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To call me gadget obsessed might take reality a tad too far, but not much.\u00a0 I saved up some money and bought a TIVO.\u00a0 It took me this afternoon to get it set up and working, putting the cables in the right places, getting the codes right, creating a few channels on Pandora, wondering at the limited Netflix options when the full menu is available on my new Play Station 3, (OK, maybe it’s not quite far enough.) and deciding whether or not to ditch the cable tv subscription from Comcast, my least favorite company of the week.<\/p>\n
In spite of myself it looks like keeping the cable subscription is still the best way to get the most out of the TV.\u00a0 I’m gonna keep checking though since new ways to watch movies and broadcast shows keep popping up.\u00a0 Most of what’s on tv is low culture, but often compelling anyhow and even the stuff I like that’s not compelling entertains me. With streaming movies the content available at home on demand has increased a hundred fold.<\/p>\n
As a general rule, I don’t watch tv to get educated and I’m rarely disappointed.<\/p>\n
Even with the increased quality and options though, nothing on the tube–that phrase dates me like saying icebox–compares to the live music, open studios and visiting with friends at Art Attack last night.\u00a0 Remember Alvin Toffler?\u00a0 The futurist from a long time ago.\u00a0 He talked about high tech, high touch and I’ve found him right on that score.\u00a0 I use the internet, the facility of cable tv combined with the internet and software like WordPress and Microsoft Word to make me much more productive in the work I choose to do, but going in to the MIA and seeing my docent friends or over to Paul’s house for a Woolly meeting, a Sierra Club meeting on Franklin Avenue are equally important to me.\u00a0 Without them I would be a hermit.<\/p>\n
A lot in the hermit’s solitude appeals to me, so I’m happy Kate and I have created a place here where we can be alone and creative, just the two of us, but I need face to face time with others, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Samhain\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 New (Thanksgiving) Moon To call me gadget obsessed might take reality a tad too far, but not much.\u00a0 I saved up some money and bought a TIVO.\u00a0 It took me this afternoon to get it set up and working, putting the cables in the right places, getting the codes right, creating a few channels … Continue reading Gadget Obsessed? Moi?<\/span>