It's still very early beta, and there's a lot of polish missing from the current builds, but in the short time I've been using it, I've seen it make massive improvements. I'm really looking forward to future releases -- give it a whirl, send 'em some feedback, or hack some code.

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But he made special mention of the popularity of games - and said they have reduced the amount of time young people spend outdoors "burning off energy"...

"Then there's a lifestyle element: there's fewer green spaces and kids are sat home playing computer games on the TV when in the past they'd have been burning off energy outside."

Today on Boing Boing tv, another exclusive interview with Aloysius, the hoboist great-grandpappy of illustrator Adam "Ape Lad" Koford. The elder Koford shares never-before-known knowledge with us about what it was like to live la vida hobo while he developed that famous comic strip about cats. Previous BBtv episodes featuring Ape Lad and Aloysius are here, here, and here.

Next, more amazing work from animator David O'Reilly -- an excerpt from a piece about critters. Previous BBtv episodes featuring O'Reilly here and here. Link to BBtv post with video and comments.