As I blow dust off the blog, and clear out the cobwebs, I must apologize — it has been way too long since I posted anything.
Rather than nothing going on, I’ve had the opposite problem. ScribeFire (Firefox extension for blog posting) has 10+ draft posts waiting to be finished. There have been many tech meet-ups, [...]
I haven’t blogged recently on my cable-free lifestyle, but I have checked out a lot. I’ll try to do a quick run-down of what’s good, what’s OK, and what’s left for me to try.
Joost
The Good: According to their site, they offer up “more than 20,000 shows, with more added daily.” Joost has something for everyone.
The [...]
It’s day 4 without cable, and honestly, without even turning my TV on once.
Before I dig into Netflix — which is really not a replacement for TV like everything else, but still an avenue I wanted to explore (afterall, they do have The Office and Sleeper Cell available for streaming, though they’re on DVD now) [...]
Something interesting I hadn’t realized before starting this experiment: getting rid of TV means altering my daily habits. It’s so ingrained in me to come home, turn on my computer, and turn on the TV (as background noise).
I guess, technically I could still do that, but instead put on a DVD. I feel like watching [...]
I’m fed up. Fed up with the cable companies and with the fact that I only watch 5 channels but have to pay for 70. I’ve been talking about canceling my cable TV for awhile — today, I finally did it.
Of course, Time Warner didn’t make it easy (it took half an hour on the [...]
