Hello.

I’ve been to Belfast and back today, and it didn’t take very much longer than getting to London. Isn’t the future amazing?

Here’s a list of all Google’s April Fools jokes yesterday.
(My my, there were a lot of them)
https://plus.google.com/u/0/118320665823821681206/posts/WjyF3cb26JW

I’ve been teaching myself Sodoku. Well, I say teaching myself. More like other people have been kind enough to write some things down and I've been reading them. Here’s the most useful Sudoku solver I’ve found online. Some of the advanced techniques are mind bending. 
http://www.sudokuwiki.org/sudoku.htm

I’m at home now, half watching this BBC Four documentary about the golden(?) years of rally driving. It looks terrifying.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01fcncc/Madness_on_Wheels_Rallyings_Craziest_Years/

Zynga’s Engineering VP for New Gaming Platform Moves On
Neil Roseman is “looking forward to spending more time with his family”
http://allthingsd.com/20120329/zyngas-engineering-vp-for-new-gaming-platform-moves-on/

Turning down Zynga: ‘Why I left after the $210M Omgpop buy’
Shay Pierce says “the company’s values are completely opposed to my own values, professionally and creatively. Because I believe that developers are at the front lines of game development and deserve to be treated well, and I didn’t trust Zynga to do so.”
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/167244/Turning_down_Zynga_Why_I_opted_out_of_the_210M_Omgpop_buy.php

A detailed write up of the Beeb@30 event
http://www.riscoscode.com/Pages/Item0117.html
[via @FinalBullet]

BBC Computer Literacy Project 2012
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Computer_Literacy_Project_2012
(and don’t miss http://audioboo.fm/boos/663417-howard-baker-bbc-micro-platform-interview) [via @psd]

Yours sincerely
Roo

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