It's Finally Here!

I have good news if you have service from Netflix. Since they began their Instant Watch service it has only been available for a PC. That changes NOW! Well ok, not now but really soon (by the end of the year for sure). Netflix has decided to change it's online video player. I'm not sure what program they are using right now but they are changing it to Microsoft Silverlight. If you're not familiar with Silverlight, it's a pretty neat web based video player. It made it's first major debut on NBCOlymics.com during the 2008 Olympic Summer Games in Beijing. It has been growing in popularity ever since. But why is this such a big deal? Well it meas that if you are reading this blog on a Intel-based Mac computer (pretty much any machine that has been purchased in the past 2+ years) you will soon be able to watch Netflix Instant Watch service. Yes, you did read that right. Netflix Instant Watch is finally going to be accessible to Mac users (this is going to make my wife very happy)! Instant watch streams are also available on the Netflix created box the Roku. If you have the LG BD300 Blu-ray player and the Samsung BD-P2550 and BD-P2500 Blu-ray players you can view instant watch content there as well. Also coming very soon Xbox 360 will have streaming instant watch on it too. The full press release of all of this information is available here. Mac users prepare to WATCH!

9 days left

If you live in the United States of America, you may have heard there is an election coming up. I'm not here to tell you what I think about the candidates (if you know me you know what I think). I'm not here to judge your decisions. I'm here for my what seems to be annual plea. VOTE! Please vote, to be truely honest, I don't care who you vote for. Even if you don't vote in all the races that are happening, but please, please vote. Election day in the US is Novemeber 4th. Most states are past registration dates but you can still check if you have all of your information in line by clicking on the title of this post or by going to www.canivote.org. Please Vote!

Ok, I'll get off of my soapbox now. Thank you for reading.