How’s everyone getting on with their Flickr geotagging? Not very well, is the verdict from reader Michael Reeve. He’s invented a fun little game for spotting inept geotaggers. Pick a london landmark, e.g. Buckingham Palace, then using the “Explore photos on a map” feature to …
Even though we are way way past school age, we still get a little melancholy at the close of summer. Fortunately, our friends across the -ist network know that the shenanigans don’t need to end just because the big yellow buses are back on the …
Is it childish of us to admit that our favourite Flickr group right now is I Crush Your Head? If you were a fan of the Canadian sketch show Kids in the Hall then you’ll be aware of the whole ‘squishing people’s heads’ phenomenon. Although, …
Celebrate Ben Franklin’s 300th birthday with the Bikini Bandits and Phillyist! (NSFW). Speaking of Mr. Franklin, send in a picture of Ben (or Ed Rendell) with a red tongue and win a free t-shirt. And they might have the next YearlyKos in Philly. You know …
Flickr have, this week, introduced a geotagging facility, which basically means you can tag your photos by ‘place’ and browse other people’s using a worldwide map. There’s a whole range of ways to use the tool (there’s a video tutorial here if you want a …
If you read this from anywhere inside the UK you may be a tad curious: The New York Times has blocked British readers from accessing an article published in the US about the alleged London bomb plot for fear of breaching the UK’s contempt of …
Chocks Away! This brilliant Google Maps mash-up lets you fly a biplane over some very familiar territory. And, oh yes mister, you get guns. With infinite shells. And kamikaze option. Until the Getaway 3 comes out, this is the best way to give your office …
Even as the stores sport back to school sales (which depress us, even now), summer lingers on your friends the -ists. This week’s collection of links provides some of the best, worst, and oddest bits of summer fun. So, bring your laptop up onto the …
This column appears every Wednesday. If you want to let us know about any upcoming science or technology events, you can contact us on LondonistSciTech@Gmail.com OK, so we lied last week when we said the column was in summer recess. Sorry. Although there aren’t many …
Hey, have you all been using our new “Recommend this” feature at the bottom of each post? This week we’re bringing you the “Most Recommended” posts from across the -ist world, as well as recommending some of our own. Phillyist thinks that readers recommended this …
As most readers will know, Londonist is just one of an all-singing, all-typing, multi-continental set of –ist sites, from LAist to Shanghaist. Scroll up a bit, and, look, there they are at the top of the page. But now, thanks to a blog with a …
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