Archive for March 3rd, 2006

Fun and games in Kensington

Today started out stunning – sun, no wind, not a cloud in the sky – but as normal this state of affairs declined to persist and faded away into a mediocre cloudy afternoon. I hence decided to spend my Saturday afternoon pursuing that rather superb collection of museums out in South Kensington (V & A, [...]

Curses!

Well, I’ve been outclassed. The Tube Journey Planner not only maps the tube very nicely but integrates real-time problem information as well. Technically, they are cheating a bit. They’re using edited background images to show the tube lines. Hence it’s not easy to modify (not a problem in London as our chances of getting another [...]