Hmmmm, I've been hearing a lot of good things. Especially in reviews about The Newsroom where apparently people want The Newsroom to be The "New" West Wing. I do enjoy longer shows. I especially loved "The Practice" which was my previous turn on an episode before bed and it's okay if you don't remember or fall asleep. I might have to check it out.
Check it out, but be warned. It's SUPER long and it's addictive. You end up staying up till 4am just to see a plot line run it's course. You ever watch Battlestar Galactica? I know it's "nerdy," but it's some of the best TV I've ever seen. It pretty much needs your full attention though.
There is no 4am in my life anymore unless it's when I get up to finish a project sober before work. Insomniasexx is officially dead - it's now officially 9pm_or_before_sexx. I put the TV in our bedroom on sleep for 1 hr and I don't think insomsbf or I have watched the TV go to sleep yet. If I were to build an app, it would be one that would tell when you fell asleep and note that timecode in the TV show or movie you are watching so you could start it up at that point the next day. The only thing more annoying than skipping through a show to find the spot you left at, is hopping into bed to realize you watched another 15 minutes but you're already cuddly in bed and too lazy to find the real spot.
If I were to build an app, it would be one that would tell when you fell asleep and note that timecode in the TV show or movie you are watching so you could start it up at that point the next day.
I like it. How would it know when you fell asleep? I see the need for sure, just not the mechanism by which to satisfy it.
When the snores/farts start? I'm not sure. I know there are apps and devices that measure sleeping patterns although I have no idea how they actually do it. Here's some more well-known ones. Complex technology and science and analytics = critical acclaim, fascination, pushing the human race forward, personal satisfaction. Use of that technology to solve a first world problem = $$$.