Seriously, who thinks this stuff up?
And who buys it?
Category: Technology
Wii Is Here To Play
I promised Scott a Nintendo Wii for his birthday, but it took a little time to actually track one down and get it here (thank you, eBay!). And yes, I am probably a fool for overpaying on eBay rather than camping a line for one, but I’m too damn old to sit out in the cold all night for a game console.
So far, we’ve set the console up, gotten it connected to the Internet, downloaded all the updates, and created two Mii avatars. After dinner, we’ll crack open the games (it came with Wii Sports, plus we bought Zelda and the Marvel game) and see how we do with those.
Apparently you can add Wii-owning friends to your Address Book and then their avatars will wander across your screen along with your own. If you’ve got a Wii and want to friend up, leave a comment or shoot me an e-mail and we can exchange numbers. I’d rather not post our console number in public.
Geek Humor
Seen in Flickr today. Apparently it’s a gag, not for real.
On the one hand, this type of commercial would be a natural extension to the existing “I’m a Mac / I’m a PC” campaign Apple has been running.
On the other hand, would doing so give the Zune too much legitimacy? Probably.
Fun With Google Code Search Tricks
Shelley Powers decided to do something fun with Google Code Search and post the results on her blog: Search the developers’ comments for amusing tidbits. No surprise, “Stupid users” is all over the place.
Her favorite is the search for “piece of shit“. If you’re geeky, it’s very funny reading. Lots of bashing on IE and much much more.
Technolust
Oooh. A less expensive Treo. Me want.
At DigitalLife 2006 in New York City Thursday, Palm introduced a new Treo smartphone aimed at average consumers rather than just business customers. The Treo 680 is a quad-band GSM handset that runs Palm OS and comes in a number of different colors.
Palm says it has designed the Treo 680 to reach a wide range of users around the world, and has simplified the device’s software to make that goal a reality. “Really what we focused on in the past is the mobile professionals,” Palm CEO Ed Colligan said in a press conference.
Although it comes with largely the same feature set as the Treo 650, Palm has updated the 680’s phone application to version 3.0, which offers a completely new user interface. Favorites have been simplified and contacts are now integrated directly into the dial software.
In addition, Palm has included a wired car kit, a “My Treo” user guide and knowledge base support system, as well as a new version of the Treo’s e-mail software known as VersaMail 3.5. Multimedia, blogging and mapping utilities come with the 680 as well. Google finally released a version of its Maps software for Palm on Thursday.
I’m still reasonably happy with my Razr, though, so I doubt I’ll be buying one of these the day the come out. The Razr won’t last forever though……
Del.icio.us Followup
I’m liking the centralized repository of bookmarks aspect of del.icio.us; I can bookmark something from school or work and not have to e-mail it to myself at home. That’s useful. I’ve also tried finding interesting stuff from other people’s tags, which has been reasonably useful.
I haven’t tried uploading my “master” bookmark list, because that would mean having to tag a few hundred links, and that’s a lot of work.
At any rate, if you want to take a look:
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