When working on programs such as iCalMaker (iCal calendar editing software), and PhotoGPSEditor (geotagging photos with latitude and longitude coordinates) you become acutely aware of time and time zones. Working on chemCal (a chemistry concentrations and dilutions calculator for the iPhone/iPod Touch) makes you aware of units… so to be confronted by the following screen when buying a Newcastle to Glasgow train ticket is very confusing

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Quick quiz: How many tickets does a National Express train ticket machine give you for a return journey from Newcastle to Reading (in the UK), and back? The answer may surprise you… it did me!

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Back on the trains today, and currently heading north on a National Express train out of London, enjoying the free WiFi…

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Not really a MMISoftware subject but I couldn’t help but notice today that I was no longer traveling on GNER trains, but National Express. In fact, if you go to the GNER website, or are automatically redirected to the National Express. So what has changed…?

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