Monday, June 14, 2004
Redundancy In Urban Street Furniture.
1. London Red Postboxes - have separate slots for 1st and 2nd class mail, and yet only a single collection sack inside, because the mail is now sorted by robots.
2. All the Manhattan pedestrian crossings have little buttons for pedestrians to press, that actually do nothing. They just serve as a calming influence.
3. Despite the warnings at the Underground ticket barrier to insert your ticket in a particular orientation, you only have to have it facing upwards.
I was going to complain that obsolete design can be time wasting and somewhat demeaning to the public. Except I noticed yesterday for the first time that London Underground have fixed their problem. Since the introduction of Oyster, the tickets just say "this way up" and the schematic on the gate gives no indication which orientation to insert the ticket. And frankly I'm not asking Royal Mail to replace their beloved postboxes, so it's just New Yorkers who have a problem.
Recipe book for classic McDonald's dishes from the 50s, including oddities such as Broccoli Cheese Soup and the Shamrock Shake.
I've learnt nothing from Jimmy's Farm about pig husbandry, luckily this porcine guide has the fundamentals down.
If pig rearing fails I could always become an illicit expert monkey fisherman.
Tim Hunkin is still kind of pervy and weird.
The now infamous Lindsay Lohan Harry Potter SNL Sketch(29 Mb).
With Mixmaster Mike strangely lacking from TT5B (To The 5 Boroughs dummy), and following the massive disappointment of the new RJD2 album, it's left to DJ Shadow to fulfill all your turntablism needs with a new live DVD. (while at the Shadow site check the stream of Six Days-Mos Def Remix, which is my favourite track of '03)
This insane collection of Dunks and Jordans may be a few pairs too far.
1. London Red Postboxes - have separate slots for 1st and 2nd class mail, and yet only a single collection sack inside, because the mail is now sorted by robots.
2. All the Manhattan pedestrian crossings have little buttons for pedestrians to press, that actually do nothing. They just serve as a calming influence.
3. Despite the warnings at the Underground ticket barrier to insert your ticket in a particular orientation, you only have to have it facing upwards.
I was going to complain that obsolete design can be time wasting and somewhat demeaning to the public. Except I noticed yesterday for the first time that London Underground have fixed their problem. Since the introduction of Oyster, the tickets just say "this way up" and the schematic on the gate gives no indication which orientation to insert the ticket. And frankly I'm not asking Royal Mail to replace their beloved postboxes, so it's just New Yorkers who have a problem.
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