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The Big TV Post

jackson — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 01:02:08 +0000

Thinking about the loss of TV Torrents made me realize that for somone who “doesn’t like to watch TV” and doesn’t have cable (and gets pretty lousy reception) I sure watch a lot of TV.

Current obsessions

Gilmore Girls: Sure the witty banter is just a little too witty, but this show is fantastic.
Farscape: This is our current NetFlix watch-the-whole-series-from-beginning-to-end project.
Stargate: Atlantis: I’m too far behind to watch SG-1, so I thought I would start fresh with Atlantis. Season 1 wasn’t too bad, but we’ll see how things develop.
Battletar Galactica: The best sci-fi show on TV (not that there are many), and possibly one of my favorite shows of all time.

Current not-quite-obsessions

Lost: I like shows where the writers are clearly thinking ahead.
Arrested Development: Painfully funny.

So good we bought the DVD

The Simpsons: Thanks to these DVDs I will soon be able to recite every Simpsons episode from memory (great to watch while doing the dishes).
Futurama: Only volumes 1 and 2 so far.

Previous obsessions

Previous NetFlix projects include Star Trek: Next Generation, Deep Space 9, and Voyager (well, we watched Voyager more out of a sense of duty than anything else).
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: This is the show that got me hooked on BitTorrent.
Firefly: Joss Whedon is my master now.
Smallville: Not as interesting as it once was.
Enterprise: I loved season 3, and parts of season 4 were OK, but I lost interest before we even got to the series finale.
The Amazing Race: Having Rob and Amber on last season (plus the deplorable skill demonstrated by the other teams) has weakened my interest considerably.

Also, cnet recently turned TV Tome (aka IMDb for TV) in TV.com and so far I’m not digging the new site. A lot of info got lost in the transition, the shows are harder to link to (http://www.tvtome.com/Farscape/ became http://www.tv.com/farscape/show/1029/summary.html), and there are a LOT more ads.

del.icio.us/tag/jacksonfox

jackson — Sat, 30 Apr 2005 10:48:54 +0000

Well, what do you know, I’m a tag on del.icio.us.

Rosie O’Donnell

jackson — Wed, 27 Apr 2005 10:42:08 +0000

Rosie O’Donnell uses Flickr and she has a weblog. What a crazy world we live in.

uo now dry

jackson — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 15:27:11 +0000

Just heard on BBC Newshour: Residents and Police in Norman, OK report rising problems with off-campus parties due to a new dry campus policy at the University of Oklahoma. I know universities are concerned about drinking, but is pushing it off-campus into the city really the best solution?

iTunes as task timer

jackson — Tue, 07 Dec 2004 20:15:50 +0000

Brilliant idea for the day: Create an iTunes smart playlist. Limit the playlist to 25 minutes (or whatever time limit you have need of). Use whatever matching criteria you like (I chose songs with three or more stars that haven’t played recently). Start the playlist. Start your task. When the music stops, you have to stop your task.

Ugly monkeys selling food!

Thu, 05 Feb 2004 13:46:47 +0000

Head on over to Quiznos’ web site and check out the new commercials starring Joel Veitch’s weird monkeys (of Moon Song fame).

Link Propagation: Pingvin

Thu, 29 Jan 2004 16:54:16 +0000

Try Pingvin, the only game where a Yeti hits a penguin with a baseball bat. My record is 3622.3.

via rebecky

Fly Ted

Tue, 09 Dec 2003 13:25:44 +0000

Looks like United is going for the JetBlue vibe with Fly Ted.

Notas

Mon, 22 Sep 2003 13:51:51 +0000

Are you a cool kid?

jackson — Tue, 26 Nov 2002 16:30:07 +0000

If you were a cool kid you’d ask santa for urban action figures.