So, are you streaming yet?

I don't mean swimming in a stream or fishing in a stream or crooning with Dolly Parton that islands in the stream are, in fact, what you are.

No, no, no ... nobody cares about that—unless you're hip enough to stream these stream-related activities.

I'm talking about live-mobile-video-on-the-Web streaming.

No? Well, get on it, then. All the cool kids are doing it.

Case in point: As I type, actor/ heartthrob/slacker Ashton Kutcher is streaming at the Sundance Film Festival. He just hosted a game-show experiment called “;24 Hours at Sundance,”; where niche Net celebs competed in a scavenger hunt/gallfest in real time that was captured on numerous cell-phone cameras, viewable—like hundreds of other streams—live on the Web site Qik.com.

Though the Kutcher project was randomly entertaining, it was called an “;experiment”; so as not to confuse it with more developed art, like that viral video of a cat attacking a laser printer.

Think of this “;live streaming”; phenomenon as YouTube videos that never blink. Or maybe a remake of that jittery movie “;Cloverfield,”; only replace the giant monster with hubris.

But never mind that Sundance prance. You don't have to have a trust fund or an unlimited ski lift ticket to play this game.

In fact, there's a good chance you—yes, everyday, run-of-the-mill you—already possess the tools you need to run around un-tethered and blast out to the world all the raw, unfiltered visual truth you can muster.

First, you'll need any one of about 100 camera-equipped smart phones. Almost any Nokia phone, several species of Sony and Samsung phones, a jail-broken iPhone, etc. (see Qik.com's FAQ for a complete list).

Then, register at the site and download the specific software onto your mobile device. After that, you're at most two clicks away from being a live-video Webcaster. Those who watch live online can then type chat messages that you can read from your phone and answer as your “;show”; streams.

Aside from the initial fascination, you might just find streaming a useful thing indeed. Web cams have been around awhile, but with Qik.com they can now be as spontaneous as a spur-of-the-moment phone call.

Want to give Grandma access to her granddaughter's recital but can't afford the round-trip ticket? Just point and stream.

If you must house-hunt without your wife, tell her to go your Qik.com page on her office computer's browser and judge the closet space for herself.

In a flirting slump at the bar? Have your buddy stream your play-action passes, and get inundated with real-time bad advice from around the globe.

Qik.com routinely saves your recorded streams, and you can set your account to automatically and immediately post videos to YouTube, Twitter or a blog. Or, you can set your stream for select eyes only.

I got an account (qik.com/digitalslob). Who knows, I might one day manage to put something interesting on it.

Unfortunately, Dolly Parton's agent isn't returning my calls.