Will be the results of this contraption:
Hashbrum
12 November 2009 – 8:49 am
Tweets on the bus – 11-11-11 ’09
12 November 2009 – 8:47 am
Replay a snapshot of the 11 bus extravaganza – via the medium of Twitter:
Thomas Parker’s 11-11-11 ’09
12 November 2009 – 8:45 am
Tom took a trip on “the peasant wagon”, from Witton, to erm, Witton. And concludes.
“If you ever find yourself with nothing to do, get on a bus, a train, in your car, and head somewhere you’ve never been before – even if somewhere is nowhere in particular.”
Richard Brown’s 11-11-11 ’09
12 November 2009 – 8:42 am
Stop, Carry on
10 November 2009 – 1:07 pm
Pete Ashton is mad. In a very good, very clean, very ’11′ way. He’s taking 11/11 as an opportunity to photograph 70 bus stops — that’s every other one (clockwise). Here’s his plan:
The plan, then, is to travel around the Outer Circle by bus only (no walking) visiting every other bus stop along the route. I will spend at least 10 minutes at each stop where I will do the following:
- Take one TTV photo of the bus stop. This will be a portrait showing how it sits in its environment.
- Standing at the bus stop, take at least 6 (normal) photographs of interesting things visible from it.
- Record one minute of ambient audio.
- Make any notes that occur to me while waiting for the next bus.
- Photograph the next bus as it approaches
Twolysses
9 November 2009 – 6:52 pm
“When Bloom discovers that Stephen Dedalus is living in the city, the two arrange to meet on the Number 11 Outer Circle tram so the “Bull Ring Befriending Bard” can take him on a guided tour of the city’s key residential areas, even though most of them are still fields. Unfortunately, Bloom boards a number 11 that is travelling along the route in a clockwise direction and Stephen boards another heading the opposite way. As a result the two characters never actually meet, although their respective buses briefly pass each other in Cotteridge. This seems to be an oblique reference to the Copenhagen Interpretation of quantum mechanics which states that any two particles moving in the opposite direction will eventually pass each other in Cotteridge.”
Tom Lennon discovers James Joyce’s unpublished Ulysses sequel — set on the 11 bus.
Get the bus
8 November 2009 – 5:37 pm
An 11 bus based short story…
Three don’t come along all at once, we’re never late, we’re never early. We never stop, we pause but we don’t stop. It’s cheaper that way, most repairs can be completed without stopping – dangerous but better than the alternative.
You could automate this, but what’s the point? A job’s a job. There are so few about, that even one that involves hanging off the back of a moving bus isn’t something you can turn down. There’s something stuck around the back driver’s-side wheel, wait for a nice straight bit of road and get out there. I strain from a sweaty chrome handle, one foot jammed against a vent and I can see something flap round. Like some filthy brown bird, it wheezes and waits for its chance then coils and springs round again. I’ve got to catch it before it disappears and dislodge it, set its carcass free.
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27 October 2009 – 1:09 pm
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