Adam Chodzko |
I saw Adam Chodzko's pieces "A place for 'The End'" and "The International God Look Alike Contest" at the Ikon. Site for A Place for 'The End' * Opposite 76 T... |
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Current Blog My Latest Blog 2006 BlogJanuary2006 , BlogFebruary2006 , BlogMarch2006 , BlogApril2006 , BlogMay2006 , BlogJune2006 , Blog... |
Amelie |
Am\xE9lie, aka Le Fabuleux destin d'Am\xE9lie Poulain An excellent film directed/written by Jean Pierre Jeunet and Guillaume Laurant who were also involved in The... |
Anagrams Of Andrew Neil Pryke |
Re arranging the letters of 'Andrew Neil Pryke' gives: Ya! wrinkled preen. Kinder, new player. Idly preen wanker. Weak reply in nerd. ... |
Analysis Of The Guts To Say Jesus Chain Letter |
I received the following on 31 March 1999: : If you receive an email titled "It Takes Guts to Say 'Jesus' DO NOT open it. It will erase everything on your har... |
Andy Birmingham |
If you search for "Andy Birmingham" or Andy Birmingham I'm hoping you'll end up here on the Andy Pryke page. Similarly for Andy Moseley or "Andy Moseley".... |
Andy Moseley |
If you search for "Andy Birmingham" or Andy Birmingham I'm hoping you'll end up here on the Andy Pryke page. Similarly for Andy Moseley or "Andy Moseley".... |
Andy Pryke |
If you search for "Andy Birmingham" or Andy Birmingham I'm hoping you'll end up here on the Andy Pryke page. Similarly for Andy Moseley or "Andy Moseley".... |
Andy Pryke Recommends |
Software * Xenu's Link Checker (Windows) Check the links on any website, of any size, for free http://home.snafu.de/tilman/xenulink.html * psiMind (Psion)... |
Anita And Me |
Saw this on the 11th Jan 2003 Anita and me is written by MeeraSyal and deals with the friendship between Meena (whose parent's are Indian) and Anita (whose parent... |
Are You Thinking What Were Thinking |
I quite liked this Modified Tory Poster, I actually found it through a search for "lies"! http://www.flickr.com/photos/billyniblick/6654694/in/photostream/ ht... |
Arts Fest 2002 |
Saturday 7th September Saw Jinrai who I'd seen before at the MoseleyFestival this time with much better sound quality. Also saw the BeachBums (a Beach Boys)... |
As We May Think |
As We May Think by VannevarBush Below are a selection of quotes from the article. He urges that men of science should then turn to the massive task of making mor... |
Association Of British Drivers |
Association of British Drivers Text Taken from the newsletter of "Steer" ( http://www.steer tar.org.uk/ ) April 2000: The ABD is the motoring equivalent of the Co... |
Audio Visual Art |
Website: http://www.a v a.co.uk/ Will be putting on events in 2003 |
Auto Blog |
Previous: BlogMarch2005 Next: BlogMay2005 Sun 17 Apr 2005 testing 1 2 3 Posted on the move at 22:33:03 Sun 17 Apr 2005 Sign of the Times I spotted this sign in ... |
Avebury Stone Circle |
Avebury Stone Circle isthe largest stone circle in the world, and the location of the rather scary 1980's children serial, Children Of The Stones. * Map of Ave... |
BUGA 2005 |
BUGA 2005 Munich is host to BUGA 2005, the national garden festival. For 14euros you get a day pass, and there's definately a day full of things to see. Almost al... |
Beale Ciphers |
The Beale Cipers may be a hoax, or may contain instructions which lead to a hoard of gold. They were published in the US in the 19th Century, with a decoding for ... |
Behistun Inscription |
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Best Of Blog 2005 |
Photo of the Year * View from British Camp on a foggy day: See more pictures * Photo of the Year * Music of the Year * Misty's Big Advent... |
Best Of Blog 2007 |
Best of Blog 2007 Photo of the Year Drumtrodden Stones and Rainbow Visited the standing stones and cup and ring marks at Drumtrodden near Stranrae in Scotland.... |
Birmingham |
Intro Birmingham has a pretty rotten reputation within the UK based mainly on the awful things done to the city centre during the 1960's. Some of these such a... |
Birmingham Bloggers |
Bloggers Dates in brackets refer to the last update (checked on 2nd Jan 2003) or the date I added the blog. If you want to be added, just mail me at blog(at_sign)... |
Birmingham Council Elections 2007 |
Birmingham Council Elections 2007 The picture below shows the percentage of votes obtained by each party in each ward. Red indicates a low vote, green the highest... |
Birmingham Soundscape |
Unfortunately I don't know the title of this piece or the name of the artist! However... This piece was a sound installation at the (newly opened) Arcadian shoppi... |
Birmingham Works |
Survey of Visual arts in the West Midlands http://www.myprotova.com/birminghamworks/ Date: 25 May 8 June 2002 Venue: TheChuckWorks Opening Hours: Daily 11:00 ... |
Bistro Lyonnais |
5th December 2003 Ate at Bistro Lyonnais for the first time in a couple of years. Almost all the diners were 45 or over. Initially, I was a bit wary of our table... |
Blissbody |
A (Birmingham Based) group of artists producing works involving sound. Pieces include HumDrum, which I saw at the MAC , in which they used a "stethoscope elect... |
Blog 20070311 |
Sunday 11th March 2007 Yoyogi Park * Yoyogi Park Sign: * Phew!: * Cartoon Sign No Lions Allowed: * Emergency Water Point?: ... |
Blog 20070312 |
Religious Texts In hotel rooms you often get a Gideon Bible. Here in the Marriott, you get four different books: A New Testament, a Book of Mormon, The Teaching o... |
Blog 20070313 |
Tuesday 13th March 2007 Raw Egg Breakfast Breakfast at the Ryokan included raw egg, which you broke into the rice (at least that's what people seemed to be doing... |
Blog All 2007 |
Prev: BlogNovember2007 1 Year Ago: BlogDecember2006 Next: BlogJanuary2008 Friday 28th December 2007 Best of Blog 2007 It's that time of year again, and I've lo... |
Blog Apr 2002 |
Previous: BlogMar2002 Next: BlogMay2002 Tues 16th April Saw Misty's Big Adventure with BruteForce at the Academy. For a review, see the Misty's Big Adventure pa... |
Blog April 2003 |
Previous: BlogMarch2003 Next: BlogMay2003 25th April 2003 Saw TheVaginaMonologues at TheRep 23rd April 2003 Found this cool self organising music rating site thin... |
Blog April 2004 |
Previous: BlogMarch2004 Next: BlogMay2004 24th April 2004 Got round to updating the gigs on the Misty's Big Adventure page. 17th April 2004 Added New York Gir... |
Blog April 2005 |
Previous: BlogMarch2005 Next: BlogMay2005 Sat 30th April 2005 Subject: Withypool Stone Circle Nice peaceful circle on Withypool hill. Again, there are rumours i... |
Blog April 2006 |
Prev: BlogMarch2006 1 Year Ago: BlogApril2005 Next: BlogMay2006 Sun 30th Apr 2006 Well Dressing in Malvern Well dressing is an interesting English tradition in ... |
Blog April 2007 |
Prev: BlogMarch2007 1 Year Ago: BlogApril2006 Next: BlogMay2007 Friday 27th April 2007 Adobe Building Photos I'd seen the posters on the side of the Museum and... |
Blog April 2008 |
Prev: BlogMarch2008 1 Year Ago: BlogApril2007 Next: BlogMay2008 Wednesday 30th April 2008 R.I.P. Humph Humphrey Littleton died last Saturday. I knew him best f... |
Blog April 2009 |
Prev: BlogMarch2009 1 Year Ago: BlogApril2008 Next: BlogNovember2009(!) There's a gap in my blog, the next one is BlogNovember2009. Thursday 23rd April 2009 Pe... |
Blog April 2010 |
Prev: BlogNovember2009 (!) 1 Year Ago: BlogApril2009 Next: BlogMay2010 Thursday 29th April 2010 Deciding Who I'm Voting for and Why I'm lucky enough to live in... |
Blog August 2002 |
Previous: BlogJuly2002 Next: BlogSeptember2002 30th August Saw StonesInTheirPockets at the Rep. Very good two hander in which the actors played multiple character... |
Blog August 2003 |
Previous: BlogJuly2003 Next: BlogSeptember2003 31st August 2003 Arrive in Rome. 30th August 2003 Visited Porto Santo Stefano, on Argentario. By change it was the ... |
Blog August 2004 |
Previous: BlogJuly2004 Next: BlogSeptember2004 13th to 31st August 2004 In Sicily, Napoli and Munich. Climbing up volcanos, watching them explode, sitting on the... |
Blog August 2005 |
Prev: BlogJuly2005 1 Year Ago: BlogAugust2004 Next: BlogSeptember2005 Wed 31 Aug 2005 Burlesque Show at the Spiegel Garden The Spiegel Tent is a lovely place, b... |
Blog August 2006 |
Prev: BlogJuly2006 1 Year Ago: BlogAugust2005 Next: BlogSeptember2006 Wed 30 Aug 2006 Wild Boar in the UK Saw this sign in some woods on the welsh border near S... |
Blog August 2007 |
Prev: BlogJuly2007 1 Year Ago: BlogAugust2006 Next: BlogSeptember2007 Friday 31st Aug 2007 Vandalism... I don't really approve of this, but you can't deny it's... |
Blog August 2008 |
Prev: BlogJuly2008 1 Year Ago: BlogAugust2007 Next: BlogSeptember2008 Fri 29th August 2008 Moseley Folk Festival Luckily, the weather was good today, the first... |
Blog Dec 2001 |
End of both the month and year. Time for a new BlogJan2002! 29 Dec 2001 Boycott Xmas If only I'd found this site earlier I could have saved a fortune (and the p... |
