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Author: Ross Goodman
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Scotrail – Smartcard
When you go to London, they have an Oyster card, which allows contactless swiping onto and off of all public transport. You can even simply use your contactless debit card.
In Scotland, Scotrail have a “smartcard” whit you can used in the same way as an Oyster card – except it only works on Scotrail trains, not on any of the other train operating companies on the network.
So although I have a fancy card – I have never used it as I use a CrossCountry train in the morning so I have to have an old-fashioned paper ticket 🙁
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Flickr – Scotland Black & White
OK – Its a Yahoo site (read shocking attitude to security) is is still one of the best (in my opinion) photo sites.
One of the Flickr groups that I love is Scotland Black and White.
A couple of my favourites from the group at the moment are:
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Tile Tracker
Such a simple device – the Tile Tracker.
This is a small bluetooth tracker which you can attach to your keys/bag/camera/car etc. This is then paired with an app on your phone to use your GPS and record it’s location.
If you can’t find your tile, you fire up the app and make your tile make a noise. If you lose your phone, you can press the button on your tile to make your phone make a noise (even if it’s on silent).
What if you loose your item and tile further away – out of range of your phone? As soon as ANY tile user gets within range of your tile – it’s location will be recorded.
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Cool Tools
As you will see from my Gadgets and Gizmos posts I do like a good tool that does it’s job well. One of the sites I use for ideas is Cool Tools. It is fairly US centric but everything from the site that has taken my eye I have managed to find a UK equivalent of.
Next on my list from this site will probably be one of these:
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Bent Objects – How it’s done !
One of my favourite sites is Bent Objects where you can see various hilarious still life images such as:
Has released a video that shows the process behind creating one of these “simple” photos. It’s truly fascinating to watch!
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QuickQuid – Financial Crime?
I don’t know if you have seen the QuickQuid advert for short term payday loans. The premise is – some unexpected condition crops up, time stops, they consider what to do, then get a loan.
In this advert the car breaks down, time stops, he grabs someone else’s phone and fires up the QuickQuid app.
Identity theft ?
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Commit Strip Comic
This web comic – Commit Strip is mostly IT focused but I love it.
A bit like Dilbert it captures the humor of the industry perfectly.
