Arts & Entertainment
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If you like TV theme songs…
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you: The most important and awesome site in the history of the internet. (Via Kottke) UPDATE: More!
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Idea factory: Share your TiVo programming hints with other friends
Looking for a pretty easy and usable web project? How about using the TiVo website (where owners can view and schedule TiVo recordings online) and combining it with some kind of easily hackable online TV listings site (neither Yahoo!’s nor TVGuide.com’s had any kind of feed/API that I could find). The result would be a…
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Network Landscape, version 3
Over last weekend, I spent a good amount of time updating Network Landscape, the TV/DVD/movies weblog I publish. Besides a fresh design, the site got a new RSS feed, enhanced “quick news” section, leaner code, an update to its underlying blog software, and some other tweaks. Over the next few weeks, the site will be…
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Win ‘Undeclared’ on DVD!
Want to win a copy of Undeclared on DVD? Check out my other blog, Network Landscape.
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Random thoughts on HBO
The second season of HBO’s Entourage has been can’t-miss. The show has really evolved and come into its own as one of the best programs on TV right now. It’s following a trend of shows that appear to be one thing on the surface- in this case, a dumb buddy show- but are actually something…
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Speaking well (and not so well) of TV Guide
Excellent article in Slate today by Bryan Curtis (why does that name sound so familar?) about the rise and fall of TV Guide, one of my favorite magazines from my geeky entertainment-obsessed pre-driving period (age 11-16ish?). Side note: I’ll have to check the Archive on this later, but I have a feeling that Slate’s basic…
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Recommendation
I’ve only watched 3 episodes so far, but they’ve all been really, really great: it’s Scrubs Season 1 on DVD, and I highly recommend it.
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New website watch
An awesome new website for KUTV Channel 2 in SLC.
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Brilliant TV ad
I’m blown away: this is the best tv ad I’ve seen in quite some time. And guess what? It’s not even a “real” ad- yet.