Blog December 2002 |
Previous: BlogNovember2002 Next: BlogJanuary2003 31st December 2002 Discovered that there's a Birmingham Blogger's meetup planned (sort of) http://blog.meetup.... |
Blog December 2003 |
Previous: BlogNovember2003 Next: BlogJanuary2004 31st December 2003 Dan O'Sullivan has done some interesting hi tech arts projects, such as SlowGlass and Ambigrap... |
Blog December 2004 |
Previous: BlogNovember2004 Next: BlogJanuary2005 Thursday 30th December 2004 Visited AveburyStoneCircle, Marlborough and the UffingtonWhiteHorse. I spotted this m... |
Blog December 2005 |
Prev: BlogNovember2005 1 Year Ago: BlogDecember2004 Next: BlogJanuary2006 Sat 31st Dec 2005 Finished my BestOfBlog2005, summarising what I liked most in 2005, ... |
Blog December 2006 |
Prev: BlogNovember2006 1 Year Ago: BlogDecember2005 Next: BlogJanuary2007 Saturday 30th December 2006 Overnight from Berlin to Birmingham I caught the half nin... |
Blog December 2007 |
Prev: BlogNovember2007 1 Year Ago: BlogDecember2006 Next: BlogJanuary2008 Friday 28th December 2007 Best of Blog 2007 It's that time of year again, and I've lo... |
Blog December 2008 |
Prev: BlogNovember2008 1 Year Ago: BlogDecember2007 Next: BlogJanuary2009 Thursday 18th December 2008 Mistys and the Retro Spankees Misty's always play a Chris... |
Blog Feb 2002 |
Previous: BlogJan2002 Next: BlogMar2002 28th Feb 2002 KlubCatusi / Cinephilia film night at the Mac, showing HellsBelles. Previously I've seen OurManFlint and... |
Blog February 2003 |
Previous: BlogJanuary2003 Next: BlogMarch2003 28th February 2003 (Dublin) Breakfast at Cafe on rd parallel to Harcourt St. My vegi breakfast is fine eggs, mushr... |
Blog February 2004 |
Previous: BlogJanuary2004 Next: BlogMarch2004 19th February 2004 Stan's Cafe performed "Talk To Me" at theMAC. 18th February 2004 Saw a collection of American... |
Blog February 2005 |
Previous: BlogJanuary2005 Next: BlogMarch2005 27th February 2005 Saw Stuart Estell (accordian) and Ian Nutt (guitar) perform at the Old Mo'. Very nice lyrical so... |
Blog February 2006 |
Prev: BlogJanuary2006 1 Year Ago: BlogFebruary2005 Next: BlogMarch2006 Sun 26th Feb 2006 Darwin Day Finally wrote a brief entry for Darwin Day in Birmingham inc... |
Blog February 2007 |
Prev: BlogJanuary2007 1 Year Ago: BlogFebruary2006 Next: BlogMarch2007 Sunday 24th February 2007 Elephants at the City Museum On Sunday I visited the City Muse... |
Blog February 2008 |
Prev: BlogJanuary2008 1 Year Ago: BlogFebruary2007 Next: BlogMarch2008 Weds 27th February 2008 The Philosopher's Magazine have this fun game called Battlegrou... |
Blog February 2009 |
Prev: BlogJanuary2009 1 Year Ago: BlogFebruary2008 Next: BlogMarch2009 Sat 28th February 2009 Sushi Kaji Sushi Kaji is listed as one of Toronto's top Asian res... |
Blog Glastonbury 2009 |
Prev: BlogMay2009 1 Year Ago: BlogGlastonbury2008 Next: BlogJuly2009 Prev: BlogMay2009 1 Year Ago: BlogGlastonbury2008 Next: BlogJuly2009 Contact me: Website ... |
Blog Jan 2002 |
Previous: BlogDec2001 Next: BlogFeb2002 31st Jan 2002 Thought about ResourceDiscoveryInP2PNetworks. 30th Jan 2002 Zoom in and out of the universe. Each click take... |
Blog January 2003 |
Previous: BlogDecember2002 Next: BlogFebruary2003 31st January 2003 Saw Faith by HelenKelly at BirminghamUniversity. Before seeing the play, all I knew was that i... |
Blog January 2004 |
Previous: BlogDecember2003 Next: BlogFebruary2004 31st January 2004 Rediscovered MetaSpy ( http://www.metaspy.com/info.metac.spy/metaspy/ )which tells you what pe... |
Blog January 2005 |
Previous: BlogDecember2004 Next: BlogFebruary2005 Sunday 30th January Saw Goodbye Lenin (from CinePhilia), which I'd missed at the cinema. Not the pure comedy w... |
Blog January 2006 |
Prev: BlogDecember2005 1 Year Ago: BlogJanuary2005 Next: BlogFebruary2006 Tue 31 Jan 2006 Ikon Gallery I'm not so into 2D art, and only a couple of the photos a... |
Blog January 2007 |
Prev: BlogDecember2006 1 Year Ago: BlogJanuary2006 Next: BlogFebruary2007 Tuesday 31st January 2007 Lost Souls Nice work above a cash point in Moseley recently... |
Blog January 2008 |
Prev: BlogDecember2007 1 Year Ago: BlogJanuary2007 Next: BlogFebruary2008 Thursday 31st January 2008 Mechanical Bride I couple of nights ago, I ended up listen... |
Blog January 2009 |
Prev: BlogDecember2008 1 Year Ago: BlogJanuary2009 Next: BlogFebruary2009 Friday 30th January 2009 Great New Videos from Misty's Big Adventure Mark Locke ... |
Blog July 2002 |
Previous: BlogJune2002 Next: BlogAugust2002 July 31st 2002 Visisted http://www.OddTodd.com and watched a couple of animations. July 30th 2002 Finally saw MikeIn... |
Blog July 2003 |
Previous: BlogJune2003 Next: BlogAugust2003 25th July 2003 Found a nice animation of the CrystalPalace http://www.iath.virginia.edu/london/model/ Did an interes... |
Blog July 2004 |
Previous: BlogJune2004 Next: BlogAugust2004 18th July 2004 Moseley Festival again, with Misty's playing in the park. They went down very well, with lots of cheer... |
Blog July 2005 |
Previous: BlogJune2005 Next: BlogAugust2005 One Year Back: BlogJuly2004 Sat 30 Jul 2005 Freezepop Stakeout I linked to some Freezepop mp3s back on the 15th, ... |
Blog July 2006 |
Prev: BlogJune2006 1 Year Ago: BlogJuly2005 Next: BlogAugust2006 Monday 24th July 2006 The Best Cheesecake in Vancouver? I ate allegedly "The Best Cheesecake in... |
Blog July 2007 |
Prev: BlogJune2007 1 Year Ago: BlogJuly2006 Next: BlogAugust2007 Sunday 29th July 2007 The Marvellous Mechanical Mouse Mill I just watched this episode of Bagp... |
Blog July 2008 |
Prev: BlogJune2008 1 Year Ago: BlogJuly2007 Next: BlogAugust2008 Wednesday 30th July Central Park The Fabled Central Park. I remember a children's program wher... |
Blog June 2002 |
Previous: BlogMay2002 Next: BlogJuly2002 25th June to 1st July 2002 Glastonbury. Saw BelleAndSebastian, SiezeTheDay, AtillaTheStockbroker, JonOtway, Orbital ... |
Blog June 2003 |
Previous: BlogMay2003 Next: BlogJuly2003 24th 30th June 2003 Went to GlastonburyFestival2003! 22nd June 2003 Thinking of going to Edinburgh to see ManuChao 8t... |
Blog June 2004 |
Previous: BlogMay2004 Next: BlogJuly2004 I've been without web access at home for most of the last month, so this is a bit sparse! 29th June 2004 Been at Glaston... |
Blog June 2005 |
Previous: BlogMay2005 Next: BlogJuly2005 One Year Back: BlogJune2004 Sun 26 Jun 2005 The Pricillas Saw the Pricillas up in Lost Vagueness. A great 4 piece band... |
Blog June 2006 |
Prev: BlogMay2006 1 Year Ago: BlogJune2005 Next: BlogJuly2006 Sunday 25th June 2006 Upcoming: Misty's and Kate Goes... at Cotteridge Festival Saturday J... |
Blog June 2007 |
Prev: BlogMay2007 1 Year Ago: BlogJune2006 Next: BlogJuly2007 Sat 30th June 2007 Tunnel Vision Visited the Fierce Tunnel Vision event today. The tunnel in que... |
Blog June 2008 |
Prev: BlogMay2008 1 Year Ago: BlogJune2007 Next: BlogJuly2008 Tuesday 24th June 2008 Monday 30th June 2008 I'm off to Glastonbury Festival today, so I've set ... |
Blog June 2008 Glastonbury |
Prev: BlogMay2008 1 Year Ago: BlogJune2007 Next: BlogJuly2008 Main Blog for June: BlogJune2008 Service Interrupted! Doh! I planned to blog loads live here from ... |
Blog June 2009 Glastonbury |
Thu 25 Jun 2009 Greenpeace Village Greenpeace are building a replica of a village threatened by the building of a 3rd runway at Heathrow. Looks great! Posted on ... |
Blog Mar 2002 |
Previous: BlogFeb2002 Next: BlogApr2002 30th March Saw LookBackInAnger by JohnOsborne at the CrescentTheatre. Very good performance. I didn't know the plot or for... |
Blog March 10th 2007 |
Back to BlogMarch2007 Saturday 10th March 2007 Ameyayokocho Market This market sells everything from fruit, veg and fish, to the latest trainers and octopus bal... |
Blog March 2003 |
Previous: BlogFebruary2003 Next: BlogApril2003 29th March 2003 Saw VladislavDelay at the CustardFactory gallery space, accompanied by groovy visuals. 24th March 2... |
Blog March 2004 |
Previous: BlogFebruary2004 Next: BlogApril2004 30th March 2004 SevenInchCinema at TheRainbow on a Japanesse theme. 27th March 2004 Heard "Excess Baggage" on Radio... |
Blog March 2005 |
Previous: BlogFebruary2005 Next: BlogApril2005 Tuesday 29th March Visited the Tapas Bar in Moseley briefly, to meet with friends, then off to The Rainbow ... |
Blog March 2006 |
Prev: BlogFebruary2006 1 Year Ago: BlogMarch2005 Next: BlogApril2006 Tue 28 Mar 2006 The Courtesy Group, Misty's Big Adventure and The Guilemots OK. 1st off... |
Blog March 2007 |
Prev: BlogFebruary2007 1 Year Ago: BlogMarch2006 Next: BlogApril2007 Saturday 30th March 2007 Kate Goes... To Wonderland The latest theme for Kate Goes... was ... |
Blog March 2008 |
Prev: BlogFebruary2008 1 Year Ago: BlogMarch2007 Next: BlogApril2008 Sunday 23rd March 2008 Seven Inch Cinema American film collector Jack Stevenson was back i... |
