The unh:

I think I've been fighting a gastrointestinal thing because my stomach has been feeling like crap since Sunday. I think I may have to bite the bullet and suck down some Gatorade because Tums is doing squat for me...so's Emergen-C


The awesome:

Last month I mentioned that Netflix was going to offer free 'instant viewing' in addition to however many DVDs you get.

Remember, this is in addition to your subscribed rate, so it doesn't affect the number of DVDs you'd have at one time and it doesn't cost you any extra. They're rolling this feature out slowly to the membership, so you may or may not have this yet. You can tell you have it by looking at the tabs at the top of your screen. If you see "Watch Now," that means you have instant viewing.

I now have instant viewing.

Yayness!

The selection Netflix is offering is pretty small so far, but already 9 of the movies in my cue are available for instant viewing. But still, that means I can clear my que out a little bit if I feel like it.

Now Playing:

MarcsBro was the one who gave me the heads up on this.

People who have Netflix might be interested to know that in addition to however many DVDs they get a month, they'll also be able to get a number of additional hours for online viewing of movies.

So, for example, if you're on the 3-DVDs-a-month plan, you'll be able to watch another 18 hours' worth of movies/tv shows online free of charge. The cheapest plan will give you an additional 6 hours' worth.

They're starting small — only 1,000 titles will be included at the start — but by June 2007, the option will be available to the entire customer base.

For more information, here's the press release.