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Academy: Turin Brakes

Saturday, June 11th, 2005

Put simply the Turin Brakes gig was supberb. They chose Birmingham to kick off only 3 tour dates to promote the new album, it’s not quanity but quality that counts and on Thursday night we had both. The Brakes are back, the band that got lost in the Ether have found their way to the ears and hearts of far more people as the new album “Jack In A Box”, goes in the album chart at number 9

Snowfall in Somalia reported

Friday, June 10th, 2005

Snowfall in Somalia reported
Wed. June 01, 2005 10:36 am.

“The first snowfall on this part of the world has claimed one life and caused extensive damage to properties. Puntland, northeastern part of Somalia has never recorded snowfall before last night when snow storms with high winds destroyed homes in Rako town.

With no effective central government, Somalia […]

@media 2005

Thursday, June 2nd, 2005

The @media 2005 confrence looks like being the first held in London dealing with web standards, accessibility including of course technologies very close to my heart, CSS and XHTML. “The conference would prove valuable for those wanting to make the most out of their web sites: ‘It’s a unique opportunity to learn about the most cutting-edge, best-practice methodologies from the best in the business.”