I’ve been Joosted
Published Sunday, May 6th, 2007 at 11:56 am
I’ve been hearing about Joost (pronounced juiced) for a while now. In case you haven’t heard Joost is a free (and legal) peer-2-peer (p2p) software for distributing TV over the Internet. With Joost you can watch shows from MTV, Comedy Central, National Geographic, and more right on your computer.
Joost is currently in open beta but by invitation only. That means the only way to try Joost is to have a friend invite you. Unfortunately for me most of my friends still search for "Google" in AOL search so I’ve been left out. Well, on May 1 Joost announced 999 invites per user. What that means is Joost users can stop being greedy with the invites are start handing them out to random strangers. Hey, that’s me! I’m a random stranger!
Thanks to Josh over at UbuntuOS I can finally try Joost. Thank you very much Josh.
Would you like to try Joost? Well now that I have a few invites of my own I can give them out to all my friends… oh wait, that’s right, my friends are too busy helping Howgul Abul Arhu get forty seven million dollars out of Nigeria. I guess I too will have to invite random strangers. If you would like an invite please leave a comment below. Make sure you include a valid e-mail address in "Mail (will not be published)". You do not, and should not, leave your e-mail address in the comment if you want to avoid spam. I promise to send an invite to at least the first 25 comments (do I even have 25 readers?). After that it depends on how bored I am and how my carpal tunnel is felling.
May 6th, 2007 at 12:19 pm
been tracking joost also for some time now jayson, random stranger…maybe, though similarly situated nonetheless. invite pretty please?
the merm
May 6th, 2007 at 12:36 pm
Yo, Jayson. Joost me, dude.
My rotating headers work great, except (when not cached) they take a bit to load. I beginning to think that maybe my host, GoDaddy, is SLOW. Changing hosts would be a major undertaking, but I’m beginning to consider it. I take it you’re happy with DreamHost? Any down sides you’ve noticed now that you’ve been with them a while?
May 6th, 2007 at 1:11 pm
Many thanks for blogging about having joost invites and that you are enjoying the iTV!! May I be one of the random strangers to receive a Joost invite?
Thanks in advance!
May 6th, 2007 at 2:49 pm
Joost my carpel tunnel please. I am in need of some serious brain numbing entertainment!!
May 6th, 2007 at 3:06 pm
Joost me up!
(sounds kind of dirty ;P)
May 6th, 2007 at 3:21 pm
Hold on folks. I’m sorry but it appears that Joost is having problems with invites from new users. I’ll send them as soon as I get them or you can pop over to UbuntuOS and ask him.
May 6th, 2007 at 3:41 pm
I’d love to try Joost. I understand what you said about new users, but if it starts working again I’d love an invite. Thanks!
May 6th, 2007 at 3:53 pm
Joost sounds awesome. If you are still allowing invites for total strangers who are readers, I’d love and invite!
Thanks!
May 6th, 2007 at 4:21 pm
Would love to get joost, if you’ve still got the invites.
Thanks!
Shane
May 6th, 2007 at 5:44 pm
Joost me please!
I would love to get an invite.
By the way, nice blog. Keep up the good work!
Thanks a lot!
Steve
May 7th, 2007 at 6:46 pm
Good news! Joost has fixed the invitation system. I have sent invitations to everyone that left comments so far. You should get the invitation soon. If anyone else wants an invite just ask.
May 7th, 2007 at 7:53 pm
Jayson my uncle Steve Told me about your blog i love to read it send me a joost invite please
May 8th, 2007 at 6:58 am
Dude! You rock! I read about it in Wired and thought it was the coolest thing since toast. Thanks so much for sharing the TV love!
May 9th, 2007 at 4:29 am
Hey!
Nice blog! Can you plz send an invitation to mee as well.. Thank you Sooo much!
May 9th, 2007 at 9:03 pm
send me an invite.
May 9th, 2007 at 9:04 pm
forgot to attach my email.
May 9th, 2007 at 10:10 pm
Rock on. Invite me Please!
May 10th, 2007 at 5:14 am
I’m curious to check out Joost. I’m the 18th here. :)
May 15th, 2007 at 7:06 am
This is cool, can I get one as well… Please!
May 17th, 2007 at 6:35 am
T..V… hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Invite me Please! :)
May 27th, 2007 at 5:32 pm
Joost me please!
Thanks!
B~
June 5th, 2007 at 3:46 am
got here by an internet tangent! have to appreciate that, could you invite me to joost? I enjoyed your blog :) has it been a good service in your opinion?
June 23rd, 2007 at 5:00 am
I’ve been reading your blog. It’s really neat.
June 23rd, 2007 at 5:01 am
(I forgot to mention, Joost me up!)