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By: An Interview with Dick Kusleika » Bacon Bits:

An Interview with Dick Kusleika » Bacon Bits: — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 05:52:00 +0000

[...] Dick is the creator and manager of the longest running Excel blog in the world, Daily Dose of Excel. Resisting the call of commercialism, Dick frequently chooses topics that are arcane, but curiously appealing topics such as “Calculating Wind Direction” and “Charting House”. [...]

By: links for 2010-03-30 | Informal Learning

links for 2010-03-30 | Informal Learning — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 10:29:00 +0000

[...] http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2010/03/16/charting-house/ (tags: excel tv data) [...]

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 02:31:00 +0000

Check out http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/ PTS Blog for even more ways treat Dr. House.

Bob

By: Visualizing Commercial Time in an Episode of House | VizWorld.com

Visualizing Commercial Time in an Episode of House | VizWorld.com — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:36:00 +0000

[...] Commercial Time in an Episode of House March 23rd, 2010 Randall Hand Goto comments Leave a commentDick Kusleika from the “Daily Dose of Excel” blog is a big fan of popular medical drama/Sci-Fi show [...]

By: Charting Breakdown of Ads in a Television Show | Peltier Tech Blog | Excel Charts

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 06:09:00 +0000

[...] Kusleika’s a fan of House, and so am I. Last week in Charting House, Dick analyzed the commercial breaks in an episode that he’d recorded for later viewing. [...]

By: Vicki Baker

Vicki Baker — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:50:00 +0000

Hahaha....I'm so glad I am not the only one out there who does stuff like this! I especially like this line:

"I did what any normal person would do. I backed up to the beginning and recorded the times of the changes so I could chart it."

I'm not so sure we are normal but I find us interesting and enthusiastic!

By: Primo

Primo — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:11:00 +0000

American TV is nearly unwatchable when you're used to channels with few or no adverts, look at how BBC now makes programmes like Doctor Who or the David Attenborough documentaries: you get a 45 minute program followed by a 15 minute 'Making of...' segment. Obviously those 45 minute programmes become an hour long when shown with all the ad breaks, and I guess the 15 minute segment appears as an extra on the DVD.

Some of the American shows especially on Channel 5 (eg Ice Road Truckers) seem bizarre because of all the repetition in each segment: 'This is Joe's first time on the ice road' will be repeated as if it's not been said before, time after time.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:56:00 +0000

Wow. I don't understand how anyone can watch TV in the US with all those advert breaks. It's nowhere near as bad here in the UK e.g. you never get breaks before the opening titles, although I have noticed things getting gradually worse in the past few years, especially on the crappier channels.

Even 'acquired' material off the internets can be spoiled by the very obvious need to break 40-odd minutes of TV up into about 6 or 7 segments, with all the cutaways and resumes being very obvious when they are all butted up against each other.

By: Al Beech

Al Beech — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:59:00 +0000

I noticed that pattern years ago on Saturday Night Live. I don’t watch it much anymore, and definitely not all the way to the end, but I would be surprised if the pattern has changed.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:37:00 +0000

This is why there are places like hulu and boxee. The commercials are limited (if at all).

DVR it and fast forward through the nonsense.