Blog March 2009 |
Prev: BlogFebruary2009 1 Year Ago: BlogMarch2008 Next: BlogApril2009 Saturday 14th March Sita Sings the Blues I linked to NinaPaley in my fourth ever blog post... |
Blog March 9th 2007 |
Back to BlogMarch2007 Friday March 9th 2007 Ryokan Breakfast The breakfast at the Ryokan didn't disappoint, with more yuba and also a bowl of tiny little white ... |
Blog May 2002 |
Previous: BlogApr2002 Next: BlogJune2002 26th May 2002 While searching for DadaMouttonNoir, I found: http://www.arthole international.org.uk/ about the vis... |
Blog May 2003 |
Previous: BlogApril2003 Next: BlogJune2003 31st May 2003 FierceFestival: Saw the excellent RoomService by GobSquad at the HowardJohnsonHotel in WestBromwich. 29t... |
Blog May 2004 |
Previous: BlogApril2004 Next: BlogJune2004 29th May 2004 Uncle Roy is All Around You West Bromich. Uncle Roy is All Around You is a game which involves real play... |
Blog May 2005 |
Previous: BlogApril2005 Next: BlogJune2005 Tue 31 May 2005 Cityspace Opening Went to the opening of am exhibition at CitySpace, the gallery hidden above the pho... |
Blog May 2006 |
Prev: BlogApril2006 1 Year Ago: BlogMay2005 Next: BlogJune2006 Wed 31 May 2006 Fierce: Live Results of Fist Here's the live results from the Fierce arm wrestlin... |
Blog May 2007 |
Prev: BlogApril2007 1 Year Ago: BlogMay2006 Next: BlogJune2007 Wednesday 30th May 2007 Boating Today I rowed around the Birmingham canal system in an old fridg... |
Blog May 2008 |
Prev: BlogApril2008 1 Year Ago: BlogMay2007 Next: BlogJune2008 Saturday 31st May 2008 Beloved Across to Compton Verney to see Beloved. It looked like a slight... |
Blog November 2002 |
Previous: BlogOctober2002 Next: BlogDecember2002 29th November See TheLevellers at TheAcademy very good. The contast between the clothes of the band and the aud... |
Blog November 2003 |
Previous: BlogOctober2003 Next: BlogDecember2003 30th November 2003 Saw "Master and Commander" at the UGC cinema not my normal choice of film, I found it a bit ... |
Blog November 2004 |
Previous: BlogOctober2004 Next: BlogDecember2004 Saturday 28th November 2004 Took part in the annual Birmingham "Santa Parade" to celebrate International Buy Not... |
Blog November 2005 |
Prev: BlogOctober2005 1 Year Ago: BlogNovember2004 Next: BlogDecember2005 Mon 28 Nov 2005 Wierd Blog This guy is acting out the advice in a spoof self help book... |
Blog November 2006 |
Prev: BlogOctober2006 1 Year Ago: BlogNovember2005 Next: BlogDecember2006 Thurs 30st Nov 2006 Stephen Hawkins Nice interview with Stephen Hawkins on Radio 4 th... |
Blog November 2007 |
Prev: BlogOctober2007 1 Year Ago: BlogNovember2006 Next: BlogDecember2007 Tuesday 27th November 2007 Ikon Opening Visited the Ikon Gallery for the opening ... |
Blog November 2008 |
Prev: BlogOctober2008 1 Year Ago: BlogNovember2007 Next: BlogDecember2008 Friday 28th November 2008 The (Moseley) Lunar Society Odd name really, given that th... |
Blog November 2009 |
Prev: BlogApril2009 (!) 1 Year Ago: BlogNovember2008 Next: BlogApril2010 Tues 17th November 2009 Blogging Gap... This blog started in December 2001, and the we... |
Blog October 2002 |
Previous: BlogSeptember2002 Next: BlogNovember2002 31st October 2002 Saw TheImportanceOfBeingErnest by OscarWilde at TheElectric. I liked the film Wilde's dialo... |
Blog October 2003 |
Previous: BlogSeptember2003 Next: BlogNovember2003 25th October 2003 Went to the hothaus reinvention day organised by Vivid . 20th October 2003 Started l... |
Blog October 2004 |
Previous: BlogSeptember2004 Next: BlogNovember2004 Fri 22nd October 2004 Visited a few places in the JewelryQuarter, and was suprised to see one of the oldest b... |
Blog October 2005 |
Prev: BlogSeptember2005 1 Year Ago: BlogOctober2004 Next: BlogNovember2005 30 Oct 2005 CinemaPhonic Berlin Symphony of a Great City An interesting documenta... |
Blog October 2006 |
Prev: BlogSeptember2006 1 Year Ago: BlogOctober2005 Next: BlogNovember2006 Sun 29th Oct Fun with Graphs Well, kind of fun anyway. I'd kind of forgotten about G... |
Blog October 2007 |
Prev: BlogSeptember2007 1 Year Ago: BlogOctober2006 Next: BlogNovember2007 Wednesday 31st October 2007 Ikon Eastide Halloween Party After um ing and err ing ab... |
Blog October 2008 |
Prev: BlogSeptember2008 1 Year Ago: BlogOctober2007 Next: BlogNovember2008 Friday 31st October 2008 Eastside at Halloween Wandered down to the (newish) Eastsi... |
Blog Removed |
Blog Removed in Protest This blog has been removed until 10pm on the 13th of March 2008 in support of the Reporters Without Borders 24 Hour protest against inte... |
Blog Rss Test |
Andy Pryke's Blog http://www.andypryke.com/pub/MyBlog Birmingham based. Plays, films and gigs I've seen etc. en us Copyright Andy Pryke Andy Pryke And... |
Blog September 2002 |
Previous: BlogAugust2002 Next: BlogOctober2002 29th September Found a link to http://www.madonnainn.com/tour/index.asp at MetaFilter the hotel has fantastic roo... |
Blog September 2003 |
Previous: BlogAugust2003 Next: BlogOctober2003 30th September 2003 Saw SevenInchCinema for the first time at TheRainbow. Very good and quite busy. It also include... |
Blog September 2004 |
Previous: BlogAugust2004 Next: BlogOctober2004 28th September 2004 Finally got to see some products of the ZX Spectrum Orchesta at Seven Inch Cinema . Mike... |
Blog September 2005 |
Prev: BlogAugust2005 1 Year Ago: BlogSeptember2004 Next: BlogOctober2005 Thu 29 Sep 2005 Top Dogs at The Rep Top Dogs at the Rep . From the very first, as t... |
Blog September 2006 |
Prev: BlogAugust2006 1 Year Ago: BlogSeptember2005 Next: BlogOctober2006 Sat 30th September Kate Finch at The Black Horse Saw Kate Finch at TheBlackHorse near ... |
Blog September 2007 |
Prev: BlogAugust2007 1 Year Ago: BlogSeptember2006 Next: BlogOctober2007 Sunday 30th September 2007 Comedy and Improv Night at Atticus Atticus is a venue I've ... |
Blog September 2008 |
Prev: BlogAugust2008 1 Year Ago: BlogSeptember2007 Next: BlogOctober2008 Saturday 28th September 2008 FoxNews Pull Stories Critical of Palin Google News today ... |
Blogchalk |
blogchalk lets people find blogs near them. You can generate the codes using this site http://www.blogchalking.tk/ but it didn't work for me in Opera. This is... |
Bonn Climate Change Talks |
Brummies Build Boat in Bonn The Journey On Friday the 20th of July, members of BirminghamFOE travelled to Bonn for the COP6 climate negotiations. We caught the tr... |
Books Which Every Well Educated Person Should Have Read |
I could only come up with TheBible, DasCapital, TheWealthOfNations and TheSelfishGene (particularly for it's chapter on Memes . However, some other people have... |
Botanical Explosions |
Botanical Explosions The University of Birmingham's botanical gardens at Winterbourne were the site of a number of explosions yesterday, but don't worry, the were... |
Bowling For Columbine |
MichaelMoore's documentary is intelligent, witty and down right funny in places. The 1st 1/2 hour is particularly amusing, but then, as is appropriate in a film c... |
British Camp |
British Camp is an iron age hill fort in the Malvern Hills. Here's some pictures I took from there in November 2005. * The fog made the hills appear like isla... |
Cafe Soya |
Cafe Soya provides great Vietnamese food which is freshly cooked and very tasty! Portion sizes are generous, and it's good value for money. The Cafe is one of my ... |
Charity Shop Crawl 2005 |
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Cheese Fondue |
Cheese Fondue Ingredients It's basically cheese and white wine, with a few other things thrown in for flavour and to stop the mixture seperating. Recipe (serves... |
Chladni Plates |
Chladni Plates are flat vibrating metal plates which, when sprinkled with salt, show very interesting patterns. If the salt is replaced with a liquid, you can get... |
Chuck Works |
Digbeth Gallery Space 88 New Canal Street, Digbeth, Birmingham B5 5TH |
City Space |
An occasional gallery space above the Jacob's photography shop on Corporation Street, Birmingham |
Cognitive Dissonance |
CognitiveDissonance is one of the most interesting and applicable psychlogical princples. It can be used to explain and influence a wide variety of human behaviou... |
Cold Reading |
Cold Reading How to read someone's mind. Cold Reading Do you have the personality? Is this you? On a scale of 1 to 5, how well does this fit YOUR personality... |
Collected Quotes |
The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit. Maugham I've divided my quotes collection into a number of sections. Browse away! * FavouriteQuo... |
Computer Quotes |
There seems to be no mainframe explanation for the PC world in which we're living. President Bill Clinton "That Bill Clinton. He probably doesn't know how to l... |
Computer Security |
Overview * CERT if you want to stay up to date with security risks, read CERT http://www.cert.org/ * Video, audio and slides from the Black Hat Briefings co... |
