14 November 2024
A (pretty positive) review of railway writer, engineer and lecturer Gareth Dennis' debut book "How The Railways Will Fix The Future".
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01 October 2024
I have long used the word processor Scrivener for my academic writing. It has the perfect combination of flexibility, organisation and complex simplicity I need when working on the projects I do. Until recently, I have had zero issues using it in tandem with my preferred reference manager, Zotero. That was until I began my PhD programme. Rather unfortunately, we are required to use the Chicago (Author Date) style of inline citations. Thus began my quest to find a method of working with in-text citations with Scrivener.
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18 June 2024
The passenger experience on the railways of the United Kingdom is an inaccessible one. Despite the existence of infrastructure standards dictating how and where platforms should be built, both the fixed infrastructure (platforms, the permanent way, etc.) and rolling stock (the trains) fail to provide a safe and equitable experience for passengers boarding and alighting trains. Large steps, wide gaps and the risk of falls are all hazards faced by passengers on a daily basis, sometimes with fatal consequences.
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11 June 2024
My Tesseract scripts for PDF OCR.
5 March 2024
Alternative title: Dial-Up is dead. I attempted to send an e-mail via a Dial-Up connection. It did not go well, but I did learn some interesting things along the way.
28 December 2023
I appeared on the RailNatter podcast to discuss the long gone Jersey Railways and Tramways company. This was part of my Masters project and a full verison will appear on the Rails to Nowhere podcast.
27 May 2023
A list of some of my favorite things online. Will always update. Just putting it here so it's a little easier to find.
3 May 2023
Today's post will investigate the insanity that is the National Rail Smartcard/ITSO card. For those who are unaware, you can now get a tap-to-go smartcard, similar to Oyster or OV Chipkaart for use on the Naitonal Rail Network in Britain. The thing is, the system that currently exists is in no way as universal as either of those two systems.
23 April 2023
So I started this blog. You're probably asking where are the posts? Well that's pretty easy to answer. In progress. There's something to fill your time while you wait in here though!
12 April 2023
This is a filler page because I needed something to test with while I develop things. There will be more filler with the traditional Lorem Ipsum.