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It raineth, it poureth, the old man... well you know the rest.

As Justin Langer's aspirations of a 500 lead before winning the Fifth Test disappear beneath the covers, here are some useful links at the Met Office:

That's a nifty little low pressure down in the Bay of Biscay...

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Day two: Oh my Tavare and Boycott long ago!

With Australia squandering anywhere up to 37 overs of playing time in the gloom of Friday afternoon in Kennington, it is becoming more and more likely that England are three days away from reclaiming the Ashes. If only Geoff Boycott and Chris Tavare were about thirty years younger, then we call this Test a draw and declare England home and hosed right now.

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Ashes News 4 Kids

The BBC's childrens digital TV channel CBBC has a daily news program called "Newsround" which presents the news of the day in a manner that is aimed at children. I can only evaluate their work from what I see on BBC Online's Newsround website, but I quite like what I've seen so far.

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Day one: England/Australia on top (delete whichever applicable)

Ton-up star Andy: you can shut it now Warne
- Headline, The Sun, London, 9.9.05

Warned: Shane turns on his magic
- Headline, The Advertiser, Adelaide, 9.9.05

It's a sign of the times that 319 runs in a day can be considered a disappointing effort from England. Despite a great knock from Andrew Strauss and a pretty darn good one from Andrew Flintoff, I think Australia have their noses in front right now, although this is almost singularly due to the genius of Shane Warne.

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More proof that Google is taking over the universe

I'm a big user of Google products, slowly gravitating towards using my gmail account as my primary email address, and still trying to get my teeth around Google Talk. Nonetheless, I find the speed of their growth these days somewhat disquieting. Here's the latest press release from Google. You have to believe if that once Vint Cerf comes on board, Al Gore himself can't be far behind...

CERF'S UP AT GOOGLE

Vint Cerf, a Founding Father of the Internet, Joins Google as Chief Internet Evangelist

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