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Man, I would just be happy if BBC-America would show Season One of the new series! Until the BBC agrees to license it to some network, we'll just have to wait for this.

The BBC's TV channels will be made available on the internet, BBC Director General Mark Thompson has confirmed.



He announced plans for the MyBBCPlayer - which will allow viewers to legally download seven days of programmes - at the Edinburgh Television Festival. He said he hoped the service would launch next year...



A simulcast of BBC One or BBC Two, letting UK viewers see programmes on the web at the same time as they go out on TV, is also planned as part of MyBBCPlayer...



The BBC received a "wake-up call" about the demand for new technology in March when the first episode of the new Doctor Who was leaked on to the internet...



The makers of the new Doctor Who series are among the producers who have been developing ways to use mobile phone and portable players...

The second episode of my podcast is on the air.

Is This Thing On? #2



If you have an RSS news reader, or a podcast receiver, just add the link. If not, then click the title of the post to download the MP3 file, or click the "Listen" icon.

I have discovered a fun show... I have not laughed so hard in quite a while.



Dirty Jobs

Click here to listen to my first podcast: RSS PodCast feed

I've got a microphone now, so the process is underway to make my soft-spoken pandering available for mass-consumption. Until then, I wanted to let you all know about a really cool site.



For those of you who don't know, I'm a writer. Not only am I a self-published author, but I am the newsletter editor for SelfPublishedAuthors.com. It's published on the first day of every other month. Today being August 1, was the deadline for publishing it. As usual, I was running late, but it's a labor of love to cull together so I don't bitch about it.



As I was trolling for links and resources, I stumbled upon The Daughters of Freya, an email mystery. This is a mystery novel that has been published in a quite remarkable, non-traditional way. The novel is a collection of email exchanges between the main characters of the story. But instead of buying the book as a whole, the readers subscribes to the novel and receives the emails in their inbox. This gives the reader a more intimate focus on the story, as if being CC'd by the characters themselves.



The emails are received over a three week period, in real time. So, on average, the reader may receive 3 to 5 messages a day throughout the day. Part of the suspense is in waiting for the next piece. The current cycle of the story started today, and cost only $4.99 to subscribe. You can also preview the first three emails for free. Also, subscribers have the chance to discuss the story with fellow readers in a private forum. We'll be able to discuss clues and share our theories along the way.



I read the preview emails and decided to spring for the fiver to track this story down. (Finally a novel at MY speed!) I plan to write a review when it's done and would love to interview the authors, Michael Betcherman and David Diamond when I'm done.



Check it out. This has potential, especially if you're a fan of mysteries like I am. It also stands to add a new spin to the "promise of the internet". (A cynic can hope.)