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2025/07/16 Bubble Planet in London

π 2025-07-16 01:01 in Outings, Uk

I had a bit of spare time in London by Wembley Park for Startlight Express, not worth a special trip, but fun to visit when in the area:

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2025/07/16 Another Trip to London

π 2025-07-16 01:01 in Ntrips, Uk

Tried British Airways to fly to the UK. Legally speaking their business is lay flat but it's the lowest tier of business I've ever flown. Lounge and food were nice, though:

Went to north west london. Quick stop at Bubble Planet (clickme)

and that was before going [to see Starlight Express!| (clickme)|/perso/uk/post_2025-07-16_Starlight-Express-Revival_-30-Years-Later_-in-London.html]

At the end of that quick UK trip, had a day in London. Went to see:

Frameless London (clickme)

Mocco London (clickme)

and a bit of time left to walk around:

Finished the day by going to see [Mamma Mia (clickme)|]

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2025/07/16 Starlight Express Revival, 30 Years Later, in London

π 2025-07-16 01:01 in Outings, Uk

I think I was 23 last and first time I saw Starlight Express from Andrew Lloyd Webber, so it was a little while ago, back somewhere in the center of London (the revival is by wembley stadium, somewhat outside). It was a fun and engaging musical, which I already knew by heart thanks to my dad who had the official recording had played it at home many times.
Just like most everything from Andrew Lloyd Webber, the music is very engaging and although the storyline is really just about a race between trains of different propulsion, it's done wonderfully :)

I didn't know it was an updated version of the musical, but overall it kept enough of the original, and the added bits about hydrogen were entertaining.
They nicely allowed us to take pictures and videos at the end of the show:

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2025/07/17 Another Day in Cambridge

π 2025-07-17 01:01 in Ntrips, Uk

On the way to Timescape, did a stop in Cambridge, great to see colleges that were half closed during covid, the last time I was there.

This time around, I made the good call of visit Cambridge's Center for Computing History (click me)

After that, here is the rest of Cambridge:

After most of the colleges were closed, finished the day at the Fitz William Museum (clickme for more)

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2025/07/17 Cambridge Center for Computing History

π 2025-07-17 01:01 in Computers, Museums, Sciencemuseums, Uk

This was a surprise in Cambridge, but maybe shouldn't have been given that Acorn/ARM was founded there and responsible for a sizeable portion of computer history.

One huge highlight was the wall computer chip that a single engineer built and that was running, showing all its insides: