Hacks and experiments with cultural heritage content, from James Morley
Drama hit the tranquility of west London last night when Fire sparked overnight evacuation in South Ealing, just down the road from me. The immediate and real drama was for those in the vicinity, including a few friends of ours, who faced a sudden evacuation in the middle of the Read more …
I don’t often read the Stamford Mercury in my quest for botanical news, but in the mysterious way that the web works (or sometimes doesn’t) I found myself at their story Plant mystery solved!. It seems they published a story about a mystery plant (subsequently identified by Kew Gardens as Read more …
I read with dismay the story Anti-junk mail postie loses round on the BBC news site. But my devious mind immediately turned to thoughts of how to let the post office know just how annoying junk (e)mail can be, and to my surprise very quickly found a direct email address Read more …
And there was I planting cabbages and sowing carrots and radishes down on the allotment this weekend, when it seems I should really be trying my hand at something altogether more exotic. In amongst the cherry and plum trees, my next planting could well be an avocado if this article Read more …
At least where I live the robbers are polite, even if the Estate Agents aren’t!
Recent experience in my comprehensive survey of Ealing’s estate agents provided conclusive proof, if any were needed, that all estate agents are liars. OK, so it was just one call, from the one that’s about third on the list of the Google search link above (extra clue – the first Read more …