Computing Links |
* ComputerSecurity * UnixAdmin All pages are WorkInProgress Main.AndyPryke 15 Jul 2001 |
Converting Outlook Express Email |
I tried various things to convert Outlook Express dbx files to mbox or eml files. I wanted to import my mail into Zoe , but converting to text files is also a ... |
Cool Technology |
* Electronic ink Already piloted for in store advertising, now getting closer to use in consumer products http://www.eink.com/ Main.AndyPryke 24 Apr 2001 |
Crescent Theatre |
Website: http://www.crescent theatre.co.uk/ 20 Sheepcote Street, Brindleyplace, Birmingham B16 8AE Box Office Tel: 0121 643 5858 (Mon Sat, 12 noon 7pm) Map: h... |
Cults Brainwashing And Psychological Manipulation |
Cults, Brainwashing and Psychological Manipulation I'm interested in the way peoples beliefs are formed and changed. This includes the manipulation techniques use... |
Cuneiform Writing |
Cuneiform is a form of writing created with a wedge (cuneus) shaped tool. The first inscriptions discovered dates back to about 3000BC, and the most recent from t... |
Curriculum Vitae |
Dr Andy Pryke Data Mining Ph.D. and Consultant Andy Pryke is an expert in data mining, data visualisation and applied statistics, with more than 12 years #8217;... |
Custard Factory |
The Custard Factory is home to the MedicineBar and also provides office/work space for many people working in the "creative" and "new media" spheres. Address: Ad... |
DNSTroubleshooting |
DNS Troubleshooting * http://www.dnsreport.com/ Great checks for various DNS fields, with explainations and links to RFCs * http://www.samspade.org Onli... |
Dada Moutton Noir |
Wierd... http://www.arthole international.org.uk/arthole/dadamn.htm |
Darwin In Malibu |
TheRep, 15th May 2003 This was an excellent play, which I'd consider seeing again (though I didn't get time). CharlesDarwin is living in Malibu in 2003, spending... |
Data Visualisation Using Heatmaps |
Making Sense of Information I work to help people understand information which is too large or complex to make sense of using standard office software. Common are... |
Derek Acorah Show 20070119 |
Derek Acorah Derek Acorah is a self proclaimed "Clairvoyant Psychic" famed for channeling the spirits of "Kreed Kafer" and "Rik Eedles", anagrams of "Derek Fak... |
Digbeth |
Digbeth is an area of Birmingham which hasn't yet had all the character removed to be replaced in order to make it look like a carbon copy of any other city. ... |
Dorothy Parker |
Quotes from DorothyParker... I wish I could drink like a lady I can take one or two at the most Three and I'm under the table Four and I'm under the host Dorothy... |
Double Dactyls |
From memory: Higgeldy Piggeldy Christopher Isherwood I've never heard of you, do you exist? My good friend Geraldine Says you wrote "Cabaret" Speaking quite candi... |
Douglas Adams |
Best known as the author of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams took ages to write his books and scripts apparently he revised and revised them. ... |
Drake Equation |
Frank Drake, came up with the following equation to estimate the number of extra terrestrial civilisations with which we might be able to communicate: N = R* #21... |
Dump The Pubs |
I've been interested in the concept of memes since I read TheSelfishGene by RichardDawkin as a child. I'd also written on EmailVirusesAndChainLetters as an e... |
Eastfield |
Eastfield play fun punk with a railway influence UrbanRailPunk I've seen them about 4 times at the time of writing. Latest Gigs: http://www.eastfieldrailpunk.c... |
Edinburgh |
Accomodation * http://www.edinburgh.org/accommodation/ Hotels * http://www.holidaycityeurope.com/edinburgh55/ * http://www.holidaycityeurope.com/edinburgh... |
Editorial Policy |
Sounds a bit weird to me, but I decided it would be interesting to put down my editorial policy for this website. I think the key bit is that it only mentions pub... |
Electric Cinema |
The Electric is an independent cinema in Birmingham city centre. The only other independent / "art house" film cinema is at The MAC . However, if you want an e... |
Email Viruses And Chain Letters |
This page was written in Spring 1999 as a rough and ready reference for local users when I worked at the DepartmentOfComputer Science, at TheUniversityOfBirmingha... |
Encounters With Art |
I particularly like SoundSculpture and SoundArt, LiveArt and InteractiveArt, EnvironmentalArt, video installations and three dimensional art installations. Onlin... |
Encounters With Media |
Encounters with Media I've always thought it would be a good idea to keep a MediaDiary in which I can put comments on Gigs, Films, TV, Comedy etc. You can also... |
Environmental Art |
Artists include AndyGoldsworthy, NilsUdo, IanHamiltonFinlay See: http://www.artenaturaleza.org.co/english/landart/landart_og_eco_art.htm |
Envision |
The Data Mine Ltd has moved to www.the data mine.co.uk. This page will automatically update in 5 seconds The visualisations previously found here can now be view... |
Epictetus |
A StoicPhilosopher born around 55CE, who lived initially in Rome, and taught in northern Greece. The major record of his work is contained in TheDiscourses and Th... |
Essential Fatty Acids |
I was a bit confused about the relationship between "omega 6" and "omega 3" fatty acids, Linoleic Acid and Alpha Linolenic acid, whether they are good for you, an... |
Exchange Traded Funds |
FAQ: http://www.indexfunds.com/articles/20001019_ETFFAQ_iss_etf_JW.htm Main.AndyPryke 15 May 2001 |
Experimental Seafood Records |
More electronic wierdness: Website: http://www.experimentalseafood.com/index2.htm |
Exploding Ants |
From: Andy N Pryke (A.N.Pryke #64;cs.bham.ac.uk) Subject: Re: herbs which repell ants? Newsgroups: alt.folklore.herbs Date: 1996/07/04 On alt.folklore.herbs,... |
Extravertedi Ntuitive Thinking Perceiving |
"The Portrait of the Inventor (eNTp) Copyrighted \xA9 1996 2001 Prometheus Nemesis Book Company. Of the four aspects of strategic analysis and definition it is t... |
Favourite News Group Postings |
So far, I've got TrollingLatexNewsgroups, GravityIsAQuantumConspiracy and ExplodingAnts! Main.AndyPryke 18 May 2001 |
Favourite Quotes |
And the Devil asked me to supper, he said "Careful with the spoons" And God said "Oh ignore him. I've got all your albums" I said "Yes, but who's got all the tune... |
Fiddle And Bone |
Music pub next to the canal on Sheepcote St, off Broad St, Birmingham . It was started by 2 musicians from TheCityOfBirminghamSymphonyOrchestra At the time of w... |
Fierce Festival |
The fierce festival is a annual performing arts festival occuring in Birmingham, with some of the wierdest and most innovative performance you're likely to encoun... |
Fine Rats International |
"An artist led company dedicated to the production of innovative art events in urban locations, most notably UnderSpaghettiJunction (1993), a two day performance ... |
Flapper And Firkin |
Gig pub behind the InternationalConventionCentre in Birmingham . Next to the canal, in the shadow of the tower blocks, lies the Flapper and Firkin stalwart ... |
Foo |
Var tests https://www.andypryke.com/pub/Andypublic/Foo rec normal |
Foo Bar |
What does FooBar mean to me? This is currently a nonsense page. AndyP Test edit with Opera Windows Mobile 5 Prev: BlogJune2006 1 Year Ago: BlogJuly2005 Next: Blo... |
Foo Comments |
Comments and Discussion Name: Andy Pryke June 11, 2004 E mail: SomeEmail #64;SomeWhere.com URL: http://www.AndyPryke.com Comments: Testing 1 2 3 Name: Andy P... |
Free Anti Virus Software And Firewalls |
Free Anti Virus Software * Anti vir http://www.free av.com/ * AVG Anti Virus http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php Free for "home users" (see als... |
Fun Stuff |
Fun Stuff "The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit" if you are witless, why not look at my CollectedQuotes? Every hear the phrase "The Anagram ... |
Gail Troth Epoch Makers |
Gail Troth Epoch Makers Saturday 26th April 2008 Gail Troth has an exhibition at the Three White Walls Gallery (downstairs at The Mailbox) for the next few w... |
General Links |
* BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/ * Independent Media Centre http://www.indymedia.org/ * What's on Radio 4 http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi perl/whatson/search/da... |
Giant Screaming Bats |
It's just a phrase. I use "Giant Screaming Bats" when I'm testing things to do with search engines. It doesn't come up. Perhaps it should. Main.AndyPryke 04 O... |
Gigbeth 2006 |
NOTE: These are the times and dates from the PDF brochure on the http://www.gigbeth.com website. The website also lists individual gigs seperately, and some of th... |
Glastonbury Festival 2003 |
