A trip up the BT Tower
Spun out! There’s no question about it- it was worth enduring the swivel-action presentation for the ride to the top of the BT Tower! I’ve wanted to go up there …
A trip up the BT Tower Read MoreSpun out! There’s no question about it- it was worth enduring the swivel-action presentation for the ride to the top of the BT Tower! I’ve wanted to go up there …
A trip up the BT Tower Read MorePowerpoint-tastic! Pie charts! Flow charts! Statistics! Strap lines! Lots of blokes in suits! Yep, I’m at an industry presentation and the air is alive with buzz words. We’re talking ‘convergence’, …
Powerpoint-tastic in the BT Tower Read MoreCoffee in the Lounge I’m currently relaxing on the deep leather sofa in The Lounge and giving this mo:Blog Palm blogging software its first ‘road test’. So far, its looking …
Coffee in the Lounge Brixton Read MoreSniff…snivel… Arse! I’ve got a bit of a cold a-looming and it’s made me a bit too lethargic for my liking. I was hoping to add a few new photo …
Updates to the site: Brixton pics, human billboards Read MoreSimultaneously inspired and depressed! I took a look through the art books at Shipley’s on Charing Cross Road (formerly known as Zwemmers) and got both inspired and depressed by Chris …
Chris Ware: Simultaneously inspired and depressed! Read MoreKnackered! Phew! The last 24 hours have been a bit hectic. First off, I had to write a late night review of the free Mozilla Firefox browser and I was …
Knackered! Read MoreCDs currently enjoying ‘heavy rotation’ in Chez Urban75: The Stills: Logic Will Break Your Heart Tom Waits: Closing Time Boo Hewerdine: Baptist Hospital Roddy Frame: Surf Snow Patrol: Final Straw …
CDs currently enjoying ‘heavy rotation’ in Chez Urban75: Read MoreBrighton rocks! I’m writing this on the train back from Brighton after a delightful afternoon in ‘London by the Sea’. The weather was perfect – sunny, crisp and cold – …
Brighton rocks! Read MoreA selection of links After last night’s all-girl punk rock shakeout, I’ve been having a shufti around these websites: Women of 1970’s Punk – a huge compilation covering Siouxsie to …
Women of 1970’s Punk Read MoreFopp’d! Once again I succumbed to the feast of CD bargains served up at Fopp, a discount record store in Covent Garden. What sets Fopp apart from most cheapo record …
Fopp’d! Read MorePresentation-tastic Today started early. Too early. I had to be up at 8am (that’s the equivalent of the crack’o’dawn in my world) to prepare for a talk I was giving …
Presentations and all girl punk Read MoreSaturday afternoon, London Cillin’ with an afternoon coffee in the Photographers Gallery, Leicester Square. It’s been a mad week – I worked out that I’d barely left the flat for …
Saturday afternoon, London Read MoreMighty Wales! Oh yes! Despite being many players short of our full squad, we still managed to whip, nay, crush Scotland 4-0 at the Millennium Stadium! And how good was …
Mighty Wales crush Scotland 4-0! Read MoreCardiff report (part three) Headlining the night was the highly tipped rockers, The Loves. With a brace of high profile support gigs under their belts (Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs), I was …
Cardiff trip report – The Loves argue Read MoreCardiff trip (part two) There was a total of eight bands playing that night and I can’t say any of them particularly floated my boat: almost all of them sounded …
Cardiff trip (part two) Read MoreCardiff report (part one) We arrived to find the streets of Cardiff deserted as what seemed like the entire city’s population were packed into bars watching the mighty Wales thump …
Actionettes goo to Cardiff Read MoreTemptation! The competition is hotting up in the prosumer camera arena, with this latest bevy of digital beauties being announced. I can feel my wallet twitching! Minolta have just announced …
Tempted by the Minota A2 camera Read MoreWalking the streets of London Just spent a delightful few hours thumping the byways and alleyways of London town. I had a meeting near the Barbican and decided to take …
Walking the streets of London Read MoreTesting, 1,2,3! Here’s my first attempt to upload a blog entry using vagablog, a neat app that runs on my Sony Clie. If this works, I’ll be able to update …
Testing a Palm blogging app Read MoreStand off in Brixton The eastern part of Coldharbour Lane has been sealed off all day as police have tried to talk a woman out of her flat. Apparently, the …
Stand off in Brixton Read MoreNew urban75 Brixton night coming up soon! Here’s the press release: come along! Offline is a new, chilled out night in downtown Brixton, run by the folks behind urban75. The …
New urban75 Brixton night coming up soon! Read MoreAfter an utterly dreadful five days of sleeping/sweating/shivering/shaking in a sweaty bed, my flu seems to be finally abating. I can stay awake for more than 60 minutes! I can …
Me & My Flu. A page full of whinging! Read MoreMy Shite Friday I can confidently state that this has to be one of my shittiest Fridays ever. Here’s what should have happened: Up at 9, breakfast, pack my bags, …
My Shite Friday Read MoreThe Tax Return Has Left The Building! Words can’t describe what a miserable experience it was, but I finally managed to work through the hundreds of truck questions contained in …
The Tax Return Has Left The Building! Read MoreAaargh! The Dreary Dullness of Databases! I’ve just spent the entire day – just about every last feckin’ minute of it – trying to install the upgraded vBulletin boards on …
Aaargh! The Dreary Dullness of Databases! Read MoreText-tastic Fingers and thumbs must have been clicking like mad over the New Year when 111 million SMS messages were sent on all four main UK mobile networks between midnight …
Text-tastic – SMS record broken! Read More