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Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Are Wii the Children of the Revolution?
Journal Entry question for EVERYONE!

http://www.wii.com

There has been quite a bit of hype surrounding the new Ninetendo Wii gaming system. Some say that the Wii's ability to "democratize" gaming for people of all ages and abilities is revolutionary. Do you think this is a true technological revolution or just hype?

I believe that the new Wii Nintendo gaming system truly is 'democratizing' and is not just hype, but I wouldn't go so far as to say it is a technological revolution. I visited the Wii website to gain more information on it, and I found video clips of people of all ages using it, seemingly with ease.

Wii -- pronounced 'wee' -- is video game console released by Nintendo in 2006. I think that the Wii Remote is as much of a breakthrough as you can get. It is wireless and can detect motion and rotation in three dimensions. It was created for the main purpose of contouring to all the needs of people’s ages and abilities. It can serve as a tennis racquet, steering wheel, and more. It uses Bluetooth technology, that can send and receive actions from up to thirty feet away. The Wii Remote also has a cousin, the Nunchuk. The Nunchuk is designed to fit perfectly into a player’s hand, and connects to the Wii Remote. It has the same motion sensing technology of the Wii Remote, but also has a joy stick to help in character movement. Both the Nunchuk and the Wii Remote please the ambidextrous nature of Wii game players.

The Wii is pleasing to the eye even when it is not turned on. It has a compact, sleek design, allowing it be displayed either vertically or horizontally. It comes in a glossy white. It's not even the large. It's approximately the size of three DVD cases stacked on top of each other. The Wii communicates wirelessly with the internet and can also connect wirelessly with Nintendo DS. It's just one great wireless package...no strings attached. It goes for about $279.00, about he price of a 4GB iPod. These are just some of the highlights of the new Nintendo Wii.

The Wii makes it easy for people of all ages and abilities to use it...from seven years old to seventy. It does democratize gaming for all people, but still has some way to go before it becomes a technological revolution.

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PROFILE

LIANE s2
Liane is in Grade 10, and is simply insane. It truly is a miracle that she made it through creating this layout without screaming at the computer or at the mouse. Liane is still pretty mad at the layout, because the butterfly is not moving the right way, but others have persuaded her to leave it be.

theLOVES;
Liane loves to laugh, especially with her friends. Boy, she can just keep going and going and going and going. Liane can laugh at anything. If you happen to meet her, just yell out something random, like...MASHED POTATOES....and see what happens. Liane also loves food, but recently has developed an allergy to milk and chicken. It really is sad. Did you know french fries and burgers contain modified milk ingredients? No more Mickey D's. Liane also loves random facts. Like...if you hit your head on a wall for 20 mins you lose 150 calories...or Walt Disney has wooden teeth...there is a section on this blog dedicated to such facts, enojoy them. Now, this may sound odd, but Liane also loves conspiracy theories. It's not that she believes them or anything, they're just interesting to read.

theHATES;
Liane hates spiders. Oh. My. Gosh. No joke. There was this one time, a long, long, LONG, time ago: there was a spider on Liane's bedside table, and she screamed and screamed and screamed and cried and cried and cried. Her whole family came running to see what Liane was crying about, and then they all laughed because it was a little house spider. But Liane knew better. It was HUGE. Okay, okay. This happened last week. So what? Liane has serious arachnaphobia, so bite her.

turning back time

Random Facts

-Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as medecine.
-Tomatoes are berries.
-Kentucky Fried Chicken translated into Chinese then back into English means "Eat Your Fingers Off".
-Regular consumption of beer kills your weaker brain cells first, thus making your brain work faster.
-ABBA Gold stayed on the UK music charts for 5 years.
-Walt Disnet was afraid of mice.
-Marilyn Monroe has 6 toes.
-There are more stars than all the grains of sand on the earth.
-Lightning strikes 6 000 times pre minute everywhere on the planet.
-Men are six times more likely to get struck by lightning than women.
-Mount Everest moves approximately 10 cm NE every year.
-Sound carries so well in the Arctic that you can hear a conversation from 1.8 miles away.
-259 200 people die every day.
-It is impossible for a pig to look at the sky.
-When someone commits suicide by jumpong off a building, the adrenaline makes them have a heart attack before they hit the ground.
-There are more plastic flamingos than real ones in the US.
-You burn more calories sleeping than watching TV.
-If you don't keep your toothbrush at least six feet away frpm your toilet, it could get infected by airborned bacteria resulting from the flush.
-In Arizona, armrests and handrails in public buses are highly contaminated by urine, sweat, and saliva. Ew.
-The part of the nose that separates the nostrils is called the chaffanue.Goldfish have a memory of 5 seconds.
-Listerine can be used as a deodorant.
-'Sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick' is the hardest tongue twister ever.
-The dot over the 'i' is called a tittle.
-Nothing rhymes with purple, silver, month, and orange.
-'Pneaumonaultramicroscopicsillcovolcanoconiosis' is the longest word in the English language. It is a breathing problem caused by inhaling volcanic dust.
-The name 'Wendy' did not exist until it was created for 'Peter Pan'.
-Lemons contain more sugar than strawberries.
-Apple pits contain cyanide.
-Leonardo DaVinci invented scissors.
-DaVinci took 10 years to paint Mona Lisa's lips.
-51% of Italian women aged 20 - 60 think it's healthy to cheat on their husband.
-In 1980, Las Vegas hospital workers were fired for making bets on when patients would die.
-Every year, 13 people die from vending machines falling on them.
-You can't lick your elbow.
-75% of those who read the above line for the first time will try.
-Inuits have 1000 different words for 'ice', but none for 'hello'.
-2500 lefties die every year because they used products made for right-handed people.
-In the UK, 4 people die every year putting their pants on.
-Men fall out of hospital beds twice as much as women.
-If Barbie was life-size, she would be 7 feet, 2 inches tall, and too skinny to have babies. Ha ha, Barbie, ha ha.
-The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
-Crocodiles can't stick their tongues out.
-If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months, and 6 days, you'd generate enough energy to heat up a cup of coffee.
-The can costs more than the pop does.
-If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you hold back a sneeze, you could pop a vessel and die. If you keep your eyes open while sneezing, they'll pop out.
-No piece of dry paper can be folded more than 7 times.
-Tupperware is bullet proof.
-If you count from 1 to 1 trillion starting today, and counting 24/7, it would take you 31 688 years.
-Everyone has a unique tongue print.
-The 1st and last people to die when building the Hoover Dam were father and son.
-Each sip of diet soda kills 10 000 brain cells because it has so many chemicals to make it 'diet'.
-Apples wake you up better in the morning than coffee.
-Lina Medina gave birth to a 6 pound baby boy at the age of 5 years and 7 months.
-Les Colley became a dad at the age of 93 years and 10 months.
-Mum Zi became a mother at the age of 8 years, 4 months. Her daughter also had a baby at age 8, making Mum Zi a grand mother at age 17.
-Bruce Lee executed his martial arts with such great speed that when he was filmed they had to slow down the playback so that the moves can be seen.
-No matter where you are, there is always a spider some 6 feet away from you. Always.
-Elephants are the only animals that can't jump. Their bones are too fragile.
-A Daddy Long Legs spider's venom is more poisonous than a Black Widow spider. Their jaws are just too small to bite us. Ha ha, spider, ha ha.