Northern Ireland output areas

Kind of like the Pruitt-Igoe of the UK, except with a gas explosion and partial collapse, instead of demolishment by dynamite.

Ordering UK Census geodata on CDs.

One of the reasons a census was initiated in the UK: "the life insurance industry would be stimulated by the results."

official uk census tables for northampton

UK census data tables for Northamptonshire

Population pyramids for UK over the 20th C. WWI and the Spanish Flu still have a noticeable impact

There's a Newtown Creek on the Isle of Wight. amazing.

"project is to build communities equipped for the dual challenges of climate change and peak oil." Local food, renewable energy, more self-production. Welcome to the new medieval!

great list of planning buzzwords to avoid/ban (UK version)

"Autumn 1944, and London was under attack from space. Hitler's 'vengeance' rocket, the V-2, was the world's first ballistic missile, and the first man-made object to make a sub-orbital spaceflight. Over 1400 were launched at Britain, with more than 500 striking London. The 13 tonne rocket impacted at over 3000 miles per hour. There was no warning; the missile descended faster than the speed of sound and survivors would only hear the approach and sonic booms after the blast." For reference the next time you read Gravity's Rainbow.

via things magazine. who knew he had a collection of 60s era penguin paperback covers?

hilarious booster community site for poundbury

Prince Charles' pet project. Some houses have bricked up windows to imitate the results of glass tax.

the last castle to be built in England

"Kyrgyzstan is the world's leading exporter of typos." Like Hodgman's book, but an atlas. Posting because of hand-drawn maps and the above line & an elephant thinking of Cote d'Ivoire as 'Cote d'Bloody Humans'

Danish artist in the UK. New acoustic mirrors facing each other across the Eng Channel, Christiana research, more

yes

Revolutionary puritan constitution, written in 1st-person plural. Biennial parliamentary elections, no drafts, no compulsary religion, equal protection.

We are free men, though we are poor

"A more notable instance of this behavior was demonstrated in his interruption of a performance of The Merchant of Venice, in which Clare verbally assaulted Shylock." In one of his poems, he mentions an 'aeroplane.' I'd love a citation. (He died in 186x)

Fire in the UK's first (air-cooled) reactor: "[The] extreme heat generated of the fire stripped the oxygen from the [liquid carbon dioxide put on as an extinguisher] & [CO was] added to the blaze" ... "Plans [are underway] to remove the fire-damaged core,

Artist of 'Field', an installation of 831 flourescent tubes powered by the electromagnetic field of overhead power lines.

disposable cameras given to postal carriers, best pix published.

"Maron says OpenStreetMap could even turn the process of walking around an area to capture data into a game, which raises a lot of interesting possibilities."

Comprehensive greenhouse gas stats & figures from the UK. far better than the US Energy Information Agency site

All the Polar Bears in the UK

Banksy & friends droplifing detourned Hilton CDs. 500 CDs in 42 locations (UK only). Did they keep a bunch to sell in due time? (honest question : who buys Paris Hilton CDs?)

sweet little wind turbine. Another version by UIC students was up on the Sears Tower a few years ago. payback time (in UK) is 15+ years - bit long. via pruned

coke bottle dildos, etc. Being childish is OK everybody!

& he has a livejournal

UK travel time maps. Really a proof of concept - they'll send you their software if you ask. NYC, anyone?

"The stone is a listed structure, part of our visible Roman history and an important part of the street scene." (via rodcorp)

What a pain to travel to the land of the free. Also as important (apparently v. dangerous): gator attacks and Mount St. Helens.

Like the CIA World Factbook, but with longer narratives on history, economy & foreign relations (but inferior maps). Omits the UK [bc it's the Foreign Ofc?].

"24-4-90: junior Defence Minister Michael Neubert made the half-mile journey from the mainland to declare Gruinard safe by removing its red warning sign."

"my view is that to get beyond the pernicious influence of social science on urban studies, it is necessary to transgress modernity. "

"The Chalkwell Ladies, Ms Edna Regis and Ms Susan Blairgowrie (aka Lorraine Bowen and Karina Towsend) are a fabulous tweed-suited duo."

anyone actually done this?

"online archive of an art project, in which artist Thorsten Knaub recorded his daily movements over the course of a year [using] GPS."

"Furtherfield is an online platform for the creation, promotion, and criticism of adventurous digital/net art work for public viewing, experience and interaction."

in September 2000 Betty Green sat down at her computer and started to ask God for answers to her own questions. After a while she began to receive the answers you'll find published here.

Major Martin, preserved in dry ice and dressed in his Royal Marines uniform, was placed in a sealed steel cannister

1986, the remnants of the group were nominated for the Turner Prize.

most remote island in British Isles. Abandoned 1930.

banksy

indugle your anglophilia with this political quiz

anyone who tags pigs & cows is my new best buddy

british radio 'quiz' show