Hello.

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Roo's Letter now has a jingle. Yes, an actual jingle, with words and a tune and everything. You were not expecting that, I bet. Even more surprising is that it's actually a rather haunting little piece which wouldn't be out of place on something late at night on Radio 4.  The lovely @wesayso wrote in to say that whenever he opens the Roo's Letter it makes him feel strangely sentimental, and tried to recreate what he hears in his head when he reads it.  He sent this in. Thanks, Wes. Personally, I think this may be one the best 5 seconds in the history of recorded sound, and it would make me happy to think of you all listening to this every time you open one of these newsletters. So I'll just imagine that happening now.

http://db.tt/8PiJu2Mu [mp3]

One pair of LED reading glasses from the petrol station, �3.99. 

Removing the crappy magnifying lenses: free.

Being able to read in bed: priceless.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rooreynolds/6912168721/

Adrian Hon writing wittily. Not al of the commenters seem to appreciate the satire.

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/technology/adrianhon/100007156/infinite-copyright-a-modest-proposal/

YouBeMom

Like Mumsnet for Americans

http://www.youbemom.com/forum/all

In fact, any Americans reading will probably like this one too, a site that helps you find programmes/films to stream, legally.

Can I stream....?

http://canistre.am/ (warning: quite US-centric.)

Yay! Make it easy. Otherwise, we know what happens...

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/game_of_thrones

Boo! Nintendo are shutting down the Wii video streaming service.

Not that it was ever even launched outside of Japan anyway...

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/336753/nintendo-shutting-wii-video-service/

LEGO & Gender, part 2

Part two of an insightful video series I've been enjoying from Anita Sarkeesian, highlighting LEGO's frankly embarrassing approach to marketing itself for girls, as well as some suggestions for how LEGO could do this properly.

http://www.feministfrequency.com/2012/02/lego-gender-part-2-the-boys-club/

(and if you missed part 1, start there: http://www.feministfrequency.com/2012/01/lego-gender-part-1-lego-friends/)

AFOLCON - the Adult Fan of Lego Conference

3rd and 4th May 2012, Manchester, �60. I might have to go.

http://www.thelegoshow.com/afolcon/home.html

[thanks, @frankieroberto]

Finally, my new job means a new computer. I went for a 13" MacBook Air, which I'm enjoying very much. The very first two apps that I installed on it were:

1.) nvALT

http://brettterpstra.com/project/nvalt 

Brett Terpstra's tweaked and improved version of Notational Velocity, I use this to write text files for first drafts of things, notes to self, work in progress.... everything really. It's a lot like having a whole bunch of text files (in fact, depending on how you have it set up, it can be exactly like that) but with a really fast way of navigating between them. It's powerful and simple. The best bit though is hooking it up to the http://simplenoteapp.com/ service, which means it syncs my files with the global information super cloud, meaning I never have to worry about moving from one computer (or device) to another. Handy.

2.) Things 

http://culturedcode.com/things/

A GTD-type app for OS X, iPhone and iPad which is really rather nice (if a little on the pricey side once you've found yourself buying all three). I've been using it for a while and it works well for me. Other people might prefer TaskPaper. Or, you know, a notebook or something. Some people even seem to cope without any sort of TODO list system at all, though I'm pretty sure those people are mad. I know I've been sleeping better since I've been writing down everything I'm supposed to do, and I appreciate being able to delve into different projects, pulling out items by tag, due date etc.