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I know...I know...in the world of social networking like twitter, blogs just aren't cool anymore, right? Well every once and a while I want to share something that exceeds 144 characters, so I created SolamenteNiel, my blog. While I'm at it, I'm also going old school with a cheesy picture of myself on my blog. In this picture I'm pertending to be an IndyCar driver.
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Based on a friend's recommendation a few week's ago I started watching a BBC show called Top Gear, and now I don't miss an episode. This week I learned that NBC will produce a U.S. version of the show. However the U.S. version won't have the BBC hosts...which I think is a very important ingredient of the show. I'll give a chance when it comes out, but I'm not expecting it to last very long.
Here's a YouTube clip of a segment of the BBC show:
I've been exploring the content available in Joost, and I was pleasantly surprised to find a lot of content related to IndyCar. It turns out that Joost signed up Indianapolis Motor Speedway Productions, which means you'll find a lot of Indianapolis 500 and IndyCar Series content.
Here are the search results for "Indy" on Joost, but I've linked to some of the best stuff:
I don't remember how I found Joost, and I didn't know what to expect. I vaguely remember hearing about Joost last year, and that the guys that founded Skype were somehow involved. I downloaded the Joost software....which was only about 10MB. I started up Joost, and I saw a whole bunch of shows that I could select. I clicked on one, and the Joost window came alive with video. Or is TV? It kind of perplexed me. My computer came with a tv tuner, so I'm accustomed to watch TV. But Joost is different....the content is coming from the internet as opposed my cable company. It's pretty fricken cool. There is quite a bit of content already available, but I'm sure there's a lot more to come. You'd never know (nor should you really) that Joost uses peer-to-peer technology for distributing the content.
