Imaginating
Jul. 16th, 2008 12:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
susandennisWhen he was little, my brother used to sit and stare for hours when we'd ask him what he was doing he'd say "I'm imaginating." It's a great word and a great pastime.
A couple of weeks ago I was sharing a meal with a friend and she was telling me about growing up with her father who was an inventor. She learned to always reconsider what she saw and how she did things. How could it be different? How could it be better? What a wonderful gift. I've been trying.
It was in one of those imaginating mini sessions that it occurred to me how very silly it is, in this day and age, to have to find a channel on the TV by number. I can never remember what the channel number for Bravo or HGTV or FoodNetwork is. I'm good if I can keep the locals - KOMO, KIRO and KING straight by number. No one brands their station or network by number. When I'm watching KIRO they tell me about upcoming shows on KIRO not on channel 7. Cable companies switch channel numbers around with glee, so why in the heck do I have to remember numbers? Why can't I turn to channel HGTV? or KOMO? It's been a few bascillian years since it was necessary to fit the channel info round a knob.
Seriously, I had this conversation with myself less than a month ago.
TiVo, as it turns out, was listening in!!
Their latest upgrade includes a select by "call sign"!! Bless their little hearts.
Now I can go imaginate something else.
A couple of weeks ago I was sharing a meal with a friend and she was telling me about growing up with her father who was an inventor. She learned to always reconsider what she saw and how she did things. How could it be different? How could it be better? What a wonderful gift. I've been trying.
It was in one of those imaginating mini sessions that it occurred to me how very silly it is, in this day and age, to have to find a channel on the TV by number. I can never remember what the channel number for Bravo or HGTV or FoodNetwork is. I'm good if I can keep the locals - KOMO, KIRO and KING straight by number. No one brands their station or network by number. When I'm watching KIRO they tell me about upcoming shows on KIRO not on channel 7. Cable companies switch channel numbers around with glee, so why in the heck do I have to remember numbers? Why can't I turn to channel HGTV? or KOMO? It's been a few bascillian years since it was necessary to fit the channel info round a knob.
Seriously, I had this conversation with myself less than a month ago.
TiVo, as it turns out, was listening in!!
Their latest upgrade includes a select by "call sign"!! Bless their little hearts.
Now I can go imaginate something else.
