[ale] www.pbs.org/designsquad

[Jeff Lightner]

I beg to differ.  

 

PBS introduced me to Monty Python when I was a teenager.  The first
Monty Python I saw was coincidentally the only one that had a topless
woman in it.  Back in those days seeing a topless woman on TV was quite
shocking (and being a teenage boy) "exciting".   Having been hooked by
that I then saw how funny it was as well as the Britcom, No Honestly,
which came on after it.

 

There has been quite a bit of really good programming on PBS over the
years often when there is pure schlock on commercial TV.   Even now with
hundreds of channels available via cable I will often watch and re-watch
some of the PBS fare even with the maddening "pledge drives".   PBS
locally introduced me to the Carlos Museum at Emory which as an OTP
denizen I hadn't been aware of until I saw a special about something
being shown there.

 

In no particular order a few of the other things I've liked:

I Claudius

Celtic Woman

Ken Burns' Civil War

The Computer Chronicles

Many of the Britcoms.

 

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From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Ned
Williams
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 2:20 PM
To: Mike Harrison; ale at ale.org
Subject: Re: [ale] www.pbs.org/designsquad

 

hmm exciting and PBS in the same sentence...

the most exciting thing pbs has ever done is once when Bob Ross found
and extra happy little tree

Ned



On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 3:52 PM, Mike Harrison <meuon at geeklabs.com>
wrote:


Not 'exactly' Linux related, but I'll bet we all know people (18-19)
who might qualify and be interested, and hopefully some FOSS
technologies
will be enabling/useful:

Design Squad is seeking candidates ages 18-19 who are passionate about
engineering and are excited to spend the months of June-August in Boston
(and traveling as well) tackling design challenges and competing for the
$10,000 prize. Produced by WGBH-Boston for PBS, the program's goal is to
get viewers excited about engineering and the design process.
Apply by Friday, April 11.





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