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"In our regular series about makers, hackers and amateur technologists, BBC News meets the people giving the classic BBC Micro a new lease of life."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10951040

Problem solving flowchart (warning: uses bad language)
http://amyvernon.tumblr.com/post/1004097471/does-it-work-a-flowchart

I'm reading "The Hunting of Force Z", which I got from the library at the weekend. I'm enjoying it, even though they haven't got onto Force Z yet! (And this bit makes my icon relevant ... )

And now I'm listening to "Old Harry's Game" (series 1, episode 3).

Blackpool zoo has got four new baby otters
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/lancashire/hi/people_and_places/nature/newsid_8942000/8942983.stm

Roman Road unearthed next to A1 in Yorkshire
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/A1-link-to-a-Roman.6492909.jp

Travellers set up camp at Sarehole Mill for Papal visit
http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2010/08/26/travellers-set-up-camp-at-sarehole-mill-for-pope-visit-97319-27139065/