Church of Siglertology

I played with Joost way back in January when it was still called “The Venice Project” and beta testers had to sign NDAs (although that didn’t stop a lot of them). Back then while the technology was great, due to the number of users the quality was mediocre.

I got into Joost again at Stella’s request, when she met someone at the library who wanted an invitation.

I installed joost this evening on my 2.4ghz/1gig Vista Home Basic which is connected to my 32″ LG LCD TV and acts as our “Media Center” and not only is the quality great but the selection has grown to include some real shows (currently watching LEXX).

For those of you who haven’t heard about Joost, it is created by the same people who brought us Skype and works using a peer-to-peer model. Peer-to-pear media streaming is drastically different from the server-based media streaming which we are seeing from various news sites, as well as sites like youtube.com. Before YouTube’s acquisition by Google, they announced that they were spending $1 million on bandwidth alone.

Through using Peer-to-peer technology Joost allows the its software to communicate with other copies of Joost software and distribute the media between themselves. Using traditional file serving each additional user viewing a file creates a larger burden on the server, using P2P each additional user becomes another server in the “swam” and shares that file with other peers the initial seed server load is lightened.

I had an interesting discussion with Stella about how the technology behind Joost would handle streaming live content. Because of the P2P nature of Joost, it would be fairly difficult to distribute truly live content without reverting back to the original server based media serving. That is assuming that Joost is only sending data to my computer which I request and am watching.

If my Joost client can receive data that I am not watching, it would allow the main Joost servers to ensure that all the shows that they are streaming can be delivered in real-time and equal quality and if Joost wants to deliver live events this would probably be the only way that this would be possible.

Anyway… I am VERY happy with the progress that Joost has made, and am looking forward to see how it will move forward.

Oh yeah, and the DRM issue isn’t an issue.

That's on-time three weeks in a row, you dirty Junkie! By my clock, which is set to Pacific Time, I am posting this episode of BloodCast with 12 minutes to

That's on-time three weeks in a row, you dirty Junkie! By my clock, which is set to Pacific Time, I am posting this episode of BloodCast with 12 minutes to

Junkies, here’s a little philosophical near-future sci-fi tale for ya. I’m a big fan of letting the punishment fit the crime, and for warning the public when a danger is present, but whenever you make an omelet of justice, you have to break a few eggs. I know, not that gory, but still dancing around the edges of acceptable science.

Click here to download RED MAN

“No man suffers injustice without learning, vaguely but surely, what justice is. ” - Isaac Rosenfeld

PUBCRAWL:
Pubcrawl #2 is Friday, Aug 3, 8 pm at Jupiter Bar in Berkeley, CA.

SCOTT’S RECORDING RIG:
Many of you have asked me about my recording gear. Well I took some pretty pictures and mapped it all out for ya. So click here to check that shiznit out.

News just in. Kevin Capizzi, the cover artist for EARTHCORE, ANCESTOR, INFECTION and scottsigler.net, will be joining us for the Saturday, July 28th Pubcrawl

Hey all you Michiganders! Spur-of-the-moment pub crawl, Saturday, July 28th at the Box Bar in Plymouth, Michigan. http://tinyurl.com/36khok We'll kick off at

The article says:

The online site has found more than 29,000 registered sex offenders among its 180 million members, it was revealed on Tuesday. Three months ago the site acknowledged that there were 7,000 profiles of sex offenders on its site, but under pressure from legal officials in several US states it has provided a more complete breakdown of its membership.

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MySpace’s head of security, Hemanshu Nigam, said: “We’re pleased that we’ve successfully identified and removed registered sex offenders from our site and hope that other social networking sites follow our lead.”

In other news 29,000 new accounts were opened with random fake names.

Nice move, MySpace.

Ha! A day early! What do you think of THAT, Junkie? http://scottsigler.podshow.com. The story is IOWA TYPHOON, read by a special guest reader. Also lots of

Here is my story IOWA TYPHOON as recorded by Indiana Jim of the “Things Are Looking Up” podcast.

