The end of tv / tivo

It’s been a great 3 years with TIVO. Easily one of the best media consumption services ever. They couldn’t make enough inroads in Canada/HD/Online services for us — plus our lack of watching “traditional TV”. I even tweeted them a couple times pleading !! http://twitter.com/stevey/status/20346197703 We’ve now cancelled our Videotron Illico TV service and will… Continue reading The end of tv / tivo

TIVO Glo

Presenting the newest member of our TIVO family – a TIVO Glo Premium remote. Due to the fact the TIVO Hardware isn’t available in or to ship to Canada; I had to purchase this off EBAY. It’s a ‘preemptive purchase’ of sorts for the day that we sadly drop/break our TIVO remote which seems to… Continue reading TIVO Glo

The Present

Transfering surf flicks to the TIVO Finally found some time to watch a new surf flick — “The Present” by Thomas Campbell. Wonderful movie with great filming, music, actually funny skits and interesting pieces. I’d been looking forward to this one for more than a year. The filming was even better than I expected; and… Continue reading The Present

Ghostbusters

Feeling a bit under the weather (somehow I only get a cold at Christmas), TIVO caught Ghostbusters on one of our ‘movie wish-lists’, that brightened up my day. Stands up to the test of time for a 24 year old movie. Watch it again if you get the chance. Ghostbusters (1984): [rating:90/100]

NOVA tackles ID

Watched a great TIVO’ed episode of NOVA last night that centered around the debacle of teaching ‘intelligent design (ID)’ (creationism) as science. It’s available online in 12 parts online. It contains some ‘re-enactment’ of the landmark court case, and has some great clips from the judge that presided over the case. Worth checking out