A few links I wanted to share to people even more Newbie than me…
Printed Circuit Boards
PCB Design Software: Eagle (cross platform)
Eagle tutorials (Recommended!): Tangent Tutorials
PCB design book (Features Eagle): Build Your Own…
Designing circuits on stripboard using Eagle
PCB manufacture: PCB Pool (Rep. of Ireland)
PICAXE Chips
PICAXE main site
PICAXE shop (UK)
PICAXE book
Good UK Hobby Shops
more sections to come as I think…

