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Tag Archives: TV

In Which We Dump Cable Television

02-Oct-08

Stephanie and I have been talking about kicking Comcast to the curb for months.  Its been this on again, off again thing.  We agree in principal that TV is a waste of time.  And that Comcast is expensive.  And that we don’t really use most of what we pay for.
We agree in principal that we [...]

What Would Donald Draper Do?

04-Aug-08

Next month, we are going cable free.  I will admit here and now that I will not enjoy waiting until the Mad Men DVDs become available at the library to finish watching the season. Meanwhile, someone has begun answering the question What would Donald Draper Do?

It’s Fun to do Bad Things

20-May-08

For the 2 or 3 of you I didn’t email this to today…Bad things. lol.
via How to Avoid the Bummer Life

In Treatment

20-Mar-08

In Treatment.  AW described the show as an acting battle royale.  2(sometimes 3)actors, 1 room, no place to hide. Amazon Unbox offered the first 15 episodes for free. I recommend. 

Count Down to Season 4

26-Jan-08

I’m a total Lost nerd. I’ve already read all the spoilers for the first 8 episodes.
Two. maybe three times.

American Gladiators. Back on the air.

21-Jan-08

Seeing the commercial for this kind of pulled into focus exactly how jacked this writer’s strike is.

One of my coworkers pointed out this gem from the classic old school version. Deron McBee, aka Malibu Lazer. awesom.
His wikipedia biography is completely amazing. The choice quote is:

His most famous role is probably that of [...]

Mr. Hulu.

02-Jan-08

In the course of my travels today, I came across Dvice.com’s free invite to HULU beta. Direct link for your invite here. As of right now, there are 680 invites left. Its invitation only right now
What is Hulu? Its basically Youtube but properly licensed, whole television shows. And you can [...]

Internets are down at my house

12-Jul-07

Comcast is coming in today to fix that. This time its not their fault. more posts, more frequently, later.
In the meantime, here is some Fishing with John:

Quick Hits – Friday Addition

06-Jul-07

Desktop Tower Defense, discovered on Kottke. Clearly, its been a long time since I sold my last game console, because this game is totally addictive.
Switching to Comcast from RCN…Comcast may be the evil empire, but RCN is terrible. Vs hasn’t been right all spring.
Which brings me to my next point: Tour De [...]