They mentioned someone I kinda know in the Wall Street Journal. Lukas "Lukwam" Karlsson is a friend of James "Trikster" Ho, cousin of my wife.

The article discusses Tivo profiling and how it can lead to some strange results.

I've noticed the same thing where I need to counter-program Tivo to get it to stop recording programs I don't want. I don't want Spongebob Square Pants.

On a different note, here is an interesting article on predictions from 1992.