So what's the big deal with a Wii?

I've had a few comments along these lines, I thought I'd share.

At first when I heard the news from Nintendo about their new system I was thinking... that's it? Just new controllers? Hmm. Sounds kind of lame.

That thing looks like a TV remote! How will I ever use that to play games?

(Wii remote and xbox controller shown below)



Well. The controller is motion activated, so maybe that helps. Hmm.

Hmm.

Maybe the motion sensor will work out, but most things like that in the past have been gimmicky. I'm still skeptical.

And then I saw this.



This is the first video that nintendo released about the wii.

I've been super excited to see how it really works out ever since.

Aren't you? =)

(Note: there are other more up to date commercials and trailers floating around, but this is the one that I saw first.)

Until later.

Pictures...

I saw this on a couple other blogs and thought I'd try it out.

Read my VisualDNA™ Get your own VisualDNA™

Pretty interesting, though I wish they had a better variety of pictures.

Wii

So, about 3 weeks ago I installed a program from a site that would check for the availability of a nintendo wii at various places on the internet.

Doue to the magic of the internet, And me sitting at my desk at the time of the alert, I was able to order a Wii.



Amazon.com was sold out within 13 minutes of posting wii's available.

I'm still floored by this. Apparently nintendo has shipped over 5.5 million wiis. And you still have a very difficult time getting one.

I hear it's worse here where I am than other places, but still... It's been incredibly difficult to get my hands on one of these.

I'll let you all know how it works out once it arrives. =)

DDR

If you've ever wanted a dance dance revolution pad here's an easy way to get one.

From Kraft.

Hard to beat for only $6.

So... yeah.

So, you know how I made this big speech a while back about where I'm going and what I'm doing?

I think I lied. I don't know what the hell I'm doing. And you're welcome to quote me on that.

Anyhow.

This is what I came home to today.


Apparently the city turned on the water (or at least turned up the pressure) for the pressurized irrigation. We have a faucet out in the back, it was split in a couple of places and spraying water like a geyser.

I think I'm going to hire a neighbor kid to dig out the window well so that this doesn't happen, at least not immediately if water gets into it.

Work on the basement progresses. The roughed in plumbing is done for the bathroom. The air ducts are in. The wiring is all actually run (except for the bathroom which is waiting until later anyway). Some of it's even hooked up!

Yard work season has already begun, and I'm sure my wife will post more than I do about that. But rest assured I'll be plenty involved there.

The family is relatively healthy, though we continue to go to see doctors for our youngest's breathing problem.

And dare I post it...? World of Warcraft is fast coming to an end. It's probably a matter of weeks until I get completely fed up with the time it's taking away from everything else. You can have a look at my warlock if you're into that kind of thing.

Of course there's always Team Fortress 2... Another time I'll explain how and why that means anything to me. Probably means nothing to the rest of you with the exception of my wife. =)

Until then.

Wal... wha?

I am sick.

I've been sick for a couple of days.

Pretty much my entire family is sick.

Not a lot of positive stuff going on at our house right now. We'll get through it, but man, it's a pain to wade through.

Nobody was "nice" enough to tag me.... And though I just barely posted something like this, I thought I'd go through a few songs that I listen to off and on.

the first and top song is "Waldorf Worldwide". For some reason the lyrics have really caught my attention lately. (Don't let the first few lines throw you, heh) Which is wierd, I don't really like rap, but this is pretty rappish in a punk kind of a way. Reading through the lyrics never gets me with songs, I always want to hear them. So here you go.



Here are a few other songs that have been kicking around here and there. Most are not new to me, it's been a while since I listened to the radio. Unless you count talk radio in the car. But that's a whole 'nuther post.

"The Anthem" also by Good Charlotte.
"My own worst enemy" by Lit, with honorable mentions "Lipstick and bruises" and "Miserable". I need to mention here, that I really like Lit's style. Or... At least how they don't take themselves too seriously. =)
"Face Down" by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus.
"I'm OK, you're OK" by MxPx
"Meant to live" by switchfoot.
"Silver & Cold" by AFI. (I like the sound, the video made the song a bit worse for me, beware...)

Until later.

Huh?

Dr. Schambaugh, of the University of Oklahoma School of Chemical Engineering, Final Exam question for May of 1997. Dr. Schambaugh is known for asking questions such as, "why do airplanes fly?" on his final exams. His one and only final exam question in May 1997 for his Momentum, Heat and Mass Transfer II class was: "Is hell exothermic or endothermic? Support your answer with proof."

Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law or some variant. One student, however, wrote the following:

"First, We postulate that if souls exist, then they must have some mass. If they do, then a mole of souls can also have a mass. So, at what rate are souls moving into hell and at what rate are souls leaving? I think we can safely assume that once a soul gets to hell, it will not leave.

Therefore, no souls are leaving. As for souls entering hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today. Some of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, then you will go to hell. Since there are more than one of these religions and people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all people and souls go to hell. With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in hell to increase exponentially.

Now, we look at the rate of change in volume in hell. Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in hell to stay the same, the ratio of the mass of souls and volume needs to stay constant. Two options exist:

1) If hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter hell, then the temperature and pressure in hell will increase until all hell breaks loose.

2) If hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until hell freezes over.


So which is it? If we accept the quote given to me by Theresa Manyan during Freshman year, "that it will be a cold night in hell before I sleep with you" and take into account the fact that I still have NOT succeeded in having sexual relations with her, then Option 2 cannot be true...Thus, hell is exothermic."

The student, Tim Graham, got the only A.