The cheese in question, as it was today. Picture: Cheddarvision.tv
There is one website with mature content that you won't mind the kids logging onto. Cheddarvision allows cheese lovers worldwide to watch a cheddar ripen 24 hours a day.
Launched in December, the West Country webcam has so far attracted more than 436,000 hits. Viewers reckon watching the mould spots grow imbues you with a zen-like calm - I believe it's also known as sleep.
The highlight of the day is at around 10am when the cheese at the Somerset dairy is turned. But the excitment will really be ratcheted up tomorrow morning with the first tasting.
The lump of cheddar already has 458 friends on MySpace. With networking skills like that, perhaps Charles Clarke and Alan Milburn should recruit the big cheese as a challenger for the Labour leadership. It's clearly more charismatic than David Miliband. And probably more fragrant than Gordon Brown.
