official joost beta tester

Joost - Internet TV

I'm getting addicted to Joost [ http://www.joost.com/ ].  I signed up a few months ago to receive the beta, then one day they sent an email to me inviting me to download their beta invite-only software and start watching Internet TV.  So I installed it on my Windows computer (they didn't have a Mac version of the software yet) and started watching.  At the time they really didn't have a lot of interesting programs available; they had "strong man" competition shows, world records, cartoons, etc. (which by the way, they still have).  And no ads.  They say they intend for the service to be free of charge, but advertising supported.  So i put it away for a few weeks, because the software didn't work with my new Windows Vista installation, and there was not version for the Intel Macintosh either.  Eventually I got another email advising me of an update to the software, so I decided to give it a nother chance, and voila! it works in both Windows Vista and Mac OS X Tiger for Intel Macs.  So i'm now not only watching programs on it, but showing people and even inviting people I know to try the beta.  i only have five invites, but they're going fast.  They may give me more invites if I use them all up.

For now, it still seems interesting; there are enough programs that I kinda want to watch, even as it's not premium TV.  Still though, it's pretty cool concept, new concept, and certainly has room to grow and mature and improve, etc.  I've been watching videos.. Green Day's Jesus of Suburbia right now.

"I don't feel any shame, I won't apologize, when there ain't nowhere you can go, running away from pain when you've been victimized, tales from another broken home."

sneezing, coughing in the subway

seen in the new york city subway: guy holds on to metal pole while train is in motion; guy gets urge to sneeze; guy takes hand off pole, places hand on face to cover his sneeze/cough, then places hand back on metal pole.

when i get to work, i wash my hands.