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andrewducker

Interesting Links for 08-04-2014

Apr 08, 2014 12:00

Spider invasion prompts Mazda software fix (Now there's a bug I'm glad I don't have to deal with!)
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Classic album covers in Google Street View
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One of the best albums of the 90s is getting a reissue!
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Xbox co-funds first UK TV drama
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bart_calendar April 8 2014, 11:33:00 UTC

What's happening in London now is what happened to New York 20 years ago - and it ends badly.

andrewducker April 8 2014, 12:10:07 UTC

Yeah, you need all kinds of people to build a vibrant city, and what's happening to London isn't good.

danieldwilliam April 8 2014, 12:53:32 UTC

But is it good news for other cities in the UK?

cairmen April 8 2014, 13:06:12 UTC

Bristol's certainly thriving, from what I hear from friends in the city - and I believe Glasgow's doing pretty well too.

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apostle_of_eris April 8 2014, 13:07:52 UTC

There was a book a couple of years ago about the end of bohemia due to loss of habitat.

I'm distressed at how obscure it seems to be that social Darwinism was refuted over a century ago with Mutual Aid.

momentsmusicaux April 8 2014, 14:52:07 UTC

I'm not sure how they're going to fit all the wonderful things they keep announcing for Fountainbridge. I cycle past there a lot and it's really not that big a site.

Boroughmuir high school was meant to move there last I heard, and the bit where I believe I've understood it's meant to go really doesn't look big enough itself.

Ditto the back of the National Museum -- I know they want to move Potterrow to have a 90 degree bend and so go through the existing students' union building (the 'dome' venue at the fringe for everybody else), but presumably that would need to be rebuilt. So where would a cinema go?

At least the Fountainbridge plan would keep it near to what that article calls the culture quarter.

momentsmusicaux April 8 2014, 14:53:14 UTC

Also, I hope that whatever they do come up with for Fountainbridge is better than what's happened so far: a sad concrete chunk with some empty restaurants that to get to you have to go under something reminiscent of 1970s underpasses with concrete pillars and dripping rainwater.