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Last Rounds project featuring some of my photographs of Tube stations
I'm always pleased to see my public Flickr photos being re-used to help new websites, and a little while ago I was approached about using some of my pictures on the "Last Rounds" site. It is a website that concerns itself with public transport and the pursuit of beer. Seeing as that wraps up three of my chief areas of interest, how could I refuse? The Last Rounds project began in response to the new later licensing laws in England....

Read the full post - Published May 21, 2007 in Flickr, London Underground, Transport - No comments yet   Add your comment 

New Victoria Line trains on display at Euston
Yesterday I visited the temporary exhibition outside Euston station of the new Victoria Line Underground rolling stock which is due to make a debut on the line in late 2009. The display was in a marquee at the front of Euston, and featured a prototype of half of one of the new style carriages. What is it about the marketing material for these kind of events that forces people to use puns all the time? We're on track to introduce...

Read the full post - Published August 10, 2006 in Accessibility, London Underground, Transport - 1 comment so far   Add your comment 

Oxford Circus Underground Timewarp
There is currently some refurbishment work going on at Oxford Circus Underground station, and as you descend towards the Northbound Bakerloo and Victoria line platforms you suddenly drift back in time over 15 years. The work has exposed two panels of adverts that must date from back in 1989, since one of them is advertising a New Year's Day Andy Sheppard gig from 1990....

Read the full post - Published October 20, 2005 in London Underground, Transport - 1 comment so far   Add your comment 

The Bike Shed at Walthamstow Central
So I think I've given up on my ambition to be cycling to work by the start of September - it is 22km each way, and apart from the physical issue of whether I can do it or not, I can't work out when I would either get to write currybetdotnet or drink beer. Plus there is the issue of whether I would actually have the energy left to do any work after a 22k cycle first thing in the...

Read the full post - Published August 20, 2005 in Cycling, London Underground, Transport, Walthamstow - 3 comments so far   Add your comment 

Unusual Stuff On The Central Line
I'm glad someone else has noticed this. Going Underground has posted today about some odd graffiti appearing on the door of a Central Line train - "NOISY DOORS ARE UNACCEPTABLE" It is one of a series - back in early July I posted to Flickr another example - "DOORS CAUSE DEAFNESS" I haven't managed to capture it on camera yet, but I believe there is a third one out there. I did, however, manage to capture on camera - however...

Read the full post - Published August 11, 2005 in London Underground, Transport - No comments yet   Add your comment 

Sarah Boxer Writes About The 7/7 Community On Flickr in The New York Times
There was a very odd article published by the New York Times in the Arts section over the weekend, where Sarah Boxer reviewed the London Bomb Blasts Flickr group - On the Web, Photos Strain to Connect 7/7 and 9/11*. It was bought to my attention as it name-checked my Flickr-self as one of the top posters. Her argument is that the group have collectively tried to put something together to echo the iconic images of New York on September...

Read the full post - Published July 11, 2005 in Flickr, London Underground, Media - 1 comment so far   Add your comment 

George Galloway in the USA Senate and on the District Line
I've no great love of George Galloway, and from what I understand the election campaign that ousted Oona King was pretty unsavoury, but I have to say I thought he was very impressive yesterday in his appearance before a USA Senate sub-committee. Last night the red button on News 24 had an unedited video loop of the whole proceedings, which I turned on in the background out of vague interest, and ended up gripped. It isn't available on DSat anymore,...

Read the full post - Published May 18, 2005 in London Underground, Politics - No comments yet   Add your comment 

A day on the District Line
Yesterday I took a day trip exploring the branches at the Western end of the District Line. Bits of the District Line form some of the oldest parts of the London Underground system, with steam-hauled services between South Kensington and Westminster starting as far back as December 1868. The first branch I headed down was the Wimbledon branch. This allowed me to have a look at the South London Tram system, which I've not seen before, and then gradually make...

Read the full post - Published May 12, 2005 in London Underground, Transport - 6 comments so far   Add your comment 

A gallery, a monument, a museum and a spot of shopping - Day-tripping in London
With a month off on my hands I'm working through a lengthy list of things that I've always wanted to do around London, but have never found the time for. Today I ticked three things off the list. I started at the Estorick Collection at Canonbury Square in Islington, which until June 5th has a exhibition on Avant-Garde Graphics from 1918 to 1934. The gallery itself is quite small, consisting of six rooms, five of which are taken up with...

Read the full post - Published April 27, 2005 in Apple, London Underground, Other, Transport - No comments yet   Add your comment 

When Oyster Card fails think "Thanks for the uptime"
In Friday's Evening Standard there was a small article by Local Government Correspondent Ross Lydall about the Oyster card: "Oyster card users have been overcharged about £1 million because of delays in limiting fares, it was claimed today. The revelation came as pressure grew for an inquiry after a computer crash caused the £50 million smartcard system to collapse. Card readers across the 270 Tube stations and on 8,000 buses failed yesterday morning - taking five hours to repair and...

Read the full post - Published March 12, 2005 in Application design, London Underground, Politics, Transport - No comments yet   Add your comment 

Could Arsenal station be retro-renamed?

Published March 7, 2005 in Football, London Underground, Transport - No comments yet   Add your comment 

Open House at Loughton Station

Published September 21, 2004 in London Underground, Transport - 1 comment so far   Add your comment 

Java powered interactive tube map for Orange phones

Published July 11, 2004 in London Underground, Mobiles - 5 comments so far   Add your comment 

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