Hulu.com

    One of the coolest things to get going on the net is finally open to the public.  Hulu.com is now up and running.  The site hosts about 250 TV shows, including recent shows like "The Office, "30 Rock," "House," "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles," and "Heroes,"  Also new are a slew of free movies, including: The Big Lebowski," "Dude, Where’s My Car," "Mulholland Drive," "Sideways," and "The Usual Suspects." 
    Meanwhile, the standard TV and movie streams look OK, if not great. TV streams look a bit pixilated, but the video itself looks smooth enough, with a minimum of stuttering. Movie quality on Hulu is pretty variable—some of the movies I saw were in their original aspect ratios, some were panned-and-scanned, while others were actually windowboxed (that is, big black bars surrounding the video). That said, all the films—even the rated-R ones—are uncut.
    Everything is free, and you can even edit clips from the show and embed them onto your own Web site—that way, you get the video, and Hulu gets credit (and presumably, revenue) for the traffic.
    Here’s an example of one of my favourite series, the pilot episode of "Firefly."

Check it out and see what you think for yourself.