The daft story of the day is the introduction of 10 ‘homely’ bus shelters for Christmas shoppers, with heating, interactive motion-sensor elements, and speakers that play out Christmas carols (just in case you haven’t had enough of the Christmas fever already). An idea this daft could only be the work of a PR team desperate [...]
It’s essay-writing time again (I’m on a break), and I’m just wondering if I’m the only person who finds it easier to write essays by hand on paper and then type them up than to start by just typing? I find that I think better without the distractions of the internet or the computer, and [...]
It’s been a bit of a wait, but Arvid Axelsson has now released a version of the Qute theme for Firefox 1.0. So now anyone who’s upgraded Firefox to the new official version can now make it look nice again. Qute was replaced as the default theme in Firefox by Pinstripe, from version 9 onwards, [...]
Today is the one year anniversary of when I started blogging. This is also (mostly coincidentally) my 200th post (the ID numbers are slightly out). So, I thought I’d take the opportunity to write a self-indulgent, look-back at my past year of blogging… My first post, Electric Soft Parade, was simply a photo taken on [...]
I’ve been rapidly expanding the Rare FM website rapidly over the last few months. As well as a new film section, we’ve also launched a new gig listings (for London) section. The whole site is built using Movable Type in various different ways. Some pages are built using index templates, others using blog entries. The [...]
Parents caught playing on building sites again… Snapped at the King’s Cross development
The Mayor of London today announced that he will be consulting Londoners on plans to run the tube later. Due to the need for down-time in which to carry out engineering works, the tube cannot feasibly be shut for a shorter amount overnight. So, the crucial dilemma that Londoner’s face is whether to let the [...]
I’ve been reading The Subterranean Railway over the weekend, an excellent history of the London Underground. It’s written in an entertaining way, with some great nuggets of information (such as the tube’s original no smoking policy being overturned by an amendment to the Railway Regulation Bill requiring all railways to provide a smoking car). What’s [...]
The BBC Front Page goes yellow – finally, a change from blue! I hope they continue to rotate the colour scheme (and bring back the reactive design!). Update: See also comments by Currybet and eyedropper (who also wrote about the original change to blue).
I spent five days in Scotland over Reading Week, visiting my mum, who’s moved up there. Here are some photos… A snowy hill that we walked up, just after a blizzard. A nice little stream with some waterfalls a bit further up. The log fire – we spent most of the time sitting around this [...]