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Garmin touchscreen Edge 800 GPS for cyclists “rocks”

August 27th, 2010 11:31am mike s No comments

Garmin touchscreen Edge 800 GPS for cyclists looks a winner

Back in the day, cyclists keen to keep a record of their travels had to employ a map for directions and listen to the relentless click of a metal wheel clip nudging against a mechanical device for recording the miles travelled, but Garmin’s touchscreen Edge 800 cycling GPS unit cuts a far more modern dash.

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Big discounts for business rail travellers promised by RedSpottedHanky.com

August 16th, 2010 11:30am mike s 2 comments

Cheap rail tickets for busness types promised by RedSpottedHanky.com

We’re mighty keen on things that hurtle along on rails at Wirefresh, although we often find ourselves shouting at rail booking websites which often bedazzle us with endless options and befuddle us with complex pricing structures.

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Train buffs in heaven as Japanese hotel offers in-room model railway

August 9th, 2010 11:30am mike s No comments

Train buffs in heaven as Japanese hotel offers in-room model railway

If you’re the kind of bloke (for it is almost always blokes) who gets excited by model trains, transformers, track laying and sticking little lichen trees around a board, then there’s a hotel in Japan waiting to embrace you with open arms.

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Cycle Hire Widget for Android lets Londoners find TfL cycles quickly

August 3rd, 2010 10:00am mike s 2 comments

Cycle Hire Widget for Android lets Londoners find TfL cycles quickly

A collaboration between Transport for London, Serco and Barclays Bank has seen thousands of bicycles being made available to Londoners, and the free Cycle Hire Widget for Android has been released to lets users locate a bike in double quick time.

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The amazing fake houses of Paddington, London [off topic]

June 4th, 2010 1:53pm mike s No comments

The incredible fake houses in Paddington

Seeing as it’s a Friday, it’s sunny outside and the pub is calling our name, we thought we’d bring you a feature from our sister blog at urban75 and tell you about the amazing fake houses at 23/24 Leinster Gardens, Paddington, London W2.

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Nokia’s £13 bicycle dynamo mobile charger for lycra-clad techies

June 3rd, 2010 2:14pm mike s 1 comment

Nokia's £13 bicycle dynamo mobile charger for lycra-clad techies

We love cycling and we love gadgets, so Nokia looks to be pedalling into a world of win with their new bicycle charging kit.

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London’s new double-decker bus announced

May 17th, 2010 5:32pm Tony Fletcher 1 comment

London's new double-decker bus announced

We loved the old Routemaster bus, with its handy rear platform for jumping on and off quickly, and Boris Johnson’s decision to reintroduce an updated version was one of the very few things we liked about the blonde buffoon.

The GLA have just released a video showing off the new design and it looks pretty damn good to our eyes – and pleasingly, more than a bit sci-fi too!

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TomTom announces Urban Rider GPS for motorbikers

April 30th, 2010 2:00pm mike s 1 comment

TomTom announces Urban Rider GPS for motorbikersHelmet-donning, leather strutting motorbike riders with a propensity to get lost may find themselves getting all revved up about Tom Tom’s new Urban Rider GPS unit.

Sporting an updated interface with big buttons for making it easier to punch in routes when wearing gloves, there’s just two buttons on the unit: Navigate To and Browse Map.

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Watch live as aircraft empty the UK skies to escape volcanic ash eruption

April 15th, 2010 11:23am mike s No comments

Watch live as aircraft empty the UK skies to escape volcanic ash eruption

With an Icelandic volcano currently spewing tonnes of ash towards UK skies, all aircraft are being grounded as a safety measure, with authorities mindful of the damage that hot, abrasive ash can do to a plane’s engines (i.e. knacker them completely).

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Virgin Galatic: VSS Enterprise’s first ‘captive carry’ flight [video]

March 23rd, 2010 9:30am mike s No comments

Virgin Galactic: VSS Enterprise's first 'captive carry' flight

Virgin Galactic has announced that VSS Enterprise successfully completed its inaugural captive carry flight from Mojave Air and Spaceport.

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Disused Stations: the melancholic romance of abandoned railway lines

March 19th, 2010 4:10pm mike s 2 comments

Site of the day: Disused Stations

If you’ve only a passing interest in Britain’s railways, its architecture or industrial past, you should find Subterranea Brittanica’s Closed Stations site an invaluable and compelling resource.

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TFL’s new interactive bus map for Londoners

February 24th, 2010 5:52pm mike s 2 comments

TFL's new interactive bus map for Londoners

Transport for London have released their all-new interactive bus map, and we’re feeling the love.

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Moscow-Vladivostok – take a virtual journey on Google Maps

February 17th, 2010 9:30am mike s 4 comments

Moscow-Vladivostok - take a virtual journey on Google Maps

If you’re stuck in your office and fed up looking out at the car park, then why not take a virtual trip along the great Trans Siberian Railway?

Thanks to some clever Googlery, you can ride the whole length of the line from Moscow to Vladivostok and watch the countryside roll by as the train embarks on its titanic journey across two continents, 12 regions and 87 cities.

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Stunning Aircruise hydrogen airships promise a new era in luxury travel

February 3rd, 2010 5:43pm Tony Fletcher 1 comment

Aircruise hydrogen airships promise a new era in luxury travel

London-based design and innovation company Seymourpowell has whizzed up an incredible vision of a giant, elegant ‘clipper in the clouds’ airship that’s got us scrambling for our passports and monogrammed leather luggage.

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NASA shows off ridiculously cool ‘Puffin’ personal flying gizmo

January 20th, 2010 4:02pm mike s No comments

NASA shows off ridiculously cool 'Puffin' personal flying gizmo

Boy, do we want this thing. NASA has slapped up a YouTube video of their amazing Puffin personal aircraft: a mean, lean, hover-capable, electric-powered, super-quiet personal VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) flying machine.

Sadly, we’re only getting a computer generated animation of the aircraft at this stage, but the concept seems sound with the Puffin cleverly splitting its tail into four pieces to serve as landing gear, with flaps on the wings keeping the aircraft stable as it lifts and descends.

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