Archive for January, 2007

Posted in General, Wii at 8:55 am January 31, 2007

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about how it’s necessary to get some Wii things early. It turned out that Gamestop has sold out its pre-orders of Wii Play… two weeks before it comes out in the U.S.
However, if you’re still looking for a regular Wii-mote, I got mine at the Nintendo online store. [...]

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Posted in General, Tips, Wordpress at 8:19 am January 25, 2007

In addition to using Akismet to do the bulk of the filtering of comment spam, I moderate comments from new users. The past few days, several comments have made it through Akismet’s filters and I was notified to moderate them. Today, I saw one that seemed genuine:
I always have terrible trouble with comment-related plugins that [...]

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Posted in General, Tips, Wii at 8:32 am January 22, 2007

In games as in real life, I have a very bad sense of direction. So games like Legend of Zelda present a challenge to me. Even if I manage to figure out where to go, I don’t always know what to do or what to do next. Then I stop playing, as I did with [...]

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Posted in Gadgets, General, Wii at 8:46 am January 17, 2007

I finally got my Wii yesterday. Goodness, what an ordeal it has been. People who know me know how hard I’ve tried to get one. It was difficult to endure the extra week of wait because I chose standard ground shipping
It was so worth the wait.
Trauma Center was addictive. And it’s really cool [...]

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Posted in Gadgets, General, Product at 6:01 pm January 15, 2007

Today was a work holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I went to see if I could pick up my Wii delivery from shipping & receiving. It wasn’t open, as someone had told me it would be.
Oh well, at least I could go to Costco on my way home. At [...]

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Posted in General, Tips, Wii at 10:02 am January 14, 2007

I just preordered Wii Play thanks to a tip from Dealnews. It’s $50 for the game Wii Play and a Wiimote. It is coming out in one month on February 12. I’ve learned during the past 2 months that if I want anything Wii-related, I need to get it early, even earlier than early by [...]

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Posted in General, Tips, Wii at 9:22 am

I called Target this morning to see if they had any nunchucks or controllers. I was told they didn’t have any but they probably will when the next shipment of Wii’s come in next week on January 21. Just thought I’d let you know if you’re still looking for one.

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