(Posted via mobile) Seeing as this is the first time I’ve been on the London Underground since the strikes and for a week or so, I thought I would comment on the state of London’s public transport system. It was quite amusing to receive a text from my sister on Monday morning just as I was making my way back to London from Wales, that there were tube strikes. I thought to myself, hmmm ok, that means I should avoid the Tube wherever possible. Then I realised that I don’t normally get the Tube on Mondays anyway, apart from the one stop to Royal Oak from Paddington on the Hammersmith and Shitty Line, which is easily avoided by catching the 36 bus from Eastbourne Terrace instead. In essence, as I usually get the 36 bus from Royal Oak to Victoria to get the train to East Croydon anyway, avoiding the Tube altogether. So, where was this Tube strike? You’re probably thinking, Duh, you’ve not seen owt cos you didn’t use or try to use the Tube. That is true, but people I’ve spoken to have said they’ve not seen any problems when they’ve used the Tube. Apparently, it was just the tube stations that were closed, not the tube system itself. The only inconvenience caused would have been to those who like to buy their tickets from a real person, but then it’s cheaper to use Oyster, especially after the recent price hikes. So, where was the ‘chaos’ so widely reported in the papers?

(Posted via mobile) I have a few thoughts on North of the Stupid Line that I’d like to share, primarily on the leaps and bounds that my blog has come through these past few weeks, since I had WP2 installed. In terms of look and feel, the blog is back the way I liked it. Now, I have the ability to seamlessly embed vlogs, and to moblog too. A word on moblogging, if I may. It gives me a thrill inside to know that I can post to my blog from anywhere, anytime: it could be in bed when I’ve my laptop down, on the loo (!), on a train, on a bus, on the tube, when I’m out and about with friends and family and there’s a lull in the conversation. I can write a post when there is no signal and send when there is. The possibilities are endless. The only thing I can’t do is, create paragraphs on my mobile! Pah! Heh. Here’s to North of the Stupid Line. Things have just got a whole better.

First vlogs, and now moblogs! I’ve already had a go at emailing pics to the blog via Flickr. Having been inspired by a blog recently added to my aggregator Bloglines, called ‘Just Tiphanie’ I decided to test out the Write by email feature in WP2. I actually wrote this post on my Sony Ericsson K700i and emailed to a secret email address on my server. Nifty huh? Thanks Tiphanie!