What's Noo?
A blog for noobies by Patric Welch, techie and all around fun guy.
Something funny has happened to me. I've slowed down on the number of Netflix DVDs I watch each week. In fact, I've had the same two Netflix DVDs sitting near my television for three weeks now. No, it's not because I don't want or have the time to watch them. Nor is it because I've grown bored with Netflix. And it certainly isn't because I enjoy paying $14 per month to let DVDs collect dust near my television. Fewer DVDs, more content The real reason is because I watch almost all of my Netflix movies on-demand on my TiVO HD… Continue reading...
Last week I wrote a blog post asking readers if the busy signal has become obsolete. I received a lot of great comments to that blog post including one from Michelle Hartz of Bloomington, Indiana, who sent me a link to an article on the Internet that took my blog post a step further by mentioning 10 things your great grandchildren won't remember. I'm not going to include a link to the original article because the web site containing the article is NSFW (click that link if you don't know this means). In order for me to still give proper… Continue reading...
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A good friend of mine, Jason Bean, recently wrote a blog post titled Straight No Chaser Delivers the "Holiday Spirits" which caught my attention. Straight No Chaser is a local [Indianapolis] 10-man vocal group that got its big break when the Chairman/CEO of Atlantic records just happened upon on of their videos on YouTube. Jason included a link to Straight No Chaser's web site which I visited and instantly fell in love with their music. If you haven't heard this group before, do yourself a favor, go to their web site and listen now. Despite Jason's offer to randomly giveaway… Continue reading...
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I have been patiently waiting for Netflix and TiVo to form some kind of partnership where I can download or stream Netflix's huge library of Play Now movies straight to my TiVo. Soon, the wait will be over. Netflix on Tivo will be a reality in December. As some of you may know, I am already a big fan of TiVo's integrated Video on Demand service from Amazon.com. But most of what I watch on my TiVo using Amazon's Video on Demand service I have to pay for separately. My hope is that with my existing Netflix membership that already… Continue reading...
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In my last Mr. Noobie podcast, I talked about how I think that households recording their own television shows will soon be a thing of the past. I went to say how recording television programs will be replaced by on-demand downloads over the Internet. If you don't believe me that this trend is already happening, listen to what happened to me last week. I was watching a recorded show on my TiVo and saw an advertisement for the season premier of 'Til Death, a show I like to watch. I immediately knew I was in trouble since the ad mentioned… Continue reading...
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