colin harris

Aww it's been a while since I posted anything of Abi.

For those of you who don't know, Lisa and I have separated and Abi is now living with her mammy in Amble. But I make sure when I see Abi we always go on an adventure.

Last week we went to town on the bus ("big green bus or little green bus") to see the new Pixar film "Wall-e". I went through the films on with her and she picked the one with "The Robot".

We had a great time, she loved it (although she fell asleep within the last five minutes of the film!) and topped it off with a trip to Nandos ("Can I have chips and corn-on-the-coff?").

It's days like this that make you realise why we do it all in the first place.

PS Wall-E is a brilliant film, go and see it now! The only problem is I've now got Hello Dolly running through my head.

http://www.4barsrest.com/news/detail.asp?world=uki&id=8308

I'm very proud to say my arrangement of "Geordie" tunes, A Geordie Songbook, has won the NRBBT arrangers contest for 2008.

The £300 prize was very welcome, and I have spent the money on a shiny new laptop, as I'm doing a lot of remote working these days (more about that coming soon).

If you want to have a listen to it, it is on my listen to me page, Page 2.

It has inspired me to restart my brass band writing career, I'm currently doing two commissions (both solos) and have an eye on a march I've had in my head for a while. Watch this space.

Couple of recent go-lives:

A 6-site project that has been 18 months in the making; the final 4 site have finally gone live. The new branding for BHP Law and associated companies required 6 new sites plus a whole new CMS system to edit them all from a single source. The CMS system includes many items such as page editing, module editing, profiles, downloads and news.

www.bhplaw.co.uk
www.bhpsport.co.uk
www.bhpfinancial.co.uk
www.bhpdevelop.co.uk

I have also HTML'd and CSS'd a site for my good friend Elaine who specialises in wedding stationary.

bespoke wedding stationery

Sing to the tune of Pink Floyd's "The wall":

"We don't need no Phil Scolari,
"We don't need Mourinho,
"Hey! Thaksin! Leave our Sven alone!"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/funny_old_game/7384722.stm

Nice try, eh?