29 Apr
2014
29 Apr
'14
7:29 p.m.
On Tue, 29 Apr 2014 17:42:25 +0200
Robin Gareus <robin(a)gareus.org> wrote:
On 04/29/2014 04:39 PM, Will Godfrey wrote:
That's rather different! I must be looking at the wrong page (plain text no
coloured tables). Ta muchly.
P.S.
I'll be travelling by Eurostar to Paris, then TGV. I understand Paris Du Nord
is not a very 'nice' place :(
--
It wasn't me! (Well actually, it probably was)
... the hard part is not dodging what life throws at you,
but trying to catch the good bits.
Will printed programmes be available at
check-in?
If I try to print off the HTML page it's 9 A4 sheets!
Firefox > Print to PDF > A4 + color > attached. 5 pages
first three are relevant tables + 2 pages concert details.
same with
webkit2pdf -s iso_a4 -b -o /tmp/
'http://lac.linuxaudio.org/2014/printprogram.php'
Cheers!
robin 
29 Apr
29 Apr
7:35 p.m.
New subject: LAC - Programme
Hi Will,
P.S.
I'll be travelling by Eurostar to Paris, then TGV. I understand Paris Du Nord
is not a very 'nice' place :(
It could be worse, I suppose. It's mostly just crowded, too few
snackbars etc.
On the upside, the architecture of the building is great, it should
probably be world-heritage - but as a travel hub it's worse that Heathrow :)
I'll be on the train Paris Est -> KA, depart 15:25 When are you
arriving in Paris?
ciao,
robin
8:04 p.m.
New subject: LAC - Programme
On Tue, Apr 29, 2014, at 06:35 PM, Robin Gareus wrote:
It's interesting to compare with other stations in Europe like the
London ones (note: I'm no expert).
With the existing London stations you can see the progress in complexity
of the roof arches -- King's Cross (1850 ish) has two large spans that
are almost circular sections, Paddington (a few years later) has wider
arches with a more interesting curve, and St Pancras (1868) has a
single, huge and rather sophisticated lightly-pointed span.
The Gare du Nord (early 1860s) has a single span of the size of St
Pancras but with two straight segments rather than a curved arch. It's
as if they had stepped up to the more advanced size, but the curve was
still pending. (The roof structure was made in Britain.) Dramatic
though and the end elevations are good too.
But with all of these historical big-city stations, transferring across
the city is difficult -- there's always a central zone and the stations
are on the perimeter. Same in London, same historically in Berlin (dunno
what the situation there is like now?) and so on. Cities that were
redeveloped after WWII often got central stations (Birmingham, Brussels
etc) but they're not always very attractive either.
I'd much rather be going to LAC by train myself, but I couldn't arrange
the time, so I'm flying.
Chris
I'll be
travelling by Eurostar to Paris, then TGV. I understand Paris Du Nord
is not a very 'nice' place :(
It could be worse, I suppose. It's mostly just crowded, too few
snackbars etc.
On the upside, the architecture of the building is great 
8:43 p.m.
New subject: LAC - Programme
On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 07:03:40PM +0100, Chris Cannam wrote:
But with all of these historical big-city stations,
transferring across
the city is difficult -- there's always a central zone and the stations
are on the perimeter. Same in London, same historically in Berlin (dunno
what the situation there is like now?) and so on. Cities that were
redeveloped after WWII often got central stations (Birmingham, Brussels
etc) but they're not always very attractive either.
Berlin has a rather impressive central station now (there's a
'Megastructures'
episode on Youtube about it). Brussels central is really a small station as
there are only 6 tracks on the north-south link. All international trains depart
or arrive at Brussels South (aka 'Midi') and many don't even stop at central
even if they have to pass through it. A really nice station is Antwerp central,
it has a single span steel and glass roof, but there are now three levels below
the original one. You can look up from the lowest one up to the roof.
Ciao,
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9:02 p.m.
New subject: LAC - Programme
On Tue, 29 Apr 2014 18:43:13 +0000
Fons Adriaensen <fons(a)linuxaudio.org> wrote:
On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 07:03:40PM +0100, Chris Cannam
wrote:
Back in 2003 I had a holiday in Germany travelling entirely by train. It was a
fascinating experience (from many points of view). What struck me was the
similarity between those, and the English ones of the same period. The rail
companies were proud of their works and built for style as well as function -
not so much these days :(
One that I found quite fascinating was Leipzig with its two identical entrances!
--
Will J Godfrey
http://www.musically.me.uk
Say you have a poem and I have a tune.
Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.
But with all of these historical big-city
stations, transferring across
the city is difficult -- there's always a central zone and the stations
are on the perimeter. Same in London, same historically in Berlin (dunno
what the situation there is like now?) and so on. Cities that were
redeveloped after WWII often got central stations (Birmingham, Brussels
etc) but they're not always very attractive either.
Berlin has a rather impressive central station now (there's a
'Megastructures'
episode on Youtube about it). Brussels central is really a small station as
there are only 6 tracks on the north-south link. All international trains depart
or arrive at Brussels South (aka 'Midi') and many don't even stop at central
even if they have to pass through it. A really nice station is Antwerp central,
it has a single span steel and glass roof, but there are now three levels below
the original one. You can look up from the lowest one up to the roof.
Ciao,
10:06 p.m.
New subject: LAC - Programme
On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 08:02:33PM +0100, Will Godfrey wrote:
Back in 2003 I had a holiday in Germany travelling
entirely by train. It was a
fascinating experience (from many points of view). What struck me was the
similarity between those, and the English ones of the same period. The rail
companies were proud of their works and built for style as well as function -
not so much these days :(
In the era before the channel tunnel I used to travel a lot on
the Ostend - Dover ferries. I remember the old Dover train station
(demolished AFAIK). Yellow bricks, cast iron stairs painted in
bright red, and a smell typical of all British train stations...
And of course the MI6 man scrutinising arriving foreigners - easy
to spot: doesn't move and is the only one wearing a suit and tie.
Ciao,
--
FA
A world of exhaustive, reliable metadata would be an utopia.
It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris
and hysterically inflated market opportunities. (Cory Doctorow)
9:12 p.m.
New subject: LAC - Programme
On Tue, 29 Apr 2014 19:03:40 +0100
Chris Cannam <cannam(a)all-day-breakfast.com> wrote:
I'd much rather be going to LAC by train myself,
but I couldn't arrange
the time, so I'm flying.
Chris
Commiserations! There was a time I enjoyed air travel, but now I avoid it
whenever possible. Being {cough} semi-retired makes that an easy option :)
--
Will J Godfrey
http://www.musically.me.uk
Say you have a poem and I have a tune.
Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.
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