Goodbye Concorde!
Goodbye Concorde! The most beautiful passenger planes ever built make their final flights today, with three Concordes landing within minutes of each other at 1600 pm at Heathrow. There’s a …
Goodbye Concorde! Read MoreAuthor: editor
Tate Modern/Brighton rocks!
Tate Modern/Brighton rocks! Top weekend! On Saturday, I checked out the amazing ‘Weather Project’ at the Tate Modern – an amazing installation that creates an indoor outdoors, if you get …
Tate Modern/Brighton rocks! Read MoreAaargh! Disaster! Site down
Aaargh! Disaster! Both the urban75.org and .net parts of the site have gone completely down, so great chunks of the site won’t be working…. Anyone desperately missing the bulletin boards …
Aaargh! Disaster! Site down Read MoreGot a bastard cold
Sniff-tastic I’ve just been laid low by my first cold of the year. The weird thing was that it came on in minutes: I was feeling just dandy sorting out …
Got a bastard cold Read MoreNigerian scam emails: fighting back!
Nigerian scam emails: fighting back! Ever been blasted with loads of dodgy emails from people purporting to be Nigerian businessmen offering you millions of pounds? Well, this guy got so …
Nigerian scam emails: fighting back! Read MoreA minor hangover
A minor hangover Last night was a good ‘un, starting off with a visit to the trusty Albert for a chum’s birthday. For the first time this year it was …
A minor hangover Read MoreFootball and pub quizzes
Football woes The good news: Cardiff City have no problem scoring goals, thumping in five in the last two matches. The bad news: on both occasions, the other team scored …
Football and pub quizzes Read MoreExecutive box woe – Reading vs Cardiff City
Executive box woe I’m afraid today hasn’t gone to plan. What should have been a whoopy-doopsy, all expenses paid trip to Reading for a Toshiba press launch and – oh …
Executive box woe – Reading vs Cardiff City Read MoreMore urban75 stats
A feast of stats! Unzip your anoraks, push up your band-aided specs and get a load of these tech-tastic stats! Oh yes! Access stats! The urban75.net part of the site …
More urban75 stats Read MoreCollossal Cardiff City Crush Gillingham!
Collossal Cardiff City Crush Gillingham! The mighty Cardiff City slammed five goals past hapless Gillingham on Saturday – with Earnshaw bagging four! Tuesday night, I’m off to Reading football stadium …
Collossal Cardiff City Crush Gillingham! Read MoreWales bomb 0-4 to Italy in the San Siro stadium
Disaster! The mighty Wales bombed 0-4 to Italy in the San Siro stadium tonight, despite putting up a brave fighting display that wasn’t reflected in the score. I watched the …
Wales bomb 0-4 to Italy in the San Siro stadium Read MoreA feast of favicons!
A feast of favicons! If you didn’t know, favicons are the neat little icons that appear in your favourites list and in the browser bar when you bookmark a page. …
A feast of favicons! Read More
Mars ahoy!
Last night, the brightest light in the sky was the pinky red glow of Mars, which is now closer to Earth than at any time in almost 60,000 years. I’m …
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A trip on The Balmoral steamer from Penarth to Clevedon
Back from Wales Just returned from a fabulous short holiday in my hometown of Cardiff – and what a great trip I had! On Saturday night I celebrated Cardiff’s mighty …
A trip on The Balmoral steamer from Penarth to Clevedon Read MoreI hate football…
I hate football… Cardiff 0 Bradford 2 Serbia & Montenegro 1 Wales 0 What made the Welsh result all more depressing was the filthy torrent of disgusting racist abuse coming …
I hate football… Read MoreSony DSC F828 camera announced
Dribble, salivate, lust…..! Sony has announced its new Sony DSC F828 camera and it’s an absolute beauty! It comes with a thumping great 8 megapixel resolution, 28mm-200mm lens, a wide …
Sony DSC F828 camera announced Read MoreInternet magazine : deadline battling again
Deadline battling again Once again the urban75 mansions are resounding to the sound of exasperated sighs and table-thumping hissy fits, as yours truly battles to start an overdue article for …
Internet magazine : deadline battling again Read MoreAaaargh! The heat! 34C in the office
Aaaargh! The heat! Bollocks to his chuffing heat. It’s now a blistering 34C in my office and I’m hating it – and there’s more of the same on the way …
Aaaargh! The heat! 34C in the office Read MoreThe football season kicks off!
The football season kicks off! For the first time in 18 years, the mighty Cardiff City are now playing in the heady heights of the First Division! The good news …
The football season kicks off! Read MoreSweltering in the sweaty, sticky heat
Sweltering in the sweaty, sticky heat Today was the hottest day in London since records began, with the temperature climbing up to a hideously steaming 35.3 degrees Celsius (95.34 Fahrenheit …
Sweltering in the sweaty, sticky heat Read MoreThe heat! The heat! Aaargh!
The heat! The heat! Let’s get one thing straight. I’m not a fan of hot weather. That’s not to say I don’t mind a bit of sun if I happen …
The heat! The heat! Aaargh! Read MoreMore buttons than a shirt factory
More buttons than a shirt factory Yep, that’s what my new Logitech MX desktop keyboard/mouse combo has got! There’s eight buttons on the mouse, and a host of extra gizmos …
More buttons than a shirt factory Read MoreCurrently on my playlist
Currently rotating, jumping and involuntarily repeating on my increasingly erratic CD player: Lucinda Williams: Car Wheels on a Gravel Road Super Furry Animals: Phantom Power Radiohead: Hail to the the …
Currently on my playlist Read MorePhotographic quandary – what compact?
Photographic quandary I’m currently flogging off a load of bits’n’bobs around the flat so that I can afford a new digital camera – but which one to go for? Here’s …
Photographic quandary – what compact? Read MoreThe Dome, Lambeth Country Show and PROD
Skankin’ around the room… Currently glued to the office CD player is the mighty fine Linton Kwesi Johnson, “LKJ in Dub” 1980 CD. ‘Nuff respect! A quick update to what’s …
The Dome, Lambeth Country Show and PROD Read More