My TV wishes coming true.

Last year I wrote a blog about how I don't think advertising on television works. I wrote about how I want to watch a show when I want, where I want. I wrote about how commercial time should be lessened and that I wouldn't mind downloading a TV show with commercials in it.

Though Hulu's rendition of streaming TV episodes isn't a new idea, it's definately the best I've seen so far. Sure, NBC has webisodes of all their shows in the same format, with a sprinkle of a commercial here or there, Hulu is actually giving me one site to log into that has it all.

On top of that, the quality of the episodes are great. The site begins a stream only a few seconds after it's clicked. The commercial breaks are only 30 seconds long, and only happen twice per thirty minute episode. I can deal.

So if you haven't heard of Hulu, sign up for the beta list and pray you get one soon. Check out the HD section when you get in. From what I've heard--although it requires being a little tech savvy--connecting your computer to a TV to watch streams off Hulu is an amazing experience.

Goodbye expensive cable bill. Goodbye pirated divx shows. Goodbye DVD collection.

Hello Hulu.

Prosper Portfolios

If you haven't been to prosper.com lately, you should check it out. The interface has been improved with some on-the-fly rate of return calculations. With that functionality, Prosper has added "portfolios".


Basically, for those familiar with prosper, it's a bunch of preset standing orders that will perform at a certain rate of return (i guess based on historic performance of similar credit histories). This really cuts down on the weekly maintenance.

Personally, I still like to pick my own loans. If you remember my last post on prosper, it's really rewarding to know you're helping to make a difference in someone's life.