spm37, originally uploaded by Forgotten Faces. The Victorian Society, who no doubt are mostly spectacularly sideburned men worried about being aroused by table-legs, have placed Moseley Baths on their Top Ten Endangered Buildings list. They “are urging Birmingham Council to…
Month: October 2007
Pop so many pills you’ll think pink ghosts are after you
Another, and frankly pant-wettingly exciting to us geeks, special event as part of the Plus Design Festival is the real-life Pac-Man maze. According to spong.com: “Pac-Man Plus gives you a host of amazing options. Maybe you want to be a…
Save the planet, start in Brum
Today is Blog Action Day, and on Blog Action Day the idea is that: the web will unite to put a single important issue on everyone’s mind – the environment. Every blogger will post about the environment in their own…
Signs of the times
We mentioned the Type Tours before, but I couldn’t pass up a chance of a private mini-tour for myself: Ben Waddington is one of those people who wants others to appreciate their surroundings. An exiled Manc, he’s been running tours…
NEC Box Office – not tickety boo
We were lucky enough (actually it was hard work on two computers and three phones) to get tickets for the White Stripes at the NEC. The concert was canceled because Meg White was anxious – no where near as anxious,…
Cafe society
Bearwood’s own ‘european-style cafe bar’ (that’s Atticus, not The Abbey) has a blog…Life In Bearwood (and other places). It’s refreshingly frank and conversational for a promo tool, smart.
Dates for your, fairly long-term, diary
ArtsFest 2008 is not only confirmed, it has dates : 12th-14th September. Slightly closer, the Pantomime Horse Grand National takes place much earlier this year (Friday 16th November) in order to tie in with Children in Need which it is…
Search for the past
Have you seen the TV ad for ask.com where they show you what happens when you search for “Birmingham”? It’s very similar to this London one, but I can’t find a video anywhere on the web. The fun bit for…
Get Scrobbling with BCC
Visitors to the council website at the moment (at least those on Internet Explorer who don’t have a pop-up blocker, sheesh, click here to take the survey if you don’t use the buggy piece of arseware) are being asked to…