It's that time again...another Friday, and once again, you're faced with the tough question: what should I watch online this weekend? Because, let's face it - even when you don't have to be in front of a computer, you just can't help turning it on.

Without further ado, three quick picks to keep you entertained this weekend, in between mint juleps.

• Slam Dunk: Our newest anime series tracks the life of Sakuragi. Unlucky in love - rejected a record 50 times - he hopes to win the love of his life over with...basketball.

• Space: The Final Frontier: The weekend's the time to explore your passions. Space travel, anyone?

• Marvel: Oh yeah...there's a little movie coming out this weekend called X-Men Origns: Wolverine. For everything you need to know about the X-Men, check out this channel.

X-Men Origins: Wolverine may still be all the rage at the box office (and the video game aisle - just check out this trailer)...but there will be a battle for No. 1 at the box office this weekend, as Star Trek beams into theaters.

We love a little friendly competition, and there's nothing like a harmless trivia contest to get the competitive juices flowing. And since you can watch every episode from Star Trek: The Original Series (as well as some fun mashups and clips) on Joost, we decided to put the two together.

With the help of some Star Trek fans in the Joost community, we now present (drumroll please)...The Star Trek Quiz. You have all week to watch all of the episodes from The Original Series and try to score a perfect 10 out of 10. We didn't make it easy, so watch carefully!

Mexico has had a tough go of it lately, what with the swine flu H1N1 virus and the earthquake. So celebrating Mexican culture today for Cinco de Mayo seems particularly timely.

First, get the party started with some Mexican music. Like Thalia, Luis Miguel, RBD, Maná and (relative newcomer) Ximena Sariñana.

Then whip up some food and drink - like a margarita, chips and salsa and churros - or if that's not enough for you, prepare an entire feast.

Finally, it's not a fiesta without some dancing, and if you don't feel like doing the Mexican Hat Dance all night long, you can hit the dance floor with these moves, straight from music videos.

This Sunday is Mother's Day, so if you're still looking for the perfect gift, look no further. Here are some gifts from the heart that will show her just how much you care:

• A makeover from her favorite salon (or facial, massage, manicure/pedicure...)
  
• Give her a break from the kitchen and cook her a special Mother's Day brunch or dinner (featuring prosecco!)
  
• You can never go wrong with a heartfelt card and a CD from a touching artist, like Michael Bublé or Faith Hill
  
• Take on some extra household chores or help her update things around the house
  
• Got a mom who loves technology? Teach her how to watch her favorite web shows right on her TV (Joost shows included!)
  
• Still stuck? Find more great gift ideas here.
  

Don't worry, it's not all work and no play. Here are a few "gifts" just for you –

• Check out our Mother's Day Music playlist – full of the hottest mamas that know how to have it all and have the videos to prove it – like Britney, Christina, Madonna, JLo and more
  
• Get your eyeful of Hollywood's hottest Mother-Daughter combos
  
• Watch some of the cutest animal moms as they take care of their even cuter babies
  

Whatever you decide to do, don't forget to call that special Mom, Grandmom, Aunt, Mommy-to-be or Step-Mom in your life on Sunday! Happy Mother's Day!

We don't know if people in radio still do this, but Two for Tuesdays used to be a popular construct. Although there were some variations, usually the station would play two songs in a row from an artist, before moving onto the next artist.

Well, as we co-opt this gimmick for the internet, we're changing it a bit. Because we're not showing two videos from the same artist. Or even two videos that are slightly related, although I'm sure with some effort you could try to draw a very thin parallel.

Nope. We're just playing two new videos that set a new standard for awesome.

In no particular order, we present:

1. Up first, Matt & Kim's Lessons Learned. If you just listen to the catchy tune and don't watch the video, you'll miss out and want to start it over from the beginning. If you stop watching before it ends, you'll miss out and need to watch it again. If you watch it the whole way through like you're supposed to, you still might want to watch it over. And over.

2. Gael García Bernal is better known for his acting than his singing...and he really puts his best acting skills forward in Quiero Que Me Quieras, a Spanish-language cover of Cheap Trick's I Want You To Want Me. Like Lessons Learned, if you just listen to Quiero Que Me Quieras and don't watch it, you will be missing out.

So the songs do have something in common, after all.

I’m counting down the days until I depart for my family’s homeland of Sicily. Preparing for a trip overseas can be a little overwhelming, but to help with planning I’ve been watching travel videos on Joost which have given me a look at the customs, historic sites and the daily lives of Sicilians.

For my vacation, after a brief stop in Rome, I'll head to the island of Sicily. First stop is the beautiful city by the sea of Taormina, where you can take a train up along the still active volcano of Mt. Etna - let’s just hope it doesn’t erupt while I’m there! Heading to the north side of the island for a stop for a stop in the village of Castel di Tusa, I’ve found the perfect hotel - it's a museum, with each of the 13 rooms decorated by a different contemporary artist.

And another town I’ve discovered in my video research is Salemi, a little town on the western part of the island. It has a a random connection to my current home of New York City - the entire video collection of the former Kim’s Video (once a legendary spot in NYC) is now housed in the library of a 17th century former monastery.

