After weeks and weeks of research and big data mining, I made a map of the excessive street lighting.
Actually I spent five minutes mucking around with snazzy maps.
How to paint orange black?
East Lothian, UK
Author: templar
passionate about the new and the old, but only if it is any good
The Hegemony of the Car
… may be over, but you’d be forgiven for thinking, like me, that there’s little evidence of that around here, as the average size of car seems to be increasing, proportionally to the increase in body mass and average speeds too. Continue reading The Hegemony of the Car
Dark was the night
Well it ain’t no more.
For some time now – a century? – our towns have been enveloped in a yellow / orange glow. That warm, sometimes reassuring, glow is turning a bright white as incandescents are phased out and LEDs phased in, and it seems that wildlife won’t be celebrating. No doubt there are others (incandescent climate change deniers?) who will miss it too, and will campaign vigorously for their reinstatement. I for one have acquired some retro Edison style bulbs, but only because I am a debauched aesthete and they look great. Maybe they – the deniers – will campaign to leave the EU, and dump the Environmental Acquis that brings with it all those punishing directives that make life so difficult for businesses, who would rather sell you untested, unproven, unreliable, and uncertified products for the sake of a few lousily paid jobs.
Bad Neighbours
Who’d want a load of frat brothers moving in next door? No one, of course, but it is a great excuse to blow a few million and entertain the masses. The movie is a tad trashy and tedious, so gets pretty lacklustre reviews, presumably as its so full of frat humour, which is only funny if you are one. Though I am sure one or more of the stars will move on to greater things. [1. Actually many a University Town has had whole districts ruined by students. Bristol, Brighton, Exeter, Leeds come to mind, so this is a really serious issue.]