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd64-d132-72a2-9024-ef9bffa9ad84", "title": "brb science.", "url": "https://sambail.com/2011/04/27/brb-science/", "published_at": "2011-04-27T16:18:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd64-d132-72a2-9024-ef9c00073aff", "title": "All Across the Sands: And then, then we went to Wales.", "url": "https://sambail.com/2011/04/10/all-across-the-sands-and-then-then-we-went-to-wales/", "published_at": "2011-04-10T16:18:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd64-d132-72a2-9024-ef9c006f8b0f", "title": "You Ride, We Ride: This is not the Manchester I know.", "url": "https://sambail.com/2011/03/28/you-ride-we-ride-this-is-not-the-manchester-i-know/", "published_at": "2011-03-28T16:18:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd64-d132-72a2-9024-ef9c009205fa", "title": "Pet Sounds: There’s a rabbit in my house", "url": "https://sambail.com/2011/03/24/pet-sounds-theres-a-rabbit-in-my-house/", "published_at": "2011-03-24T16:18:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd64-d132-72a2-9024-ef9c00c0864a", "title": "Der Herr vom Filmressort: Videos from Manchester, for Manchester", "url": "https://sambail.com/2011/03/12/der-herr-vom-filmressort-videos-from-manchester-for-manchester/", "published_at": "2011-03-12T17:18:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd64-d132-72a2-9024-ef9c019ed1a9", "title": "The Middle: Adventures in Nottingham", "url": "https://sambail.com/2011/02/23/the-middle-adventures-in-nottingham/", "published_at": "2011-02-23T17:17:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd64-d132-72a2-9024-ef9c021ef36e", "title": "Stolen Mountains: the Lakes, Derwentwater, Catbells & icy rain.", "url": "https://sambail.com/2011/02/18/stolen-mountains-the-lakes-derwentwater-catbells-icy-rain/", "published_at": "2011-02-18T17:17:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd64-d132-72a2-9024-ef9c028a951b", "title": "Playhouse: a year at (some of) Manchester’s theatres", "url": "https://sambail.com/2011/02/01/playhouse-a-year-at-some-of-manchesters-theatres/", "published_at": "2011-02-02T04:20:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dd64-d132-72a2-9024-ef9c038598d0", "title": "A Different City: My favourite places in Berlin (Pt 2)", "url": "https://sambail.com/2011/01/09/a-different-city-my-favourite-places-in-berlin-pt-2/", "published_at": "2011-01-10T02:12:47+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2026

Will AI replace data engineers?original ↗
19 May 2026
How to party sober – and actually have fun!original ↗
19 Apr 2026
Data Quality Testing with Great Expectationsoriginal ↗
19 Apr 2026
Check out PySpark Essentials course on LinkedIn Learning!original ↗
27 Jan 2026
Goodbye Third Place Bar…original ↗
7 Jan 2026

2025

My PySpark Essential Training course just launched on LinkedIn Learning!original ↗
18 Aug 2025

2023

The key to building a high-performing data team is structured onboardingoriginal ↗
1 Sept 2023
I asked ChatGPT to write me some code to create a running playlist in Spotify… and it just worked?original ↗
26 Apr 2023
Booze-free in NYC: Resources for sober and sober curious folks in New York Cityoriginal ↗
3 Apr 2023

2022

Analytics From Day 1: How to Ensure Smooth Data Integrations with New Production Systemsoriginal ↗
19 Sept 2022
Building a data platform from scratch at Collectors: A tale in three partsoriginal ↗
22 Apr 2022
How to do Exploratory Data Analysisoriginal ↗
22 Mar 2022

2021

Why #31DaysOfRunning #31DOR changed my lifeoriginal ↗
29 Jun 2021
Don’t be that person. Or: How to not be a Kool Aid Man in the “extended workplace”.original ↗
8 Jun 2021
Hi!original ↗
9 Feb 2021

2020

“iso trap” – A quarantine inspired cover albumoriginal ↗
17 Nov 2020

2019

Is it okay to just be okay?original ↗
16 Sept 2019
Remember when I was British?original ↗
26 Aug 2019
What’s next?original ↗
19 Jul 2019

2018

Hackathons are more than just t-shirtsoriginal ↗
2 Sept 2018
What the hell is ‘Crisis Driven Development’?original ↗
21 May 2018

2016

Hackers gonna hack… and wear t-shirts.original ↗
21 Aug 2016

2015

PyGotham 2015: When Python met the Cookie Monsteroriginal ↗
26 Aug 2015

2014

WHY HELLO.original ↗
14 May 2014

2013

Goodbye?original ↗
4 Dec 2013
Chorlton Water Park to Dunham Massey along the Bridgewater Canaloriginal ↗
26 Sept 2013
Upcoming exhibition: Typographic, Urban and Americana Art by Patrick Macaulyoriginal ↗
13 Aug 2013
South Manchester to Macclesfield cycle, via Lyme Park and the Middlewood Wayoriginal ↗
15 Jul 2013
Peel the top off a hottie” – ad campaign by Pot Noodleoriginal ↗
12 May 2013
Donkeys in Debdaleoriginal ↗
2 May 2013
I’m a professor.original ↗
15 Mar 2013
Removing margins in gnuplotoriginal ↗
24 Feb 2013
Getting a Raspberry Pi to run, using Mac OSoriginal ↗
22 Jan 2013
European travels, part 3: Romeoriginal ↗
10 Jan 2013

