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- The British Library explores the dark arts of Propaganda
- A look around an empty office block in Victoria
- Steam trains to run along part of the Central Line in June
- How to get tickets to the 2013 Last Night of the Proms
- A few Crossrail construction site photos
- Public Tours of HMS Illustrious Next Weekend
- Tom Daley’s swimming trunks become a Museum artefact
- Cyclists wanted to test “Dutch Roundabouts”
- Thoughts about the Acid on the Jubilee Line
- 20 years ago – Queen announces public tours of Buckingham Palace
geekery Archive
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A visit to the Dr Who museum in East London
Posted on February 16, 2013 | 5 CommentsIf you are a Doctor Who fan, then it may prove worthwhile to pay a visit to West Ham, for inside their former supporters club store can be found an entire museum devoted to the science fiction show. -
Get your tickets for the Ig Nobel tours
Posted on January 31, 2013 | No CommentsOne of the highlights of the annual science entertainment calendar is making a return to Imperial College in March, with an evening comprising of an oddly eclectic mix of science, really bad poetry and a small girl walking up to people and repeatedly saying “Please Stop, I’m Bored” when a speaker has droned on for too long. -
Three Enigma Machines on display in the Science Museum
Posted on January 28, 2013 | 3 CommentsA temporary exhibition has been set up in the Science Museum to that increasing icon of computing, Alan Turning. -
The Robots of Death at the Gunnersbury Park Museum
Posted on January 26, 2013 | 1 CommentFormerly the home of the Rothschild family, a large mansion house near Acton Town tube station is now home to an expansive local museum for the area, and currently has a rather curious temporary exhibition on in addition to the usual permanent displays. -
Blocking spambots on WordPress blogs
Posted on January 4, 2013 | 7 CommentsAny website that allows people to make comments on it will suffer a problem with junk messages being posted by spammers seeking to promote their various snakeoils and potions. -
The (rejected) 2001 Monolith is on display by Tower Bridge
Posted on July 7, 2012 | 4 CommentsIt may not look like it, but this 11 foot wide sculpture is the original model for the iconic Monolith used in the film, 2001 and it is on permanent... -
The ZX Spectrum, my first computer
Posted on April 23, 2012 | 11 Comments10 PRINT “Thirty years ago today, Clive Sinclair showed off the ZX Spectrum at a computer show, and kick-started what was to become a very British decade of small, lightwight... -
The Tweed Run Returns to London
Posted on March 9, 2012 | 2 CommentsOne of my favourite events to watch — and maybe one year participate in — will open for registration tomorrow lunchtime. Now it its fourth year, the Tweed Run is... -
Public Open Day at the National Physical Laboratory
Posted on February 17, 2012 | No CommentsOn the edges of London, in Teddington to be specific, sits the UK’s National Physical Laboratory. Not a sports facility, but a cluster of research labs that specialise in materials... -
How to get tickets to the 2012 Ig Nobel Awards tour
Posted on January 22, 2012 | 2 CommentsThe Ig Nobels are coming! One of the key highlights of the annual science entertainment calendar is making a return to Imperial College in March, with an evening comprising of...