Delicious Nothings

A Case of the TMMs

Do you have it?  What is it?  I’m talking about Tivo Muscle Memory (TMM).

I love my Tivo and am a self-professed Tivo addict. It truly has changed the way I watch tv.  One of my favorite things about the Tivo is that you can hack the skip button to be a 30-second skip button.  After doing this, I can blast through the commercials in about the time it takes to press the skip button 4 or 5 times. 

Since I watch almost 100% of my tv time-shifted, I’m forever reaching for the remote as soon as I see the faintest hint of a commercial.  The other day, in a rare event, I was watching live tv.  As with all shows, it eventually went to commercial.  What did I do?  Yep, that’s right.  I reached right over for the Tivo remote and tried to skip the commercials.  Naturally, nothing happened and I grumbled to myself something along the lines of “stupid live shows” and “pointless commercials.”  

So yeah, TMM’s got me bad.  How about you?