Al’s Blog

I’m not sure how long this has been around, but it’s just popped onto my radar:
MapTube - a place to put maps

It’s a collection of Google Maps overlays most of which display demographics, but this one caught my eye - it’s a map showing the actual location of the London Underground lines, like the Way [...]

This is surreal. From Improv Everywhere… “On a cold Saturday in New York City, the world’s largest train station came to a sudden halt. Over 200 Improv Everywhere Agents froze in place at the exact same second for five minutes in the Main Concourse of Grand Central Station.”

Remember those video games tables pubs had back in the 70s and 80s? Well they’ve evolved in the guise of Microsoft Surfaces - check out the website ‘magic’ demonstration. There are some great ways to interact photos with it - similar to the multitouch feature of the forthcoming iPhone.
It’ll be pretty neat to sync [...]

Fantastic footage of cars skidding on ice.

from the Worth1000 competition ‘Apple’s next product’

I’ve spent a short while today upgrading my Pub Finder to use the Google Maps 2.0 API. I’ve also added indexes onto the data set to improve the speed.
Finding any one of the 5,149 pubs now in the database is now even quicker so there’s no excuse to drink in a dodgy pub.

Only in Kenya of course. Another fantastic flash animation from the folk who brought you Magical Trevor…
Personally I think Laydeez : The Story of Eurodance was better, but then I’m slightly biased

Walking down the thames path tonight, I saw rubber ducks floating down the river around Putney bridge. No idea why, or why, but here’s a few ropey pictures from my phone.

[Update 31/July 10:50] These appear to be the strays from a charity duck race - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/5218396.stm