Peter's Place

Rant: Cable TV Corporate Crap

pnaw10 — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 09:11:57 +0000

Here we go again — a content provider is threatening to pull its channels off Time Warner Cable systems nationwide at midnight tonight, unless the cable giant agrees to pay higher subscriber fees. Of course, these fee increases will likely be passed along to you and me. I’m assuming you read the article that I [...]

Rant: TV/Radio “School” Closing Lists

pnaw10 — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:13:56 +0000

It’s that time of year again… I work in the news media and when the weather’s really bad, our phones are flooded with schools callling in delays, cancellations and early dismissals. That’s all fine and dandy, but every year, I really get fed up with many of the “non-school organizations” that want their closings on [...]

Rave: Perfect Bid on TPIR

pnaw10 — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 04:43:54 +0000

Kudos to this guy (see video below) for making a PERFECT showcase bid on today’s episode of “The Price is Right.” However, a rant for host Drew Carey, who held a poker face through it all. Even the low-key Ben Stein would have had a better reaction. Former TPIR host Bob Barker would have made [...]

Rave: “Customers Suck” Forum

pnaw10 — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:59:31 +0000

While checking “referrers” to one of my websites, I followed a link to a link to a link, and wound up finding a LiveJournal forum called “Customers Suck.” I highly recommend it. It’s a place where employees rant about customers who treat them unreasonably, have selective sight/hearing, get into temper tantrums over not being allowed [...]

Crazy for Black Friday Deals

pnaw10 — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 07:11:52 +0000

Check out this picture — look at all that traffic! Is it a bad accident? Nope. It’s throngs and throngs of drivers, likely from New York City and northern New Jersey… heading to the Woodbury Common Premium Outlets shopping center. At 1:30am, they’re all flocking to the outlets to cash in on some of the big [...]

Review: Mega Man 9 (Wii)

pnaw10 — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:56:39 +0000

For folks like me, the idea of a new “classic” Mega Man game is an eyebrow-raiser. I think any kid who grew up in the 80s played one of the Mega Man games on the NES at one point or another, whether you actually owned the game(s), borrowed them from friends or rented them at [...]

Is TV Fading Away?

pnaw10 — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:41:23 +0000

I’m not talking about the analog-to-digital switch coming next February. I’m talking about some radical changes being considered by the major TV networks, thanks to the ongoing economic crisis. Broadcasting relies heavily on advertising. And anyone who has ever watched TV knows a lot of that advertising comes from automakers and local car dealers. The auto [...]

MadTV Cancelled - I Told Ya So!

pnaw10 — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:21:13 +0000

As predicted right here on this very website in February, Fox has cancelled MadTV. The show’s co-creator is hoping to keep it alive on cable TV, even if it has to get by on a smaller budget. While some might argue Comedy Central would be a no-brainer for this, I don’t think they’d risk putting up [...]

Ban Campaign Donations

pnaw10 — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 08:30:18 +0000

About a week or two ago, I heard a local political ad on the radio. One candidate was bashing an opponent for accepting campaign donations from “questionable” sources. I don’t remember who the candidates are, but that’s irrelevant. This kind of a situation just shouldn’t be happening to begin with. One of the biggest problems with [...]

Child Abandonment Gets Out of Hand

pnaw10 — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 07:48:21 +0000

This one is amazing… I couldn’t believe it when it came down the AP news wire at work yesterday. Some guy in Nebraska abandoned 9 of his own children… ranging in ages from 1 to 17. Just dropped them off at the hospital, like unwanted puppies at the pound. And the absurd part — it [...]