[gorjuss] Links for Wednesday, 26th February 2014

[Giles Turnbull]

Russell at work wondered out loud whether there was a typewriter museum
somewhere. There's this one in Liverpool, although no information is given
about how to actually visit it

http://liverpooltypewritermuseum.com/

Here's another one on the internet

http://www.typewritermuseum.org/

Something's going on with Thameslink, shame that this website tells you
very little that's useful. Even the route map is tucked away near the
bottom of the FAQs page. Ugh.

http://thameslinkprogramme.co.uk/

How to make a simple autocue

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWo0zN9WYTU

A friend just returned from a week in Chengdu on a business trip. He
described it as "a bit like Reading and those other M4 corridor towns." But
on a vast scale, obviously. From his hotel room he could see dozens of
cranes building more hotels and apartment blocks - well, just. The smog
obscured the view a lot of the time.

Here's the city government website in English

http://www.chengdu.gov.cn/echengdu/

The Chinese are building another city at the edge of Chengdu. This one is
designed to not make the smog any worse.

http://tinyurl.com/agjyewh (businessinsider.com)

Chengdu is also home to the world's largest free-standing building: The New
Century Global Center

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_hHcglXXF8

Here's how you do a fire drill for the world's biggest free-standing
building

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e21SgubR85s

Zaha Hadid has designed the Art Centre next door

http://www.zaha-hadid.com/architecture/new-century-city-art-centre/
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