MeFi Projects

Scottish train operator ScotRail released a two-hour long MP3 file containing all of the components of its automated station announcements, as the result of a Freedom of Information request. I have been having SO much building things with this. [more inside]
posted by simonw on Aug 21, 2022 - 4 comments

I've been working on Datasette for a while: it's a tool for publishing static structured data online with a browseable web interface and a JSON API. Until today you had to install various bits and pieces on your computer to use it, but I just released Datasette Publish which provides a web interface that lets you upload data as CSV files and click a button to turn that into an online database and API. My blog has more, including an animated screencast showing how I used it to build an API for exploring California campaign finance data.
posted by simonw on Jan 17, 2018 - 2 comments