Today I awoke to find out that Nintendo has finally given me one of the two things I have been waiting for. Now you can finally play your downloaded games from your SD Card. No longer do you have to use up all of your system memory! Joy of joys!
“Welcome to the SD Card Menu! Here, you can launch channels saved on SD Cards by temporarily utilizing the Wii System Memory.” CONFIRMED. That’s right, launch from SD.
If your system memory is full, you still have to delete stuff, but there’s now a streamlined, automated process to do that from this new SD Card Menu. It will even choose stuff for you, if you want.
Update: The new Wii system update also adds support for SDHC cards up to 32 GB — that’s alotta Virtual Console games folks!
Now all we need is a DVD Channel and I’ll be set for life… well, that and perhaps a new WiiHD or some such. Excellent news! Tonight I shall be doing some needed spring cleaning of my System Memory.
On this Veteran’s day we look back and know there are hundreds of thousands military members that are retired and active duty who have placed their lives on the line for our country as well as others. We know of the battles they have fought overseas, but many don’t realize the financial battle many face here in the states. Thankfully today, MSN Money along with “MoneyTrack” is launching a three part webisode to teach those in our military something that many don’t understand: how to watch for scams, learn about borrowing money in a financially healthy way and how to stay debt-free.
Military members and retirees, paid typically on the 1st and 15th of each month, are dealing with increased pricing of products and no pay raises, increasing family sizes and unscrupulous business practices. In military towns such as Killeen, Texas where the Army base Fort Hood is located, simply driving down the main streets show the extent of how this town has turned against the military not because service members are rich, but simply because they have a steady income and tend to have the same cash flow issues month after month. Cash advance shops advertising specifically towards military unable to make it from one payday to the next, pawn shops stating they’ll offer the highest price possible for those in the service and “easy loans here” signs are easy to spot in this town. Offering quick cash with extraordinary high interest rates allow these military members and retirees to feed their families but stay in debt for possibly years to come.
SpaceX, the private company established by PayPal’s founder Elon Musk, has made history by successfully launching their Falcon 1 rocket and achieving orbit. Falcon 1 has made history as the first privately developed liquid fueled launch vehicle to achieve earth orbit! The amazing thing about this is that it was only their fourth try. While many people see that as failure, most countries take many tries to get it right.
This launch comes after the failure of the Falcon 1 (Flight 3). During Flight 3, a problem occurred just after the first separation which prevented the second stage from occurring and from reaching orbit. According to their press release, “SpaceX was aware of and had allowed for a thrust transient, but did not expect it to last that long. As it turned out, a very small increase in the time between commanding main engine shutdown and stage separation would have been enough to save the mission. The fix was also very simple, requiring one line of code to be changed.”
What is the deal with Stand Up Comics? Do they really have to stand up? Does this somehow help the jokes they are telling? What if they get tired and have to sit down? And why don’t they just sit down anyway? It seems it’d make them more comfortable, I mean, you don’t have to stand up to watch. What if they break an ankle… do they have to take time off, or do they have to bill themselves as a temporarily-sitting comic? I’d bet that’s their worst nightmare… I mean, who wants to see a comic in a cast? “Well, I was planning on going out to see my favorite stand up comedian, and I heard he has to be in a wheelchair. I’m sorry, but unless he’s standing the jokes just don’t work for me.” Stand up comics… huh.
So, I’m off to see Jerry Seinfeld tonight at the Orpheum theatre in Omaha… I’m totally excited! I can now add Jerry Seinfeld to my list of “Comics I’ve Always Wanted to See Live.” So far that list contains Lewis Black and George Carlin. After Seinfeld I dunno who else is on the list… I’d have to think about it.
Speaking of Jerry, did you get a chance to view his Microsoft commercials? If not, you’d best get to watching because as of today, they’ve halted the campaign:
Microsoft is expected to announce Thursday that it will be suspending its ad campaign featuring Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and veteran comedy superstar Jerry Seinfeld.
Valleywag broke the news Wednesday, and Microsoft spokesperson Frank Shaw told the LA Times that the move was planned, despite the appearance that the company is reacting to negative reaction to the ads.
According to Mr. Shaw, the Seinfeld portion of the campaign, for which he was reportedly paid some US$10 million, was always intended to be just an introduction for the overall campaign — a two commercial introduction for $10 million.
“All along we said we were having a teaser campaign,” he told the LA Times. “We’re getting ready to start the second phase. This was the plan all along.”
Here is the first commercial:
And the second:
Sad that there won’t be more, but at least we got to enjoy it while it lasted.
Well, I have to go… I need to ponder peanuts on airplanes and why they have that little slot for razors (who is shaving on a plane?!).
Well, the world’s largest Physics experiment is up and running and we’re all still alive. Yep, the world didn’t explode and the universe didn’t end or anything. Who’d a thunk that these scientist-types knew what they were talking about?
Hopefully the tests give them the information they’re looking for and perhaps we’ll finally find out where mass comes from (read about the Higgs Boson).