I said I wouldn’t see these, and I’ve only looked at them briefly. But if you should so desire, here are a couple of pics from me in the bus garage. These aren’t the ones the pro-photographer took (who was from the Birmingham Mail), but I doubt I look any better in them. Click on [...]
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Calling all cartographers
30 October 2008 – 11:10 am
Over on BiNS Andy Robinson has commented asking if anyone wants to use 11-11-11 to help contribute to Open Street map. He says: “How about contributing points of interest and all the bus stops along the route to http://www.openstreetmap.org (OSM) “The OSM map of the 11 route is complete but many of the bus stops [...]
Into the belly of the beast
29 October 2008 – 8:19 pm
Today I got the chance to hang out of the door of an eleven, point to one while grinning inanely and even do the “jazz-hands/camp jesus ta-da” motion of posing in front of something that every local paper requires for it’s photos. TWM had let me borrow a bus for some publicity photos and we [...]
Promote 11 – 11 -11 yourself
23 October 2008 – 1:28 pm
By request(!), there’s now a download it yourself, print it yourself, put it up yourself, with your own blu-tac poster to promote our fine artistic adventure: Download the 11-11-11 poster. No flyposting now.
The Outer Circles of your mind
21 October 2008 – 11:47 am
This old BBC feature has some fantastic comments about the 11 route (and tells of a fabled “commemorative 11 route guide” – has anyone got one?). But apart from the cliche “three coming along at once” thing – what do you think of the outer circle? As preparation for the trip on the 11/11 we’d [...]
Does the eleven go there? T-shirts and hoodies
10 October 2008 – 1:18 am
I’ve just taken delivery of my ‘does the eleven go there?’ hoodie, in navy since you ask. It’s really good quality, and arrived from this new web-shop company in two days — I can reccomend them, which is nice. You can, of course, buy one yourself, in many colours and styles…
11-11-11 is one of the 100 Best Things about the Midlands
3 October 2008 – 1:42 pm
Well, almost. The eleven bus route was considered to be one of the hundred best things about Birmingham in a supplement put together by the Birmingham Post. While eulogising the famous circle they mention our 11-11-11 project:
