Tube PPP 'cost public purse £1bn'

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Microsoft 'to cut costs by $1bn'

Microsoft 'to cut costs by $1bn' 07/07/2004 07:45 AM
Microsoft is to slash costs by $1bn a year after a sharp rise in spending over the past three years, reports say.

Care homes 'need an extra £1bn'

Care homes 'need an extra £1bn' 05/20/2004 02:49 AM
Councils in England are still not paying care homes enough for looking after elderly residents, say analysts.

Council tax rises 'cost £1,500'

Council tax rises 'cost £1,500' 08/30/2004 03:14 AM
Households have paid £1,500 more in cumulative council tax rises since Labour took office, Tories say.

Apple needs 'structural changes' on
'cost side'

Apple needs 'structural changes' on
'cost side' 04/15/2004 05:03 PM
Despite Apple's higher computer sales, soaring iPod revenues and US$46 million profit for the second fiscal quarter, the Prudential Equity Group says the company needs to "make structural changes on the cost side in order to compete more profitably against Dell."...

Green laws 'cost business £4bn'

Green laws 'cost business £4bn' 07/05/2004 04:22 AM
Business leaders attack the government over duplicated and confusing green laws which they claim cost UK business £4bn a year.

Lord of the purse strings

Lord of the purse strings 03/08/2004 11:07 PM
In a land devastated by deficits, one advertising campaign will rule them all.

IBM UK in running for 50k innovation
purse

IBM UK in running for 50k innovation
purse 05/24/2004 10:57 AM
The Register May 24 2004 1:49PM GMT

IBM UK in running for £50k
innovation purse

IBM UK in running for £50k
innovation purse 05/24/2004 07:38 AM
The Register May 24 2004 11:47AM GMT

Purse Ban Rescinded at Wis. High School
(AP)

Purse Ban Rescinded at Wis. High School
(AP) 08/18/2004 10:40 AM
AP - After a flurry of objections from female students, Franklin High School's new principal says a policy that would have required them to store purses in their lockers during the school day will not be enforced.

Wok Attack Nabs Purse Snatcher (Reuters)

Wok Attack Nabs Purse Snatcher (Reuters) 04/22/2004 09:16 AM
Reuters - A purse snatcher was stopped cold on a Berlin street by a quick-thinking fast-food cook who hit the fleeing thief over the head with a wok, a German newspaper reported on Thursday.

Purse Snatchers Injure Four in Train
Station (Reuters)

Purse Snatchers Injure Four in Train
Station (Reuters) 06/24/2004 11:33 AM
Reuters - A group of foreign purse snatchers injured at least four people while using a tear gas-like spray and a kitchen knife to flee a Tokyo train station Thursday morning, Japanese media reported.

3 Jockey for Power of House's Purse
Strings (Los Angeles Times)

3 Jockey for Power of House's Purse
Strings (Los Angeles Times) 01/02/2005 07:20 AM
Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON — In his campaign to become chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-Redlands) recently gave a group of his most conservative colleagues a flier showing a bloated Uncle Sam. The caption: "Uncle needs a diet."

Inevitably the Kobe case got tried in
public with leaks and press releases,
and once it got tried in public, Justice
lost

Inevitably the Kobe case got tried in
public with leaks and press releases,
and once it got tried in public, Justice
lost 09/02/2004 05:43 PM
Bryant charge dismissed, accuser's lawyer says .. The case didn't even go to trial .. as he wants

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Guidance for public sector web sites
which sell online to the public

Guidance for public sector web sites
which sell online to the public 12/15/2003 03:35 AM
PublicTechnology.net Dec 15 2003 3:11AM ET

Quite a concept: Public records should
be made public

Quite a concept: Public records should
be made public 07/01/2004 03:45 PM

Chicago's public sculpture can't be
photographed by the public

Chicago's public sculpture can't be
photographed by the public 02/07/2005 02:07 AM
Cory Doctorow: Chicago spent $270 million on its Millennium Park, placing a big public sculpture by Anish Kapoor in the middle of it, bought with public money. Woe betide any member of the public who tries to photograph this sculpture, though: it's a copyrighted sculpture and Chicago is spending even more money policing Chicagoans who try to photograph it and make a record of what their tax-dollars bought.

