Thu Tu’s Blog

Sony execs and fans are doing all they can to differentiate Playstation 3 from the Wii, to the point of saying PS3 shouldn’t be compared to the Wii. They’re right. I didn’t consider buying a PS3, so Sony didn’t lose a customer, but Nintendo gained one.
From all my Wii posts, I might come across as [...]

Tonight, when I used my wiimote to turn on the console, it didn’t respond. The lights blinked at the bottom of the wiimote but then they would turn off. This has happened a few times where my wiimotes would stop communicating with the console.
The first time, I would try to resync each wiimote. I later [...]

Last weekend, I went to the 25th Annual Santa Cruz Clam Chowder Cook-off with some coworkers. It’s about an hour away. Before going, I didn’t have much expectations. I didn’t think that I would be able to discern the difference in good clam chowder. I love clam chowder so I figured they would all be [...]

I finally beat the Fallen Heroes mission of Chapter 6 in Wii Trauma Center. Before finishing it, I read that there would be a series of X Missions after Chapter 6. My coworker, who had finished the game before me, did not see those missions. We tried to figure out from other sites how to [...]

There seems to be a lot of cynicism directed toward the newest channel on the Wii, Everybody Votes. That’s unfortunate, since there is a lot of potential in this feature, if Nintendo decides to use it in a way that truly benefits the users.
Today, I checked out the results of the first vote. I couldn’t [...]

I just realized that it’s been one year since I have set up this incarnation of my blog. And not just that, but I am still posting a year later, unlike the last time I started a blog in 2004. It’s a testament to Wordpress’s awesomeness. I continue to post because it’s so much easier [...]

Last year, I contributed a Valentine’s theme for Coppermine Gallery. This year, I am offering a theme that is Wii-friendly. For the latest info and theme version, check out the thread at Coppermine forums: Wii-friendly theme
You can preview the Wii theme in my gallery.
Happy Valentine’s Day. Thank you for using and supporting Coppermine.