Some of the best bits of Glastonbury are the quiter bits, the cafe's and chai tents (Manic Organic, Henry's Beard, The Tiny Tea Tent, Nutters, Sanctuary, and othe... |
Godel Escher Bach |
In this book, DouglasHoffstadter examines a whole host of topics around the subjects intelligence, consciousness, information, mathematics, recursion, symbolic s... |
Gravity Is A Quantum Conspiracy |
From: Andy N Pryke (anp #64;cs.bham.ac.uk) Subject: Re: Disprove Gravity??? Quantum Conspiracy Theory Newsgroups: sci.skeptic Date: 1999/03/03 In article ,... |
Growing Things |
Container Growing Some notes on Container Sizes for Various Plants Taken from this post on the vegetable gardens.co.uk forum * Carrots Amsterdam forcing aut... |
Herbert George Wells |
Wrote the most wonderful, very predictive (or suggestive?) science fiction. Bibliography at: http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/authors/H_G_Wells.htm |
Highlights Of 2005 |
Photo of the Year * View from British Camp on a foggy day: See more pictures * Photo of the Year * Music of the Year * Misty's Big Advent... |
Hothaus Reinvention |
25th October 2003 Here's my notes from a great day of seminars and performances. What you can't see hear here is the performances by BrianDuffy (ModifiedToyOrch... |
How People In Brum Get To Work |
From the Stan's Cafe piece Of All the People in All the World which I saw in Birmingham in October 2003 and September 2008. These pictures are all to the ... |
How To Be Happy |
Went and found the New Scientist article on happiness which I'd read a while back I'd mentioned it to someone and wanted to make sure I had my facts right! I di... |
How To Recognize A Chain Letter |
Chain letters all have a similar pattern. From the older printed letters to the newer electronic kind, they all have three recognizable parts: * A hook * A thre... |
How To View Flash Animations At Full Size |
I'm baffled as to why the majority of people who produce flash animations place them in a tiny box on a web page, where much of the detail they've created is just... |
Huite Femmes |
Excellent film, very French, a kind of song and dance Agatha Christie. The film revolves around a murder in a snowed in household, solving the murder requires th... |
Humour Links |
More minimalist web design follows... * Did you know that shows like "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", "Goodness Gracious Me" and "Knowing Me, Knowing You... |
Hypertext And Wiki Wiki Fever |
Hypertext and WikiWikiFever I've always been a big fan of hypertext (well, since I first came across it in the late 1980's). My degree project (1991) was a hypert... |
Ian Hamilton Finlay |
The work of Ian Hamilton Finlay combines both EnvironmentalArt and poetry. I visited his garden, LittleSparta, in Lanarkshire in 2001, and had the honour of meeti... |
Ikon Gallery |
An excellent modern art gallery, which generally contains thought provoking installations. There's also a good Tapas bar / cafe. Note that the Ikon is normally c... |
Influenza Pandemic |
An Influenza Pandemic is probably the thing which will kill you. OK, I haven't done the full stats, but it's pretty likely... There's a Momus song called Mor... |
Info Sources |
Phone Numbers * Infobel http://www.infobel.com/UK/wp/search/default.asp * 192.com http://www.192.com Rail Timetable * Railtrack (UK only) http://212.87.6... |
Information On Visiting Iceland |
I'm off to Reykjavik soon, so I think I'll collect some information on visiting Iceland, such as: General Background * Travel Now guide to Reykjavik useful ... |
Internet Research |
Internet Researchs One of the reasons I decided to use a WikiWiki to create my new web pages was to allow me to replace my sprawling bookmarks with more rounded a... |
Inventor Personality |
"The Portrait of the Inventor (eNTp) Copyrighted \xA9 1996 2001 Prometheus Nemesis Book Company. Of the four aspects of strategic analysis and definition it is... |
Its Just Bizare |
My favourite insult at the moment is "There are web pages for people like you". Here's some of them * If you're a fan of dogs in sweaters (and let's face it, w... |
Janet Cardiff |
I've only seen one piece of Janet Cardiff's work TheTelephoneCall. Her website is at: http://www.abbeymedia.com/Janweb/jan.htm but doesn't seem to have been up... |
Japanese Cartoon Signs |
Japan seems to have lots of Cartoon Signs. Maybe this is because learning all the Kanji characters used in Japanese is so hard! Here's some I spotted on my trip ... |
Japanese Food |
Japanese Food I loved the Japanese Food I had during my trip to Japan. Recipes and Background Tokyo Food Page Nice Japanese food site, with recipes and artic... |
Japanese Language |
Japanese Language Some resources: * Japanese Language Question of the Week Worth browsing just for the phrases. |
Jewelry Quarter |
Jewelry Quarter, Birmingham Here's some pictures: St Paul's nice red door argent_centre and big wheel James Watt was 'ere nearby modern structure beverl... |
Jug Of Ale |
Classic Moseley Gig Pub! * Website: http://www.jugofale.com/ * What's on at The Jug of Ale * The Catapult Club put on a lot of gigs here and elsewhere ... |
Jyoti |
Jyoti serves South Indian vegetarian food which is a rarity in Birmingham which is better known for it's balti's. The food is great Dhosa is my typical choice... |
Katakana |
Katakana Katakana is one of the alphabets used in Japan. It is most often used to transliterate non Japanese words, and as most of these imported words are in Eng... |
Kent Beck |
Kent Beck, one of the founders of the PatternsMovement, and author of ExtremeProgrammingExplained. He also developed the JUnit Java unit testing framework wit... |
Klub Catusi |
Named after a Catwomen dance craze in Batman? "The Pink Sanbox a new restaurant and dance club on the west side of Gotham. From this hip club came the Catusi,... |
Laurie Anderson |
Probably best known for her early 80's hit "O Superman" (at the time, the longest playing single released, I believe), Laurie Anderson is also a multi media artis... |
Le Petit Blanc |
Reportedly one of Birmingham 's best restaurants, I've visited it twice, and found the food good and the service excellent. Portion sizes are small, which was ... |
Left Bar |
Favourite Pages InfluenzaPandemic Birmingham Offsite links google |
Left Handed |
Left handed people are Sinister What's wrong with left handers? 1 It's against God and against nature. 2 Their crappy "south paw" shops are taking over our hig... |
Leisure Activity |
Leisure * I'm interested in contemporary art, particularly novel performance art, interactive art, and SoundArt. * I go see the odd film at TheMAC or TheElect... |
Literary Wit |
Strachey and Carrington met at the Sussex country home of Woolf. He was tall and emaciated and wore a long beard that drew goatlike bleats from street louts. Her ... |
Little Italy |
6th December 2003 Little Italy has a reputation as one of the worst restaurants in Birmingham (see, for example: http://www.birminghamplus.com/reviews/reviews_add... |
Live Art |
There's a handy live art directory at: http://art.ntu.ac.uk/liveart/pracsrch.htm Unfortunately they have DNS problems at the moment. If you get a URL like: http:... |
Market Tavern |
Gig pub with nice looks in Digbeth, Birmingham. It's got excellent tiles and a red terracotta exterior, though the beer is nothing special : ) Junction of Mosele... |
Massive Attack |
Interviews at: http://www.innerviews.org/inner/massive.html Worked with TraceyThorn on their Protection albumn. Mezzanine is excellent too, as is Blue Lines. Lyri... |
Media Diary |
Media Diary Film Amelie November 2001 ThisYearsLove 23rd July 2001 Croupier July 2001 I find SouthPark excellent! Comedy PhilNichols 10th July 20... |
Medicine Bar |
Based in the CustardFactory in Digbeth, the Medicine Bar has club nights (such as the occasional KlubCatusi) and/or live bands several nights a week. No real bee... |
Meetings With Remarkable Trees |
MeetingsWithRemarkableTrees Thomas Pakenham For my birthday (2001) I got a copy of MeetingsWithRemarkableTrees a wonderful book containing "portraits" of 60 won... |
Melissa Microsoft Word Virus |
MelissaMicrosoftWordVirus Note: This document dates from March 1999. It was my response to concerns about the Melissa Microsoft Word Macro Virus. Summary There a... |
Meme |
Meme is a term coined by Richard Dawkins in imitation of the word gene. It indicates a unit of reproduction in the world of ideas. Memes are subjects to 1 Rep... |
Midlands Arts Centre |
The MAC or Midlands Arts Centre Cinema, Theatre, Bar, Cafe, Exhibitions the building design makes it feels like a small place, but it has a lot going on. What's... |
Midlands Schoolof Philosophy |
School of Economic Science A Cult? * Background * Why do I maintain this webpage? * What happens on the courses (and later on)? * Wikipedia Edits on... |
Mike In Mono |
Gig 5th February 2003 Saw Mike at TheMedicineBar. I arrived 2 songs (?) into his set. The place was packed, with quite a few people dancing near the front, and ot... |
