A KX100+ appears at 1:59 in the video I last posted.
These were introduced by BT in the late '90s in response to how poorly the original KX line was received, and to appease nostalgic customers who were mourning the losses of older kiosk designs.
They do look kind of cool in their own way, but I always felt they were unnecessary. They bear only the most superficial resemblance to Giles Gilbert Scott's designs (which the use of red and the Soanian domes are obviously meant to evoke), and have none of the period charm. Besides which, the KX100 is a perfectly fine design in its own right, and the popular distaste for it stems in part from the perception that it replaced beloved older kiosks (which was often true, admittedly) and not from any fault in the design of the kiosk itself. It didn't need a dome tacked on or a chunky handle, and isn't particularly enhanced by either alteration.
and this is a displacement activity and I should probably think about getting some sleep at this point
I like the colours, but you're right, they aren't very interesting I guess.
The problem is the KX100 was designed on the principle that form follows function; they are devices, not buildings, and they are supposed to be unobtrusive. Decorating them with domes and bold colours doesn't really make sense.
Wow, telephone kiosks. We hardly have any full telephone booths here anymore, and even the cheap wall-mount "booths" are disappearing as just about everyone has a cell phone now.
They're on the decline here too (BT actually put 60 K6s up for sale earlier this year) but they do still see some use and they're still reasonably common, although it's not unusual to see empty ones. Some of the older kiosks are now listed buildings, or are being retained only thanks to funding by local communities.
There's probably zero chance of any KX kiosk ever being listed, though. They only go back to the 80s and they've never been as popular as the old red boxes.
“It was garbage, but it had been cooked by an expert. Oh, yes. You had to admire the way perfectly innocent words were mugged, ravished, stripped of all true meaning and decency, and then sent to walk the gutter for Reacher Gilt, although “synergistically” had probably been a whore from the start.”
Hogfather, right? I tried reading that one in its entirety on Christmas day. I couldn't and I didn't even pick up another Discworld book for another month. I don't take failure well.
Thud!, Guards Guards, Carpe Juglum, The Hogfather, Going Postal, Making Money, Snuff, The Wee Free Men, The Amazing Maurece(sp?) and His Educated Rodents, The Colour of Magic, Small Gods...
I think there are a few others, but I can't remember, it was a while back.
last Christmas I gave you my heart the very next day you gave it away this year, instead of my tears I'm going on Heapers' Hangout all day because LOL SCREW YOU :P
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
When I can bring myself to actually watch MLP:FiM I usually enjoy it, but I don't feel the same enthusiasm for the show that I used to. But it was one of the very few TV shows to properly hook me, so I still feel an attachment to it.
The bronies somehow went from intriguing to unappealing to downright embarrassing. I worry that in a year or so I'm going to look back at the time I watched the show with the same kind of cringing shame I feel now when I think back to some of my other phases in the past.
I feel the same way. I find the show enjoyable most of the time, but I'm not obsessed with it like I was last year.
My relationship with the bronies is probably a strange one, since I try to distance myself from them but still want to show my appreciation for the show, so I end up using pony avatars and stuff and people probably assume I'm a brony anyway.
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A KX100+ appears at 1:59 in the video I last posted.
These were introduced by BT in the late '90s in response to how poorly the original KX line was received, and to appease nostalgic customers who were mourning the losses of older kiosk designs.
They do look kind of cool in their own way, but I always felt they were unnecessary. They bear only the most superficial resemblance to Giles Gilbert Scott's designs (which the use of red and the Soanian domes are obviously meant to evoke), and have none of the period charm. Besides which, the KX100 is a perfectly fine design in its own right, and the popular distaste for it stems in part from the perception that it replaced beloved older kiosks (which was often true, admittedly) and not from any fault in the design of the kiosk itself. It didn't need a dome tacked on or a chunky handle, and isn't particularly enhanced by either alteration.
and this is a displacement activity and I should probably think about getting some sleep at this point
The problem is the KX100 was designed on the principle that form follows function; they are devices, not buildings, and they are supposed to be unobtrusive. Decorating them with domes and bold colours doesn't really make sense.
Also something about them feels rather '90s to me.
A regular KX100 (in mark 2 livery), for comparison:
They're on the decline here too (BT actually put 60 K6s up for sale earlier this year) but they do still see some use and they're still reasonably common, although it's not unusual to see empty ones. Some of the older kiosks are now listed buildings, or are being retained only thanks to funding by local communities.
There's probably zero chance of any KX kiosk ever being listed, though. They only go back to the 80s and they've never been as popular as the old red boxes.
gonna go visit him saturday
I'm defs gonna get Genghis Tron's Dead Mountain Mouth and maybe the Cloak of Love EP
and then maybe some shirts?
Some Deathspell Omega would be sweet too.
Oh, and there's this copy of Otto Von Schirach's Maxipad Detention that's been sitting there forever, maybe i'll pick that up.
Autechre?
Trap Them?
AUGH ALL THE CHOICES ARE KILLING MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Too bad to my knowledge it was never finished.
My mom is though, she introduced me to the series and she loves the stuffing out of all the books.
I read one Discworld book, it was pretty good.
Thud!, Guards Guards, Carpe Juglum, The Hogfather, Going Postal, Making Money, Snuff, The Wee Free Men, The Amazing Maurece(sp?) and His Educated Rodents, The Colour of Magic, Small Gods...
I think there are a few others, but I can't remember, it was a while back.
holy crap it's been a whole year
the very next day you gave it away
this year, instead of my tears
I'm going on Heapers' Hangout all day because LOL SCREW YOU :P
You should take pictures. :D
figuratively and literally
I passed like 5 love hotels just walking to the department store
And it is delicious.
AraabMuzik's "Streetz Tonight" is surprisingly good, if highly derivative.
My relationship with the bronies is probably a strange one, since I try to distance myself from them but still want to show my appreciation for the show, so I end up using pony avatars and stuff and people probably assume I'm a brony anyway.
These things. They are the secks.