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13
May 10

Curiously Cartographic Creations #1 – The Tourist Tube Map

Posted on 13th May 2010 by Gary

London seems to have gone ever so slightly maps crazy of recent. Not only is there the Magnificent Maps exhibition opening at the British Library at the end of this month but BBC4 has joined in with two documentary series … Continue reading →

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18
Feb 10

The Use Case for “where’s my train?”

Posted on 18th February 2010 by Gary

As Paul Clarke has pointed out on his blog, not once, but twice, “I assert that train operators know where their assets are: it would be irresponsible if they didn’t. And that this information is held within their internal systems“. … Continue reading →

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28
Aug 09

Deliciousness: yet more bacon, Snow Leopard, Hitchhiker’s, WhereCamp Europe, under your feet and shell scripts for your baby.

Posted on 28th August 2009 by Gary

This week’s trawl through what appeared on the interwebs and made it into my Delicious bookmarks. The march towards all things bacon flavoured continues unabated; now you can get bacon (and mint) flavoured, err, mints and that get-you-going-in-the-morning first cup of coffee can … Continue reading →

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27
Aug 09

Lost London Under Your Feet

Posted on 27th August 2009 by Gary

Stand with your back to the “looks like it’s built out of Lego” St. Gile’s development and you’ll see New Compton Street. Follow it for a while, running parallel to Shaftesbury Avenue and it comes to an abrupt end, due … Continue reading →

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27
Aug 09

Rush Hour Cozy-ness

Posted on 27th August 2009 by Gary

The Bakerloo Line is part suspended today due to engineering work which is due to last over the Bank Holiday weekend, so naturally everyone either piled onto the Waterloo & City Line or onto the Northern Line at Waterloo this … Continue reading →

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