Thoughts from a Bafta nominated Podcaster, Blogger, Writer and Commentator.
So, three weeks ago B3ta posted a little item saying they’d like a podcast with geeks as guests, talking about old technology they want to come back. I picked up the baton and started Room 404, with Chris Dunphy as the first guest. As that show went out, I got a text from Ian Kendall, who wanted to have a go himself. And so Room 404 got its second guest… [audio:http://www.archive.org/download/Room404WithIanKendall/Room404_20110209_IanKendall.mp3]
A number of sites picked it up, and probably called it correctly as Epic Fail (for example Matthew Ingram’s “Suuuuure it is, whatever makes you guys feel better. I suppose all of these incredible lame videos were in jokes too, right?”). You see, things are funny when the viewer knows they are meant to be funny. There are lots of funny songs about computers and technology – if this had been published by DogHorse, and pushed by B3ta, we’d all be happy with it. After all, Spitting Image managed to rack up a love song to the RS-232 Interface Cable..
