The value of my satellite based television source is rapidly declining.
House, which I don’t even watch anymore, is fully available on Hulu, which can be enjoyed in comfort in the study. Heroes, which I watch but do not enjoy, is available via Netflix, either on the computer or downstairs on the Big Screen.
Chuck, which I genuinely enjoy, is viewable on Hulu.
That traditional conduit for programming is losing its hold on this household. The television goes unused for days at a time, firing up only to deliver the occasional movie. It really is no surprise, then, that Isaac continues to call the TV ‘computer’. He just doesn’t know the difference.
We will be leaving the satellite hooked up for now.
I would hate to miss an episode of Lost.
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Those two boys sit in a single office chair, the bigger on the right for better mouse access. He clicks, the other points.
“That one?” Gabe intones it as a question, meaning it as a command.
They started with Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.
When that video finished some recommendations appeared. YouTube comes up with similar videos that just might be deemed worthy. They choose one and continue on.
The chain continues like this for a while. Slowly quality degrades. A small child recites the alphabet, someone ends the alphabet with zed (hilarious). Various languages are heard.
Then something wonderful happens.
They stumble upon a YouTube link trap. A subject appears which somehow only has related links to other, very similar items. They all appear to be from the same album, and they all are of a reasonably high quality.
Isaac discovered They Might Be Giants. Better still, he discovers a cache of science themed songs.
Our YouTube travels now have a new starting point.
