I don't know much about copyright law but presumably these were technically public domain already, even if they weren't generally available.
I wonder whether they are still of use to scientists.
I agree entirely about the colours but I copied them from the Wikipedia version and they seem more or less standard so I didn't want to buck the trend. Maybe I'll add a high-contrast option.
I'll try to make it mobile friendly but it might be difficult. There is a huge amount of information crammed in to the table but I will try to think of something.
They were made for use in TV and radio programmes so need to be of the highest quality and well indexed. I assume the BBC employs people to go out and record them. I also assume they licence them to film companies and other TV companies.
My dad did the sound effects for the local amateur dramatics group and he had a few of these records. He would record them onto reel to reel tape and edit them with a small guillotine, sticking them together with special tape. Incredibly primitive and time consuming by today's standards.
I would certainly install Ubuntu or Mint as a dual boot. It comes with plenty of software such as LibreOffice, Firefox and Gimp which I use all the time.
I currently use Atom for coding but I'm not sure how good that is with RoR.
A while ago I started playing with the geolocation API and tying it in with Google Maps. I might try to use it with Bing maps which I think is better, at least aesthetically. It looks more like a real map.
Depends what area you work in but as you are on this site I assume it's something nerdy :)
I would like to be better at graphic design, nothing to complex, just the ability to design better icons, favicons, button graphics, blog post banners etc.