Oddles of Joost

Got my Joost account setup about a week ago.  I have to say it’s pretty impressive.  Nice interface (very Mac like).  Not a particularly wide selection of channels yet, but the potential is clearly there.  I’ve tried it on both XP and on my Mac Mini (hooked up to a HD Samsung slimfit CRT), and the quality of the streams is just short of standard definition.  Sound outputted via an AV amp is equivalent to Dolby Pro Logic and sounds as good as a standard broadcast.

Setup was simple and worked out of the box.  No router port forwarding required (as you’d expect from software of this lineage).

Registration is still by invite, and they are slowly sending them out (I was given 2 ‘tokens/invites’ the day after registering, and used them within minutes).

Mount ISO Files as Drives in XP

• XP: Small, Free Way to Use and Mount Images (ISO files) Without Burning Them

  Nice free little app for mounting iso files as disk drives in XP

  (tags: ISO Mount XP Application Tools)

Educational Resources for Children

• Teaching Ideas – Free lesson ideas, plans, activities and resources for use in the primary classroom.

  This site contains hundreds of ideas and resources for primary teachers, and they’re all FREE for you to use in your classrooms!

  (tags: Education Children Reference Resource Teaching)