Quite a few programmes in the Electric Dreams series (all on BBC4) have been interesting over the last couple of weeks.

Tonight they had a biopic on the life of Robert Noyce, co-founder of Intel called (somewhat naffly) "The Podcaster" (BBC4).

And the programme where they take an ordinary family and have them live for 10 days "in the 70s" (with all the gadgets [or lack of], clothes and cars with each day advancing one year, bringing a new gadget - like a fridge freezer, colour TV etc.). The 80s (last week, possibly still on iPlayer) introduced micro-computers etc., and the 90s is tomorrow night. Ah the memories...

Finally, have a look at Micro Men - the (dramatised) story of home computing in the UK circa 1980, Clive Sinclair vs. Chris Curry (of Acorn, which lead to ARM - look out for Roger Wilson, designer of the original ARM instruction set, now known as Sophie - I kid ye not...).

Of course, if you're not in or from the UK this trip down memory lane may mean very little to you at all!