Morning Discussion

by Chris Faylor, Dec 05, 2008 12:45am PST

Morning Friday, nice to see you around.

Last night, Nick and I discovered that there are few things greater than puking all over your boss, or pouncing on top of him and clawing him to death. Even if you hold nothing against your boss--we have nothing against Steve, really!--it is surprisingly cathartic.

On a separate note, Left 4 Dead sure is fun.

Oh, and Mr. Xbox 360? Could you and Ms. Tomb Raider try not to freeze up so much? I didn't enjoy redoing that whole level just because you two couldn't play nice. And twice within 30 minutes? Neither of you had problems before last night, what's going on?

Oh no, don't give me that. Don't even think about red ringing, you hear me mister?

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My friend and I launched a new site. It is for fun, and yes, it actually is fun.

It is a radical world wide web page for returning to yesteryear via the power of video and my basement.
I think you will find it, comforting in a childhood memory sort of way.

Enjoy

http://www.betamaxmas.com

Dec 05, 2008 9:20am PST

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  dude you rock : boring gegtik
  - Everyone inf this motherfucker : boring gegtik
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    my friend did most of the work :) thats what I get for not programming. i helped with design and name. St... : historyinthemaking
    - no, don't ruin it. LEAVE THE PERFECTION : Luminair
  - PLEASE DIGG - http://digg.com/television/Have_A_Very_BetaMaXMas : historyinthemaking
- Frosty :) : gigaduck
- haha... that is awesome! : Shadowdane
- CHANNEL 33 NOW!! NOW!! : m0rfus
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  God that's weird. 21, 27 and 33 were the only channels I got around here as a kid. haha
  
  Dec 05, 2008 9:35am PST
  
  God that's weird. 21, 27 and 33 were the only channels I got around here as a kid. haha : ThomW
- :) OMG this is wicked awesome. : voodooraze
- very slickly done. : Antilles_Prime
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  is the tv guide working? : boring gegtik
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    oh shit the rabbit ears work to remove static that is so awesome : boring gegtik
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      I was thinking, "Hmm, too much static. They should tone it down a bit...", then just for grins I tried to... : mn3m0n1c
      
      hahaha me too : Arctic Fox
  - Takes the server time and gives you what is on at the moment and what is up next. : historyinthemaking
- This is awesome. Great job. : malevolence
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  Wow, that's great. How'd you get around copyright protection? : punchdog
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    It is all streaming from youtube. So we dont host anything. : historyinthemaking
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      what happens if a youtube video is taken down for copyright violation? : kaddar0
      
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      I am pretty sure it will skip to the next one. But most of these have been up for a while. We pretty mu... : historyinthemaking
      
      GAH, nevermind, looks like we switched to everything on Amazon S3 : historyinthemaking
      
      Channel goes out, lazy cable pirate. : SinistarX
- This reminds me of GTA 4 haha awesome stuff! : Melll
- so these are all old TV shows you have taped on Beta that you are streaming? : mojothemagician
- I find it cool that you can adjust the bunny ears for better reception, just like the old days! : DHAvatar
- Wow, nicely done. : jason bergman
- This site is awesome! Great job : Lionhart32935
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  BALKY!! HOW I MISSED YOU : LoioshDwaggie
  - i know! : onji
- nice! : mwasher
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  Ha, this is fun, how much time did it take you guys to do this? : krym3
  - Thats something Im wondering too, cool idea for sure. : Melll
  - Not too long actually. Probably 40 -50 hours. Most of that being dev. I only spent a few hours here and t... : historyinthemaking
- wow, awesome work : grabbie
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  FROSTY THE SNOWMAN YESSSSSSSSSSSSS : AlexXdude
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    charlie brown christmas! oh god it's all coming back : AlexXdude
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      It just needs Ciné-Cadeaux and I can become 10 again : MrLobo
      
