Together for London

Together for London is a collective venting portal for tube and transport travellers. Nothing earth-shattering there yet. As the acronym might suggest, this is run by TfL. I particularly like the campaign “I will control my flatulence”.

The Hajj and Eid al-Adha – The Big Picture

The Hajj and Eid al-Adha. How many Christian ceremonies are celebrated in the same way across the world (here I’m thinking of the sacrificing goats, prayer for Eid)? Does the tolerance and inclusiveness of Christianity cause it to lose some cohesion when faced...

Illuminating solar blinds

Illuminating solar blinds. Great idea. But you’ll need another curtain to cover them when you want to sleep (or do they have an off switch?).

Big picture: Sichuan’s earthquake

Not the best pictures I’ve seen, but amazing how fast China reacts. I doubt we’d have a waste dispoal factory up and running six months after floods. Sichuan’s earthquake, six months later.

Big Picture: Micro

Big Picture: micro. Not sure what I like best here. Not the Obama heads, certainly.Snout

Zoetrope

A new interface to web history (temporal web content) looks very interesting, although it feels that you’d need a serious system to run it, Video of Zoetrope from Technology Review.