My streamed weblife for January 24th
Sunday, January 24th, 2010
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Snowy – http://moby.to/qfqm8s [rslaats]
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Archive for January, 2010
My streamed weblife for January 23rd
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010
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When walking to get some groceries I heard a girl in front of a shop say she got wasted last night…and boy did she look like she did.. [rslaats]
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http://tinyurl.com/yfkttez Have to say that the new @livesTRONG Austin office looks like a great place to work…. [rslaats]
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Did I miss a Dutch trend that says you should use your mobile as a sort of ghettoblaster when riding a bike? [rslaats]
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My streamed weblife for January 22nd
Friday, January 22nd, 2010|
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http://tinyurl.com/yguvex2 Wow. A Robot romcom movie by Spike Jonze. #ImHere looks a bit like #500DaysOfSummer imho. [rslaats]
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http://ylliks.com/?p=1133 New blog post: Experimenting: a week of no TV [rslaats]
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Experimenting: a week of no TV
Friday, January 22nd, 2010TV has always been a big part of my live. As a young kid I grew up with shows like The A-Team, Battlestar Gallactica, Knight Rider, Star Trek, Doctor Who and Robotech which we then re-enacted when we played outside. As a teen I started getting more into watching the news, seeing my favorite football club play their euro matches and NBA games. This continued while getting older and while I continue to watch certain programs the hours spend really watching TV went (also due to the rise of ads being shown during movies/series) down. Nowadays my TV provides more of a background noise while I do other stuff. So last week went without TV in an experiment to find out if I could do without it.
The answer to that is yes, but there’s a “but”. This has all to do with the web and what it has to offer. When it comes to news I can switch to Google News or any other news outlet that has an online presence. Even Twitter or blogs can be a great source for that matter. For local news I can go to nu.nl or the online teletext. For Dutch programs I would like to see when I want to (which for me is a big plus) I could go to Uitzending Gemist. Even the commercial networks have sites like these. If the BBC would make their iPlayer internationally available (first “but”) my TV subscription would be more absolute (note: the BBC in my view is the best network in the world).
The biggest “but” (no pun intended) is when it comes to sports. I love watching sports and there aren’t many ways to look at them live on the web with it being cheaper than just having a cable contract (only exception I know of was the NCAA basketball tournament which was broadcast online for free by CBS). Especially when it comes to the big events like the Olympics or World Cup football.
Watching programs on the web without having to have a TV subscription is becoming main stream with sites like Hulu or even YouTube. For me however the web doesn’t provide enough options yet (and it’s entirely possible that I have missed certain ones) for me to stop watching it. One thing is for sure: if I wasn’t a sports fan I would cancel my TV subscription in a minute.
