Archives for the 'geographic' Category
Hebridean spring
Saturday, May 27th, 2006
After a mammoth few months of non-stop working, last week brought a brief but incredible trip to the Outer Hebrides. After a rail journey to Oban, we caught a ferry to Lochboisdale (South Uist). We then cycled up through Benbecula, North Uist, Berneray, South Harris, Scalpay and back via Skye. Photos are now available, highlights [...]
the technology knows best
Thursday, April 20th, 2006
The Guardian has a great story about drivers following their satnav over road signs and common sense. It seems that when a computer tells you to drive through water 1.2m deep, many believe it is a good idea.
tall bike tour of britain
Thursday, February 2nd, 2006
Tour of Britain not interesting enough for you? How about the Tall Bike Tour (of) Britain ?
stop what you’re doing
Friday, November 25th, 2005
everybody stop! it’s snowing. (that’s my garden)
whether it will get cold
Saturday, November 12th, 2005
This is what I like to see: The symbol in the middle that is, another new one for me. It apparently means ‘very cold’ (you would never have guessed) (-2°C). that’s the forecast for this evening here in Edinburgh. By the way, the squiggle did make sense.. sort of, because the wind was blowing around [...]
weather squiggle
Thursday, November 10th, 2005
I use the forecastfox plugin for firefox, which tells me about the weather outside – present and predicted for today/tomorrow. It’s particularly useful for when I’ve been in the (windowless, air-conditioned) lab for a number of hours and want to know what to expect when I walk outside. Sometimes the weather symbols are wacky, and [...]
riding on the edge
Sunday, October 16th, 2005
While living in Edinburgh, I am making myself explore the surrounding area. For some time, Berwick-upon-Tweed has been on my wishlist to visit – every time I have been through on the train, the area looks idyllic. So yesterday, I took the train to Berwick, although I didn’t stay long because I had to get [...]
catch a cold
Friday, October 14th, 2005
It is 1°C in Edinburgh this morning (negligible wind). Is that exciting or what?
it’s not like east street
Monday, August 29th, 2005
The Storr was even better than I’d anticipated, and slightly different to how I had imagined it. More sensually evocative. Plenty of other people have reviewed it, so I won’t. I have very few criticisms (which is unusual), and I won’t detail them. All I will say is that, additional creativity aside, the opportunity to [...]
free the postcode
Thursday, August 18th, 2005
the mapping between your post code and longitude/latitude is copyrighted information. isn’t it time to free the postcode?