If I were them, I'd ask for my money back. What kind of jerk sculptor sells the city a piece of public art for a public park and then demands that no one take pictures of it? Christ, they should run this guy out of town on a rail and melt the goddamned sculpture down for scrap. Then they should fire the politician who signed a purchase contract that reserved the photographic rights and run him out of town on the same rail. Between the artist's greed and the procurement officer's malfeasance, this is about the vilest display of human venality I've heard of all day.

The copyrights for the enhancements in Millennium Park are owned by the artist who created them. As such, anyone reproducing the works, especially for commercial purposes, needs the permission of that artist.

Link (via Electrolite)

LogicaCMG goes down the Tube

LogicaCMG goes down the Tube 06/22/2005 02:47 AM
Metronet's IT is outsourced

Sunlight in a Tube

Sunlight in a Tube 03/17/2005 03:41 AM
Slashdot Mar 15 2005 5:02PM GMT

3D London Tube

3D London Tube 11/15/2003 03:29 PM
These 3D rendered London Tube maps are pretty mind-blowing. Link (via Blackbelt Jones)

The Tube Lamp

The Tube Lamp 08/30/2004 08:08 AM

I'm sort of in love with this Tube Lamp by Nik Willmore, which is a really dangerous thing since he lives and works right here in New York. At $225, though, it's almost cheap enough to just get and justify as a heirloom or something. Here's your inheritance, kids, and it glows!

Oh, and if you are worried about getting one just because the bulbs might burn out, apparently the 25-watt tubular bulbs can be gotten almost anywhere, even Home Depot. And of course, you can't forget the finishing touch - the control knob is a chromed replacement for a Fender Telecaster.

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The right captures the tube

The right captures the tube 05/12/2004 08:20 AM
Conservative G.E. head Jack Welch tilted TV right with "The McLaughlin Group." Then a Nixon operative named Roger Ailes signed up with a new channel called Fox.

Tube escalators to get video ads

Tube escalators to get video ads 04/04/2005 08:05 AM
Cory Doctorow: The London Underground railway (AKA "the tube") has the world's most amazing escalators -- escalator after escalator, ear-poppingly-long marvels of diagonal transport. It's common to see advertisers buying up an entire escalator's worth of ad-space, producing a kind of public transit Burma Shave moment, with each installment heaving into view as the escalator carries you upward.

Now Viacom is piloting video ads -- with audio -- on flat panel displays on the tube escalators. Given how many stickers, blobs of strategically placed chewing gum, and markered-over bon mots you see on the paper ads, this seems an extraordinarily expensive proposition. Yet it does open up the possibility of some pretty cool little films that are optimized to be played in a series of diagonally placed screens to a moving audience. It remains to be seen whether any of the advertisers will rise to it, or whether we'll just get shorter TV commercials.

In a few weeks, Viacom Outdoor plans to start installing 66 screens in the London Underground that are essentially video posters with changing text and animated images. The animated signs are made of liquid crystals that realign under electrical stimulation.

Link< /a> (via We Make Money Not Art)

Tube to reopen after derailment

Tube to reopen after derailment 05/11/2004 11:47 PM
London Underground's Central Line is due to reopen on Wednesday morning after Tuesday's train derailment.

Plug In Your Grieving Tube

Plug In Your Grieving Tube 03/25/2005 08:22 AM
The Terri Schiavo Firefox extension provides an every-second-of-the-day report on her living status. Just like cable news!

