Walking through the West End
Today I had to take a series of 360 degree panoramas around Paddington for a client, and boy was the security badgers-arse tight around the station! Each panorama needs around …
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What a hangover! Drinking at the Ritzy
What a hangover! I’m still recovering after night’s Offline party at the Brixton Ritzy: see the pictures here It was the first time I’ve put the club on a Saturday …
What a hangover! Drinking at the Ritzy Read MoreOffline at the Ritzy
Tonight is Offline night! Tonight I’m putting on the second Offline Club night at the Brixton Ritzy. The first one went really well, but I always get nervous beforehand. What …
Offline at the Ritzy Read MoreDomain Registry of America: dodgy SCAMMERS!
Domain Registry of America: dodgy SCAMMERS! I’ve just received two official looking letters from the Domain Registry of America telling me that the various urban75 domains are up for renewal …
Domain Registry of America: dodgy SCAMMERS! Read MoreA few more snaps
More photos! I haven’t had time to post up the pics from the BT Tower today, but I’ve just managed to finish off a new 60-photo section called, Brixton: Signs …
A few more snaps Read MoreA 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 …
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Powerpoint-tastic in the BT Tower
Powerpoint-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’, …
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Coffee in the Lounge Brixton
Coffee 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 MoreUpdates to the site: Brixton pics, human billboards
Sniff…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 MoreChris Ware: Simultaneously inspired and depressed!
Simultaneously 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!
Knackered! 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:
CDs 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!
Brighton 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 MoreWomen of 1970’s Punk
A 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!
Fopp’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 MorePresentations and all girl punk
Presentation-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
Saturday 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 crush Scotland 4-0!
Mighty 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 trip report – The Loves argue
Cardiff 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)
Cardiff 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 MoreActionettes goo to Cardiff
Cardiff 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 MoreTempted by the Minota A2 camera
Temptation! 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
Walking 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 a Palm blogging app
Testing, 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
Stand 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!
New 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 …
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