<div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.5em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:helvetica,arial,freesans,clean,sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(248,248,248)">¶ <a href="https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/roads/vauxhall-cross" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:blue;text-decoration:none">Transforming Vauxhall Cross</a><br style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Plans afoot to redesign the road/rail/Tube/bus interchange at Vauxhall, and make the whole thing more people-friendly. Scroll down for before/after maps. As a frequent pedestrian and catcher-of-buses from here, I'd agree that some sort of upgrade is necessary. Right now, it's pretty horrible to walk through, even if you're just trying to get to a bus stop.<br style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><small style="margin:0px;padding:0px">posted at 20:00 on 5 Jan 2015</small></p><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.5em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:helvetica,arial,freesans,clean,sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(248,248,248)">¶ <a href="http://www.novelty-automation.com/" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:blue;text-decoration:none">Novelty Automation</a><br style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Tim Hunkin's opening another coin-operated arcade of wonder just round the corner from my office. I expect all you hip kids knew about this already.<br style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><small style="margin:0px;padding:0px">posted at 17:10 on 5 Jan 2015</small></p><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.5em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:helvetica,arial,freesans,clean,sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(248,248,248)">¶ <a href="http://www.icehuts.ca/" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:blue;text-decoration:none">Ice huts</a><br style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Or "sheds in Canada" - thanks <a href="http://twitter.com/psd" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:blue;text-decoration:none">@psd</a>.<br style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><small style="margin:0px;padding:0px">posted at 14:05 on 5 Jan 2015</small></p><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.5em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:helvetica,arial,freesans,clean,sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(248,248,248)">¶ <a href="https://www.composed.com/" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:blue;text-decoration:none">composed.com</a><br style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Five quid a month classical music streaming. They did well to grab that domain name.<br style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><small style="margin:0px;padding:0px">posted at 12:42 on 5 Jan 2015</small></p><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.5em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:helvetica,arial,freesans,clean,sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(248,248,248)">¶ <a href="http://luxreview.com/news/509/a-grim-prognosis-for-the-humble-light-switch" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:blue;text-decoration:none">A grim prognosis for the humble light switch?</a><br style="margin:0px;padding:0px">I dunno, I'm still quite fond of them myself.<br style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><small style="margin:0px;padding:0px">posted at 11:09 on 2 Jan 2015</small></p><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.5em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:helvetica,arial,freesans,clean,sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(248,248,248)">¶ <a href="http://blog.mattedgar.com/2015/01/01/three-things-a-city-in-charge-of-its-destiny-ought-to-know-about-software/" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:blue;text-decoration:none">Three things a city in charge of its destiny ought to know about software</a><br style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Matt Edgar has been doing some thinking: </p><blockquote style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 0.6em;border-left-width:5px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(221,221,221);color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:helvetica,arial,freesans,clean,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:22.399999618530273px;background-color:rgb(248,248,248)">This is how platforms are made in the age of software, not by fiat of a central authority but emergently with layer built upon layer in response to the needs of users and the growing capabilities of makers. As platforms build they can raise everyone up to levels of attainment previously only available to a privileged few. They don’t so much lower the barriers to entry as help us to scramble over them – by wrapping up what used to be hard in easy-to-use packages.</blockquote><small style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:helvetica,arial,freesans,clean,sans-serif;line-height:22.399999618530273px;background-color:rgb(248,248,248)">posted at 22:56 on 1 Jan 2015</small><br><div><small style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:helvetica,arial,freesans,clean,sans-serif;line-height:22.399999618530273px;background-color:rgb(248,248,248)"><br></small></div><div><font color="#000000" face="helvetica, arial, freesans, clean, sans-serif" size="1"><span style="line-height:22.399999618530273px;background-color:rgb(248,248,248)">(Experimental new format. Like it? Hate it? Let me know - G)</span></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="helvetica, arial, freesans, clean, sans-serif" size="1"><span style="line-height:22.399999618530273px;background-color:rgb(248,248,248)"><br></span></font></div></div>