{"id":293,"date":"2008-12-05T22:50:27","date_gmt":"2008-12-05T22:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/?p=293"},"modified":"2008-12-05T22:50:27","modified_gmt":"2008-12-05T22:50:27","slug":"found-a-new-time-sink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/found-a-new-time-sink\/","title":{"rendered":"Found a new time sink"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I got bored the other day and found a new time sink.  I needed to finish a sweater I was working on and stuff a bear or two &#8212; so I wanted something to watch.  But, I didn&#8217;t want to go to the TV.  YouTube videos are usually short.  Someone had told me about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hulu.com\">Hulu.com<\/a> earlier and I&#8217;d checked it out.  So, I thought this is perfect.<\/p>\n<p>Hulu has movies and TV shows for free.  The catch is that they have commercials but so does TV so what&#8217;s the difference.  I have a pretty fast connection so thought I&#8217;d give it a try.  Mostly, I wanted to check out the TV shows.  Our TV is in the basement &#8212; the very, very cold basement so we don&#8217;t watch it much (actually, we don&#8217;t watch it at all during the winter).  So, I watched Bones.  I&#8217;d never seen it so started with season one.  Luckily, that was the only season they had other than season four, I think.  I&#8217;m now thinking I&#8217;ll need to put the season boxed sets on my Amazon list.  I loved them.  I&#8217;ve scoped out some more shows that I want to watch so I&#8217;ll be coming back to Hulu.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, I did finish the sweater and the stuffing.  Photos tomorrow probably.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;d tried to watch the NetFlix online on my husbands computer but the sound was horrible.  NetFlix also requires that you use IE (and I hate IE with a passion).  Eventually, after several disastrous listening experiences with NetFlix, we desperately wanted to watch something and found my laptop had better sound.  Of course, I had to update IE first but finally, NetFlix&#8217;s Watch Now works on my laptop with decent sound.  So, guess that will be a secondary time sink when I need to find something for my eyes and ears when my hands are busy.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve tried reading and doing crafts but if it&#8217;s not a simple ribbing or stockinette stitch, I can&#8217;t read.  I need to watch something or I get antsy and nervous feeling like I&#8217;m cheating by just doing one thing.  In fact, I can&#8217;t just sit and watch a movie anyway, I have to do something with my hands so socks are a good small project for movie watching.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, check out Hulu and see what you think.  But you have to have a connection fast enough for streaming video.  If you can&#8217;t do YouTube, you probably can&#8217;t do Hulu either.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I got bored the other day and found a new time sink. 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