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Micheal Jackson the beer writer would be mobbed by drunks at beer shows and brewing conventions :p

Micheal Jackson that died in 2007 was the worlds best beer journalist and also wrote several books and guides on the subject .Micheal had long suffered with Parkinson's diesese so his death wasn't that unexpected especially later in his life

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson_%2...

I had Dinner With Micheal Jackson once in Sydney and he signed his hardcover book "BEER" for me when I worked at a brewery that was up and coming at the time .

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XBMC runs on the original Xbox just fine ;)

So should Boxee :P

Everyboy's Theater launched in Japan today on the Wii via its Wiiware platform.

Nintendo is also going to launch its own ad supported streaming video service later this year also .


http://www.nintendofanboy.org/viewm.php?m=252

please Add Wii Support Fujisoft have video player for the Wii and will launch Everybody's theare in Japan next Tuesday in Japan .

http://www.fsi.co.jp/e/solution/Video_Player_So...

The Wii is a great little Streaming box even if its Standard Def.

Dennis need a beta tester in Vermont ...Im Sue @ Strattons boyfriend

Next Joost... but seeing that Joost gave a shout out to Boxee in their "Web Version" press release I'm sure you are waiting until they allow embedding and a partnership deal is finalized .

http://press.joost.com/2008/10/joost_launches_w...

Joosts Next big move is going to have to be on devices that are connected to the TV the move to Flash and standards based streaming is a move in that direction .

Joost is well positioned to make that move being an independent company and HULU is going to struggle with its owners NBC and FOX becuse they have long term contracts and relationships with the Cable and Satellite companies that don't want to see the market for DVRs and scheduled TV programing caniballsed

I just hope this isnt attached to the Economic Bailout Bill becase that might ever see the light of day :p

Beta Testing products usualy have a PR element to them and the PR team are involved in things like the forums and company blogs to Promote the product or service .A Community Eveangelist / Customer Support as yoiu well know Scoble is as much of a PR role as it is a technical role in a company ,

If you are developing a Social Media center you need to not be on computers but in the living room and possibly developing for the Wii because the Wii Remote brings media center accessibility to almost everyone

The Wii is a social entertainment device
http://blog.ffwd.com/?p=38

can someone send me an Invite please thanks in Advance aussiebeermatt@yahoo.com.au

Google Send to Phone

http://www.google.com/tools/firefox/sendtophone/

Easy ....offer to buy the domain for a crazy amount of dollars like other well funded companies do when they want dissenting opinion quashed and there's a domain name dispute;)

I think their is still good reason to have the client especially when it comes to live and to provide extra options a web based service cant .Think about streaming Joost to a game console or media center extender or TV and to provide support to media center remotes .

I also think that a web based service will be a great addition to Joost but it shouldn't be the only service they provide .

I got glimpses of video through the test and the Joost team members said they did gain some valuable information from the test and that was the whole exercise was a about seeing if the service could handle a flash crowd not about the content they where streaming that was just there to keep us watching ;)

I was in the Joost IRC chat (not the channel chat) and the Joost staff said there where a few backend problems that where causing a few issues and the even rebooted the streaming server at one stage .

I think it was a successful test if they found some bugs that they will now probably fix .

Remeber that CBS also is a Investor in Joost and just last week Joost did a public beta test of its live streaming protocol .....even if no one noticed.

That said i think Joost should look at getting onto game consoles via their internet browsers and use th their extensive experience in networking so Joost can be a client that streams video across your home network to your TV.That would also be good for Internet ready TVs

Abode has been holding back its Flash SDK for Devices and the SDK it only Supports Flash 7.This is a major Issue with the Wii and other devices that support Flash .

http://my.opera.com/haavard/blog/2007/04/13/wii...

Hope you see the Teslar at Maholo tonight

You think this is scary ....

This sort of technology is already being used by governments, military and law enforcement worldwide.

The Israelis have been at the forefront of face recognition and biometrics for years only now it is hitting the mainstream .

http://www.ex-sight.com/

Mat I see the value in Quick and mogulus and evelyn ustream because they provide tools that put live broadcasting in the hands of the Masses .

Maybe the problem is your still thinking with your OLD MEDIA head and not thinking forward enough .Im 36 and can see the value in these things

Seemsmic is pretty much niche product but it has a crazy amount of European users .Not that I have a need for Seesmic and I think that's the Issue lies is that you have to have a need to see the products vale .Seesmic might be great if you have friends or family overseas that a a video message is more personal than an email.An I can see the value you in that especially across different time zones,

One think Yahoo can do is Partner with a company like Qik .

Mogulus is partnering with Qik and so is Seesmic .

Scoble I forward all my old web mail addresses to my Gmail no lock in at all

I think this has more to do with Yahoo not wanting to deal with the hassle of DRM anymore .

Ian Rogers Yahoo Musics General Manager has been a very outspoken critic of DRM in the past and DRM has also eaten into Yahoo Music's operational costs with DRM being the cause of most of Yahoo Music's customer service issues .

Ian Rogers wrote on his Personal Blog about his thoughts on DRM last year
http://www.fistfulayen.com/blog/?p=127

Also the acquisition of Foxytunes demonstrates that Yahoo doesn't wast to develop a stand alone media player anymore and is more interested in web based services ,

the same can be said for the Qtrax Browser ...the Songbird browser they use scrapes every web page it visits for audio files and automatically pops up a very easy to use download manger .