I rang nintendo today and it was very painless to order my free wiimote strap replacements. They asked for the console serial number, the number of wiimotes, and told me to keep my old straps to send back. They will include a return envelope for me. Painless, quick, and finally we will soon be able to use our wiimote with straps again… It feels very unsafe swinging these things around without straps.
So it finally happened… The strap on my Wiimote broke whilst playing Wii Sports on the Nintendo Wii. With luck, we have no broken television or anything else.
Lets hope Nintendo will replace these.
I was looking at CelticBear’s blog, and saw a link to MSNBC, who has a piece by Keith Olbermann with comments about President Bush and his recent speech about Iraq. He likens Bush to the boy who cried wolf, noting that this time around, who will believe him that the same thing will work (sending another 20K troops to Iraq). I highly recommend watching the streaming video, as it conveys the commentators opinions much better than the written piece.
One of the things I personally find strange in the Presidents comments in recent days, is a response he made to leaders of congress post his speech.
He put it far more bluntly when leaders of Congress visited the White House earlier on Wednesday. “I said to Maliki this has to work or you’re out,” the president told the Congressional leaders, according to two officials who were in the room. Pressed on why he thought this strategy would succeed where previous efforts had failed, Mr. Bush shot back: “Because it has to.”
But then again, a lot of his rhetoric is strange to me. Is this another Vietnam? Kung Fu Monkey’s blog has a interesting comparison of George Bush to Leeroy Jenkins, for those of you gaming geeks that play World of Warcraft. I find the comparison quite apt.
All this aside, I support our Aussie troops (including my family) 100% who are in Iraq. They have a job to do, and they need the best equipment, leadership and support from the public.
(Via Celticbear and Kung Fu Monkey.)
CBS have posted a video with a closeup look at the new Apple iPhone. Worth watching if you like tech gadgets.
Its a pity that we have to wait till 2008 for it to get to Australia (Asia) but hopefully that wait is so we can get a 3G enabled phone.
Apple have released their Apple TV
My question, is why does Australia get CONSISTENTLY marked up prices from Apple? The Apple TV is USD$299, and AUD$449. At the current exchange rate of 1 USD to 1.28683 AUD this item costs AUD$385 when purchased in the US. That is over $60 more expensive for the pleasure of purchasing from Australia!
How do they justify this? The exchange rates do not fluctuate that much. Shipping to Australia surely does not cost this per unit? Surely they ship by the container load! Why? Why?
As much as I want one of these, with only a 40GB HDD, and a price tag of nearly half a grand, I will probably not be plonking down my hard earned cash.
Edit: I forgot the dreaded Goods and Service Tax (GST). Thanks John Howard. That still leaves a difference of AUD$26. That can’t all be shipping.
