Something to do with Hustle supposedly coming to Brum to film, he said: "my wife said 'you've got to find out where I'm going to live!' So tonight after the signings I'm going down to the Rotunda in the Bullring, which is apparently the best place for apartment-type living." [link]
A good bit of work from Matt Murtagh with Google Street View:
StreetViewBrum from Matt Murtagh on Vimeo.
I’ve also found something funny.
Resevoir Road, Egbaston at 4am by Karen Strunks
Predictable outrage from the papers about Birmingham City University's new MA in Social Media, BCU is at the forefront of working with and in online media and it would be remiss if they were not studying this stuff in depth. [link]
Tear yourself away from your Bangkok fireman and listen to this week’s Big Paws (it’s sorta like Radio BiNS):
Includes Jethro Tull, St Etienne, Beth Orton, Bert Jansch and Adrian Edmonson(!)… [link]
The museum housing Birmingham’s historic collection of bygone buses and trams has been cast in to doubt after city leaders axed funding. [link]
Holloway Circus that is, where two escaped pet rabbits are living. [link]
From the comprehensive Life in Lozells blog I’ve just found out about a housing consultation — with some exciting computery features. First up, there’s a website —vision-lozells.org …
… which does very little but point you to the exciting You Can Plan Lozells “computer programme” (sic) – “a bespoke 3D virtual environment which allows you to view the proposals interactively in 3D. This software has a number of special innovation (sic) created for the Vision Lozells project “.
Now, I believe far more can be achieved by letting people talk to each other (a la the Big City Talk project) rather that flashy gizmos that people need to learn, but still — Virtual Lozells, that’s going to be exciting, and at least they’re trying something different. But, it’ll be PC only I think, as a mac user I’ll not be able plan Lozells — wait, there’s a mac version (yay!).
So I dowload, install, agreed to the bizarre Terms and Conditions (no screenshots, not sharing etc.) watched as I trusted Birmingham City Council to install something on my computer, launched and:
Oh. No contact details on the website, nor any readme.txt file with the installer. I’ve found a contact on the last page of a PDF on the site, I’ll let you know how my planning of Lozells goes.
Alpha Tower by Karen Strunks
I’ve never set foot in Alpha Tower. Never taken the lift to the top floor to see the views. In fact, I’ve barely acknowledged it’s existence on the city’s skyline. However, it could prove a good viewing point over the city with the benefit of not being able see Alpha Tower itself!
Sorry, that’s a bit harsh. It’s just that it look like such officious and unwelcoming building and doesn’t do anything to tempt one inside – whether you have any business in there or not. It doesn’t arouse any curiosity. I guess it’s just a bit outdated looking especially since there are new tower blocks on the….erm, block.
Oh great. Now I’m feeling sorry for it.
Here are a few facts about Alpha Tower from Sky Scraper News:
Have a great weekend! Until next Friday…
