Wednesday, May 31, 2006
I've still seen all the commercials!
I'm a perfect example of a guy who loves his PVR. You may know it as the brand name TiVo...
I watch hardly any TV live at the time it was shown. I record almost everything and watch it later.
I do this more than the average person.
The thing is, I've still seen all the commercials. Hardly any are new to me. I can't quite explain why. I fast forward past most of them, but as they wiz by on visual high speed, I don't see any I haven't seen before.
I never minded commercials really. As a person with A.D.D, and a lover of snacks, commercials serve a valuable purpose to break the tension and attention, and allow a mental recap or diversion, and some chocolate or a Pringle.
What I dislike enough to comment, is the repetition, especially when the same ad plays more than once during the same commercial break. Its bad enough when a jingle is replayed at every break. Thats when the finger pushes the FF.
When I do see an ad I haven't, I tend to stop. I watch, and the wiz past the same Swifer ad I'd seen before.
So ads still work. EVen for PVR people like me. I see them, and see them again in double speed.
I buy the product.
I love PVRs, but I still see the commercials.
I watch hardly any TV live at the time it was shown. I record almost everything and watch it later.
I do this more than the average person.
The thing is, I've still seen all the commercials. Hardly any are new to me. I can't quite explain why. I fast forward past most of them, but as they wiz by on visual high speed, I don't see any I haven't seen before.
I never minded commercials really. As a person with A.D.D, and a lover of snacks, commercials serve a valuable purpose to break the tension and attention, and allow a mental recap or diversion, and some chocolate or a Pringle.
What I dislike enough to comment, is the repetition, especially when the same ad plays more than once during the same commercial break. Its bad enough when a jingle is replayed at every break. Thats when the finger pushes the FF.
When I do see an ad I haven't, I tend to stop. I watch, and the wiz past the same Swifer ad I'd seen before.
So ads still work. EVen for PVR people like me. I see them, and see them again in double speed.
I buy the product.
I love PVRs, but I still see the commercials.
Tuesday, May 09, 2006
David Blane told crazy people it's OK to be crazy.
David Blane just told me it wasn't my fault I want to kill myself, and I can't help being a Daredevel.
Persoanly, I'm not - so I ignored his advice, but if I was a member of this "Jackass" culture of fame via stupoidity where a guiy falling off a roof can be the most watched video of the week, outnumbering the most popular daytime TV shows.
More people watch YouTube than The West Wing.
David Blane just told a whole generation of attention craved video editors, that taking crazy risks is cool. Chicks love being barried alive.
This may not have been the words he used, but he did stand there and Evil Kenevil said the words. People like you (meaning Blane) and I can't help it.
Impressionable Youth.
Cool is cool. Bad is bad.
Persoanly, I'm not - so I ignored his advice, but if I was a member of this "Jackass" culture of fame via stupoidity where a guiy falling off a roof can be the most watched video of the week, outnumbering the most popular daytime TV shows.
More people watch YouTube than The West Wing.
David Blane just told a whole generation of attention craved video editors, that taking crazy risks is cool. Chicks love being barried alive.
This may not have been the words he used, but he did stand there and Evil Kenevil said the words. People like you (meaning Blane) and I can't help it.
Impressionable Youth.
Cool is cool. Bad is bad.
