resources

Wikipedia - Everything you EVER wanted to know
BBC News - I think this is more important than a lot of people think

art, photography and film

Rhubarb Rhubarb - Birmingham based photography development agency
Created in Birmingham - Brilliant little blog about Birmingham's luvvy types
Urban Fusion - Some sort of arty education group in Birmingham, confusing website
Film Birmingham - apparently people make films here
Iwan Benneyworth - Film maker and friend currently based in North Wales
Tom Wilson - Friend and artist based in Birmingham
Deviant Art - Lots of interesting work
Banksy - How all art should be
Wild Animus - I love the music used in this art project
The Cornerhouse - Fantastic little place in Manchester
The MAC - Fantastic little place in Birmingham
Your Gallery - My section on the Saatchi 'Your Gallery' site

open source software

The GIMP - Open Source image editing, who needs Photoshop
Inkscape - Open Source vector drawing package
- Open source web design software used to make this site
Portable Apps - Put these on your USB drive and carry your office around with you
Open Office - Fully featured Open Source competitor to Microsoft Office
Blender - Open Source 3d modelling, rendering and compositing program. Amazing

climbing

Planet Fear - Excellent climbing resource, lots of articles
Climbing magazine - More stuff about climbing
ABC of Rock climbing - Lots of info

web design

Newstone Media- Defunct web design project of mine
Kirupa - Great site, lots of articles
Max Design - Excellent set of tutorials
Incorect - French web design. Nuts.

music

Andante Molto - An amazing progressive metal project
Imogen Heap - Lovely music
Nick Cave - Scary, Australian, born with a tail
Johnny Cash - The man in black
Ooberman - Ooberman are ace
Clearlake - Unsettling
Autechre - Crackles and clicks
The Wildhearts - Thumping harmonic chunky rock

theatre

All & Sundry - Bromsgrove based theatrical group, excellent bunch of people
Stagefight - Stagefighting training and fencing tuition

humour

Limmy - This man is god of the internet
B3ta - Down with this sort of thing
The Onion - American satire
Red Meat - I love this cartoon site
Modern Humorist - now defunct but an archive of stuff is still available
Look Around You - I love this show
The Mighty Boosh - Welcome to the Zooniverse

miscellaneous

MySpace - Find everyone you don't talk to anymore and remember why
CelebDAQ - Celebrity stock exchange
7 Day Shop - Excellent shop for memory cards and things
Amazon - Still the best
Photobox - They host my picture gallery and provide excellent prints
Dpreview - Want a digital camera? Go here