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title: 'Watching the Net'
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date: '2006-05-20T06:12:01-04:00'
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permalink: /watching-the-net/
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tags:
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- television
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- watching
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---
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We’re headed out of town sometime this afternoon, starting down the road toward SoCal.
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There’s not that much left to do between now and then, so I’m watching television.
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Or not really television. Shows originally broadcast on television, now streaming over the net.
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[ABC](http://dynamic.abc.go.com/streaming/landing) is streaming episodes of four of its series–Lost, Alias, Desperate Housewives, and Commander in Chief, which is what I’m watching, as I never managed to catch it on-air. It’s a pretty decent interface, with limited commercial interruptions.
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I’m hoping that this kind of streaming becomes more and more a standard practice, but I fear that there’s soon to be a paywall thrown up around the service–the proud announcement “Watch full episodes online for free!” is followed by the fine print: “May 1 – June 30, 2006.”
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We’ll see. More from the road, if I can.
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