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A fantastically brilliant, stupid, and downright British arts project. Every hour, a different Briton stands on the “Fourth Plinth” in London’s Trafalgar Square and does whatever they want. The live webcam is somewhere between fascinating and deathly dull. In summary: Amazing.

In response to offensively fire-and-brimstoney religious groups’ ads on the sides of London buses, a comedian started a campaign to run ads saying “There’s probably no god. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.” After 24 hours, they’ve exceeded their desired £5,500 goal… by almost £40,000!

Even though I don’t live in London, I like having this pop up on my Chumby. It’s just a nice way to feel ambiently connected to the UK.

“QUEEN’S CHICKENS STABBED TO DEATH”, “TV CROCODILE AND CAMILLA TO WED” and other randomly generated news-stands.

I must confess that I have similarly designed heuristics and strategies for the T, as well as lane positioning on the Mass Pike, but I’ve never been geeky enough to write them down.

Site which gives you walking directions around London. Since most major cities have wacky one-way restrictions, driving directions are rarely handy. I’m surprised Google Maps et al don’t support this kind of thing.

Turns out that the official London Underground typeface is not, as I had been lead to believe, Gill Sans, but instead “Johnston”.

Genius! Getting from “Queer Spank” to “Erect Bone” requires a four zone ticket.