TV Turn-Off Week: Rising to the Challenge
Posted by Skrud at Tuesday, April 25th 2006 at 10:34am
It’s official TV Turn-Off Week. The challenge is to unplug your cable for an entire week, and try to live without TV. The timing couldn’t be better: it’s exam period, after all.
Kathy Sierra, highlight of my morning syndicated feeds, invites her readers to rise up to the challenge.
So, is there anyone here who isn’t already diligent with their Tivo, who is willing to disable the TV tuner (unplug cable/antennas, etc.) for a week and watch DVDs or shows on the computer? (Under the assumption that for most, viewing habits change dramatically when you shift from having television available 24-7 vs. watching specific shows–as mindful choices–on a computer.)
I think the point is to quit being a slave to the television: turning it on for the sake of having it on, as oppose for the explicit purpose of watching a specific show. There’s a key difference in watching something because you’ve conciously made a decision to do so. So I’m going to give this a shot. As long as I have Diggnation, I think I’ll be fine.
Officially, TV Turn-Off Week started yesterday, so I’m going to make up for the day missed by going up to and including next Monday.
