Are The Chinese The New Nazis?

Are The Chinese The New Nazis?

With the Olympics fast approaching, and anti-Chinese voices rising to a deafening level amongst those in the media, the question has to be asked whether the Beijing 2008 Summer Games will be looked back on in a similar light to the pre-war Berlin Olympic Games of 1936, or are the dissenting voices simply clamouring for [...]

Introducing Crispy - the Latest Big Night in Newcastle

Introducing Crispy - the Latest Big Night in Newcastle

As we often seem to, we’ve been in the right place at the right time to hear about a forthcoming attraction that is set to take the world by storm - this time it is a big night out, which launches in Newcastle next month, and goes by the name of Crispy.
This time, however, we [...]

Milton Keynes Club Fosters Olympic Talent

In a web exclusive, Linda Haywood interviews Ian Russ, press officer of Marshall Milton Keynes Athletic Club, about the prospects of the young Olympian, Greg Rutherford, and the club itself which will be 123 years old this week.
Greg Rutherford hit the athletics scene in 2005 when he won the senior AAA long jump title - [...]

Paula Radcliffe Puts Her Eggs in One Basket

After the failed attempt to bag the 10,000m and marathon together at the Athens Olympics in 2004, Paula Radcliffe is this year attempting to win the marathon gold only. Despite an stress fracture of the femur sustained earlier this year, Radcliffe is listed on the Great British Team.
The athletes are currently preparing in Macau [...]

The Glorious Twelfth - August 12

Countryfile recently had their 20th anniversary and took the opportunity to appreciate the stewardship of the upper moorlands provided by grouse gamekeepers. The money provided by game shooting during the season generates enough income to pay for heather burning and management of the birds. Most of the endangered peat and heather hilltops would be covered [...]

Live Music - Amerie “1 Thing”

Amerie’s 1 Thing was so good that pretty much any track she could have followed it up with would have been compared with it. And failed to come up to this high level. Imagine my surprise and delight, then, when I found this “live” version of Ameria 1 Thing.
Turn this one up, its a classic.

Applause for Google's Transparency

Applause for Google’s Transparency

This domain was today de-indexed by Google. And, surprisingly, that actually makes me happy!
As a full-time webmaster of more than four years, I’ve experienced the odd ‘Google blip’ along the way: I’m no stranger to reinclusion requests, largely due to the borderline black-hat techniques I employed back in the old days when I first started [...]

Firefox Won't Close Properly

Firefox Won’t Close Properly

I love Mozilla Firefox. Its quicker; it understands valid code; the tabbed browsing is perfect for my needs; I could go on and on. However, I have been afflicted by Firefox troubles of late: Mozilla Firefox won’t close properly.
I had rather assumed that this was a Windows Vista issue, as, a bit like Jay Z, [...]

Team GB Announced for Beijing Olympics 2008

The list of athletes competing in the 2008 Beijing Olympics is below. A total of 313 athletes will be competing in 20 sports. 236 British officials will also be taking part in the Olympics, which run from the 8th of August until 24th August 2008:
Aquatics:
Aquatics – Diving:
Synchronised:
Men’s Springboard (3m): Ben Swain and Nick Robinson-Baker
Men’s Platform [...]

24 Hour Trading at Gold Network in Newcastle

The Newcastle University Alumni Service generously hosted a free wine and nibbles night at the Baltic in Newcastle last week. The “Gold Network” teamed up with One North East to deliver the “Live Local: Think Global” theme on Thursday 17th July 2008.
Joanna Berry Academic Director of Executive MBA Programmes, Newcastle University Business School, kicked off [...]