This week I’ve been hearing rumours that Jason Acuna (aka Wee man) who stars in the popular films Jackass: The Movie and Jackass Number two as well as the MTV series “Jackass” is dead. He apparently died after having tried to eat his own weight in salt as part of a challenge. So, when I got home, I did my research (I found this rumour very saddening- Wee man is awesome!) and found many sites claiming different facts about how he died, none of them agreeing. His official website (click here) writes as though he is still alive and does not make any suggestions of the contrary. Therefore, my final verdict on the matter is that Wee man is ALIVE.
Case dismissed.
Here are a few videos of him and some of his Jackass team in action:
Yesterday I was lucky enough to find an error on the Joost homepage and reported it to the Joost support team, who as a thank you sent me an invite to Joost!!! I have been waiting for an invite for months after having used Zattoo. Joost is made by the same people who made Skype and Kazaa and I must say although Joost doesn’t seem to provide live TV as in BBC1 etc like Zattoo, but it provides full episodes of popular programs in perfect picture and perfect sound. Full screen is really quite impressive and perfectly watchable. I am writing this entry from inside Joost thanks to its great number of widgets and interactive extensions. The interface is very Web 2.0 with transparent backgrounds and shiny buttons. I really think the Joost team have hit a winner here. Joost uses more bandwidth than Zattoo but by contrast I have not had one bit of lag while watching Joost programs. Joost on average uses 85 kb/s of bandwidth, which is no problem for me and my connection but perhaps a little hungry for those with smaller bandwidth allowances.