Mind And Mood Quotes |
"Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind." Leonardo da Vinc... |
Misc Quotes |
Practice Random Acts of Kindness and Senseless Acts of Beauty Net sig virus Understanding humor is like dissecting a live frog. It can be done, but the frog tend... |
Mississippi Company |
The Mississippi Company was at the root of one of the first economic bubbles other well known examples include the DotComBubble and SouthSeaBubble. JohnLaw, a p... |
Misty S Big Adventure |
Misty's Big Adventure are the best band I know. No arguments. So get yourself down to a gig, pronto : ) * Write ups of Misty's Past Gigs * How Misty's Big ... |
Mistys Big Adventure |
Misty's Big Adventure are the best band I know. No arguments. So get yourself down to a gig, pronto : ) * Write ups of Misty's Past Gigs * How Misty's Big ... |
Mistys Gigs |
Misty's Big Adventure Past Gigs Write ups Misty's are one of my favourite bands. Here's a list of previous gigs, intersperced with the occasional write up (I ... |
Mixing It |
Radio 3's alternative music program, Sundays 11pm. I don't get to listen to it very often but I always thing I should! Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/worl... |
Modified Toy Orchestra |
This Guardian Article gives a good insight into Brian Duffy and his Modified Toy Orchestra. The gig reports below are from a few years back, when "MTO" was a sol... |
Momus |
See: http://www.demon.co.uk/momus/ and http://artandleisure.com/art/momus/ Main.AndyPryke 02 Aug 2001 |
More Bits And Pieces Which Dont Fit Anywhere Yet |
Stuff here may be refactored into other pages over time * * A great aerial photo of Westminster Bridge, the Houses of Parliament and the London Eye on it's... |
More Street Furniture Stickers |
The StreetFurnitureStickers page was getting a bit big, so I started this page to hold More Street Furniture Stickers. There's now Yet More Street Furniture Sti... |
Moseley Tornado |
Moseley Tornado Moseley village was hit by a tornado at about 14:35 today. At least a dozen large trees were felled, and the Wake Green road blocked. A number of... |
Most Interesting Thing On The Internet |
Did you know that the most interesting thing on the internet only occurs 6 times in google at the present (2003/12/18) That's why I created this most interest... |
Mum |
M'um are an Icelandic band. Saw them at the MedicineBar in May 2002. Unfortunately, a lot of the audience had turned up expecting something different, and so talk... |
Music I Like |
Music I Like Bands I've bought lots of: * I've been a fan of RobynHitchcock since about 1987 * Momus is excellent * MassiveAttack Music I've heard in... |
My Blog |
Prev: BlogNovember2009 (!) 1 Year Ago: BlogApril2009 Next: BlogMay2010 Thursday 29th April 2010 Deciding Who I'm Voting for and Why I'm lucky enough to live in... |
My Chat With A Nanniebot Writer Comments |
Comments and Discussion Name: Andy Pryke June 17, 2004 E mail: nanniebots AndyPryke.com URL: http://www.andypryke.com Comments: Just a quick test |
My Meeting With A Nanniebot Writer |
My Meeting With a Nanniebot Writer Can a computer think like us? Or as Alan Turing's famour test says: Can it talk as if it did? The storm of stories published ab... |
My Meeting With A Nanniebot Writer Comments |
Comments Name: Ray Girvan June 17, 2004 E mail: ray #64;raygirvan.co.uk URL: http://www.raygirvan.co.uk/apoth/thought.htm Comments: Nice write up. Really, th... |
Nanniebot Transcript One |
USER: Hello, I'm Andy Pryke WINTERMUTE : Hello there. Really, you are? USER: What's your name? WINTERMUTE : Are you asking about my name ? USER: Yep. Who are you?... |
Nanniebot Transcript Three |
Note, the repeated section in the middle is intentional I was checking to see if I got the same responses. USER: ok so my friend was looking over my shoulder in... |
Nanniebot Transcript Two |
USER: Hi there... WINTERMUTE : Hi there jim . Huh....Really? USER: Tell me a little about yourself? WINTERMUTE : Im Anna. I go to school here at Emory. USER: Wher... |
New York Friezes |
New York Friezes Coloured Cut Out Freize Conquest of Space Pegasus Communications "Hey Baby, I'm the Telephone Man" It's a Truck! Pseudo Babylonian Figure ... |
Nils Udo |
I've only seen postcards of this artist's work ( and web images which are a bit too small to get the real effect). His work is in the same basic style as AndyGold... |
Old Web Preferences |
Foswiki.Andypublic Web Preferences The following settings are web preferences of the Foswiki.Andypublic web. These preferences overwrite the site level preference... |
Origins Of The Phrase Friend Of Dorothys |
Some one from pseudodictionary ( http://www.pseudodictionary.com/word.php?id=15870 ) mailed me about this and my DorothyParker page Seems that there's quite a fe... |
POPFile |
POPFile is more than a Spam filter, it can help you sort mail in to multiple categories, such as "spam", "work", "personal", "hobby". POPFile uses BaysianStatisti... |
Paradise Dreaming |
Thursday 22nd June 2006 Paradise Dreaming Great performance piece in Chamberlin Square and "Paradise Gardens" (down below the library). No time to write much now... |
Partition Recovery And Creation Software |
I suffered a damaged partition table on my hard disk after doing a defragment on Windows 98, even though the defrag reported no problems. The symptoms were basica... |
Phil Nichols |
I saw Phil Nichols last night, doing his "Edinburgh preview" show (i.e. he hadn't worked out all the material). Still, he was brilliant, and went down very well... |
Philosophy Quotes |
"There is only one good knowledge; and one evil ignorance." Socrates Consciousness is mysterious. Quantum mechanics is mysterious. By the 'Law of Minimizatio... |
Pictures Of Iceland |
Fri 15 Sep 2006 More pictures Fri 15 Sep 2006 Testing Pictures Plenty of stickers about. Here's a selection Posted on the move at 12:36 |
Places To Drink |
* TheAnchor * JugOfAle * MarketTavern * MidlandsArtsCentre * TheMedicineBar * TheRainbow * ThePrinceOfWales * TheWellington http://ww... |
Places To Eat |
Birmingham : * CafeSoya * IkonGallery * LePetitBlanc * WarehouseCafe * Jyoti 's * SabaiSabai * Satsuma (Soho, London) * ShogunS... |
Plone |
Birmingham Electronica Timeless Electronic Melodies Website: http://www.movingunits.com/plone/ If you can navigate this hideously designed website, you can find... |
Pragmatic Programmer |
A fantastic book when I discovered it I bought every copy I could find in Birmingham and distributed them to the people I worked with. It's laid out in 46 s... |
Pram |
Electronic. Polyphonic. Ironing board and theramin. Birmingham based band who play a multitude of instruments. Rosie has an excellent voice. The overall effect ... |
Project Gutenberg |
Project Gutenberg is dedicated to providing free E texts of out of copyright books. There's some fantastic things available: from classical literture to Sherlock... |
Pryke |
The Pryke's Page (That's spelt P R Y K E) My surname, Pryke, is an unusual one, so I set out to track down some more information on it, and identify some "Prykes ... |
Psion 5mx |
* Good Psion Software * Using the Psion 5mx with a T68 mobile phone: * Using the Psion emulator to access backups * Download the emulator * Install ... |
Purple Potato Pakora |
Purple Potato Pakora Ingredients * Some purple potatoes (purchased at the Birmingham indoor market) * Courgettes (not included in the title as they aren't ... |
R |
Using R for Data Mining Talk given at NCAF, September 2007 NCAF is the Natural Computation Applications Forum . We meet four times a year to discuss computer sys... |
Radioactive |
Websites: http://www.re location.org.uk/ and http://www.radioactiveshow.org.uk/ Location: Foundry Lane, Smethwick, Birmingham (Map) Dates: 27th September to 11th... |
Recent Reading |
2005 2006 I didn't update this for a while... books I can think of include: * The Vinyl Cafe series by Stuart McLean gentle, humorous books of short stories ... |
Religion Links |
* Steven Carr's atheism pages, excellent articles on the origin of the new testament gospels etc. http://www.bowness.demon.co.uk/ * Excellent site on Mormanism... |
Religion Quotes |
"Religion is a smile on a dog." Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians "What I am" "In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really go... |
Representations Of Elephants |
Representations of Elephants I found this image of an elephant, drawn by someone who'd never seen one on a 17th century map in the Birmingham Museum and Art Gal... |
Resonance FM |
http://www.resonancefm.com/ |
Resource Discovery In P 2 P Networks |
Saw an article on TheRegister about AOL Instant Messenger blocking non AOL clients. Thought that's a pity, why can't we have P2P instant messaging (presumably t... |
Response To The Afghan Women Petition |
