The Restless Mouse

NETFLIX is getting rid of the “profiles” and “profile friends connections”, which I applaud. Profiles was an ill-advised move to try to tap into the whole “social surfing” web thing, but movie renting is to some degree a very personal thing.

I don’t necessarily want my friends being able to see what I have rented, these guys are brutal and when Teresa puts something like “1000 wedding dresses” or “WHO’S THE BOSS - Season Two” on *my* profile (she would never bother with creating her own profile), I would never hear the end of it. I could just hear the guys at work, “How could you rate “Something about Mary” only TWO STARS?? That was the best movie ever!” (Sorry, I don’t care for “discomfort comedy”, Something about Mary, Meet the Fokkers, That stupid Christmas movie where Jamie Lee Curtis’s husband has neighborhood Christmas traditions thrust upon him, geez what if a Jewish family moved there?)

Years ago, we saw a stupid “Brady Bunch” parody at the cineplex, Greg and Marsha were acting like they were going to KISS. You could have heard a pin drop, everybody stopped slurping their sodas and munching popcorn. Teresa put her hand on arm to restrain me for standing up and yelling “FOR GODS SAKE THEY’RE BROTHER AND SISTER!” I know, not blood relatives, but still.
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(Info from NETFLIX SITE below)
What is happening to Profiles?
A:

We will be eliminating Profiles, the feature that allowed you to set up separate DVD Queues under one account.

When? Profiles will be eliminated on September 1, 2008.

Why? While it may be disappointing to see this feature go away, this change will help us to continue to improve the Netflix website for all our customers.

Do I need to do anything? Consider moving all DVD titles in your Profiles Queues to your main account Queue. To do so, log-in and visit this page

How will this impact my account? On September 1, 2008:

* All DVDs currently at home or in transit will be associated with the main account Queue
* All Profiles rental history will be added into the main account rental history
* Your additional Profile Queues will be eliminated. If you would like to keep a copy of each Profile Queue we recommend that you print them out
* Prior to Profiles going away, we will also email you a copy of your Profile Queues
* Profiles movie ratings and Profiles Friends connections will no longer be available
* You will not be able to transfer your Profiles data to a separate new account
* You will be able to set a maturity filter on the main account

Switched to this new template today, It looked really neato when first installed, but as usual I have quickly uglified it. The problem is that when I find some aspects of the new template to be utterly confounding, I stick with what I know, and what I know is how to uglify the overall look of the thing. Maybe I should just go back to sitting in front of the TIVO box catching up on “How I Met your Mother”. What is that? Well, it’s kind of like an edgier version of “Friends” with a better looking cast. (Well it’s TRUE)

I know I am a bit late on this, but…

Does “Doctor Bombay” have to change his name to “Doctor Mumbia” now? Because I have to say, it doesn’t have the same ring to it.

And don’t think that the powers that want to be wouldn’t actually do that. They already want to go back and take Humphrey Bogart’s cigarettes away, retroactively making your dad stop smoking. And they have the technology to do it.

I don’t get near enough sleep, and sometimes having the TV on seems to help.