TV or not TV...

There is so much REALLY high quality stuff available to watch online, that aside from a couple of favorites which I normally miss anyway, there's little reason to tune to anything on our TV. I watched the first third of Nova's three-hour The Elegant Universe last night - the special on string theory is available in its entirety at the link, accompanied by articles and demos.

Videotaped courses and podcasts are even more varied - there are YouTube and UC Berkeley's recent offerings (including Sergey Brin talking about search engines and 'Physics for Future Presidents') and a wealth of other stuff I've found through OpenCulture.