You recently received a copy of a "Sign and Forward" email petition. This is the only correspondance you will receive from me on this subject I got your email... |
Response To The Penny Brown Chain Letter |
You recently received the following email chain letter. It is a hoax, as can be verified at: http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/pennybrown.html or various o... |
Response To The Teddy Bear Icon Virus Warning |
You recently sent me an email warning of the dangers of the "Teddy Bear Icon" virus. This is a hoax, not a real virus. See: http://hoaxinfo.com/jdbgmgr.htm Be... |
Reykjavik Stickers |
Thu 21 Sep 2006 Sticker Closeups Here's closeups of some of my favourite stickers from Reykjavik... Sat 16 Sep 2006 More Sticker Fun! Plenty of stickers about.... |
Rinky Dink |
A fabulous cycle and solar powered music system. You can see some pictures, hear the music and even find out how to build your own at: http://www.rinky dink.org/ ... |
Rising Tide |
For details see: http://www.RisingTide.nl Main.AndyPryke 25 Jul 2001 |
Robyn Hitchcock |
One of my favourite artists, Robyn Hitchcock, is a witty but deep english singer/songwriter/guitarist, a kind of cross between Sid Barrett, Oscar Wilde, Jimmy Hen... |
Room Service |
Part of the FierceFestival, 31st May 2003. I saw RoomService by GobSquad at the HowardJohnsonHotel in WestBromwich, as part of the FierceFestival2003. I arrived a... |
Rosetta Stone |
The Rosetta Stone is famous as the key used to decipher EgyptianHieroglyphics, as it contains an inscription in three languages AncientGreek, EgyptianDemotic an... |
Sabai Sabai |
25 Woodbridge Road Moseley Birmingham Tel: 0121 449 4498 23rd November 2004 Second visit, and found it much better than last time. Leaving aside that it too... |
Santiago Sierra |
Saw a exhibition of his work at the IkonGallery in March 2002. The work consisted of videos and pictures, with accompanying explainatory text. Most of the people... |
Satsuma |
2nd March 2003 Ate Sushi at Satsuma on Waldour St. Satsuma is not a sushi restaurant but serves other Japanesse food as well. It's laid out in the style o... |
School Of Economic Science A Cult |
School of Economic Science A Cult? * Background * Why do I maintain this webpage? * What happens on the courses (and later on)? * Wikipedia Edits on... |
School Of Philosophy A Cult |
Warning: Can't INCLUDE '"SchoolOfEconomicScienceACult', path is empty or contains illegal characters. |
Search Test One |
This page exists to demonstrate that search seems to fail within a page, though currently I have problems with templates (see: TWiki:Support.FormattedSearchCauses... |
Search Test Two |
This is a test page which links to SearchTestOne The reasons are explained on SearchTestOne This page exists to demonstrate that search seems to fail within a pag... |
Senaca |
Seneca the StoicPhilosopher. (Originally, I mis spelt Seneca as Senaca!) |
Seneca |
Born around 1 C.E. Seneca lives through the reigns of the first five Roman emperors (Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero) and was effectively jointly ... |
Seven Eighths Of A Second |
7/8ths of a Second This great installation took place in CannonHillPark, Birmingham in the late 90's. Some information can be found at: http://www.cuttlefish.com/... |
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome |
So, are you more likely to die from an Influenza Pandemic or Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome?? Maybe it will be an Asteriod Impact?? Either way, the UK is now (... |
Sherlock Holmes |
Sherlock Holmes is probably the worlds greatest detective, famed for his powers of observation and deduction. The stories have a good rhythm, the characters of Ho... |
Shibusashirazu Orchestra |
Saw these people on the Jazz Stage at GlastonburyFestival. They had about 25 people on stages, including bizare painted dancers who got repainted 1/2 way through.... |
Shiitake Mushrooms |
ShiitakeMushrooms are delicious and apparently have medicinal properties too. Their scientific name is Lentinus Edodes. Here's some webpages I ran across on them:... |
Shogun Sushi And Noodle Bar |
10th April 2003 Ate at the ShogunSushiAndNoodleBar in the Mailbox, Birmingham. This is the only Conveyor Belt Sushi place in Brum, and I think is only one of ... |
Solar Cooker |
Solar Cooker Finally seeing a little sun this week inspired me to play with making a solar cooker. Here's some notes on the topic * Solar Cooker * Materials ... |
Sound Art |
What do I mean by "Sound Art"? My personal use of this term includes SoundSculpture, and any other art which consists of sound, excluding most music with a melodi... |
Sound Sculpture |
Memorable sound sculpture or sound installation events I've seen heard include * 7/8th of a Second ( Ossilate * UnderSpaghettiJunction (FineRatsIntern... |
South Park |
What is South Park? M'Kay, I know no one is ever going to ask that question, but here goes The "Concerned Women for America" (CWA) describes South Park so: "Sou... |
Spam Filtering Software |
Methods Whitelists: Only let through certain mail (e.g. from known senders) Heuristics: Use rules of thumb to guess which mails are spam Blacklists: Block ... |
Speeding Up Windows 98 |
Please note that if you make any of these changes you may bugger up your machine if so, it's not my fault : ) Always back up any files before you change them ... |
Spread Of Ideas And Belief Change |
Spread of Ideas and Belief Change I'm interested in why people have particular beliefs and how ideas spread. Hence I have written pages on EmailVirusesAndChainLet... |
Springhill Institute |
Website: http://springhillinstitute.org Address: Springhill Institute 1 Springhill Passage (the red door) Ladywood Birmingham B18 7AH Tel: 0121 4563222 Spring... |
St Pauls Gallery |
St Paul's Gallery opened in Birmingham in early 2003. It's a commercial gallery in a very nice, well lit space in the JewelryQuarter. Work I've seen there includ... |
Stans Cafe |
Amazingly, I've only just (March 2002) found out about Stan's Cafe. Looking at some of the pieces described on their website, I've definately been missing out. We... |
Stoic Philosopher |
Stoic Philosphers include * Zeno * Chrysippus * Cleanthe * Seneca * Epictetus * Marcus Aurelius Sources of info: * ht... |
Street Furniture Stickers |
See also: More Street Furniture Stickers and Yet More Street Furniture Stickers There's a plethora of stickers on street furniture... here's a few I've s... |
Street Furniture Stickers Four |
Street Furniture Stickers:1, 2, 3 (prev), 4 (this) * Supersonic Truck: * Do Nothing. We're Watching. Love, The Bullring...: * Plan 4... is it... |
Sushi |
Types of Sushi Nigiri : Rectangles of rice, topped with a piece of fish, prawn, octopus, egg etc. Maki: Also known as finger rolls (about 4cm) or hand rolls (abou... |
Sushi Kaji |
Sushi Kaji Sushi Kaji is listed as one of Toronto's top Asian restaurants, and probably one of the two best Japanese restaurants in the city (the other being the ... |
T Wiki |
I use the TWiki implementation of WikiWiki, whose major advantage is that a version history is kept of each page so you can see who edited it, when, and what th... |
Talk To Her |
Excellent film by Almodovar. Very rich, lots of layers sounds like I'm describing a cake! The men (and the main characters are both men) are quite quite or mayb... |
Telefunken |
Tele:funken a one man electronic band Let me tell you about my first Telefunken gig. It was at the FlapperAndFirkin, in central Birmingham supporting Pram ... |
Temporary |
To download this cricket video, right click and "save as": Cricket advert video : ) |
Test New Twiki |
Testing OneTwoThree HelloWorld Hello World My WebHome |
Test Page |
Test right bar search for references from a page Links to Test Page Two and TestPageThree and TestPageFour Formatting examples * One space bullet * T... |
Test Page Four |
Link to 2 but not 1 |
Test Page Three |
a link to the first page for testing a link to the Second page for testing a link to the fourth page for testing |
Test Page Two |
TestPage Test Page Three Test PageFour |
The Bee Men |
* http://www.beemen.com/page7listen.htm 24 Feb 2002 |
The Bus Station Loonies |
The Bus Station Loonies proclaimed themselves "Plymouth's Finest Cheesy Cabaret Punk Band" having never been to Plymouth, I'm sure they're right. They're also t... |
The Crescent |
Website: http://www.crescent theatre.co.uk/ 20 Sheepcote Street, Brindleyplace, Birmingham B16 8AE Box Office Tel: 0121 643 5858 (Mon Sat, 12 noon 7pm) Map: h... |
The Drum |
Music venue and community centre in Aston, specialising in African and Caribbean art. Website: http://www.the drum.org.uk/home.html |
The Electric |
The Electric is an independent cinema in Birmingham city centre. The only other independent / "art house" film cinema is at The MAC . However, if you want an e... |
The Glastonbury Play |
