I spend a lot of time on trains these days, and with most major routes providing pay as you go WiFi, I’m often tempted to whip out my card to feed my Twitter/RSS/Gmail addiction - only to baulk at the prices. Normally I resist, but in the spirit of experimentation, today I thought I’d at least start the sign up process and see how much bang I’d get for my buck. It turns out quite a bit (if you stop half way through the sign up).
After filling in a name/email/address form and being presented with a “Proceed to Payment” button, I realised that I was now already connected - before pressing the button, let alone entering my credit card details. Rather than simply unblocking the small subset of domains that would enable me to pay via a 3rd party, the filters unblocked the entire web once I got past this initial form. I then got a generous 10 minutes or so of unfettered web access before simply (re)filling in the form each time it ran out.
Obviously this won’t work everywhere, but it’s well worth testing next time you’re bored on the 8:07 to Liverpool…
My Tumblr of the Hour is Nick Clegg Looking Sad.
Nick Clegg contemplates the crushing futility of existence.
stickersonthecentralline via marcushickman:
Alcohol’s heaviest user is humans. But it is also widely used by crabs, which is why they walk so funny. Unfortunately for Alcohol there are less dedicated consumers, like frogs and dolphins who prefer cocaine.
After a tiring day of rolling back and forth, transporting the workers of London, the Central Line likes nothing better than to kick back with a few cold ones. Occasionally it turns into a bit of a lashing, and it doesn’t function quite so well the next day, sometimes not even bothering to turn up! It happens to the best of us though, and we always forgive it.
Smokin’… via rocketboom
Fisherman Chic, London Fields ♪ He loves his life as a… ♪
Wall, Rivington Street
I grew up with this microwave. When I was born, my Dad bought my Mum some diamond earings. She promptly got pregnant again, but when my sister was born he bought her this microwave. The honeymoon was over… We had this thing for about 10 years before passing it on to my Grandad. 16 years later, it’s still going and he’s still going (just). Microwave, we salute you.
Massive Fox, South Bank
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If you missed steviegee at the Hoxton Bar and Grill last month, well, that’s a shame.
SURF-FU!
…Embossed, signed and numbered limited edition screen-print as well as other stuff from here: