Dr Sue Black of the <a href="http://www.westminster.ac.uk/">University of Westminster</a> has been using social networking, specifically <a href="http://www.twitter.com/">Twitter</a>, to raise awareness of the plight of Bletchley Park, including a big boost from the author and actor Stephen Fry. She spoke to <i>NMK</i> about how she’s hoping to help preserve this important piece of British – and computing – history.
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<p><a href="http://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/">Bletchley Park</a> near Milton Keynes in southern England holds a special place in the history of computing. It’s here that code breakers cracked the infamous Enigma code during World War II, a feat US President Eisenhower credited with shortening the war by two years, potentially saving 22 million lives in the process. Also, the first programmable computer – Colossus – was developed here. The grounds at Bletchley Park now include a museum and conferencing facilities, but the site has struggled to raise sufficient funds to keep going. </p><p>Get to the Audio </p> <p>Download/Play just this episode using your MP3 player: </p><p><a href="/uploads/0000/0021/Bletchley_secondFinal.mp3" rel="enclosure">podcast9</a> </p><p><object classid="clsid:02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B" codebase="http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab#version=6,0,2,0" width="100" height="100"><param name="src" value="/uploads/0000/0021/Bletchley_secondFinal.mp3" /><param name="width" value="100" /><param name="height" value="100" /><embed type="video/quicktime" src="/uploads/0000/0021/Bletchley_secondFinal.mp3" width="100" height="100"></embed></object> </p><p>or subscribe to the feed to have our podcasts delivered to iTunes or your feed reader of choice whenever they are published: </p><p><a href="/articles/podcasts.rss"><b>The Podcast Feed (RSS) </b></a> </p><p><b><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=314208799">iTunes Store Link (free)</a></b></p>
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