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Foo Fighters + Portland = 90’s 4ever

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@tlclegg @altonbrown thanks for the tip

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The Joys of Channel Surfing, How Hulu Ruined it, and How it all Relates to Design

We dropped cable/satellite in Fall ‘09. It wasn’t that we were anti-cable or anything, it was just that $108 a month was pretty pricey…especially for a PhD student who really only watches what’s on network TV. After multiple attempts at a home-built DVR, my wife and I bought a TiVo and learned the joys of over-the-air (OTA) broadcasts. What we lost in content, we made up in cost savings. The TiVo allowed us to cut the cord (the cable cord at least) and not move away from the UI that most modern tv systems have: guide, information, and the ability to pause a show.