Massive billboards to remind us about how great the government is? It’s part of the plan. That’s Richmond Station; there’s others at South Yarra and Malvern and no doubt elsewhere. Mind you, the first of the new trains apparently hasn’t actually made it into service yet. It’s a bit like Myki. Lucky they’re not putting ... [More]
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Melbourne becomes a big city
When I first visited London in the 90s I was staggered by the scale of it. Not so much physical size, but the mass of people. I remember being at Piccadilly Circus on a Sunday and there were just swarms of people, heading in all directions. I felt like a small town hick who had ... [More]
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Stealth advertising
Seen on Saturday: Don’t go to Dan Murphy’s for your booze — keep going and come to Winelovers Warehouse instead! Technically they’re their truck is illegally parked, of course, hanging out of the parking space into No Standing territory. But I wonder how many people were suckered in?
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Myki newsflash
This was my favourite Twitter post of the week, which I’m repeating here while it’s still timely: NEWSFLASH: Govt to change state to the Assyrian Calendar, giving 3 more months to get #Myki right “by the end of the year” (W00t — Retweets!) And yes if you’re wondering, I had done some research before posting ... [More]
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Legal precinct stereotypes
In the legal precinct (William Street between Little Bourke and Latrobe Streets, for non-Melburnians), there are three distinct groups of people that strike me as common, but whom you don’t see much of in other areas of the CBD: 1. Young men looking uncomfortable in shirts and ties (and sometimes suits) — eg defendants and ... [More]
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Chickens for phones
Dunno about you, but I’ve got a spare useless mobile phone sitting at home doing nothing. It’s a Nokia 6100 that I got in 2004, then donated to Isaac when I got the 6230i, and he’s just recently upgraded to my less-old 6230i now I’ve got an N95. The 6100’s buttons are hopeless these days, ... [More]
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Stickers everywhere
Someone’s been busy with stickers. In their contract, Metro had until Monday to rid the train system of any mention of Connex. The Franchisee will apply stickers to cover all references to Connex, both internally and externally, on all Rolling Stock. These works will be undertaken at the various depots and sidings where the Trains ... [More]
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Quiz part two
Second part of the quiz, aimed at Melburnians: Do you recognise this logo? Update 10pm. Thanks for your responses. Watch for a post on this soon. (Maybe it would have been better if the blog post earlier the same day hadn’t given away the answer…)
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One step closer to escalator victory
Seen at Flagstaff station: “Stand to the left of the escalator”… Now to get signs saying that on the escalators themselves.
A quiz for Melburnians and visitors… Do you recognise this logo? Update Tuesday: This quiz is finished. Watch for a post in the next couple of days about this.
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Best Garage Sale sign ever
Spotted on Hotham Street on Saturday, made of plastic cups stuck into a wire fence… Very clever, I thought. Hope the garage sale itself was half as good.
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The Age is moving
It’s just not a pretty building, 250 Spencer Street. It’s hard to believe it was ever considered to be so. The Age is moving this weekend, out of this brown monstrosity and into the new building on the other side of Southern Cross Station. Hopefully the move goes smoothly for them, and the new place ... [More]
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Media Centre PC vs PVR
My main requirements for my next move into digital TV, and doing away with the VCR: Watch and record digital TV, record two channels at once HD not essential (apart from ABC1 HD offering Sydney news, there’s no unique programming on HD at this stage) Transfer recordings off to the PC for keeping Quiet and ... [More]
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The benefits of WestLink
Letter in The Age today from Tim Pallas, Roads and Ports Minister: I AM happy to assure people (Letters, 5/12) that 1000 homes will certainly not be acquired for the WestLink project. The Government recently announced a $10 million study to work with the community to develop the best location for the tunnel and road. ... [More]
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Finding an ATM
Having moved offices to Latrobe Street, I wanted to know where the nearest ATM is — that is, those of my preferred (no fee) banks, St George or Westpac. The St George ATM/Branch locator will only show five results — including Westpac ATMs. Searching postcode 3000, it shows me those closest to the the corner ... [More]
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ABC: wall-to-wall kids shows
An opinion piece in The Age yesterday comments about the introduction of kids’ channel ABC3. What I can’t figure out is why, about the same time ABC3 has started up, ABC2 has dropped most of its non-kids programming on weekends during the daytime (eg before 6pm) and replaced it with more kids’ programmes. Compare for ... [More]