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On the train back to my mums last night I was experimenting with the onboard wifi and discovered that GNER provide a mini current location map on their payment screen. My curiosity piqued, I played around with the parameters used by the DLL generated image until I managed to get a large scale image and combined it with the Reload Every Firefox extension to give me a indication of where I was on my journey – all for free.

Screen grab

Try it out for yourself next time you’re on a wifi enabled GNER route at the following URL:

http://www.gnerwifi.train/icomera/map/Map.dll?Render&width=800&height=576

Sloth: the mother of invention

I’ve noticed this appearing in a few places online over the last couple of days. Without a doubt, this is an act of genius. A beer-launching fridge for those edge-of-your-seat sporting moments when you can’t tear yourself away from the TV but really, really need a beer.

We have the technology so why not use it?