So, where should you go on Joost if you're planning a trip this summer? TVF Docs Escape and Off the Fence channels have lots of great information and inspiration. Whether you're looking for an African Odyssey, A Shore Thing in Argentina or exotic Istanbul - or just want to take a little mental vacation to one of these destinations - you’ll be ready to say Andiamo!

eGuiders launched a couple of months ago, and we were immediately hooked. Yes...it's our job to watch online video. And we spend a lot of our time watching online video on Joost. But we also spend a lot of our time scouring the internet for videos that we want to bring onto Joost...and hey, when there's a place where industry pros - actors, directors, writers and more - sharing their favorite videos, we're going to pay attention.

We got the chance to meet Marc from the eGuiders team a couple of weeks ago, and after we'd spent a bunch of time talking about our favorite videos and shows, both on- and off-line, we asked if we could be eGuiders. And apparently we impressed him with our talk of The Real Housewives of New Jersey, because he said yes.

So check out our special Joost spotlight on eGuiders - it's a bunch of videos we like, all in one place, and a couple of them might surprise you.

One of the exciting things about being an internet company is the ability to mash up with external services to make new features or products for users. Since early The Venice Project days, we have been keen to expose our APIs and to try out new integrations.

Sometimes, we work with other services and develop deep integrations, like with Facebook and Netlog, and our experimental personalized music video channel generator, Jigsaw, is powered by Last.fm.

Other times, external partners use our API for integrations, like our friends at Boxee, or to make something completely new, like Paul Yanez's Joost Media Player.

We are always excited when external companies and developers come up with new ways to add interactivity to content or to consume our massive library of content all over the world. We'll continue to extend the ability to integrate with Joost, and look forward to seeing more awesome mash ups over the summer. In the meantime, have a play with Paul's air application, or play around with our api and experimental stuff on Joost Labs.

Next year's fall TV schedule came out this week, and remakes or spinoffs of lots of our favorites will be returning to the small screen next year. The question, of course, will be if they can be as good as the originals - and when you consider the originals, that is a very high bar to reach.

Last year, Beverly Hills 90210 was brought back to life. It's hard to believe it had only been gone for 8 years...and yet, how much things had changed since. There must be some inconsistencies in the timing - after all, you have to think we would've seen a little bit more of the kids who now roam the halls of West Beverly in the original. But we digress. Next year will be just like the old days, when Beverly Hills 90210 came on at 8 p.m. and Melrose Place followed it at 9.

It's unclear how this remake is going to work - we know that Ashlee Simpson Wentz is in it - but Michael and Sydney (dead or alive?) are also coming back. Will it just be the same housing complex with a different cast of characters - and if so, is Michael still living there?

Melrose Place will face some stiff competition from an NCIS spinoff, NCIS: Los Angeles. We already met the main characters for this one in the "Legend" episodes of NCIS this season, and it's probably only a matter of time before there's NCIS: [insert city name here]. After all, it worked for CSI.

Last but not least, and literally, last, because it won't premiere until mid-season, is the remake of V: The Series. Just like phonics, V stands for Visitors, and in this case the visitors are not-too-friendly aliens who have come to Earth. The original version of the show ended with a cliffhanger; perhaps the new series will pick up where that one left off?

Ah, a classic chicken-and-the-egg dilemma: are the women who go on reality TV programs, where they live under the cameras for 24 hours a day, crazy, or does being on camera 24 hours a day make them crazy?

At the very least, there's a certain amount of self-indulgence that propels someone, anyone, to be on a 24-hour-a-day reality TV show - and/or a certain desire to cash in on something. Just look at Jon & Kate Plus 8 or any of the Real Housewives. But is that crazy or opportunistic?

Regardless, we love these shows...and there's a special breed of character that we love the most: The Outrageous Woman. Presenting, in no particular order, our four favorites:

1. Tiffany Pollard, a.k.a. New York: A reality-TV show veteran, at this point, this year New York is going to work at various jobs, chosen by her adoring public. Or maybe they're not-so-adoring, since they send her to work at a nudist colony, a pig farm and as an exterminator.

2. Daisy De La Hoya: Like other bachelorettes before her, Daisy has parlayed "not getting the guy" - in this case, Rock of Love's Bret Michaels - into a televised search for her own beau.

3. Stephanie Pratt: Oh, Stephanie, where to begin...but with a brother like Spencer, a sister-in-law like Heidi, and a supporting cast that also loves the spotlight, can we really blame her?

4. The Girls of Charm School: If it's possible, each woman on this show is more outrageous than the next, with the singular exception of Ricki Lake - she is "all that."

Elizabeth Taylor is all the rage of the Internet these days - is she or is she not on Twitter? While it seems, frankly, unlikely, it also does kind of seem to be her.

But Elizabeth Taylor is more than just another celebrity on Twitter. Don't forget about her first voracious talent which made her such an icon in the first place - acting. Check out this collection of her movies to see where it all began.