On Automation - Nicholas Carr / Jenny Shank (Tue 11 Nov 2014)

Police Smash £1M Tube Phones Gang (*) - London Tube (Fri 12 Sep 2014)
Nicholas Carr (*) from his book The Glass Cage (*):

Automation often frees us from that which makes us feel free.

via Nicholas Carr’s ‘Glass Cage': Automation Will Hurt Society in Long Run (*) by Jenny Shank (*).

On Technique - Kirk Tuck (Thu 03 Jul 2014)

Born to Run (*) - London Tube / London (Fri 09 Aug 2013)
Kirk Tuck (*) writes On Technique (*):

In swimming [or running (*), paddling (*), etc] it seems that good technique (*) is everything. Endurance (*) and strength (*) is important but it's all trumped (at least in sprints) by better technique (*). Which requires constant practice (*) and focus (*).

via Independence Eve Swim. With camera in tow. (*) by Kirk Tuck (*).

"concentrate yourself upon details" - Baker Street Tube Station / London (Wed 16 Aug 2013)

"concentrate yourself upon details" - Baker Street Tube Station (*) / London (Wed 16 Aug 2013)
Sherlock Holmes (*) from A Case of Identity (*):

Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent. [..]

Never trust to general impressions, my boy, but concentrate yourself upon details.

Sir Robert McAlpine - Tower Hill / London (Tue 01 Sep 2009)

Sir Robert McAlpine - Tower Hill / London (Tue 01 Sep 2009)
The entrance to Tower Hill Tube Station.