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Thousands of people are still making their way home after the cloud of volcanic ash from Iceland's Eyjafjallajökul closed British airspace. Many will remember this as a time where they were stranded in one place or grounded in another, waiting to travel.
One of these travellers was , magazine aficionado and writer. So while stuck in Ireland, waiting to get a flight back home to America, he put a call out to artists and writers in a similar position. Many talented people got in touch and together they have worked out a multimedia memento of these times. DJs have arranged play-lists, writers put together fiction based around the event and photographers and citizens in all sorts of places captured their surroundings to make a magazine. You can find out what Andrew comes up with by checking his site for updates and maybe even adding your own information.

Meanwhile, also on the ground, the ifixit team, though unable to fix the ash cloud, launched an ambitious project that might help us all improve our repair skills when it comes to the gadgets and other items we own. Kyle Wien is the CEO of ifixit. Usually he can be found taking the back off the latest Apple product and photographing the innards so we can all see what is happening inside.
Now the ifixit team is calling upon all of us who have a way with repairing our stuff. The manual aims to put our collective skills together so that we can fix almost anything from replacing iPod batteries to bicycle inner tubes and old fashioned computers. If you know how to fix something or you are looking to learn, it's well worth a visit to their Repair manual to find out more.

This week on the podcast, I also caught up with a man who has realised that getting a girl can be almost as simple as providing the right meal. Richard Fitzgerald was lucky enough to win a prize draw at the Twestival event, lucky enough to win burritos for a year. Rather than scarf them all down by himself, Richard gallantly turned to Twitter and offered 52 girls, . He's Tweeting and blogging as he goes along, but will series of Mexican meals mean he finds the girl of his dreams? Better read his blog to find out.

Thanks this week to "Don Joe" for writing in to us about his blog - . Anyone who has worked in an office environment will recognise the office politics, management-speak and awkward moments that arise as we spend years of our lives in cubicles or open-plan environments. Don writes under a pseudonym, satirically taking on the daily grind and sharing stories with his readers who enthusiastically participate, adding tales of their own from the stationary cupboard to the water cooler. Cathartic reading for many.

That's it again for this week. But you're not off the hook that easily. Is there a podcast, blog, vlog, website or app that you love and have yet to share with us? If so, drop me a line and we'll track down the creators and find out what makes them tick.

You can email me at Podsandblogs at bbc dot co dot uk, or come and say hello on Twitter, where we are of course @PodsandBlogs !

Until next week -
Jamillah