I own a Wii!  Woohoo!!!!

I’ve heard rumors floating around the net that Target has been getting Wii shipments about every weekend.  On a whim, Laura decided to head over there Sunday Morning and see if they had any, and to pick up some other essentials for the house.  As she walked across the parking lot toward she door, she caught the manager handing out his business cards, each card guarantee’ing one Wii.  She got the card marked "5", the last one they had.  Had she arrived 30 seconds later, she would have missed it.  I’ve got one of the kewlest wives in existence.  She detailed the whole event on her new Myspace Blog.

I was able to get everything setup pretty quickly, and I was able to get the Wii working on my 801.11B WEP encrypted network with no trouble at all, and even added a few friends.  The motion tracking takes a little to get used to, but is amazingly intuitive.   Just point the controller at the screen, and click the "Big" button to make things happen.  With everything wireless and so simple to work with, it’s easy to see why Wii’s are flying off the shelves while PS3′s languish.  I’m still somewhat astonished as how small the system is.   I knew the size of the Wii (Seen it on display), but the sensor bar & Wiimote are about half the size I expected.  And given what’s inside the Remote, it’s even more impressive: Motion tracking, the buttons, extension port, Remote communication stuff (Bluetooth or RF, not sure which), and even Flash Memory storage.

I’ve been playing the Wii a pretty good bit since I got it, just playing Wii Sports & Twilight Princess, both excellent games.  I downloaded the Wii Internet Channel and surfed for a bit, much to my surprise my website came right up with no trouble.  So far the big hit has been Wii Sports tho.  It’s so simple that even Rhianna has enjoyed Boxing & Baseball.  She loves holding the controllers and "bam"-ing the other guy.  She likes to try at bowling, but her hands are too small to really wrap around the controller well.  I did manage to get one fun action shot of her playing it yesterday morning. 

Once I’ve gotten a bit more into it, I’ll post more.  In the meantime, between the Wii & the MythTV, I feel like I need a Systems Administrator for my living room :)   Luckily, everything is working 100% so far.

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