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Online TV-watching Trends

There are a number of ways one can watch TV shows online, whether they are 2007's season of 24, yesterday's missed episode of Fastforward, or old Adam-12 episodes from 1960s... One could go to various pirate sites like Surfthechannel, which provides various links to TV shows, movies, music, and games that are, um, free one way or the other... Or one could go to a site like Megavideo, where for a nominal monthly fee one can access TV shows dating…
November 14, 2009
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Get in the Flo

Qualcomm's FLO TV mobile television service has, till now, been sold as an add-on directly through carriers. Branching out, it is now being offered through a stand-alone mobile device available at a variety of consumer-electronics stores including Best Buy, Radio Shack and Amazon. The 3-inch by 4-inch FLO TV Personal Television device weighs just 5 oz., retails for $250 and delivers 10 to 15 sports and news and general entertainment channels from cable and broadcast networks, including Comedy Central, MSNBC,…
November 13, 2009
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Veterans Day History

The Military is certainly at the forefront of our thoughts these days with wars on two fronts and the tragic news from Fort Hood.  I would hope all would take a moment today to pause and recognize the service and sacrifice of our Veterans and take a moment of thought or prayer for those still serving.  We are all fortunate and blessed to live in this country. On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of…
November 11, 2009
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Shape of a Box: The First YouTube Zine

Ever pushing the visual boundaries, YouTube is now hosting their first online literary journal, dubbed Shape of a Box. The journal offers a variety of the written word in aural form -- an essay using Movie Maker software, poetry about Jodie Foster, to someone adding music to William Blake's classic "Tyger, Tyger." Basically, the forum takes the sort of videos people normally upload onto YouTube and collects them in an anthology form.  The question is: why didn't someone think of…
November 1, 2009