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Saturday, September 8th, 2007
No more lying to Birmingham City Council, then…
…As apparently they’ve just decided to take delivery of a new VRA (Voice Risk Analysis) system for their Benefits helpline, in an effort to reduce fraud (often indicative of lying, just how polygraphs work) by detecting stress in a caller’s voice. Rats.
In the first three months of a pilot scheme in Harrow, north London, that […]
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Friday, September 7th, 2007
The Persuaders (no, not those Persuaders)
While many may not know who these guys are, The Persuaders a design agency based in the Midlands who’ve done a slew of work for a variety of companies, including the BBC and (ironically) Digital Central, an Advantage West Midlands organisation who in turn produce their own content and sites.
The Persuaders did a CMS-based site […]
No Comments » - Posted in Oddities, Creative Industries by Christopher
Friday, September 7th, 2007
In case you missed it, Birmingham has a music video
This made the news sites a while back now, but I’ve had it in one of my Opera tabs for a long time and never bothered to note it down on here. It seemed appropriate that I reference it, even though others have done so long before myself.
It’s a music video made as a promotional […]
No Comments » - Posted in General News, Opinion, Oddities by Christopher
Tuesday, May 29th, 2007
Gay Pride, Tolkien and Longbridge
An odd couple of bedfellows, but both quite significant events that took place last weekend - Birmingham hosted the Gay Pride weekend, seeing hundreds and thousands of people converge on the second city for a weekend of festivities, celebration, drinking and general madness… My lesbian housemate certainly seemed to enjoy herself, though she’s not shown […]
No Comments » - Posted in General News, Events, Major News, Oddities by Christopher
Friday, April 27th, 2007
Birmingham on film
This is something I’ve had in my bookmarks for a while waiting for a purpose:
I know this may well have slipped many people by (it almost slipped me by when it was first published) but the BBC ran a feature about a film made to promote Birmingham in the 1970s. Called “Telly Savalas looks at […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Opinion, Oddities by Christopher
Thursday, April 26th, 2007
Mailbox for sale; Town Hall reopening date set
Two big items of news to cover really: the Town Hall reopening soon, and the company which owns the Mailbox (one of the most recognisable landmarks in Brum centre) has put both the Mailbox and the Cube up for sale.
Obviously nobody told the Mailbox’s developers to hold back on an asking price, because they’ve set […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Major News by Christopher
Wednesday, January 17th, 2007
Welcome along!
Hello, welcome to this site. It’s currently in its nascent stages, and won’t be fully operational until later this year (due to equipment and time constraints, being a Uni student and all). However, if you want to get a better idea of what this site’s gonna be all about, check out the /about page for […]
