https://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/tickets/refu
And then you plug that data into Google Maps ...
What do you get?
http://www.dracos.co.uk/play/locating-p
A lovely website that enables you to put in the first part of a UK postcode and get a map showing you where the post boxes are there.
And in the best Web 2.0 way, if there's an unidentified postbox on the list, you can add it to the map yourself.
(I know, I know - who uses the post any more? But it's useful for those occasions where you might need to.)
I can think of many of you (
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hekai especially) who will probably find that self-evident, but it's worth a read. It's a lovely definition of what the Internet actually is.athena25.In English, we say "It's all greek to me" when we don't understand something.
What do the Greeks say?
Well, apparantly, the hierarchy goes something like this:
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procrastineerin) for pointing me towards this. It's an anthropological talk about Youtube and it's inspiring. Fair warning, it's also an hour long. But I've just sat here enthralled, not only by the subject matter, but by it's presentation. Starting with Gary Brolsma, who you probably know better as the Numa Numa Boy, discussing LonelyGirl15 and the YouTube community's reaction to her, and weaving in how the way we communicate changes how we communicate - this is well worth a watch for anyone interested in how society is affected by and affects the internet.
My third post on Livejournal, back in April 2002, I posited that Livejournal (and the Web) were more about connections than anything else.
I still strongly believe that to be true.
The 696 Form compels licensees who wish to hold live music events in 21 London Boroughs to report to the police the names, addresses, aliases and telephone numbers of performers, and most worryingly, the likely ethnicity of their audience. Failure to comply could result in fines or imprisonment. We believe this places unnecessary and frankly Orwellian powers in the hands of the Metropolitan Police, an institution which does not have the best record of racial fairness. The 696 form can only serve to deter the staging of live musical events - a positive form of activity in London and all cities - stifle free expression and quite possible penalise certain genres of music and ethnic audiences. It is an intrusion too far.
If you think this can't be true, look at http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-enter
Please sign the petition!
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Scrapt
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=eUkwOi48k
That's part 1 (of 6) of the 'Faking It' episode, where Sian Evans, a 22 year old cellist, successfully faked it as a Hard House DJ. You can watch the following parts from the YouTube website.
It's just lovely.
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http://www.explorebj.com/subway/
You can click on a station to get the first and last trains for each line that runs through that station. You can click on one station and then drag to another, and the software will calculate your average journey time, best route and cost of the ticket.
And it's worth keeping an eye out for the amusing 'loading' messages between screens; I particularly liked 'polishing station attendants badges'.
There's even a wikipedia with information about each station. TFL has something similar, but it's buried deep within the TFL website, and not at all easy to find.
Well worth a look if you're a map-geek :-) (And if you'd like to find out more, I've just syndicated the
exploremetro blog to LJ.- Mood:
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http://qntm.org/?gay
Ganked from
theferrett, this is a surprisingly entertaining read.- Mood: amused
What happens when Hitler realises that his name has just been found on the BNP mailing list?
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Now, next to your search results, there are two new buttons; one to promote the item upwards, one to remove it from your search. And those choices are recorded, so if you log in again, they will influence the results you get in the future.
Google are now allowing you to customise your results. That's a major step forward in using a search engine, but which follows on seamlessly from some of the implications (and specific predictions) in the Long Tail.
More information here.
Because we're all just jerks in the playpen, when it comes right down to it. And tossing insults and brickbats is all part of the fun, especially when it's done with panache. But when anyone - no matter how annoying - stumbles and shatters their skull, you'd better be prepared to either shut up or help them. Why? Because you're also a grown up, stupid. And that's what they do.
Charlie Brooker on celebrity, and specifically on our need to differentiate when someone deserves mocking, and when they actually need help.
Well worth a read.
In English variety halls (Britain's equivalent of vaudeville theatres), comedian Will Hay performed a routine in the early 1930s (and possibly earlier) as a schoolmaster interviewing a schoolboy named Howe who came from Ware but now lives in Wye.
But I believe I'm right in thinking that 'Amore Solum Opus Est' roughly translates as 'All you need is Love'?
The image is huge, so I won't link to it - you can see it by going to the above link.
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Robert Heinlein's Form Letter.
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This web site has unearthed a snippet from it, and put it online.
Work safe, and really, really worth checking out.
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But if it is, my claim to fame is that Eddy, a good friend of mine from Planet Angel and the person responsible for webcasting the party, is the official live Webcaster of the Apocalypse.
I think that deserves a mention. Or at the very least, a teeshirt.
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http://www.explosm.net/comics/1392/
A couple of caveats; while this comic is perfectly worksafe, there are several on there which are wrong, wrong, wrong on so many levels. So generally, the site is Non-PC and NSFW.
But funny, in the same way In Bruges is funny.
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- Music:Sly One vs Jurrane - Autumn Sessions
The Health and Safety Executive dispell some of their favourite "We can't do that because of Health and Safety" myths.
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And, thanks to
eslington, who owns this as a teeshirt - pax_draconis - This one is for you in oh so many ways ....This is a proof of concept, but based on real underlying data. Tom has written a java applet which redraws the tube map based on time rather than distance or connections (which is what the Harry Beck map does).
It's a work in progress, and Tom's got several things that he'd like to add to it. But like other map-sites I've linked to before, it's a thing of beauty because it turns the notion of what a map is on its head, much like Harry Beck did back in the 30's.
Enjoy playing with it.
http://www.villagevoice.com/people/0
Video: Bill Gates Last Day CES Clip
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If you do decide to listen to 4 or 5 podcasts of the Now Show in a row, be aware that people might look at you funny when you're laughing out loud on the Tube.
