Lately I have been experiencing interruptions on streaming video from Netflix Watching Instantly. The player often needs to pause for buffering up for more than a few minutes before playing video again. This occurs every a few minutes and i’t’s really annoying.

I’m using DSL and wireless AP at home. The streaming performance was very good in the past. There could be a few factors impacting the streaming: WiFi, ISP and Netflix.

I’m waiting to see if this is the case from other Netflix users. If so, I might discontinue the service as it’s really painful to watch a video with so many interruptions.

I have tested HQ video on youtube with good results. My DSL speed test result is pretty good too.

Rails 2.3 is released. Most significant feature for me is the Rack and Rails Metal, which provides a simple yet performance boost for providing services.

Here’s the release notes

I have gmail and ymail accounts. Overall, I like gmail more, which is the mail client I use daily. In terms of spam filters, I hardly get any spams in my gmail inbox, but quite a few daily in the ymail inbox.