Philosophy
Could you live without television?
Yes...3
No...2
Distancing oneself from television is not easy...it can be addictive by offering something we enjoy--the pleasure principle being active. But, in time, one can survive without television. It can be replaced by human contact, books, discovering community venues...and the Internet.
:)
- The Future Of Tv News
The last couple of weeks have seen a pair of contrasting retirement announcements in the TV news world. On the one hand, there was Katie Couric, a journalistic lightweight who tried to seem more serious with pre-prepared gotcha questions. On the other...
- Foresight And The "electronicam"
Television network DuMont's Electronicam, used on the The Honeymooners and Captain Video, was a revolution in film recording. Wikipedia... Electronicam was a television recording system that shot an image on film and television at the same time...
- Rod Serling
"It is difficult to produce a television documentary that is both incisive and probing when every twelve minutes one is interrupted by twelve dancing rabbits singing about toilet paper." Writer's Almanac... Today is "the birthday of Rod Serling, born...
- Television Reruns Are Theraputic?
The Honeymooners "The Space Man" "Favorite TV reruns may have restorative powers: researcher" September 6th, 2012 Psychology & Psychiatry We hear all the time that we need to get off the couch, stop watching TV and get moving. But what if watching...
- The Digital Mess
"And the murderer is..."--NO SIGNAL! It has been over a year since the nation's television broadcast stations were mandated to make all television analog signals digital. We were promised a clearer picture and more channels. Ya right. The analog...
Philosophy
"Could you live without television?" poll
Could you live without television?
Yes...3
No...2
Distancing oneself from television is not easy...it can be addictive by offering something we enjoy--the pleasure principle being active. But, in time, one can survive without television. It can be replaced by human contact, books, discovering community venues...and the Internet.
:)
- The Future Of Tv News
The last couple of weeks have seen a pair of contrasting retirement announcements in the TV news world. On the one hand, there was Katie Couric, a journalistic lightweight who tried to seem more serious with pre-prepared gotcha questions. On the other...
- Foresight And The "electronicam"
Television network DuMont's Electronicam, used on the The Honeymooners and Captain Video, was a revolution in film recording. Wikipedia... Electronicam was a television recording system that shot an image on film and television at the same time...
- Rod Serling
"It is difficult to produce a television documentary that is both incisive and probing when every twelve minutes one is interrupted by twelve dancing rabbits singing about toilet paper." Writer's Almanac... Today is "the birthday of Rod Serling, born...
- Television Reruns Are Theraputic?
The Honeymooners "The Space Man" "Favorite TV reruns may have restorative powers: researcher" September 6th, 2012 Psychology & Psychiatry We hear all the time that we need to get off the couch, stop watching TV and get moving. But what if watching...
- The Digital Mess
"And the murderer is..."--NO SIGNAL! It has been over a year since the nation's television broadcast stations were mandated to make all television analog signals digital. We were promised a clearer picture and more channels. Ya right. The analog...