Hello.

An anniversary celebration of the BBC Micro, Sunday 25th March 2012
http://beeb30.havnet.positive-internet.com/

National Hack the Government Day
Saturday 21st April
(come and visit my offices!)
http://rewiredstate.org/events/nhtg12

Linked Open Data star scheme by example
http://lab.linkeddata.deri.ie/2010/star-scheme-by-example/

From the archives: James Face by @olibeale still makes me laugh.
http://www.oliandalex.com/james-face/

"It has a gross weight of 195g, drained weight of 150g, so in theory there's only 45g of water - well within the 100ml allowance - but I have no idea if they're going to treat it as separate quantities of tuna and water, or as a tuna/water mix."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/discussion/comment-permalink/15296568
[via @neillyneil]

Matt Haughey’s Webstock Talk: Lessons from a 40 year old
http://a.wholelottanothing.org/2012/03/my-webstock-talk.html
[via @jaggeree]

How safe are you in Washington DC?
(And more importantly, what would you do differently if you knew you were in a moderate threat area?)
http://areyousafedc.com/

David Cronenberg’s Pikmin (and other collectables from Japan)
http://www.thair.net/superproduct/index.php/2012/03/18/david-cronenbergs-pikmin-and-other-collectables-from-japan/
[via @shrinkwrapped]

Sheep Market Hill (The Ballad of Blandford Taxis) by Martin Ansell
Blandford is the little market town where I grew up. I don’t think I ever took a taxi though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m3XXhpjXxE

“I’ve searched all the parks in all the cities and found no statues of committees.”
- Gilbert K. Chesterton

With thanks to Paul Downey for the G. K. Chesterton quote. Have a good weekend, everyone.

Yours sincerely
Roo

Roo Reynolds
@rooreynolds
http://tinyletter.com/rooreynolds