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Posted by Paul | Filed under Blog etc., Comedy, TV, Tech
…and so begins the start of my (hopefully semi-) regular posting. Few things to mention today:
1. iPlayer 2.0 finally launched. It’s looking pretty good - having worked on the 1.0 version, I know that some of these features have been talked about for a while, so it’s great to see them finally out there. Of particular interest to me, and a feature which others might have missed, is the ability to watch/listen to something, leave the page and then come back to the same point automatically when you return.
I’ve not tried it out yet, but given that I like to watch stuff from iPlayer on the Wii whilst I’m having my breakfast, but I rarely have time to finish a whole programme, this will be a godsend, for instance when watching programmes like Doctor Who Confidential or…
2. MeeBox - The latest offering from Adam Buxton (of Adam & Joe fame) - reminds me of a cross between ‘The Fast Show‘, ‘The Adam and Joe Show‘ (of course) and Armando Iannucci’s ‘Time Trumpet‘. It’s apparently been a year in the making (or at least in the scheduling - and it’s pretty good. Some bits are funnier than others, but it’s great to see older characters making a reappearance (BaadDad, the alien from Takeover TV etc.), but I can’t help think there’s something missing…Joe?
Now that’s probably unfair, since I’m sure they’d rather not be seen as being joined at the hip, but I get the feeling that, given the short nature of the sketches, it loses something when Mr. Buxton appears in *every* one of them, almost straight away…
Worth checking out, though…(available until Monday morning)
3. Although it looks like I’ve got my arse into gear just as she’s leaving on a summer holiday, I just wanted to give a mention to Caroline Clifford’s superb “Local Girl’s Day in Pictures” - a very funny, appealing blog made up (mostly) of cartoons describing the life of a typical North-East Londoner (I hope that’s an fair description…)