Click here to download IOWA TYPHOON

Click on this picture to see the Krakens’ rink made for me by Junkie Skeet.

Get your asses ready for this one:
“ANCESTOR - THE MUSICAL”

PODCAST PROMOS:

• Aurora Hunter podcast novel, by Marcus Noble
• Earth by Mur Lafferty
• Things Are Looking Up Podcast
• Geek Cred Podcast
• Wander Radio Podcast

Yes, I am an idiot. I double-booked my stupid ass on Saturday, July 28th. I will be in Michigan at that time, so no Pub Crawl in Berkeley. My apologies. I've

Here's an interesting Snipe spotting, courtesy of Junkie Chris Malone. http://tinyurl.com/2oj6ta What the hail is dat thing? Thanks, Chris!

SO THERE! I finally posted Episode Three of THE GREAT SNIPE HUNT. It's short, sorry, but that's all that was left in the story. http://scottsigler.podshow.com

Here it is, the finale to SNIPE HUNT. Thanks for your patience (if you can call it that, the death-threats and black mail pictures just say “we love you, Scott” - but seriously, who knew there was a security camera in that barn?). I know, a four-week delay is just bullshit. No excuses here, but working my fanny off on the INFESTED hardcover manuscript. You will understand the delays when it’s in your favorite bookstores on April 1, 2008.

Click here to listen to Snipe Hunt, Part Three

OTHER NEWS:

• The movie script contest is over, we have 17 entries. We’ll let everyone know by the end of July.
• Big thanks to Will Shattuck for helping edit episodes of THE ROOKIE for PB.com. We’ll get that up sometime before 2009. You can takethat one to the bank.
• ROOKIE in print is not a done deal as we thought. We’re trying to work that out, but we’ll see what happens.

Yo, So I lied. So I told your SNIPE HUNT PART III would post last week. Then I told you it would post on Tuesday. I am a liar. Just be glad we're not dating.

Howdy, I'm in the final stages of INFESTED edits. I've got a choke-hold on that bitch, and I'm going to make it tap out ... But first, looking to see if anyone

Howdy, My apologies for the delays. I've been working hard to finish the final INFESTED manuscript and send it off to Crown. They are going to publish

Sigler Sceenwriting Contest:
click here for details, you
damn dirty Hollywood wanna-be.

Here is Part Two of Snipe Hunt - if you haven’t heard Part One, then scroll down this blog and get it, Einstein.

Click here to listen to Snipe Hunt, Part Two

Also, I have to say, this is probably my best-ever episode of rants. I have outdone myself. Now I’m not saying this episode has my best-ever rant, singular, but taken as a whole, there three top-20 rants in this here bitch. That’s a lot or ranty goodness going on. I impress easily, true, but I’m telling you this is gold.

PODCASTS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

• Brent Barrett “Sweet Sorrow“
• Mike’s Hot Dish interview with J.C. Hutchins
• Big O’s Techno Fodder Podcast
• BoondockCast - pure professionalism in podcast form
• Seth Harwood promo takes on Tee Morris: for Jack Palms II - This Is Life
• Crescent by Phil “I like to knit!” Rossi

My Dearest, Dirtiest Junkie, First, if you're waiting for the second part of the short story SNIPE HUNT, that will post the evening of June 12, around 9 p.m.

My Dearest, Dirtiest Junkie, First, if you're waiting for the second part of the short story SNIPE HUNT, that will post the evening of June 12, around 9 p.m.

Junkies, check it out. A book trailer for ANCESTOR, and one for David Wellington’s 13 BULLETS. I have to admit, I think David kicked my ass on this one … but now I know what I need to do for INFESTED trailers to raise the bar even higher. You want a piece o’ me, Wellington? Well bring it on! (just please leave that dude from your video at home, he freaks me out). Click on both to take look.