As I discussed on Moxie Mo Show #32, Boxee is an open-source hack for the Apple TV. But what is it? Thanks to Veronica Belmont of Tekzilla, I heard of Boxee last week and ever since then, I’ve been mesmerized by it. I want it, but I am a bit fearful of installing it as there seems to be somewhat of a difficulty in knowing SSH and open-tunneling? 

Back to the basics, my friends. Boxee is open source, which means it’s free and programmers can add functionality to it at all times, which is always awesome. Basically, you sign up for the beta here and then you download the program. Once it’s downloaded, you then have to install it on a USB flash drive in which you then plug in to your Apple TV. 

Enough of the tech talk, here’s a great video of what it does (and a shameless plug).

Ever since I got Apple TV (great boyfriend I have), I’ve been watching full seasons of shows that I never saw while they are on TV. In other words, I’ve been hearing of the phenomenal Glenn Close’s character in the critically acclaimed TV Show called Damages… but I never watched it due to having several other shows that are “must watches” for me. Well, now thanks to my Apple TV and iTunes, I can purchase an entire season of a TV Show (just like I did on Friday) and watch the entire season, COMMERCIAL free, in one entire day. And I did just that with Damages.

Damages is freaking awesome. Glenn Close is a powerhouse and she plays an attorney that is ruthless, mean, intelligent, backstabbing and yet she’s adorable and you find yourself rooting for her. After all, Season One’s main theme is all about Glenn’s character going after the asshole CEOs who stole millions of dollars from their employees leaving all of them with nothing after years and years of service. But what makes this attorney television show different is simple. It’s on FX and it has Glenn Close. You don’t need to read any more than that to know this series is phenomenal and you ALL should go download every single episode on iTunes right now. Do it for yourself.

In a world of reality TV crap, it’s so refreshing to just let go and let your mind wander into the dangers of NYC and the lives of top notch attorneys all while gripping your couch at the end of every single episode. Damages is the name of the series… and you will be damaged if you don’t watch it.

Happy viewing!