On Thursday, 11 February 2010 we wrote…
Thursday, 11 February 2010
Thirteen Years Without TV
John Graham-Cumming has a blog entitled A year without TV. I know how he feels. I moved to Asia in 1997 so I've had 13 years with close to zero TV. I also don't miss it. The few channels we can get are mostly international news channels (CNN, BBC, CNBC etc.). A constant looping source of fear, uncertainty and doubt (FUD) meant to be watched in 20 minute chunks. TV fast food.
When I initially moved here there wasn't the great variety of video available on the web that there is now. But cheap DVDs have always been here.…
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