And the street.
And in the middle of Waterstones.
jimfer: this one's for you :-)
Yes - that's a man who ran the London Marathon, dressed as Indy, being chased by a huge stone ball.
26 miles.
EDIT: click the picture for more information on him - he's the chap who walked the marathon in a Victorian diving suit a couple of years ago.
Link taken from LibraryCrunch
But there's one there that just made me laugh out loud in the office ....
( Building the suspense )
Thanks to
furzepig for the link.An illustrated list, with citations, of Japanese monsters. It includes my favourite, the Kappa, as well as many others, including the Te-naga and Ashi-naga - that's a pair of demons; one with infeasibly long legs, the other with infeasibly long arms.
Well worth a browse.
Ganked from quintus
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/eu
Roger is (at present) a postman, working for the Royal Mail in Barry, South Wales (which incidentally, is the town of my birth). He took it upon himself to let the houses on his route know that the Royal Mail were looking to increase the euphemistically named "door to door items" - these are the junk mail packages that the Royal Mail stick through your door addressed to "The resident" or some other anonymous title. Roger also included in his flyer a tear-off strip that his residents could fill in and post to the Royal Mail to opt out of said junk mail.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, they've suspended him for 'alleged misconduct', according to the BBC.
Now, according to the Royal Mail, if you opt out of their 'door to door' items, you risk missing "important" communiques from local and national government. So with that risk in mind, I'm passing on to you the information that Roger was suspended for. Thanks to the Telegraph for this, and for pointing out that the Opt-Out address had changed twice recently, and doesn't feature on the Royal Mail website. (Insert obligatory HHGttG joke).
Edited to add: the opt out address is now on the site.
Customers who want to opt out of receiving unaddressed material from Royal Mail can either ring 08457 740740, go to email optout@royalmail.com, or write to: Door to Door Opt Out, Royal Mail, Kingsmead House, Oxpens Road, Oxford, OX1 1RX.
It's also worth reminding people at this time of http://www.mpsonline.org.uk which is the mail preference service, which allows you to opt out of receiving direct (ie addressed) junk mail.
Edited to add: Go Norman! My favourite MP!
'If someone cuts themselves getting into your garden, we can send a forensic officer to collect DNA,' adds Bob. 'Weave old bramble through a trellis and you achieve what you would do with the worst razor wire. We're talking defensive planting. Climbing and rambling roses,pyracantha, smilax, thorny chaenomeles, sharp-toothed Berberis 'Blenheim', viciously spiny Ulex europaeus. The garden strikes back -naturally - and there's no obligation to post any warning. But if it's razor wire you choose, legal warnings don't need to be at regular intervals. Just one small cigarette packet-sized warning will do.'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/crime/art
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Others on my friendslist might feel differently, and so I present, with no further ado, the following:
Cthulhu Sex Magazine
Cthulhu Sex Submission Guidelines
All submissions to Cthulhu Sex must contain a major thread of at least one of the three themes in the subtitle: Blood, Sex and Tentacles. Most of our works are dark in tone, horrific in thought and streaked with sensuality. We are most interested in works that have an entertaining, motivated plot and evoke a charged atmosphere of terror and titillation. Catering to sensual horror readers, we look for horror with sensual influences as opposed to erotica with horrific influences. We are open to experimental writings. Most of all, we desire interesting and well-written stories. Perusing an issue is the best way to get a feel for what we print.
Guideline details, submission, payment, and contact information at:
http://www.cthulhusex.com/sinfo.asp
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Today's page is http://www.proporta.com/F02/PPF02P05.php?t
Anyone got a spare £1,175,000?
David Davis, on the latest government plans for ID cards, in the Guardian.
http://www.googletutor.com/2005/04/15/v
Have a try - it's addictive.
It's also useful for those "Serif or Sans Serif" discussions ....
And completely unrelated: Mac bashers might want to take a look at http://www.icryptex.com/ - it's a 'funny-once' rather than anything more, but it's worth a look.
My Dad is Rich (and yours is dead!) - the latest song from Draco and the Malfoys - follow the links to Listen (with thanks to
ldymusycPolitical satire has gone downhill since Spitting Image.
Way downhill.
Add your name to a list - when 25 people from your constituency sign up, your MP gets an email saying "these people would like to know what you're up to, as their elected representative."
Ilford Massive - I'm number 21 on the Mike Gapes list ... hint, hint.
If you get a passport from 2008 to 2010, you can opt out of having an ID card at the same time.
Woo-hoo.
Except ... hear that sound? No? Wait, and you will.
You can opt out of the card until 2010, when they become mandatory. Well ... okay - there's a General Election during that period, and the Torys have said they already intend to make this an election issue. But will any government overturn the policy of their predecessor after such a large amount of money has been spent on it? But I digress.
There's that sound again. Yes - it's much clearer. That's the sound of the other shoe dropping.
If you apply for a passport between 2008 and 2010, you can opt out of carrying the ID card.
But you still have to register your biometric data on the ID Card database. Not just the Passport Office database.
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politi
http://www.guardian.co.uk/frontpage/sto
So, if you're worried about your civil liberties - it's okay. You're fine.
We have always been at war with Eurasia.
Caed Mille Failte.
It fits a lot of what I try to do with game contracts, and is not a bad framework at all to look at when starting a campaign. I don't agree with it 100%, but it's worth a look.
That's not a black and white photo ....
Spiderman 3 is scheduled for a May 2007 release.
http://www.thisishouseprices.co.uk/
http://www.thelittlehousecompany.co.u
Put in a postcode, find a list of organic farmers, farm shops and locally produced food, with a handy "what's in season" section.
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