Thought I’d kick off this post by sharing a more travel-related Amazing Race blog – The Pratical Nomad. Edward always has an interesting take on improving travel – or what the Amazing Race should have done. He goes in-depth. Ok, onto to this week’s installment. On one of our first cross-country road trips, Jen and […]
Category: Television
Amazing Race 8 – Episode 7
Looks like the Detour is painting wheels or hauling bamboo (needless to say, I’m not paying as close attention as other weeks). Loading bamboo seems much less tedious than painting wooden wheels. We’ve watched enough Amazing Race to know the game is won and lost at the airport – finding the right seat on the […]
Amazing Race 8 – Episode 6
We’re just past the first commercial break and nothing interesting to report, other than the bickering irritation of road-weary families. Blah. Wait, they’re visiting Costa Rica’s Doka Estate Coffee Plantation. Totally makes up for it. Roadblock: Find the red coffee bean Jen: “Digging through 800lbs of green coffee beans, that’s all you babe.” Detour: Relic […]
No, Not Schaumberg
On tonight’s SNL Weekend Update, Tina and Amy were trying to prove their Chicago cred with someone from the Sox (this is me, not a sports fan). He was kind enough to donate the World Series win to all Chicagoans. Southside, Northside, Skokie, Evanston, Wilmette, but not Schaumburg. Ha. (For the Minnesota readers unfamiliar with […]
Add Cable Public Access to the Endangered Species List
The MACTA talk was interesting. I sat next to tech lawyer, Brian Grogan. He explained the regulatory difference between cable companies and phone companies in this age where everyone is offering video over IP. I believe the difference came down to whether the video was offered exclusively on the proprietary network or available on the […]
Garrick Talking to MACTA About Podcasting
Oh, sorry I forgot to tell you, in just about 9 hours I’ll be speaking on a panel at the Minnesota Association of Community Telecommunications Administrators‘ annual conference. General Session – IP Enabled Services “The internet has catapulted a plethora of innovations in communications. It will continue to be an exciting ride both in technology […]
Amazing Race 8 – Episode 5
“I’m so excited we’re getting out of the country.” Yeah, me too. What fun is the Amazing Race if you’re only touring the east coast (midwest *cough* midwest). Then again, the Amazing Race producers have double the people this season – so much higher airfare costs. But here’s the real reason families haven’t left the […]
Amazing Race 8 – Episode 4
The 7-person PartyBike has got to be the dorkiest thing in the world…it’d be perfect on ElimiDate. But in the real world? Dorky. Between the log sawing and blackjack – what would I do? Log sawing. Cards and me just don’t get along. The closest I normally get to a poker hand is Wil Wheaton’s […]
Why Bother Blogging TV?
I just read the Entertainment Weekly for Oct 21, 2005. They nailed both why I stopped watching Boston Legal and why 2-people teams in The Amazing Race was better. That, and the Stupid Questions were actually stupid this week.
Broadcasting From 20 Years Ago
Anyone else catch WCCO 10pm Weather on Friday night? Mike wore a boring brown suit, held a big fat wired microphone in one hand, and a big fat wired graphics remote in the other. It’s like he was doing the weather from 1985. Bizarre. Over at KSTP, everything was discrete and wireless. Phew. I wasn’t […]