2012

European travels, part 2: Oslooriginal ↗
13 Dec 2012
Stardog ASCII art poweroriginal ↗
24 Nov 2012
Things I’ve lost on buses in Manchesteroriginal ↗
23 Nov 2012
WoDOOM 2012: A brief review of the First International Workshop on Debugging Ontologies and Ontology Mappingsoriginal ↗
13 Nov 2012
Coding Horror: Please don’t learn to codeoriginal ↗
1 Nov 2012
Fairly well organised: A Carefully Planned Festival #2original ↗
29 Oct 2012
Enlightenment: A comparison between EL and EL-top.original ↗
25 Oct 2012
European travels, part 1: Berlin & Potsdamoriginal ↗
19 Oct 2012
Happy Birthday, little man!original ↗
11 Oct 2012
Reading material: “Interactive ontology revision”original ↗
10 Oct 2012
Dog Food Conferencesoriginal ↗
4 Oct 2012
Semi-productive procrastination: The LaTeX motivator.original ↗
28 Sept 2012
Reading material: “Direct computation of diagnoses for ontology debugging.”original ↗
21 Sept 2012
#manchestereats. Cause we’re hungry up North!original ↗
21 Sept 2012
Oh so pretty.original ↗
27 Aug 2012
A few of my favourite thingsoriginal ↗
25 Aug 2012
A SPARQLing Benchmarking Adventureoriginal ↗
21 Aug 2012
JavaScript for Catsoriginal ↗
20 Aug 2012
Drink! It’s for charity!*original ↗
9 Aug 2012
koala.owloriginal ↗
4 Aug 2012
MySQL workbench on Mac OS “Error 1046 – No database selected”original ↗
29 Jul 2012
“No Tampax, No Glory”original ↗
23 Jul 2012
How I went from Manchester to Sicily and back – via Buryoriginal ↗
28 Jun 2012
Fancy some pussy with your bread rolls?original ↗
24 Jun 2012
Installing OpenRDF Sesame on a Mac Minioriginal ↗
18 Jun 2012
Installing Virtuoso Open Source on a Mac Minioriginal ↗
17 Jun 2012
Get Your Triples On: Installing 4store on a Mac Minioriginal ↗
16 Jun 2012
An OWL: Experiences and Directions W3C Community Grouporiginal ↗
29 May 2012
Asleep on a Sunbeam: Manchest-arrr is boiling.original ↗
28 May 2012
“Up a bit, then left!”: Day 0 and 1 at FutureEverything 2012original ↗
18 May 2012
Futures: Teaching Kids How to Code @ Hack To The Futureoriginal ↗
1 May 2012
Animals Are Cut In Two: My favourite vegetarian places in Manchesteroriginal ↗
29 Apr 2012
Cherub Rock: A trip to Kinder Scoutoriginal ↗
31 Mar 2012
Videolectures from ISWC 2011 onlineoriginal ↗
6 Jan 2012
In other news: Das Rabbit is a pin-up bunny.original ↗
6 Jan 2012
The Coast is Always Changing: A trip to Somerset & Devonoriginal ↗
3 Jan 2012

2011

Bus Stop Find #1original ↗
20 Nov 2011
Slow, Slowly, Sloes*: Sloe picking in Chorltonoriginal ↗
7 Nov 2011
Something About Airplanes: A day out at the airportoriginal ↗
8 Oct 2011
List of helpful OWL API Toolsoriginal ↗
3 Oct 2011
In other news: 168 days of rabbitoriginal ↗
24 Sept 2011
‘MANCHustifications’original ↗
21 Sept 2011
I heart MCR, Part 2.original ↗
18 Sept 2011
I heart MCR.original ↗
21 Aug 2011
We Are Nowhere, And It’s Now: Ancoats.original ↗
17 Aug 2011
Manchester Riots. The aftermath.original ↗
10 Aug 2011
Minimize Me! Day 4 & 5original ↗
30 Jul 2011
Minimize Me! Day 2 & 3original ↗
28 Jul 2011
Minimize Me! Day 1.original ↗
26 Jul 2011
Off to DL…original ↗
11 Jul 2011
“Carlos Tevez hates Manchester more than you do.”original ↗
15 Jun 2011
Young Hearts Spark Fire: a night out in Fallowfieldoriginal ↗
10 Jun 2011
Reactions to schema.orgoriginal ↗
9 Jun 2011
Axiomatic Richness – is your ontology full fat or skimmed?original ↗
2 Jun 2011
Jesus Fucking Christ.original ↗
1 Jun 2011
The Semantic Web Layer Cakeoriginal ↗
18 May 2011
Running Off With The Fun City Girls: The Great Manchester Run 2011original ↗
15 May 2011
brb science.original ↗
27 Apr 2011
All Across the Sands: And then, then we went to Wales.original ↗
10 Apr 2011
You Ride, We Ride: This is not the Manchester I know.original ↗
28 Mar 2011
Pet Sounds: There’s a rabbit in my houseoriginal ↗
24 Mar 2011
Der Herr vom Filmressort: Videos from Manchester, for Manchesteroriginal ↗
12 Mar 2011
The Middle: Adventures in Nottinghamoriginal ↗
23 Feb 2011
Stolen Mountains: the Lakes, Derwentwater, Catbells & icy rain.original ↗
18 Feb 2011
Playhouse: a year at (some of) Manchester’s theatresoriginal ↗
2 Feb 2011
A Different City: My favourite places in Berlin (Pt 2)original ↗
10 Jan 2011
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