i don’t usually link to content-free techcrunch, but when i do, it is to point out that there are far more important issues to discuss than whether the rioters used one particular communications tool vs another. ah, pundits.
Tag: london
Most complete Leonardo
Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan’ is the most complete display of Leonardo’s rare surviving paintings ever held.
wow. 7 of the known 15 leonardo paintings will be on display. london trip in december?
London postal railroad
A group of intrepid London explorers found an entrance to the long-abandoned postal rail system, which once whisked mail across the city through a network of underground tunnels. They walked km of track, stopped in several stations, and lavishly documented the journey with photos and text. What an adventure!
hidden london tunnels
Dens of Iniquity
london, 1700: “There are so many coffeehouses, I know not which to enter.”
London And Its Dead
10000s of skeletons that lie hidden beneath the streets, houses and offices of London have been revealed for the first time on a map, in a collaboration between the Museum of London and The Times.
2014-06-25:
they fell through the surface of the tennis courts only to find themselves standing in a maze of rotting coffins hidden just beneath the soil, an infernal honeycomb of badly tended graves like something out of Dante.
crazy
The marathon is easy
diary of a massai in london. it sounds a bit ghostwritten to me.
Welcome to my squash cave
Many of London’s most financially advantaged residents, including oil tycoons and Indian steel magnates, have been “seeking permission to excavate under the garden… making space for a 3-story garage with car stacker, a swimming pool, a gym and a private home cinema.” There are even “walk-in showers with waterproof television screens and glass walls that turn opaque with the press of a button, and cost £1000 / m2.”
if they keep their mac mansions underground more power to them. at least it does not contribute to sprawl.
Gatwick capsule hotel
A 4 hour stay in a premium cabin (10 square meters) costs $80. Bedside charging points, personal lighting, dimming control and bed deployment switch allows you to work or relax without moving from the comfort of your bed
a bit expensive, but yay for airports that are not hellholes. we need these around the world, imo
Future London
Oy!
Oy is a system of between-stop informal gaming, played for small stakes, the price of a text message, or just for fun with fellow passengers onboard. Oyster card holders (London Transport’s smart travel card scheme) can sign up in their existing online account to play for top-ups to their card.
locative game that shortens the travel time on london buses by utilizing onboard GPS
Gregor J. Rothfuss 