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[prog]

I bought the second-cheapest TV and the tastiest Tivo. Initiate Operation AssGrow! No, not yet... the Tivo won't work for another week, because I forgot that you need to have a phone line before you can connect machines (such as Tivos) up to your phone line. So my plans to be all studly and not have a land line in my house lasted all of three days. Such are the perils of 21st century life.

Actually I don't plan on surrendering my whole body and soul to the idiot box, no matter how much I natter on about it, because then I wouldn't be able to work on MIGS. (We're starting to think of other names for it but I'll continue to call it MIGS here, for the time being, and you'll just have to live with Take My Breath Away going through your head every time you see it, sorry.) Had a good planning conversation with my co-dev tonight, and feeling optimistic, with my first task cut out for me. So that's good.

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TIVO

[poetgeek.livejournal.com]

TIVO will change your relationship to television and time. Completely and totally.

Welcome to the time-shifting world.

Re: TIVO

[prog.livejournal.com]

Just the little bit of Tivo exposure I've received while visiting friends has already made me angry that I can't Tivo my whole life. "I'm sorry, I can't come to your party on Friday. How about I come Tuesday afternoon instead?"

I use the Internet has my Tivo...

[jtroutman.livejournal.com]

and the MPAA hates me for it. I have watch entire seasons of some shows, using only my laptop and Massive Internet Abuse. Otherwise, I just wouldn't watch them.

Yeah, I want a TiVo someday. I have been saying this for years, mind you, and they have become cheaper.

I have NEVER scheduled my life around a TV show. I have known those that do, and I find it disturbing. "I'm sorry, I can't come to your party, I have to sit at home and watch Wheel of Fortune tonight".

Years ago, when I was a full blown Trekker geek, I could never bring myself to schedule my time to watch TNG on purpose. {I would and still do watch most Trek happily* if it happens to be on, if I happen to be looking for something to watch}.

I would love to have VoD and be able to consume an hour of a random TV show that I liked at will, no matter what day of the week and time it was.

But I don't even have cable.

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* Assuming, of course, that the episode doesn't suck, that is.