Comments on: Providence http://struangray.com/twiglog/2009/05/22/providence/ A glance leaves an imprint on anything it's dwelt on Sat, 16 Apr 2011 07:14:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: struan http://struangray.com/twiglog/2009/05/22/providence/comment-page-1/#comment-208 struan Thu, 28 May 2009 08:20:50 +0000 http://struangray.com/twiglog/?p=245#comment-208 Thanks Leigh. Here at the twiglog we take shabby sandwich stealthisation with a high seriousness. Glad we could help. Thanks Leigh. Here at the twiglog we take shabby sandwich stealthisation with a high seriousness. Glad we could help.

]]> By: Leigh Perry http://struangray.com/twiglog/2009/05/22/providence/comment-page-1/#comment-206 Leigh Perry Wed, 27 May 2009 03:04:12 +0000 http://struangray.com/twiglog/?p=245#comment-206 Struan, this enjoyable post provided a welcome lunch-break distraction, allowing my shabby sandwich to slip by largely unnoticed. I appreciate that. Leigh Struan, this enjoyable post provided a welcome lunch-break distraction, allowing my shabby sandwich to slip by largely unnoticed. I appreciate that.

Leigh

]]> By: struan http://struangray.com/twiglog/2009/05/22/providence/comment-page-1/#comment-205 struan Mon, 25 May 2009 08:06:45 +0000 http://struangray.com/twiglog/?p=245#comment-205 Thanks Mike I know that some organisations ban access to YouTube or online games to prevent skiving off by the workforce. In my case they would have to block online maps and charts. Google has been tidying up some of the more visible imagery seams and seasonal mismatches. In many ways it makes the experience less interesting, and reduces the reminders that you are viewing a presentation, not a raw feed. The little cloud over the nuclear armament depot at Coulport doesn't seem to have moved though :-) Struan Thanks Mike

I know that some organisations ban access to YouTube or online games to prevent skiving off by the workforce. In my case they would have to block online maps and charts.

Google has been tidying up some of the more visible imagery seams and seasonal mismatches. In many ways it makes the experience less interesting, and reduces the reminders that you are viewing a presentation, not a raw feed. The little cloud over the nuclear armament depot at Coulport doesn’t seem to have moved though :-)

Struan

]]> By: Mike Chisholm http://struangray.com/twiglog/2009/05/22/providence/comment-page-1/#comment-202 Mike Chisholm Sat, 23 May 2009 09:34:43 +0000 http://struangray.com/twiglog/?p=245#comment-202 This is a great post, Struan -- thoughtful and thought-provoking in just the right measure. It won't surprise you to hear that one of my favourite pastimes is "flying" Google Maps, zooming in on interesting features in the landscape, and discovering the true orientation and relationship of places of which I have a pragmatically oversimplified "London underground map" understanding. As you suggest, it's also an endless primary source of aesthetic interest. I love it when I encounter a change in the weather or light from one "square" to the next. I also occasionally get virtual vertigo. I'm going to read this post a couple more times, as I suspect there's some useful things for me in there I haven't yet spotted. Thanks! This is a great post, Struan — thoughtful and thought-provoking in just the right measure.

It won’t surprise you to hear that one of my favourite pastimes is “flying” Google Maps, zooming in on interesting features in the landscape, and discovering the true orientation and relationship of places of which I have a pragmatically oversimplified “London underground map” understanding. As you suggest, it’s also an endless primary source of aesthetic interest. I love it when I encounter a change in the weather or light from one “square” to the next. I also occasionally get virtual vertigo.

I’m going to read this post a couple more times, as I suspect there’s some useful things for me in there I haven’t yet spotted. Thanks!

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