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Enfield Rifles and the River Lea

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A year or so ago  we moored  by Enfield lock on the River Lea, in London and explored the The Royal_Small_Arms_Factory in Enfield.   Much of the factory and the workers cottages are still there, and, although slightly compromised by modern development still has a lot of interesting red brick buildings, So I was quite interested when Michael Portillo  started his exploration of the 'Great Railway Journeys' in Enfield.  This, ofcourse, was his old constituency before that famous defeat by Stephen Twigg in the 1997 election. This is quite an ideal TV format because essentially, Portillo simply uses the Bradshaw Guide to create a narrative, hops on a train and interviews a few historians and the like in places along the Railway line. I don't normal watch these programmes but I had the TV on while  rearranging my front room to make way for a French 19th Century 'Boat' Bed. I had just watched Clare Balding cycle along Offa's Dyke, on a Dawes Bi

How Much Does it Cost to Make a Website in 2014 -

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I am considering methods of updating various web sites. They are originally set up using Dreamweaver with templates set up by professional web designers - way back when in the prehistory of the World Wide Web. I am very tempted by wix and wembly. which seem very easy to set up, although the make professional and with ecommerce there is a monthly fee. Wordpress is the other option which is the one I think I would go for except for the initial set up which seems difficult. It seems to involve loading wordpress onto the server, and this always fills me with fear. Reading the instructions, they are all written by people who know what they are doing, and each step seems fraught with unknowable methods. This web site gives a good summary. How Much Does it Cost to Make a Website in 2014 -

What is Augmented Reality?

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Tell me a story: augmented reality technology in museums | Culture professionals network | Guardian Professional

Tell me a story: augmented reality technology in museums | Culture professionals network | Guardian Professional

Follow that robot: the hi-tech tour guides taking over Tate Britain at night | Art and design | The Guardian

Strange, I was talking about this very thing yesterday  discussing whether machine tour guides were better than human ones. my arguement was that a good tour guides tour is an improvisation, tailored to time, and group and the mood of the guide, not a mechanical excercise Follow that robot: the hi-tech tour guides taking over Tate Britain at night | Art and design | The Guardian