not from concentrate

So two guys are attempting a worldwide experiment … how many people can give up the use of their computer for a day?

Check out ShutdownDay.org for more.

My question, does this just mean your laptop or desktop? What about your tivo, xbox, wii, ipod, stereo, coffee machine, alarm clock, car, atm, mobile phone, ..? They’re all pretty much computers in different boxes. can you avoid using all of them for an entire day? what would you do with your day? would this result in a utopia or anarchy?

I find it pretty interesting .. i’m going to see how much i can not use for the day.

what do yall think?

So I was surprised earlier today when I logged into Netflix to discover the availability of streaming video content over the internet! While this doesn’t include very much content yet, it holds promise for the future. For subscribers to the usual dvd-in-the-mail plans, you get 1 hour of video stream for every $1 in your monthly contract. I have the 2 dvd at a time $15 plan, so I get 15 hours of streaming video a month. The quality is pretty damn good, too. It looks similar to dvd video played on my computer (albeit, it is a 4 year old thinkpad).

Netflix “watch now” currently requires windows (xp sp 2 or vista), ie6+, windows media player 9+. My standard comcast internet connection was sufficient for the stream.

I’m guessing they’ve got a pretty nice content delivery network (cdn) behind this thing …

Unfortunately, Netflix itself doesn’t carry much publicly available information (meaning to non-subscribers), but it appears that this faq is available:
http://www.netflix.com/FAQ?p_search_text=Instant_Viewing&lnkctr=FAQ

Got a review on i2i//mediahub from the blogger over at hyku.com:
http://hyku.com/blog/archives/001457.html

Not terribly glowing … but a review nonetheless

Milk and cookies!
Originally uploaded by tolar.

delicious!