Things People Do

Hey kids, you should try exactly what this guy is doing. Not only is it safe and cool, but if you do it well enough, you'll get superpowers, candy will fall from the sky, and mommy and daddy will stop fighting and start loving you again.

(Message brought to you by Nibbles the hamster.)


btw, I'm pretty sure the city shots are Beijing; he picked some pretty good days to shoot.

Eee does the Wii

Asus' latest push into the full-built PC market has yielded some rather interesting products in the Eee laptop and desktop. If you've seen the things, if becomes clear that they are aiming for Apple's jugular, which I whole-heatedly approve of. Now they've unveiled a new gaming controller for PC's that look rather familiar.

Despite being a lifelong Nintendo fan, their obsession with bringing gaming to the shambling mass of "casuals" with lightweight, Toys 'R Us offerings has left a sour taste in my mouth, to the point where I'm almost morally detered from getting a Wii. I'm glad Asus has brought an alternative to the table that leverages everything that makes Wii such a hot item.

Also, love how the fanboys have already started camping on the comments page here. Chavs of the internet indeed, though I am interested in how Nintendo will respond to this rather blatant incursion into their intellectual territory. They're known for being on the draconian side in this respect, and I can imagine this turning into a reenactment of the legal brawl they fought over unlicensed NES cartridges almost two decades ago. I'm rooting for Asus.