I like media, entertainment, and especially information. I like the web, and I like television. But I really like TV when it's somehow odd, weird, or edgy.
When I turn on the TV, DirecTV offers me hundreds of program choices. As I look at the listings I'm intrigued by the potential for strangeness, badness, and camp, but I never make the time to actually watch. So I had a really stupid idea: plant myself in front of the TV for awhile. Switch channels frequently and randomly, often enough that I would never see a complete show, because that wouldn't be strange enough. Write about it as my mind drips away.
So, in about two weeks Mark "the Red" and I will execute 24 Hours of TV (24HTV). And even though watching TV is a passive experience, 24HTV is not. We'll be live-blogging and chatting. And we're happy to have you play along, by reading the blogs, chatting, or performing your own simultaneous 24HTV.
Here's how it's going to work:
1. 24 Hours of TV (24HTV) runs from noon to noon PST, Sat., 25 Feb 2006 to Sun., 26 Feb 2006. We must be in the room with the TV for at least 55 minutes of every hour.
2. We will change the channel every 15 minutes, on the quarter hour. This is designed to enhance weirdness and to prevent viewing complete programs.
3. To determine the new channel, we'll use any means to select a new channel number. Acceptable means include 10-sided dice, playing cards, software, and currency serial numbers. For example, because we'll be watching DirecTV (3-digit channel numbers), we'll pick three playing cards. Aces are one, 10s and face cards are zero. We'll broadcast our channel changes, along with other chatter, in AIM chatroom TV24HR; you can follow our changes, or pick your own.
4. If the newly selected channel is not actually broadcasting, we'll "round up" to the next higher channel, repeating until we find a broadcast.
5. A key principle of 24HTV is that we never get to choose what we're watching. If we don't like a show, we're stuck with it for 15 minutes. If we like what we're watching, you have to leave it behind anyway. And no fair using technology to help: no DVR features (pause/rewind), no DVDs, no Internet, no videogames, no VCRs. We're keepin' it real.
So, we're on for Feb. 25th. That should give us plenty of time to stock up on caffeine and Chee-tos.
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special k,
as for #3, we've talked about this before, but you were in some sort of a pancake coma ...
don't "round up" to the next channel on a blank, it gives too much mathematical weight to channels abutting blanks. just redraw for it. it's not that hard, it also plays to my applied math degree (which i can, then, tell my mom i actually use).
addendum:
okay, as you know, i only watch t.v. when i travel (i consider it to be part of the travel experience), and never on even as much as a monthly basis.
however, my understanding is that short track speed skating may be on at the olympics during this period of time ... if it is, i *need* to watch it -- i'm a big short track (way before goofy mr. ono and his soul patch) and i normally would watch it on t.v. (it very likely would be the only t.v. i watched this year) and for damn sure, i'm not going to sit next to you for 24 hours listening to you either:
snore
eat
tell mac stories for the 400th time
without seeing my short track.
we can do picture-in-picture if you want, bring in another t.v., or i'll just clear out to somewhere sane while it's on, then come back.
we should declare an official snack food for 24 hours of t.v. something you like but normally don't eat ... like pringles or something.
pax,
b1
Posted by: b1-66er | Sunday, February 12, 2006 at 05:39 PM
Re: rounding up vs. redrawing. The problem I have with redrawing is the potential for repeated redraws if you hit many dead channel draws in a row, which is very possible with DirecTV. And lacking a math degree, I'm less concerned with the mathematical integrity of this exercise. I suggest this compromise: if you get a dead channel, redraw. But if you draw three consecutive dead channels, then you round up.
Re: your strange attraction to short track skating. No problem. You are welcome to use the other TV, which likely will be tuned to the Olympics anyway, because Barbara likes that stuff too.
Re: snack food. Only one? ;-) Chee-tos fits your description. Also Totino's Pizza Rolls. Whoever wants to buy me off. Maybe we can get an OPH delivery once they open on Sun. AM.
Re: snoring. Yeah, I'll sleep, no doubt. I'll have a little timer to wake me up for channel switches during the roughest times.
Posted by: Scott | Sunday, February 12, 2006 at 06:00 PM
okay, we've got a deal ... let's make it 2 re-draws for round-up.
pizza rolls are so CLEARLY the way to go. too bad we're not driving somewhere or i'd cook 'em or we could cook 'em on the exhaust manifold.
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