Hope you get well soon. I’ve had a case of the dreaded lurgi as well – this is a local euphemism for pretty much the same thing as ‘ConCrud’, used in a particular circle here which has fans of the British 1950s radio show The Goons.
Brownian: Okay, since Netflix customizes what it shows you pretty heavily on the PS3 interface (where I do most of my viewing), it’s far more likely that I just never saw KitH in the list of available comedies until now when it bubbled up to visible. Looking on the actual website interface, it’s showing me a lot of stuff that I just never saw on the PS3 and will probably have to use their clunky search interface to find.
So, between not being able to actually choose a genre and browse through *all* the available options, not having the ability to queue titles that I’m interested in, and being absolutely inundated with their anime offerings, the PS3 interface is crap comparitively. Oh, but they added the “feature” of auto-playing the next episode now, a feature I never wanted. And the “feature” of trying to turn off the PS3 for inactivity after 60 mins of viewing, so that I have to pause and restart any movie I try to watch.
Yeah. I’m bitter about this PS3 interface now. There might be a post in this in fact.
Stephanie Zvan is an analyst by trade, but she's paid not to talk about it. She also writes science fiction and fantasy, so she knows firsthand that the impact of a story is usually unrelated to its truth. As though that weren't enough to keep her busy, Stephanie is also one of the hosts for Atheists Talk, a radio show and podcast produced by the Minnesota Atheists. She speaks on science and skepticism in a number of venues, including science fiction and fantasy conventions.
Stephanie has been called a science blogger and a sex blogger, but if it means she has to choose just one thing to be or blog about, she's decided she's never going to grow up. In addition to science and sex and the science of sex, you'll find quite a bit of politics here, some economics, a regular short fiction feature, and the occasional bit of concentrated weird.
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Anna
July 19, 2012 at 7:47 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I miss Kids in the Hall, I still think its the best product my country ever exported.
Jason Thibeault
July 19, 2012 at 9:24 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
It just hit Netflix.ca a few weeks ago. All 110 episodes.
Brownian
July 19, 2012 at 11:53 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Weird. KITH has been on our Netflix since winter, at least.
Wait…something’s not right. How can Alberta have more culture than where you live, Jason?
[Looks around for Rod Serling.]
Xanthë
July 20, 2012 at 1:06 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Hope you get well soon. I’ve had a case of the dreaded lurgi as well – this is a local euphemism for pretty much the same thing as ‘ConCrud’, used in a particular circle here which has fans of the British 1950s radio show The Goons.
Setár, self-appointed Elf-Sheriff of the FreethoughtBlogs Star Chamber
July 20, 2012 at 3:50 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I’m crushing your head! -pinches fingers together- =D
Jason Thibeault
July 20, 2012 at 10:49 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Brownian: Okay, since Netflix customizes what it shows you pretty heavily on the PS3 interface (where I do most of my viewing), it’s far more likely that I just never saw KitH in the list of available comedies until now when it bubbled up to visible. Looking on the actual website interface, it’s showing me a lot of stuff that I just never saw on the PS3 and will probably have to use their clunky search interface to find.
So, between not being able to actually choose a genre and browse through *all* the available options, not having the ability to queue titles that I’m interested in, and being absolutely inundated with their anime offerings, the PS3 interface is crap comparitively. Oh, but they added the “feature” of auto-playing the next episode now, a feature I never wanted. And the “feature” of trying to turn off the PS3 for inactivity after 60 mins of viewing, so that I have to pause and restart any movie I try to watch.
Yeah. I’m bitter about this PS3 interface now. There might be a post in this in fact.