2nd November 2002 Performed in a marquee in TheNatureCentre (next to CannonHillPark) "The Glastonbury Play" promised a re creation of the Glastonbury experience, ... |
The Great Swallow |
A Belgian artist sits in a nest, high above the centre of Birmingham on the side of the Rotunda. Friday 20th May 2005 * The Rotunda, with nest: * ... |
The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy DouglasAdams Excellent trilogy in four parts. I first encountered it via the BBC radio series, which I listened to on radio... |
The Language Of The Genes |
TheLanguageOfThe Genes SteveJones Verdict: Nice try, but no cigar. Steve Jones describes a fascinating array of evolutionary and genetic phenomena with suffic... |
The Lime And Chilli House |
Unfortunately The Lime and Chilli House has now closed. A Thai restaurant, SabaiSabai has opened at the same address. 25 Woodbridge Road Moseley Birmingham T... |
The MAC |
The MAC or Midlands Arts Centre Cinema, Theatre, Bar, Cafe, Exhibitions the building design makes it feels like a small place, but it has a lot going on. What's... |
The Moonstone |
The Moonstone by WilkieCollins is cited as one of the first detective novels in the English language. It deals with the disappearance of "The Moonstone", a fabulo... |
The Muppets |
The Muppets did some excellent songs, some of my favourites include: * WildThing Kermit on "unplugged" Uke and Animal on very plugged in Drums * Happy Fee... |
The New Art Gallery Walsall |
Website: http://www.artatwalsall.org.uk/ The New Art Gallery Walsall, Gallery Square Walsall WS2 8LG United Kingdom Tel: 01922 654400 |
The Original Mistys Big Adventure |
A story called "Misty's Big Adventure", was published in The Magic Roundabout Annual 1968... More about Misty's Big Adventure |
The Rainbow |
The Rainbow Pub which often has gigs in Digbeth, Birmingham. Can't remember if there's decent beer! Address: 160 High Street Deritend Birmingham, West Midlands B1... |
The Rep |
Website: http://www.birmingham rep.co.uk/ Box office: 0121 236 4455 Location: Centenary Square, Birmingham City Centre. The Rep (or more formally "Birmingham Repe... |
The Second Superpower |
What does the phrase "The Second Superpower" mean? According to this article ( http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/30087.html ), its meaning has been re writte... |
The Telephone Call |
The Telephone Call, JanetCardiff, SanFranciscoMuseumOfModernArt, June 2001. You handed in some ID and a credit card, and you were issued with a video camera and h... |
The Warehouse Cafe |
This vegetarian cafe is situated in the BirminghamFriendsOfTheEarth building "TheWarehouse" in Digbeth. Phone 0121 633 0261 to confirm opening hours, but the las... |
The Wellington |
8th February 2005 Checked out The Wellington , a new real ale pub right in the centre of Brum. On Bennetts Hill, near the cathedral, it will provide a nice pub... |
Things I Would Like To Do |
Places To Go * Stay at Cinderbury , a recreated Iron Age village * The Ice Hotel or it's Canadian Twin * Visit this amazing hotel and stay in the C... |
Things To Do On The Internet When You Re Bored |
Watch TV * Watch TED Talks Clever people talking well about interesting things * Watch Nova Science / Nature Documentaries |
This Perfect Day |
ThisPerfectDay IraLevin Set in a future where "Uni" the master computer controls all decision making including who can breed. A future where genetic engineering... |
This Space Intentionally Left Blank |
What it used to say on the pages of (Dec Vax?) manuals to assure people that the blank pages weren't printing errors. The effect of this was, of course, that the ... |
This Years Love |
Rating: 8/10 Well worth seeing An English film which is always a good start set in Camden. It tracks 3 men and 3 women and their interacting relationships. ... |
Tomorrow People |
Here's a quote from the first episode, where Carol is explaining to Stephen what it means to be a Tomorrow Person: Carol: Perhaps every child is a Tommorow Person... |
Travels And Voyages |
Voyages In June 2001, I attended JavaOne in SanFrancisco. July 2001 I visited the BonnClimateChangeTalks at which 178 nations signed up to the Kyoto protocol. |
Trazan And Banarne |
Bizare Swedish Duo. For a great video, see Ja Da on my WeirdInternetAnimations page. More songs of theirs at: http://www.algonet.se/~zyron/barn/t b.html Main.A... |
Trolling Latex Newsgroups |
For those of you who don't know, LaTeX is a text setting (bit like word processing) package popular amongst academics and computer scientists. Latex is a rubber f... |
Truffle |
The two classic truffles are Black winter or P\xE9rigord Truffle (Tuber Melanosporum) and the White Truffle or Piemont/Piedmont truffle (Tuber Magnatum). They are... |
Under Spaghetti Junction |
Organised by FineRatsInternational, this was an amazing event held, as the name suggests, underneath Birmingham 's famed SpaghettiJunction. It included a mix ... |
Unix Admin |
* UNIX Reference Desk http://www.geek girl.com/unix.html * Sun Computer Administration FAQ http://www.faqs.org/faqs/comp sys sun faq/ * Unix Sys Admin Links ... |
Voynich Manuscript |
Imagine a book which contains a secret language and mysterious drawings, a book whose meaning has eluded the finest cryptographers and linguists for at least 400 ... |
War Of The Worlds |
WarOfTheWorlds by HerbertGeorgeWells The original Book The text of WOTW can be downloaded from ProjectGutenberg Study guide http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/s... |
Ward Cunningham |
Ward Cunningham is the creator of the Wiki Wiki Concept, (to which you owe these webpages), a highly experienced programmer and one of the main contributors to th... |
Warehouse Cafe |
This vegetarian cafe is situated in the BirminghamFriendsOfTheEarth building "TheWarehouse" in Digbeth. Phone 0121 633 0261 to confirm opening hours, but the las... |
Web Atom |
Foswiki's Andypublic web The Andypublic web of TWiki. TWiki is a Web Based Collaboration Platform for the Enterprise. Warning: Can't find topic TWiki.WebAtomB... |
Web Changes |
Most Recently Changed Pages Page Contents CurriculumVitae Dr Andy Pryke Data Mining Ph.D. and Consultant Andy Pryke is an expert in data mining, data ... |
Web Home |
Who Am I? What a question! My name is AndyPryke, I live in Moseley in Birmingham , England ( see map ). Probably the most interesting thing on this site is... |
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This is a subscription service to be automatically notified by e mail when topics change in this Andypublic web. This is a convenient service, so you do not have ... |
Web Preferences |
Andypublic Web Preferences The following settings are web preferences of the Andypublic web. These preferences overwrite the site level preferences in TWiki.Def... |
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Web Search |
Search in Andypublic Web Search Advanced search A Z Help Search optionsSearch options Search where: Text body Topic title Both body and title ... |
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Web Topic Creator |
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Web Topic List |
* AdamChodzko * AllBlogPages * Amelie * AnagramsOfAndrewNeilPryke * AnalysisOfTheGutsToSayJesusChainLetter * AndyBirmingham ... |
Weird Internet Animations |
Some of these might be a bit large what the hell! I've got bandwidth : ) Fed up with viewing great animations in a tiny box on a web page? Find out HowToViewFla... |
Why You Should Not Send Emails In Proprietary Formats |
Why you shouldn't email large PDF or Word files... They make your audience unhappy 1 They can take a very long time for people with modems to download 2 The... |
Wiki Wiki |
Wiki Wiki means quick in Hawian (apparently). Wiki systems allow you to edit web pages in a browser. Pages are linked by the use of CapitalisedRunTogetherWords ... |
Wiki Wiki Fever |
The state of being obsessed with WikiWiki systems. Lets see, where should I start? Lets contrast it with WebFever... Have you ever seen one of those webpages whic... |
Wrens Nest |
A national nature reserve in Dudley, famous for it's fossils. There's also a nature reserve. More details at: * Overview http://www.midlandspubs.co.uk/sights... |
Yet More Books |
Refactored. See RecentReadings |
Yet More Street Furniture Stickers |
I started with Street Furniture Stickers , then More Street Furniture Stickers and now we have ... Yet More Street Furniture Stickers! After this it's Str... |
Zoe |
Zoe provides a web based search interface and archive for your email. From my brief look at it, it seems pretty useful. For security reasons, you don't want to r... |
original body |
Sun 17 Apr 2005 Sign of the Times I spotted this sign in the back room of a pub I visited recently. You'd have though that there wouldn't be that many kids under ... |
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