Google Maps show an imaginary place near to where I live: a town with the ugly name of Argleton. This has been commented on elsewhere, with theories that they have simply got the name Aughton wrong (though Aughton appears as well), or that it is a deliberate mistake, designed to catch out unauthorised users of [...]
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Destination: Argleton! Visiting an imaginary place
Posted in References and signposts, sidetrips, tagged argleton, aughton, classic blonde, google, h.b. clark, tapir, transreal fiction, trap street on February 22, 2009 | 65 Comments »
Cyberstalkers welcome, disappointment possible
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged google, search terms on April 3, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Commenting on this blog, Jack Sargeant (the Charles Manson of academia) says ‘ i like the mix of psychogeography and autobiography – will now feel like i am cyberstalking everytime i read it.’ (Bear in mind this was just a Facebook note – Jack’s many books feature all your favourite capital letters, correctly deployed.) It’s [...]