I tried watching it for about 5 minutes before I switched off. Now I just goto '61' out of habit before remembering how ugly it is and switching over.
One of the techs, Dan Huard, had an interesting blog entry fter he left on all that went wrong. They had him using employees/friends to make fake calls that were 'interesting' as G4 felt the typical call-ins were too geeky and boring. Somebody over at slashdot pointed out that business wise the purchase was all about G4 getting into more households. They had 6million households or so and TechTV had a lot more (40 million? unsure of the number). The blog entry is gone now though, I guess he got legalized. Incidentally, recent report says they're dropping the TechTV part of the name in mid-Feb and introducing two new shows: "Formula D" and "Girls Gone Wired". The first is apparantly something to do with 'drift racing', which seems to just be racing cars with lots of sideways skids (much like ice rally). The second will probably be as pathetic as it sounds. On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 16:25:50 -0500, RWhite at neffpackaging.com <RWhite at neffpackaging.com> wrote: > Yeah, I actually quit watching too. In fact I downgraded my cable package > so I can't see it any longer. The only kid on there that has any sense is > Kevin Rose. He has had some major tech experience for being a kid! > > Ray White > Neff Packaging Solutions > 1700 Watterson Trail > Louisville, KY 40299 > Tel: 502-491-1820 ext.330 > Fax: 502-491-7701 > www.neffpackaging.com > > > > John Stone > <johnstone at blackbirds.net> To: > macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Sent by: cc: > owner-macgroup at erdos.math.lou Subject: Re: > MacGroup: G4TTV (kind of a rant) was:Inside the Mac Mini > isville.edu > > 01/24/2005 04:17 PM > Please respond to macgroup > > > Brian, > > Right on track, I feel the same way. I'm also not into gaming so most > of the other programs are not of interest to me... Interestingly, All > the folks I work with that are gamers can't stand G4 either, which I > find interesting... > > I tried watching Screen Savers for a while after it switched over and > the program was a shadow of it's former self......Very sad. > > John > > On Jan 24, 2005, at 1:32 PM, Brian O'Neal wrote: > > > I quit watching techtv when G4 bought them out. I turned less and less > > interesting with the 19 year old hosts who weren't that good at > > hosting and were not really that technologically capable. I really > > hate that there was a descent show on that hit the mark on more than > > one level, that was ran into the ground. > > Oh well, maybe its time for me to do my own show. > > > > Brian O'Neal > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jan 24, 2005, at 11:51 AM, RWhite at neffpackaging.com wrote: > > > >> If anyone watches "The Screen Savers" on Tech TV, there is an > >> interesting > >> article on Kevin Rose's site concerning disassembling a Mac Mini and > >> upgrading RAM, etc. > >> Here's the link: > >> > >> http://www.kevinrose.com/ > >> > >> Ray White > >> Neff Packaging Solutions > >> 1700 Watterson Trail > >> Louisville, KY 40299 > >> Tel: 502-491-1820 ext.330 > >> Fax: 502-491-7701 > >> www.neffpackaging.com > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > >> | be January 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > >> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > >> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > >> > > > > > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > > | be January 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > > > > > > > U-2 & SR-71 web page > > http://www.blackbirds.net > > Those who would sacrifice Liberty for Security deserve neither > -Benjamin Franklin > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be January 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
