Archive for the ‘London’ category:

I love a good blue plaque

I love a good blue plaque

Published on: Jan 26 2011 by Tom - Leave a Comment
Roy Reed, of ReedDesign has very kindly individually mapped London’s 957-ish blue plaques . I get the impression it’s taken some time but is far more...
Olympic Legacy

Olympic Legacy

Published on: Jan 24 2011 by Tom - Leave a Comment
What the future holds, through the eyes of Diamond Geezer: 2013: West Ham kick off their tenantship of the Olympic Stadium with a Division 1 home match against Accrington...
Guerilla signs on the tube

Guerilla signs on the tube

Published on: Oct 01 2009 by Tom - 1 Comment
Annie Mole, the brains behind the Going Underground Blog has been collecting examples of Guerilla signs on the tube from her readers. Highlights include “For...
Pick a pickpocket to putpocket

Pick a pickpocket to putpocket

Published on: Aug 21 2009 by Tom - Leave a Comment
It’s always good to read some positive news and this story about a campaign run by T-Mobile is interesting: News Blaze: You’ve Heard of Pickpockets,...
GPS tracking on iPhone and Google Maps

GPS tracking on iPhone and Google Maps

Published on: Aug 20 2009 by Tom - Leave a Comment
One of the many applications on my iPhone is MotionX-GPS with gives you a lot of information from the GPS receiver built into the phone. It gives you proper long/lat...
Wordsworth on the tube

Wordsworth on the tube

Published on: Jun 08 2009 by Tom - Leave a Comment
This morning I was lucky enough to sit opposite a poem by William Wordsworth, titled “Composed Upon Westminster Bridge”. It was part of the Poems on...
Evening Standard free for all

Evening Standard free for all

Published on: May 11 2009 by Tom - Leave a Comment
Today the evening standard relaunches after its “Sorry” campaign. Obviously, there’s quite a lot of talk about it, but not as much as I thought...
Name that tube and flag that city.

Name that tube and flag that city.

Published on: Apr 30 2009 by Tom - Leave a Comment
Today I found a new way to challenge my London knowledge, which was a map of Zone One of the London Underground without any of the station names. You have 10 minutes...
3328 photos, 2 minutes of video, 1 song.

3328 photos, 2 minutes of video, 1 song.

Published on: Mar 10 2009 by Tom - Leave a Comment
This is a great video, i know I take a lot of pictures but the work that went into this is astonishing. London (harder, better, faster, stronger) from David Hubert...
Mapping out the Olympic site and beyond

Mapping out the Olympic site and beyond

Published on: Feb 17 2009 by Tom - 1 Comment
The Mapperz  blog has highlighted a great interactive map of the activity around the country in preparation for the 2012 Olympics. Street level details shows...