I’m a fan of the old TV show Seinfeld. For you kids who weren’t watching NBC sitcoms in the ’90s, Seinfeld was the biggest show on television at that time. Anyway, there’s an episode where Jerry, the lead character, explains to a woman that he and his ex-fiancée broke up mutually (“It was the world’s…
I’ve talked a lot about television on this site, and for good reason: my first foray into building my own DVR/media server a few years ago is where I created the term “practical nerd” (hey! that’s the name of the site!). But I also do it because I realized I was in a scary cycle…
Hi everybody! I am officially back from my honeymoon and wanted to send out a special Saturday afternoon post to you fine people, just to get back into the swing of things. When I first saw the advertisements for Boardwalk Empire, I got a little excited. This show had some very intriguing elements to it….
It’s amazing to me sometimes how crippling fear of change can be. You start at an early age: when you do something different from the other kids, they make fun of you (well, they did to me, at least). If all the kids get average grades and you get better grades, they target you. If…
You just got home from a long day at work, and you feel fried. Your brain is running on fumes, and your body just wants to collapse on the couch. You want mindless entertainment, and fortunately, you’ve got hundreds of channels to choose from. You sit down, and from about 6:00pm until 11:00pm, the TV…
