Apparently, the police are on precautionary high alert today. That would explain the sniffer dog and four armed police on Platform 8 at Kings Cross this morning. On a related note, Juan Cole reports that the War on Terror is…
Book baton
Following the musical baton in May, sil has passed me a book baton. This is apparently a meme. Books owned: Roughly 1000, shared with my wife but not including our two year old son’s. Last book purchased: Empire of the…
London bombs again
I thought there were rather a lot of people at the crossroads of Grafton Way and Tottenham Court Road while we were having lunch in nearby Ask Pizza. On leaving there was a large amount of people, empty buses lined…
Tavistock Square open
They’ve finally opened Tavistock Square, at least to pedestrian traffic. It looks completely normal, although I’m sure there used to be some plaques on the front of the BMA building. It was only after my previous post that I found…
Terror prevention
And it’s worth making the point that 4 years of the War on Terror don’t make me feel any safer on the way home today. I shall probably have to get to Finsbury Park to catch a train home to…
Bombs in London
As everyone probably knows by now, London has just been bombed, although Seb Coe’s jubilant face still lights up BBC News. I heard the explosion at 9.50ish which must have been the bus down Tavistock Place being hit. A colleague…
James and the bootlace
In Rev. W. Awdry‘s story, James and the Bootlace (the second story in James the Red Engine, book 3 of the Railway Series), James is rough with the coaches and snaps a brake pipe, stopping a train. The crew ask…
RSS feeds for local newspapers
Library Stuff reports that British local newspapers published by Johnson Press all now have RSS feeds. There are in fact several for each title. For instance, the Biggleswade Today has 13 feeds including general feeds for news around Bedford, Sport…
Bin Laden has Bounty on his head
The BBC reports that Bin Laden has a $25m bounty on his head. As I noted in the comments to a story concerning Saddam Hussein, I must express concern about the amount of coconut needed for such a confection, and…
Leaving ALA
It seems a number of people are making a point of leaving the ALA (via and including Dorothea Salo). I have compiled a summary of the reasons why below. Apologies for any unintentional misrepresentation: Michael Gorman and the anti-technology, anti-progress…