User:Strawbleu

Strawbleu (aka strawbl.eu) is the pseudonym and online persona of Jon Eland.

Originally Strawberry Blue - the name of a college radio show at Wakefield College (then Wakefield District College). The show, which played mostly dance and electronic music was relatively unique in that all speech was delivered by a Stephen Hawking style speech synthesiser. The radio show lasted for 8 shows and was transmitted on Thursday lunches in 1990/1.

When Jon moved on to Barnet College to undertake a HND Graphic Design course he created a course magazine which was quite ascerbic and jocular in tone. The edition of this for the course's French trip was known as 'La Fraise Bleu'.

The name, Strawbleu, was born from Jon's move online and need of a Compuserve (CIS) handle of 9 characters.