For those of you on the social networking buzz:

It’s over on www.facebook.com/TV3takemeout

Ray

Don’t you just hate the way video sites like YouTube take a random still image from the uploaded video clip as a thumbnail, meant to be representative of what the video looks like? Because it always manages to take a snapshot of me looking like a complete spanner:

Which, yes, is representative of what I look like all the time. I look like a bloody used car salesman. Or the devil. Or an insurance fraudster.

Oh, and:

Open auditions for BOYS will be held in LIBERTY HALL in Dublin City Centre on Saturday 28^th August from 10am

Open auditions for GIRLS will be held in LIBERTY HALL in Dublin City Centre on Sunday 29^th August from 10am

And you can also still apply via the website tv3.ie/takemeout – CLICKY!

Ray

So, George Hook is going on a cruise:

For the first time ever, we're offering the opportunity to enjoy seven nights on the high seas in the company of the outspoken George Hook. Listen to George give seminars on ‘How to beat the recession’ and “Irish Rugby to the World Cup 2011” as well as enjoying his usual craic and repartee!

I got so excited at the prospect, I had to sing about it – in my extremely ropey Hooky Monster impression:

Ray

I’m still writing for Joe.ie by the way – click the pic to head over there. And feel free to take a look around. It’s good stuff. It’s man stuff.

Ray

Well, now I can finally talk about this, here are the details for the open auditions for Take Me Out:

Open auditions for BOYS will be held in LIBERTY HALL in Dublin City Centre on Saturday 28^th August from 10am

Open auditions for GIRLS will be held in LIBERTY HALL in Dublin City Centre on Sunday 29^th August from 10am

And you can also still apply via the website tv3.ie/takemeout – CLICKY!

Ray

The Big G was in for a chat yesterday, when we talked about her new job, her icy reputation, the All-Ireland Talent Show, then got hijacked by the other Seoige – you can hear the whole shebang here. CLICKY!

She wants me to tell you about the auditions for the talent show over the coming weeks:

The Dublin Auditions:

Saturday 21st August for Dublin City and County at Griffith Conference Centre, Griffith Campus, South Circular Road, Dublin 8.

The South Auditions:

Saturday 28th August in The Clarion Hotel, Lapps Quay, Cork. The auditions are open to applicants from Counties Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary, Waterford.

The West Auditions:

Saturday 4th Sept in The Radisson Blu Hotel & Spa, Lough Atalia Road, Galway. The auditions are open to applicants from Counties Galway, Mayo, Leitrim, Roscommon, Sligo.

The North Auditions:

Saturday 11th Sept in The Everglades Hotel, Prehen Road, Londonderry, BT47 2NH. The auditions are open to applicants from Counties Antrim, Armagh, Cavan, Derry, Donegal, Down, Fermanagh, Monaghan, Tyrone.

The East Auditions:

Saturday 18th Sept in The Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel, Ormonde Street, Kilkenny. The auditions are open to applicants from Counties Carlow, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath, Wexford, Wicklow.

Terms and conditions here. CLICKY!

Lovely.

Me that is.

Ray

Another bit from yesterday’s uber-busy show:

TV3 are gonna do Take Me Out!

And they’re looking for contestants. If you’re male or female, up for a laugh (come on, it’s not like we’re talking marriage here) and you fancy having a go – then fill out the form on the TV3 website as soon as you can.

if you haven’t seen it, it’s ITV’s mega-cheesy, mega-fun, Saturday-night birdfest – and a guilty pleasure in the Foley household.

Click here to apply.

Click here for the FaceBook page.

Ray

Has Apple gone soft?

If you, like me, are an iPad owner, then you, like me, are probably wondering why the fuck you ever bought the bastard in the first place, because it’s a pain in the hole to watch your downloaded TV and movie files on the yoke without a ridiculously laborious conversion process. Well, those days are over. CineXPlayer is here!

This free (yeah – FREE!) app is on the iTunes app store now and you can lump your Xvids straight onto the iPad without conversion. Copy, and go! Apple have been notoriously closed-minded about media formats it’ll allow to play on it’s devices, which leaves me wondering if this app is a fluke that fell through the cracks of the iTunes approval process, or a nod towards a more open-minded approach in the future. If the app disappears in the next few days, I suppose we’ll know the answer.

One minor quibble: they leave a wee ad for their company in the bottom right corner. Not a dealbreaker, but a small pain.

By the way, yes this is the thing I was talking about on yesterday’s show that JP didn’t understand.

PS – yes, I know about AirVideo. This is a better solution for me.

Ray