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If you are sitting comfortably, the podcast is ready to begin for this week. If we mentioned a site that you would like to know more about, this is the place to find those links.

For openers we have a chat with Kate Arkless Grey, the tireless voice of the ´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service project Save Our Sounds. While away in Canada, she very kindly took a moment to tell us more about the audio ecology project and how it has won an award. Congratulations to that team!

Naturally on Pods and Blogs we like to chat with the cream of the crop so, from one award winner to another we chat to Alfie Dennen about his project. Aflie and project co-developer Paula Le Dieu have won the London region commission for the Cultural Olympiad project, Artists Taking the Lead.

More art in this podcast for the week, The Insterstitial Arts Foundation is about to publish its second volume of stories as well as releasing work online in the lead up to the date the book comes out. Christopher Balzac is one of the book's editors, he explains what are all about.

Chris Vallance is back with us again to file a lovely report about personalised news. We've come a long way since Fleet Street was the newspaper hub in the UK, could the be right about a modifiable, personalised news print service?

That's all for this week, but in the mean time, if you see something wonderful in the world of blogs, podcasts and more, let me know by dropping an email to podsandblogs at bbc dot co dot uk

Jamillah

Hello,

A fresh podcast is primed for your listening pleasure as usual. If there was a link or item you missed on the podcast, you can find more information below.

First up we trek over to Uganda where is proving that simple skills in computing are able to make huge and helpful changes in Africa. He also explains a little more about .

Chris Vallance returns to the fold. He's been out at finding out more about the rise of the app and how to hack one together.

When will the International Space Station be passing over where you live? Jaap Meijers can tell you via Twitter. He took a moment to explain how works.

Storm Hopper picture courtesy of Fresh Water Mole and B3ta.

Who would have thought they could have made it without more major law cases? has been entertaining thousands of us with it's adult humour, pictures that are not safe for work and generally artistic anarchism online. They also produce a weekly newsletter and have made it to their 400th edition. Rob Manuel, one of the creators talks about the community, longevity and having a laugh.

That's all for this week, but in the mean time, if you see something wonderful in the world of blogs, podcasts and more, let me know by dropping an email to podsandblogs at bbc dot co dot uk

Jamillah

Many of you may have noticed that a few things have been changed here on the Pods and Blogs page. For starters we have some fancy new decor and the page is a little wider.

It's nice to freshen things up a little but the functionality of an item online can make the real difference. If you go to the podcast page, you will see a small change that might make a big difference. Our show is being archived.

So, rather than replacing the last week's show with this week's edition, we will now have an archive of programs so you can go back and listen for longer. Hopefully that will mean as a contributor or listener, you won't be missing out on anything if you wanted to tune in a little late.

This is a trial at the moment, while the properly clever bods behind the servers and podcast publishing system here work out what's best for the next step. But for now I think this is a pretty cool move and I hope that you like it.

I'd also like to know what you think about this so please do log in and leave a comment letting me know if you have any concerns about the extended listening trial or if you think it's the best thing since cats on YouTube. Also it means that you have a say in shaping how we might work in the future, I'd like that very much.

Jamillah

Greetings from the University city of Oxford. The podcast is in its rightful place and waiting for you listen. If there was a link or item you missed on the podcast, you can find more information below.

This week Pods and Blogs visits briefly with citizens of the Steampunk movement. Victorian history meets science fiction mechanics in a beautifully designed world online and off.

To begin, with the delightful editor of Allegra Hawksmoor explains the culture. We spent our time discussing the multiple ways in which Steampunk can be translated. She also points out why it is a topic so suited to print as well as an online presence.

From print and magazines we journey into the three-dimensional world of Second Life and have a virtual tour of the City State of New Babbage. guides us through undersea laboratories and cobbled streets over which airships dominate the sky.

Returning to the real world, the History of Science Museum in Oxford opens it's . Imaginative works of art blend seamlessly with the museum's outstanding collection of scientific instruments. is the curator and one of the artists who creates objects of mysterious origin.

Also on show at the exhibition is the fanciful clock work of . Intricately designed and entirely hand made time pieces tick softly on the walls of the museum. Though his style fits nicely with the Steampunk ethic, he explains how his work has been adopted by the genre.

Steampunk illustration by Fabiola Garza for Steampunk Magazine and Sydney Padua creator of 2Dgoggles.com

That's the summary of our journey between the eras. We're back to the present day next week with more adventures online.

Jamillah

This week the podcast is the second installment from Bangalore, India. If you missed a link on the audio or would like to look more closely at the sites of some of our voices, you can find the information here.

The was started by the man behind WIPRO with his own personal funds. It works in the field of education to try and improve social situations and more. Mr Dileep Ranjekar is the CEO, he talks about some of the problems that come about as Bangalore develops fast as a global leader in technology.

Shalini Sharma works with the children of migrant labourers in Bangalore as part of the Azim Premji Foundation projects. Part parent, carer, organiser and teacher, she works with children who have little else in the way of opportunities for education.

The disparity between rich and poor in Bangalore is stark. Certainly the speed of development has had a stake in this, as well as migratory workers and politics. is an associate professor at the national institute for advances studies. He talks through the complexities of developing Bangalore.

More Twitter-based fun in the city. Planning is in motion for . Avinash Singh talks about expectations for signal to noise.

I talked a little about earlier on this blog. Meera and Subbu talk through their approach and how user generated content is seen in Indian print media.

Having been to HQ in California, it was too much to miss their work in India whilst I was in Bangalore. Product managers got around the table as we discussed language, development, mapping and mobile.

The in Bangalore does some incredible research and reflects a clear image of how India sees itself online and off. Nishant Shah talks through a web based consciousness and how fast moving tech cities feel an association with the internet, even when many citizens have never seen a computer.

That's all from Bangalore, thanks to everyone who got in touch, met for a chat, showed me the city and invited me in for interviews and research.
Jamillah