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A few days ago I posted a story about Hulu and how you can embed their videos in your own blog.

I also noticed one little thing that there were more videos available if you just change the numeric id in the embed code. That led me to create a page on Premity.com, a company I started with a couple of other dudes.

A couple of people noticed the page and we even got a call from Nat Worden of TheStreet.com inquiring about our (un)association with the video startup currently it private beta. Little did we know the phone call was an interview for a post on TheStreet.com and made us out to be hackers trying to use their service to garner free publicity.

In reality, this ‘hack’ is not much of a hack at all. Since Hulu allows embedding of their videos outside of their site, even beta testers need to be able to copy and paste the embed code to their destination of choice. That meant anyone who wanted to embed the code onto their blog was free to do so. It just so happens that the video IDs are in ascending numerical order so I just made a page that randomly picks a number out of all of their currently available videos and displays the next 4.

It really is a pretty simple implementation of what Hulu intended for their beta users to be able to do so I would not really consider this a compromise at all of their beta service.

But it is a free world, so say what you will…

A couple sites who noticed our page:
Hulu’s Code Quickly Cracked
Premity Hijacks Hulu
I want a beta invite to Hulu
Private Beta Not So Private: Ad-Free Hulu Clips Disseminated

I’d just give up now and smash your PS2 while you are at it.

BTW, Does this kid go to any of his classes? Who are his parents?

Finally, the dunces over at Mahalo decided to put out a real episode of their much hyped daily show, Mahalo Daily featuring Veronica Belmont. The show feels like a rejected news segment from KRON. Short, low production value and thin on content. To top it all of, Jason Calacanis tried his hand once again at humor by crediting himself as craft services in the end props. Pleeeeez! If you want people to watch this show, your best chance will be the keep yourself as far away as possible…

What I want to know is why aren’t these people hosting the daily show at Mahalo?

http://mahalo.blip.tv/

Isn’t the show suppose to be about DIY tips? Nicole and Sarah from this Mahalo show unfortunately weren’t lucky enough to be dating their boss’ second favorite employee (Ryan Block) from his last company to be hosts of the ‘Official’ Mahalo video blog. Dont let that get you down ladies. Keep up the good work and fry on!

You would think after 3 months of working on a debut episode of Mahalo Daily, they would have actually put something together that’s worth watching. Instead, all they were able to muster is a ‘trailer’ to the upcoming premiere. It is a really lame one at that. Completely lacks creativity and originality. After months of work, they resorted to making a parody video of some of the most popular video podcasts. It is a huge cop-out move to get cheap laughs. I’m not even gonna post any links to the video to spare you the torture. For the masochists out there, I’m sure you will have no problems Googling it yourself…

Here is an episode of the Office from Hulu.com. Big media’s answer to online video. So far so good. That’s right, what you see below is actually legal. Click on the menu button in the player to see other shows.