Not at work today, and Joost

[azekeil]

Found it difficult to get up yesterday, even more so today. Was still contemplating going in when kissycat1000 pointed out that I should rest. I realised I hadn't really got much useful done yesterday anyway. Now I'm sat here I'm beginning to realise I'm feeling feverish. Rest and fluids for me, then.

chocojon invited me to Joost - I think anyone can now get invited, so let me know if you're interested. After an initial networking problem (no idea what the cause was, but restarting both the gateway firewall and the local machine's firewall seemed to solve it) I was able to get picture. It can stutter a little for the first 20 seconds, but after that it's really pretty solid. The programmes all appear to be in 4:3 format at present. Would be nice to see a widescreen option/programmes. On our 4Mb cable broadband, the sound and picture quality is pretty much the same as SD cable tv channels - i.e. perfectly serviceable. I haven't yet worked out how much bandwidth it consumes to try to ensure I keep us from getting throttled.

What Pandora did for music, Joost is doing for telly - although Joost is (will be?) advert supported and shows whole series, Pandora only allows you to choose music similar to one you specify.

There is a channel on there called 'Gong', which seems to have 4 or 5 anime series. :) The range isn't spectacular at present - enough for most people to find something they like, but I'm hearing they're doing deals with big companies keen to ensure they don't turn out like the RIAA.

Comments

[azekeil.livejournal.com]

Damn. I waited around for you in the club too; never mind.

We have a poker evening on from 8pm 'till 11pm on that Wednesday; you'd be more than welcome to join in :)

We put in £1 to get our 100 chips at the start of the night, then at the end we divide up the pot according to the chips at the end of the night. It's only really done to stop people just betting stupidly as that spoils the game. We play Texas Hold 'em - it's very simple to learn if you don't already know.

Would love to see you there :)

[chaosdeathfish.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry, the people I was supposed to be going with were all too tired and I didn't have enough energy to motivate four people.

I'd love to come to the poker evening! I've played Texas Hold 'em before, I'll need a quick rules refresher (and a list of relative worth of hands!)

And I've put it in my Google calendar, so I shouldn't be able to double-book now. Do you have directions to your house anywhere? And I assume there's parking?

[azekeil.livejournal.com]

Yes and yes. I'll email you the directions :)

[azekeil.livejournal.com]

Sent it to your LJ address. Let me know if you didn't receive it..