Joost
One thing most of you don't know is that we don't own a television. I never have, Heather hasn't had one for a very long time, and we've never had one together. We do have three DVD players (one on each computer and a 7" screen player that has a three-hour battery for travel viewing and whatnot), as we like DVDs quite a bit (both movies and television on DVD). But I'm afraid we're behind the times to a degree. The world is watching reality TV, and we're watching the twenty Alfred Hitchcock movies we just bought for $5 or Plan 9 from Outer Space, rented for free through our Discover card points.
In comes Joost. For those of us without TVs, it's particularly awesome. With a little piece of free (attention, Izzy!) software downloaded from their website (apparently later versions won't require the download), you can watch all sorts of television for nothin'. A lot of it consists of reruns, but there's a bunch of current stuff available as well. Almost all of the channels feature shows that have already aired, but they are experimenting with a live channel that has been airing the NCAA Championship tournament. And switching back and forth between games isn't too difficult, either.
I'm currently working on Transformers, Perry Mason, and The Twilight Zone, and I've already watched all the G.I. Joe episodes. Also, if you're a follower of RSS feeds, there's a feed for every show, as Joost is continually adding new episodes to their collection.
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That site looks pretty sweet. Too bad they don't have a version for Linux, otherwise I might be inclined to sit around and watch it all day.
That post is hilarious. Except, every single white person I know has one. Everyone I know period has one. Have you ever known someone who didn't own one, let alone somebody who feels good about it? We feel kinda weird, truthfully.
I love that site, actually. It makes me laugh at my own honkidom more often than not.
I've had the same TV since I was 14. First TV I owned. It's got a 13" screen, which is actually smaller than my computer monitor, and a single speaker. I use it for video games almost exclusively.
I don't care what anyone says. Any bigger than 13" is just too big for video games. And any smaller is too small. It's just weird playing them on anything else (other than a computer).
So goes the world.
And that link to the White people blog was pretty humorous. A bit over generalized, but humorous none the less.
I grew up on television, and in my home, it was on all the time from the time I got home from school. We listen to a lot of radio, and I find it a lot easier to get things done and listen to something than to watch something. If I watch, say a hockey game, I can barely get my eyes off the thing long enough to do anything else.
I've also found that the Internet has provided me with that feeling of connection with the world or whatever it is we feel like we're "missing". Throughout the day, I follow over 300 RSS feeds, so I knew Skybus (the only airline the Gary, Indiana, airport featured) had gone bankrupt before it was ever on the evening news. Does that matter? No. But it somehow makes us feel good, I guess.