A wannabe kahuna can channel surf to the surfing channel and surf the Net to Web sites.
The channel surf of denial and incomprehension: an extremely local report.
You can flip quickly through those Web pages, much as you might channel surf on a television.
Many people are happy to channel surf, read the news on paper and get their music at a record store.
At the end of the day, many of us flop on the couch and turn on the TV to channel surf.
Using the up and down arrows on a computer keyboard, or controls to the left of the clip itself, you can channel surf, changing the program at will.
You begin to feel as if you could tune in this series at any point, watch a few vignettes, channel surf for a while and then return.
Unfortunately for TV Guide, many viewers have changed the way they channel surf, using the interactive program guides provided by cable companies or Internet listings.
"If he's having lunch by himself, he'll be more inclined to channel surf, and if the briefing comes up, he'll tune in," Mr. Fleischer said last week.
The hope it that viewers will be less likely to channel surf while waiting for the show to resume, but does it work?
Channel surf around the television landscape, and it's not hard to find experts earnestly discussing politics or economics or even home decorating.
