Two more live

Not entirely sure what numbers these are, but:

#161 The Brunel Museum
http://www.squidoo.com/brunel-museum

#162 Console Game reviews
http://www.squidoo.com/console-game-reviews

The Brunel Museum was done because they are a small friendly group, who gave me a lot of information for the Thames Tunnel lens, so I felt that spreading the word was a good way to return a favour.

The Console games lens was a chore I had been putting off. I have a lot of video review lenses, and kept telling myself I had to do a lensography. It wasn't a lens I particularly liked writing, and I think it shows. It might get a total rewrite if I get some ideas.

Lens of the day

Having missed the extremely, extremely obvious - the little box on the side of the control bar that says Lens of the Day - I can confirm that Great Western Railways actually is Lens of the Day.

I can also confirm I am currently rather shocked, stunned, happy, and going to get a drink since I wasn't sure whether it was the web or me that had gone insane.

ETA: In my defense, I had my head down for a couple of hours working on the Canberra lens and when I popped up to check comments there were more than a few...

Ahem, excuse me for shouting but - I GOT LENS OF THE DAY!!!

Normal, calmer, service resumes shortly.

#124 Brunel Lensography

#124 Brunel Lensography
http://www.squidoo.com/brunel

This is live but unfortunately still a work in progress. The same thing delaying my Thames tunnel lens is affecting the lens image for this - the requirement to get to the Brunel Museum with a camera...

Unfortunately this is largely down to the recent rainfall, and the effect on British Rail. You'd think British trains would be used to the weather but apparently not. f course, I'm not keen on going out myself in this weather either.

Anyway, I've put it up as it's a quick reference to the Brunel lenses - and to be honest there are already quite a few of them. Its also up becase I am tackling a difficult project as a new lens, I don't want to get distracted and I'm not sure I can do it justice.

The new one's going to be toughter than GWR to write. Fingers crossed it's as well received.

Brunel's Great Ships

The Steamship of Brunel and Scott Russell in Full Steam
Buy From Art.com

Top 100 Progress today has largely been tuning my existing lenses.

The three Brunel lenses about his Great Ships have been updated, so I am happier with them. The legendary engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel built three ships during his career, each of which represented a leap forward in ship design. His last, the Great Eastern was too far ahead of its time, and was eventually dismantled because no practical use could be found for its unique design.

The SS Great Western
The SS Great Britain
The SS Great Eastern

For anyone interested in naval history, these three ships are definitely something to look into. The SS Great Britain, the sole survivor, is displayed at Bristol Docks. The Great Eastern, the largest was scrapped in the 1890's, but art.com has a really nice image of her, sails, paddlewheels, and screw propellers so I've linked it on the right.

I might try article marketing to promote them, but the only site that pays wants my tax details, and strangely enough I'm not happy handing those out so that's on the back burner for the moment.