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Having been tryng to bring order to the chaos that are my hard disks over the last few days, I’ve got some sympathy for NASA:

Nasa scientists say hundreds of computer files that have accumulated on the Mars rover Spirit may be the cause of problems that have crippled it.

The idea of having an RSS feed for a service status message is a Bloody Good One, but then following it up with a refreshingly honest description of what went wrong is going one better. Another reason why PlusNet customers rave about the service they get…

Mad World…

…has to go to Rondellus, who (for reasons best not delved into) play Black Sabbath tracks on 14th century instruments. In Latin.

Say what you like about the internet, it’s nothing if not horizons-expanding. Having discovered Magnatune (strapline: We’re not evil), that’s lead me on to Michael Masley and the 21st century hammered dulcimer. Esoteric doesn’t even come close…