2006 April

27 Apr 2006

The Revolution now has a name. Say hello to the Nintendo Wii. Pronounced "wee". Ugh. If it didn't immediately evoke potty jokes, it wouldn't be such a bad name.

Some discussion and coverage: Revolution Fanboy, IGN, Joystiq, MetaFilter.

Update 28 April: Brian pointed out this great oped over at GameLife. My favorite point: "Of course, I expect the Internet to brim over with toilet humor; that is what the Internet is for. But the Internet is not real life. They've already proven this in a variety of ways related to Nintendo product announcements. Remember the almost universal outpouring of disdain following the announcement of the Nintendo DS? Nintendogs?"

Update 1 May: First mentioned to me by my dad, the theory that "Wii" is a fake name has become somewhat of a dull roar on the Internet. The theory is simultaneously ridiculous and enticing. Or is it just wishful thinking? If Nintendo changed the name at E3, would it be perceived as giving into pressure as Sony has with just about all of the PS3's design? I suppose it gives us one more thing to think about between now and next Tuesday at 9:30am.

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27 Apr 2006

Does stretching really lower the risk of sports injury? Sports Injury Bulletin has a really great article that discusses all of the current research, including the difficulty of avoiding the inevitable bias in cohort studies.

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14 Apr 2006

I wrote my first quine today, in Perl. It was surprisingly simple:

$_=q($_=$$;
s/\\$\\$/q($_)/;
print;
);
s/\\$\\$/q($_)/;
print;

Next step: ETA.

Update 13:03: Someone beat me to it. Warning: the first line of the source is 11k characters long, which crashed my browser.

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programming

10 Apr 2006

Since I switched from Bloglines to a local install of reBlog (see the Lifehacker post by Mathowie), I've been using it to save links to stuff that I find interesting, but don't feel are quite important enough to post as individual things here. So I'll probably start doing something like what Khatt's been doing: occasional link dumps. Here's four things I've enjoyed lately from Make Magazine's great blog:

DIY reverse lens mount for macro photography - Cheap, effective, and DIY. Basically that's my photography mantra lately. And I've been interested in trying some macro photography, especially with spring quickly approaching.
Parking meter keychain - Invaluable for city dwellers with cars. It's got a timer built-in! Amazing!
How to make an upside down planter - Hm, I seem to already be shifting into a living-in-a-city mindset.
MAME + iMac - I'm considering doing something like this with M's grandpa's unclaimed first-generation iMac.

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