Hacks and experiments with cultural heritage content, from James Morley
London Bloggers is a seemingly simple site which allows people to list and promote their London-based blogs. Nothing remarkable there, but the real beauty is the way they have structured the site, based on the London tube map. If you’ve seen previous posts on this blog, or browsed through some Read more …
/etcetera/blog/051125006.jpgI do like to buy a good gadget from time to time, but usually they’re camera or computer related. An exception is this Powerball, which I bought recently from dabs.com. It’s one of those incredibly simple devices that’s thoroughly addictive. Don’t be conned into becoming cynical due to the marketing Read more …
The Way We See It is a fairly new site which gives a challenge every week – to go out and photograph a nominated London location. I haven’t been able to try it out myself yet as all the locations are in central London, but it looks like fun. Comparing Read more …
/etcetera/signs/051121046.jpgAnd I thought you usually used a chainsaw if you wanted to cut a tree down, not a big triangular-shaped shovel… More signs>>>
Cycling in to work on Monday morning I was struck by lots of new graffiti on the lock gate by Elthorne Park, so much so that I took a few pictures. Cycling home later that day I got an even greater shock – someone (I assume from British Waterways) had Read more …
One of my favourite sites used to be The Big Smoker, a blog about life in London. A year go it was changed to londonist.com, and though I don’t think it’s as good in some respects now it has gone ‘mainstream’, it’s still a good read. 127They’ve recently run a Read more …