      hahah oh god all of the nostalgia is killing me today : AlexXdude
- oh god i think i've recognized every commercial and show : [fry]
- Aloha, Mr. Hand! : Rich McNinch
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  OMG We need something like this, but with porn! : voodooraze
  - 70s porn : stratedge
  - and LCD TV :) : pun][sher
- I think you might have just won the internet. : Mr.Finkster
- Pretty awesome. : nodge69
- So awesome. : Phil
- Reminds me of the Krofft Saturday Morning collection on DVD http://www.amazon.com/Krofft-Saturday-Morning : Xin Jing Client 1a
- Heh that Pee-Wee Xmas segment where he rode a sled on the Magic Screen reminded me of Line Rider! : Xevo
- This is pretty epic. : filtersweep
- Haha, this is fantastic. Great work, the both of you! : DrWaffles
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  OK, so this thing's awesome - now you must make it so I can turn on the X-Mas tree lights! Also, the TV r... : mn3m0n1c
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    More to come :) : historyinthemaking
    - You need to package this so i can make it my HTPC interface. : krym3
- Brilliant. : SiW.
- Awesome. I remember a lot of these commercials as well. So cool, yet makes me feel old as well. Great job... : Fyunch Click
- hahaha that cool as hell : .Jayson
- Haha wow, this is awesome. I've been watching it for half an hour already. : Vantage
- this is so great : oHnOES
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  Fights ARE fun :3 AWESOME. : Deathlove
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    I wish the antennas worked a little better in full-screen. : Deathlove
    - I think we will lock the them to no static when you go full screen. : historyinthemaking
- hooooly shit, this is the best website ever. history in the making indeed! AAAAA CHARLIE BROWN I love ... : Majuju
- I have to say without a doubt that this is one of the coolest sites someone has posted here. And the fact... : Phreakin
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  Can you explain the TV Guide a bit better? Because right now it seems disconnected from the programming. : Majuju
  - yeah, I don't get the TV Guide. also - TONY BENNETT! : AlexXdude
  - It takes the server supplied time and finds the remainder of that against the channel playlist time. S... : historyinthemaking
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  WOTY : AlexXdude
  - needs the original "It's A Wonderful Life" and i'll die happy : AlexXdude
- That is fantastic! : helvetica
- I LOVE the antenna feature :D : SlamDunk
- I never noticed how much Jon from Garfield sounds like the Warden from Superjail! : Deathlove
- this is really crazy, kudos to you. : kainen1
- You guys are amazing! This is the best thing on the internet right now : WhiteHatVeteran
- my buddy MY BUDDY my buddy MY BUDDY! Wherever I goooooo he gooooooooees : kainen1
- Well done. Well done, indeed. :D : grayscale
- That's really awesome. Very clean, good job! : boarder2
- good work history'! : niceguynick
- Neat! : breadsticks
- That is great! Clever! : baron calamity
- Awesome, I am 12 years old again. : cjcharv
- I love this! This is the best x-mas present ever. Thank you : tinfoilhatter
- That is fucking awesome. Well done!!!! : jigstah
- wow you could really expand on this, this is awesome : onji
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  Holy shit, that was Jason Bateman on Silver Spoons? : slax0r
  - Yeah. He played Ricky's best friend on the show. : ThomW
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  that is very very cool. thanks for the link. : dromo5
  - this is oddly comforting : dromo5
- Aw shit. The Grinch Who Stole Christmas. : stump
- Pee Wee! : freshyk
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  this is such a tease. Man, I wanted to watch Muppet Babies. :( : bakanoodle
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    We are going to put the shows back to back. Stupid youtube 10 min limit. sorry about that. : historyinthemaking
    - awesome. : bakanoodle
    - i love you : AlexXdude
  - oh man I loved that show... : Shadowdane
- Wow. Too cool! I actually remember that One To Grow On. : airmaus
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  Smurfs xmas special while eating lunch is awesome friday. : ant_hillbilly
  - oh god the facts of life. : ant_hillbilly
- i love this! : grendel
- wow this is so perfect in every sense... down to the panelling on the wall! haha : El Tigre
- This site is brilliant and very nostalgic. Two thumbs up. : hrdwregk
- So cool. : NastyJack
- Wow, this looks like it took a lot of effort. Great idea and awesome execution. Kudos, good, sir. : Moonbase Commander
- This is the best thing ever. : bitter ego
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  Sweet jesus, George Clooney has a mullet. : Cliffzorz
  - Damnit! I missed Charlie Brown's Christmas. Now I gotta watch this thanksgiving thing. : Cliffzorz
- This is fantastically great. : baronzemo78
- That is so fucking awesome man. So many memories there. : deadhorse
- LOL, i completely forgot about that Ernest show. : deadhorse
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  haha oh wow, I have seen Night Court in years. Too bad it cut out for an 80's music video in the middle ... : Anti_dentite
  - It's even better because they're all xmas specials right now. So nostalgic. I'll get caught up watching t... : Anti_dentite
  - Ya, that means the 10 min youtube limit was up. we are fixing that to the shows are back to back. Sorry f... : historyinthemaking
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  Are you from Youngstown, OH? Those 3 channels are the ytown tv stations, 21 nbc, 27 cbs and 33 abc, IIRC. : slickdoody
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    i think Jeff is from around there. Jeff is the guy who built this. : historyinthemaking
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      haha, awesome. Where I grew up (only an hour from where i live now) we could only get the youngstown tv s... : slickdoody
      
