In the 1990's, breaking the 640 KB memory limit of DOS was a big deal. Now, with single hard drives reaching capacities of 1 TB (1,000 GB), it is very easy to create a RAID array larger than 2 TB, but your operating system may not be able to handle it. But if you [...]
Continue reading »Television Shows – Fall 2007 Up-Fronts Impressions
It's hard to say which new Fall 2007 shows will be worth watching based on the brief descriptions that are given. That's why I set my TiVo to record new episodes of shows containing the keyword "Pilot" and give many of them a chance. However, I probably will manually record a few shows to make [...]
Continue reading »Television Show Renewals for Fall 2007
There are always some great "bubble" shows that may or may not get renewed because they just don't have quite enough viewers. Here are my favorites that did make the cut:
How I Met Your Mother: I find this show more enjoyable than any other comedy on television. Watch The Office just plain makes me [...]
Television Show Cancellations – May 2007
The Class: This show was not very funny; I stopped watching after the pilot. But somehow my wife and I watched a few episodes later in the season. They had re-tooled the cast and the story, and it worked beautifully. The show became an evolved version of Friends. But the first half of the season [...]
Continue reading »Television Series Finales – May 2007
Gilmore Girls: My wife and I first started watching this show when we were dating and she received only one channel at her house: The WB. I can't believe we've been watching it for the 7 years. It interesting looking back over the years and how the characters have grown-up. It's always sad to see [...]
Continue reading »Television Season Finales – Spring 2007
My thoughts on the Season Finales, where the season actually has a satisfying story arc:
CSI: In response to ABC moving Grey's Anatomy to the same timeslot, CSI upped the ante by introducing a season-long mystery: the Miniature Serial Killer. It worked. It improved on an already great show. It fascinating how the inability to catch [...]
My Favorite Part of The TV Season: Finales, Fall Schedules, and Cancellations
My favorite portion of the TV season is mid-May. The sweeps period is ending. There are multiple new episodes of (pretty much) every show. There are Season Finales that wrap-up the season and make you look forward to next September. There are Series Finales that let you say "good bye" to your favorite shows. There [...]
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