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Welcome to the world posted 6th December 2004

Heartfelt congratulations to Marcus and Mie on the birth of their baby boy, Oliver Beard. According to our new Dad, Mother and baby are ‘perfect’. Welcome to the world Oliver [pithy comment about current state of the world removed].

Jamie Oliver is Cool: Love him or hate him, I thought I’d mention our very own Jamie Oliver in response to Dan’s post about American TV chef, Alton Brown. The Essex geezer has been blogging in a manner of speaking for a few years, but recently got himself a brand new site which looks…
It’s a girl!: Congratulations to Darren and Alison on their firstborn, a beautiful baby girl (as yet un-named) born yesterday at 1pm and weighing in at 7lb 12oz. Christmas will never be the same :-)
Accessify: Ian Lloyd has kindly asked me to fill in at Accessify while he and Manda continue their world tour. So if you come across or have any accessiblity links you think the world should know about, then please leave a comment or drop me a line.
A grave loss: Galen Rowell has died aged 61. He and his wife Barbara were killed in a plane crash in California. Rowell was probably the most famous outdoor photographer in the world, regularly shooting features for National Geographic during a life spent travelling in remote countries…
Anyone for a Ruby?: You can now add your own curry restaurant reviews at cuzza.com. So if you’ve had a steaming vindaloo or a dodgy biryani recently you now know where to tell the world about it. As a reward you’ll get a reciprocal link, which can only be good.