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      Niles, Ohio : historyinthemaking
      
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      are you serious? I grew up in Warren. : mystikal
      
      though I think most of you Niles people hated us JFK folk :) : mystikal
- Very will done! : Zhaneel
- this is awesome : Mmmmmoo
- Very cool. Great nostalgia. Kudos my friend. : freakynipples69
- I just got a molestation commercial. Thanks Michael J. Fox for bringing back repressed memories. :| : DarkWolf5
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  haha growing pains is on. santa wants to commit suicide down the chimney into the kids below : dantastic
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    wtf it changed shows at a cliff hanger :( : dantastic
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      Yes, 10 minute youtube cutoff, go and find it on youtube. We are working on putting the shows back to bac... : historyinthemaking
      
      oh i didnt know they were off youtube. i figure you had to only show clips for legal reasons : dantastic
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  We should get this on the digg front page : haiku
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    http://digg.com/television/Have_A_Very_BetaMaXMas : historyinthemaking
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      Not the best headline for making the front page, but worth a shot. People who are going to digg this: Cop... : haiku
      
      I done cut-n-pasted the URL as requested. With CTRL-C and CTRL-V!! take that, mac user! : Dave-A
      
      or just click the link on the page. it seems like referrers coming from the actual site get weighted pret... : Gonzo
- Excellent idea : aldraek
- Bravo.. love it. : Chew
- these recipies look atrocious : GloriousCow
- It wasn't working earlier and I got annoyed frantically clicking on the rabbit ears trying to make the st... : A Sponge
- This is almost as cool as newspond : carnivore
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  Awesome, but the TV snow is too strong. : stratedge
  - Adjust the antennas. : guido anchovy
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  She-Ra? Oh man yes : Zero|DPX
  - lol I know, hadn't seen that in 20 years. : freezejeans
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  pretty cool, but can you actually use those logos and stuff? : prime8
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    all videos are from youtube. : historyinthemaking
    - I was talkin about the TDK logo, Star Wars logo, and TV Guide logos... : prime8
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  oh man the smurfs xmas special's audio is way out of synch : dantastic
  - Yeah I was about to tell him the sync is smurf'ed as well : royalally
- Coolest thing I've seen in a while! :D : guido anchovy
- This is rad. : Lightzout
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  "Whaddya mean Beethoven wasn't so great?!" LOL this is awesome. : freezejeans
  - ...aaaand I just watch 10 minutes of this show on your site, having seen "A Charlie Brown Christmas" sinc... : freezejeans
- This is excellent. : bombay
- THis is awesome - good job! : alnya
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  uh....so it's job is to display christmas-seasons shows from the 1980s? am I missing something? : rektify7
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    a soul : historyinthemaking
    - Pretty much this : OverloadUT
  - That's my kinda job. : guido anchovy
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    Do you have a job? Ooops, no you dont! http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=18601398 : Melll
    - EXCUSE ME if i'm a little bitter, OK >:-( : rektify7
- hahaha so. very. cool! : cap n KRUNCH
- This fucking rules. Dugg, blogged and e-mailed to all my friends. : jasonepowell
- its really cool but there's like the same few things just repeating, not the whole episode, just tons of ... : feek
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  The best part is the vcr blinks 12:00. Awesome job! : D45hiz
  - that was just added 10 minutes ago. :) : historyinthemaking

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