Tag Archives: television

Season Finales

NOTE: The following may contain spoilage. Lost: A weak closer, which provided absolutely zero payoff. The only reveal was the bit about Walt (which was pretty obvious, all things considered), leaving the show to limp toward season’s end. Sadly, none … Continue reading

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Battlestar Galactica Commentary Podcast

Spotted this on Boing Boing… absolute genius. The show’s executive producer is generating an MP3 commentary for each episode, and SciFi is distributing a podcast feed for him. Every week, your podcast aggregator downloads the new episode’s commentary, and you … Continue reading

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Point Pleasant: Best of Show

Derek Powazek on Point Pleasant: In fact, everyone in town seems to be so selfish and pointless, the only person I find myself rooting for is Lucas Boyd, who is, by all appearances, the villain. That pretty much sums it … Continue reading

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Stuff I’m Watching: Amazing Race 6, Battlestar Galactica, etc.

Possible spoilage ahead for those who are behind on their TiVos. Fair warning. A pattern is developing around me and The Amazing Race. I keep picking second-place finishers. In almost every case, I’ve ended up rooting for the team that … Continue reading

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More TiVo Bashing

What kind of innovation is Gizmodo looking for, and why aren’t they asking it of other participants in the PVR space? There is not a single PVR, from any manufacturer, that records television programming with the reliability and predictability of … Continue reading

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TiVoToGo

My one sentence take on TiVo’s new baby? Pretty damned good. Read on for the details. Impressions My Setup – TiVo Series 2 w/Linksys WiFi adapter, 2.5GHz/1GB Windows XP box with way too much crap running on it, Linksys wired/wireless … Continue reading

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Stuff I’m Watching: Enterprise, Veronica Mars, Amazing Race 6

Enterprise – Spent Saturday morning sweeping the backlog off of TiVo, about six episodes. I thought the Spiner’s spin as Dr. Soong was solid, and feel like the season has progressed decently. With that said, it does feel like a … Continue reading

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TV Thoughts Roundup

Amazing Race 5 : I’m content with how it ended, which is pretty much a first for this show. The person I’m rooting for never wins. Now, on the subject of the infamous Colin… I hated him as much as … Continue reading

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Big Brother 5/Amazing Race 5

The shows have barely begun, but I know a few things already: The BB cast doesn’t seem nearly as interesting as the ones they’ve assembled over the last few seasons. I suspect the “DNA” gimmick is to blame… it placed … Continue reading

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Kottke’s Suggestions for TiVo

A few comments on Jason’s recent post: First off, TiVo still does not allow you to view or modify your To-Do list over the Web. Definite agreement there. Remote control of the To-Do List should be a major priority within … Continue reading

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