How *not* to design a website

Oh dear. The BBC have 'improved' their news website, by destroying most of the best features. I used to love browsing around the BBC news site, which was quick, easy, and there was lots of cross links to different related stories on the right of the screen. This week they updated it - it's noticeably slower for a start. And the dozens of links that used to appear on the right have been cut down severely, making casual browsing next to impossible, and its difficult to find anything except the 'top' stories in each category.

Evil fungus attacks stuffed toys

I usually keep all my stuffed toys (yes, for those of you who don't know, I have a sizable collection, and I don't care how silly this may seem to some people) mainly on my windowsill of by bedroom, all snuggled in big heap. I think the heating must have been off while we were out of the house last weekend in Prague, as when returned home and said hello to my stuffed friends, they'd been under attack! Some evil mound had grown all over them and they were looking very unhappy. Eeeeeeep. So a lot of Saturday was spent carefully giving them rides in the washing machine (via the pillowcase trick of getting the machine to do hand-washing) although the really sensitive ones had to have the icky mould carefully scrubbed off. They all sat on the warm radiators drying on Sunday, and have now been spending nights with me in my bed. They appear to have survived, and while some may still be a little traumatized by the experience, they are happy now, except wormy, who got very attacked and may need strong stain remover. Eeeeep. I think they'd all appreciate hugs from anyone willing to give them hugs.