April 2011
2 posts
2 tags
October 2010
1 post
“Redesigning services: Total savings £29 million
We propose to radically...”
– Norfolk’s Big Conversation
Protecting the frontline and meeting the savings challenge
August 2010
1 post
Premier League 5pm, 14th August 2010
Blackpool (3pts, GD4)
Aston Villa (3pts, GD3)
Wolverhampton (3pts, GD1)
Blackburn (3pts, GD1)
March 2010
2 posts
January 2010
1 post
““People are feeling incredibly angry,” Wes Streeting, president of...”
– http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2010/jan/31/unemployed-graduates-credit-crunch-andrew-hankinson
November 2009
3 posts
“It is a terrible, terrible name. It’s difficult to think of how it could...”
– Dara O Briain, on sportsdirect.com@St James’ Park Stadium
March 2009
9 posts
1638 Coventry Rd, Birmingham, England, UK →
A wee problem on Google Street View
Why the replacement Olympic allotments are useless →
The area was called “Marsh Lane Field” for a reason…
British Pie Week (2-8 March) →
It’s shameless puff for pastry, obviously.
But, any excuse for pie.
February 2009
19 posts
Get on that plinth →
24hrs-a-day-for-100-days project in Trafalgar Square requires (amongst others) 67 Welsh volunteers, 207 from Scotland and 304 from London.
Which Decade Is Tops For Pops? →
Mike’s annual birthday-tide musicfest returns, undimmed.
Real Help Now →
“Action is being taken all around the country to help the economy come through the recession sooner, stronger and fairer.”
The Government’s e-gurus have surely scored a cringeworthy own goal with this patronising rose-tinted website.
Online London maps →
Londonist’s directory of Cartographical London
caniturniton.com →
How’s the National Grid holding up?
Is now a good time to flick the switch on your kettle, or should you hold off for a bit?
Meg's Anti-Valentines (again) →
It’s that special time of year when chocolate manufacturers and greetings card companies encourage you to demonstrate the extent of your fondness in cold, hard, cash (or the satin-covered equivalent)
This is why you're fat dot com →
where dreams become heart attacks
e.g. Chocolate-coated cheesecake on a stick e.g. Krispy Kreme bacon cheddar cheeseburgers
“A new set of spring poems will appear on Tube trains from Monday 9 February to...”
– TfL’s PR machine blindly launches a woefully ill-timed campaign
Say No To The Road →
The Corporation of London is proposing to build the first vehicle-only road on Hampstead Heath. It would run into the Parliament Hill Triangle from Gordon House Road. This road would be unsafe and unsightly. It would be built to service new offices which the Corporation of London want to build on the Heath.
Washer Help UK →
Free information on most aspects of UK washing machines (spare parts, repairs, usage, buying new, consumer issues, etc), written by an engineer with 30 years experience in the trade.
London 2012 interactive map of the UK →
I was expecting to hate it.
I’m actually rather impressed.
Top 50 most popular Twitter celebrities →
(in the coming weeks and months we will update this league table)
January 2009
21 posts
“It would be tragic if the ambulance couldn’t find your street if you...”
– Birmingham City Council has decided road signs and place names should not have apostrophes. After years spent arguing the finer points of whether Kings Heath should be King’s Heath, or even Kings’ Heath, and if it would be better to call Acock’s Green Acocks’ Green, local...
I really must start using Daytum
Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Mapping Now Available in...
Here’s Hampstead Heath, for example, with proper contours.
Here’s Arthur’s Seat, Edinburgh.
And here’s a printable Olympic site.
Chirp →
Keep fellow Chirpers up to date with your every thought (of 10 characters or less).
Twitter services
Twitgraph
Twitscoop
hashtags.org
Twitterposter UK
Twitter Elite UK
Twitoria (who’s given up?)
Friend or follow? (who’s not following you?)
Fake Twitter celebs
….and lots more
The End of "To The End of the Line" →
Over the last two years Ian’s been to every tube station on the network. And he’s just finished.
Bloggies 2009 →
Vote Scaryduck. Obviously.
Obama's White House blog →
“Check out the briefing room, keep tabs on the blog (RSS feed) and take a moment to sign up for e-mail updates from the President and his administration so you can be sure to know about major announcements and decisions.”
Röyksopp - Happy Up Here →
Streaming of their twinkly new single (released on my birthday)
My 30 least interesting Flickr photos →
Which just goes to show that Flickr’s interestingness algorithm isn’t perfect.
Try it yourself.