Obviously it would be a shame if the Spitz were to close but it might mean more bands playing at the Luminaire which is closer to my flat (and IMO a better venue)

… file under: things I will buy when I win the lottery

finally got flash video on the news website.

good news. Though maybe not so much for for openlazlo or haxe

Redesigned transport maps rarely manage to improve on what exits (case: london bus spider maps vs old school bus maps i.e. removing geographical context ion favour of topographical simplicity is a bad idea, people don’t use busses like they do the tube, they need landmarks and distances and to know which bus stop is where exactly).

This map does offer some improvements but the choice to give multiple lines to single tracks is an odd one, working against the improvements made in in track legibility afforded by reducing background clutter. In fact, I think the reduction in background clutter is the new map’s main selling point; the NY subway system isn’t as topographically complex as the London tube system so the insistence on orthogonal line representation and the reshaping of the coast (reducing the information content of the map) seems to me to be informed by dogma rather than the goal of making the map more useful/usable.