Monthly Archives: September 2010

Lots Of Things To See And Do In The West Midlands: October 2010 by Russ L

The Manics, comedy, Supersonic. No mention of the My Little Pony Convention tho', Russ is slipping.

ReStirred Forum

ReStirred Forum — styled as Son of "The Stirrer" forums. Enjoy, beware.

Birmingham Council Spending Data: The Good, The Bad, and The Downright Obstructive —guardian.co.uk

The council have released their spending data for August, not in the most usable format or with much contextual information. Chris Taggart explains. (It does reveal over £600, 000 to various Capita companies, however — but is that good or bad, we don't know).

Just to see if it works. Apologies to the Mail & Garfield minus Garfield, and ta Danny Smith.

from Brumblr, the scrapbook of Brum web ephemera: “…how many of yr songs are about birmingham?” bloggy foreigner: Empire Records

Johnny Foreigner need our help

from Brumblr, the scrapbook of Brum web ephemera: “ Johnny Foreigner need our help “Tho we clearly can’t stress enough the IF YOU DONT GIVE US YOUR MONEY THEN WE ARE COMPLETELY SCREWED, we’re still old enough to remember spending £15.99 on joan of arc albums from tempest (rip), so asking a combined £16.50 for 49 songs and a bunch of video and home made arts stuff doesn’t exactly feel like begging. still, look at our big eyes and silky fur. you know if you don’t pay, we get put down right?” ” – bloggy foreigner: Empire Records

An unexpected treat this weekend, when the Invisible Architecture tour I was on stumbled across what might just prove to be a little independent gem. Shakes is a milkshake bar and coffee shop, it’s up Cannon Street almost oposite The Windsor and sort of behind Urban Outfitters. It does coffee and more usual stuff as well, but the milkshakes are something special: you can choose from cakey-biscuity ones, chocolate-bar-y ones, fruity-ones and even ones with things like Wham! bars in. Odd and brilliant. They’re not paying me, but I’d take bribes in Fry’s Peppermint Cream Shakes… mmmm. It’s got a sort of American diner vibe, loads of papers and magazines, free wifi and a table-top MAME machine with PacMan and Donkey Kong. What’s not to like? On the website you can see they’re continued the retro theme, with both a flash into AND a hit counter. Good skills.

Big City Plan Stage 2

A commentable WordPress site for the second report of Birmingham City Council's Big City Plan. Not so easy to navigate, and the real test is how they handle any conversation—but a good step.

from Brumblr, the scrapbook of Brum web ephemera: Moseley Road Baths Memorabilia Day

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Monthly Archives: September 2010

Lots Of Things To See And Do In The West Midlands: October 2010 by Russ L

ReStirred Forum

Birmingham Council Spending Data: The Good, The Bad, and The Downright Obstructive —guardian.co.uk

Chipper without Chipper

“…how many of yr songs are about…

Johnny Foreigner need our help

Milk and honey on Cannon Street

Big City Plan Stage 2

Moseley Road Baths Memorabilia Day

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