London Tube Map as flowchart

London Tube Map as flowchart 12/22/2003 12:36 PM
Nice HOWTO for using graphics in the style of the London tube-map to flowchart complex processes. Includes downloadable PowerPoint templates. Link (via Kottke)

parody of the London Tube Map

parody of the London Tube Map 12/13/2003 08:11 AM

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David Shrigley on the Tube...

David Shrigley on the Tube... 12/07/2003 11:42 AM

After watching a particularly interesting episode of The Art Show, I now plan to go and visit the work of David Shrigley currently being displayed on the London Underground. Here's a detail from one of the displayed works:

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Tube strike: Your experiences

Tube strike: Your experiences 06/29/2004 01:59 PM
The London Tube strike has begun, causing millions of Londoners severe disruption to their journeys. Send your experiences.

Man held over Tube murder

Man held over Tube murder 05/08/2004 08:20 PM
A 38-year-old company director is charged with the murder of a man allegedly attacked for standing on his five-year-old son's foot.

London tube map, remixed

London tube map, remixed 12/12/2003 06:50 AM
Hilarious remix of the London Tube map. 184K JPEG Link (Thanks, rackhelgand!)

Pope Getting Nutrition From Feeding Tube
(AP)

Pope Getting Nutrition From Feeding Tube
(AP) 03/30/2005 07:36 AM
AP - Pope John Paul II is getting nutrition from a feeding tube through the nose, the Vatican said on Wednesday, shortly after the frail pontiff appeared at his window in St. Peter's Square and unsuccessfully tried to speak.

Tube trains halted after stabbing

Tube trains halted after stabbing 08/13/2004 01:39 AM
London Underground services to Heathrow Airport are disrupted after a man was stabbed at a station on Thursday night.

Visiting every tube stop in Zone 1

Visiting every tube stop in Zone 1 07/09/2004 05:19 AM
Ewan, a Scotsman living in London, is moving back to Edinburgh, and before he does, he has resolved to visit every tube station in Zone 1, and he's inviting the general public along on his tube-crawl:

Here's the deal, I'll be starting at 12.30 on a weekday in the last week of July (probably Friday the 30th July, but don't quote me just yet). If you'd like to join me as I rattle round Central London and visiting every station of note (and Hyde Park Corner) then make sure you're at Vauxhall Ticket Office for around 12.20 to find me.

Anyone wishing to set up a Rival team to try and beat me on the day is more than welcome, I'd only ask you to also start at Vauxhall with us. Once it's all over, we'll retire to a pub at around 4pm for a late lunch/early dinner, some farewell drinks, and I'll invite you all to the housewarming in Edinburgh.

Link (Thanks, Ewan!)

New Year Tube strike called off

New Year Tube strike called off 12/24/2004 12:23 PM
A Tube strike planned for New Year's Eve is called off following a breakthrough in talks.

Tube Sock iPod Case

Tube Sock iPod Case 08/12/2004 02:40 PM

That's right; a tube sock to hold an iPod, and it's up for grabs on eBay. From the looks of the pictures linked to the auction, it's not even a new sock.

The thought process that went into developing this product must've really been something. A true creative genius at work. I wonder if he'd mind if I borrowed his idea and marketed it myself... I smell an opportunity!

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Bid to make Tube cool (Reuters)

Bid to make Tube cool (Reuters) 08/31/2004 10:14 AM
Reuters - Britain may not be renowned for its tropical temperatures but in the summer there is one guaranteed hotspot: the London underground.

Photobl0gging London's Tube strike

Photobl0gging London's Tube strike 06/29/2004 03:40 PM
The bloggers at London.Metblogs.com have been doing an admirable job of covering the subway strike in London. Link (Thanks, Sean)

iTube: Tube-Based Amp For iPod

iTube: Tube-Based Amp For iPod 03/19/2005 02:29 AM

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Pair charged with Tube stabbing

Pair charged with Tube stabbing 08/14/2004 11:17 AM
Two teenagers have been charged with the murder of a 19-year-old who was stabbed to death at a Tube station in west London.
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