What’s better than Star Trek? How about free Star Trek? I’ve spent the past few months working my way through the original classics featuring Kirk, Spock, and McCoy. Some of the episodes are worse than I remember — some are better. But they’re all fun. I spent about $50 per season to purchase these shows on DVD. But now CBS is offering every episode of the original Star Trek series for free via streaming video. Not an ideal solution perhaps (especially since the episodes contain advertisements), but fun nonetheless. Other classic shows available for viewing include:
Speaking of geekiness, the Mighty Bargain Hunter posted a list of seven pairs of easily confused money terms. A couple of these are obscure (mint variety vs. mint error? huh?), but others are useful and interesting. It’s important to know the difference between APR and APY. And who knew a cent was not a penny?
Finally, Lifehacker has a feature on giving an old laptop new life with cheap (or free) projects. Lifehacker suggests converting your laptop to a server, using it to extend your wireless range, or revitalizing it with Linux. We have an old laptop that we’ve converted into a kitchen reference. We store our recipes on it (we use MacGourmet as our database), and keep it updated with calendar and contact information.
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Bad Star Trek is better then most Good new shows!
Thanks for the tidbit, especially on Twilight Zone!
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Haha. 50% of mind melds Spock commence ends up with him screaming out in pain. Three ads per ~50 minute episode isn’t so bad I guess. Always good for a quick view though if you have the sudden urge for any particular episode.
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Linux is cool.
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I love MacGyver! Thanks so much for posting this!
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Free Star Trek
Free MacGyver
Can’t beat it with a stick
thanks
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re: Giving an old laptop new life
You can also donate it to a non-profit and get a tax deduction. There are several out there that refurbish old computers for schools, low-income students, etc. Also, many non-profits would take it for their day-to-day use. The organization I work for has 9 employees and 4 of us use laptops because they give us the freedom to work from home and we have a 5th laptop that we use when we give trainings or presentations.
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All I get is a voice saying “this content is currently unavailable.”
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Steven Fisher – are you located in tne USA?
I’m in Australia and am getting the same error message as you
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re: Giving an old laptop new life
I made an awesome wi-fi digital picture frame out of my old laptop. I run linux on it off of a thumb drive with a custom modified version of Damn Small Linux. It uses the thumb drive as read-only and grabs all of the pictures from my picasa-web album so I don’t have to worry about it losing power or having the hard drive crash.
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I think free is too high a price to pay for the original Star Trek.
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I just watched “The Doomsday Machine” (from season 2) and it didn’t have ads.
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I second the donating-a-laptop idea. I gave mine to an individual rather than an organization, so no tax receipt for me, but I still feel like it was the action that pulled the most value out of the machine (it was a late-model iBook, so although it had become outdated for my needs, it is still rich in utility.) On a purely economic level, it’s almost an indulgence, so I think of it as treating myself to unregulated feelings of optimism.
Many 6th graders– even economically disadvantaged ones– are now expected to have home access to a computer. New immigrants and refugees need computer literacy to integrate into the economy. Using a PC at the library four times a week just doesn’t give you the kind of in-depth comfort and facility you need to excel in a digitized society.
Any prosperity I have is due to A) my own gumption and B) the computers and associated advantages I was given. So, much like when I turn down a credit card application or talk someone into saving for retirement, I feel like I’m getting a leg up on some of the nastier facets of our economy if I can contribute some equipment that might help an individual leapfrog out of technological disadvantage.
Oh, and plus, its one less object cluttering up my apartment, so score one for minimalism.
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I swear i spend most of my time online complaining about US-only free content. Someday i’m going to move to America just so i can stop wasting time trying to find Proxies and download methods that work with region-specific flash content.
But whining aside, – thanks for the headsup, i love MacGyver, even if it’s likely going to take me a week or more to work out how to access it!
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Funny you say that, Camilla!
With Spooks, Torchwood, Doctor Who, and my Newcastle Utd fetish, I follow more on the BBC than on American television. Maybe we could ask our governments to consider us swapped for entertainment purposes?
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Micah and I ran across one of the old episodes, but it was too painful for me to finish. I don’t know which was bothering me more—Shatner’s acting or the “planet” sets. Of course, one can hardly blame it for being technologically behind modern times.
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You’ve just made a geeky physics major very, very happy.
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JD you are a man after my husband’s and boys heart!! They were watching these on the laptop in the kitchen yesterday. Cheap entertainment for sure!!
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super Geekdom- MacGyver.
whats better… the simple homemade technology… or the snappy intro tune.
LUV IT
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