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It’s my birthday!And so far it’s been a good ‘un. The day started with a hearty breakfast in bed (hot croissants, fresh fruit and Earl Grey – thanks Em!), followed …

Fame! I want to live forever! Publicity ahoy! The urban75 ‘lad detector’ has sprung into action after archetypal blokes mag, FHM Magazine, declared urban75 to be one of their “greatest …

Web-tastic It doesn’t seem that long ago that the web was seen as the exclusive domain of tightly zipped anoraked spodheads – I can remember when receiving an email was …

People! Bugger off! Well, I don’t mean you, dear blog reader, but it has to be said that this site is becoming a victim of its own success. Right now, …

Café 1 Work 0 It seemed like a good idea: go out for a walk in the spring sunshine and then go to The Lounge café to start work on …

Is there life on Mars? David Bowie sang a good song about it back in the Seventies, but NASA scientists are reporting that the presence of methane on Mars could …

Great time-waster! Bored at work? Check out the Yeti Sports Penguin-throwing game – version THREE!

Today’s techie-spod site of the day! Check out this anorakfull site, stuffed full of screen grabs of old computer operating systems. I’ve already gazed longingly at the old Amiga screengrabs …

I would go out tonight… Shopping for clothes? God I hate it! As anyone who knows me will testify, I’m not exactly Mr Fashion, but I try and dress vaguely …

The horrors of ‘on hold’ Unhappily, as a result of the urban75 server becoming flakier than Cadbury’s finest, I’ve found myself becoming heavily acquainted with telephone ‘on hold’ music and …

Spanking new ‘urban75 updates & blog’ page launched! For too long, the blog was hidden away, only accessible by clicking on a tiny link lurking at the top of the …

Odd stat attack! Some oddball facts for your delectation… Germs – where they lurk Microbes per square inch: Phone earpiece 25,127 Desk surface 20,961 Keyboards 3,295 Mouse 1,676 Fax machine …

Ban cars? Terrible accident on Brixton Hill tonight. (my rant posted on the bulletin boards last night) There’s too many emotions spinning through my head right now to construct a …

More bloody records Once again, I was unable to resist the lure of the fabulous FOPP records store in Covent Garden. I’ve never managed to leave this excellently-curated, cut-price record …

A late night test!Checking out my new Sony Clie TH55 with its funky new wi-fi feature!

Dreadful link of the Day If u lik txting u’ll luv this: Ellie’s Journal

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Happy St David’s Day! (Or, as we say in Wales, Dydd Dewi Sant) There’s lovely for you, isn’t it?! Check out our Interactive Map of Wales!

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 – …

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 …

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 …