After recently acquiring a Wii, my topic of reading this week is all about Nintendo and the Wii. Nintendo is back in full force ever since the release of the Wii last November (2006). The report from CNBC said Nintendo’s sales were up 31.4% from last quarter (US$1.2 billion). The company is totally in the […]
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I know I’m married to the right woman when she buys me what I want. In this case, I wanted the Nintendo Wii for my birthday, and last night I get to open it early! It’s quite easy to setup, with only one exception: they don’t include the component video cables for 480p resolution […]
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It’s good to know that the churches are out in force to help out the people in Orange County and San Diego County. Saddleback Church has provided the following to Santiago/Modjeska/Live Oaks Canyon evacuees. Here’s a newsletter from Pastor Rick Warren:
Our 120 acre campus has served as a Fire Evacuation Center, caring for […]
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On the 5th day of the Santiago Canyon wild fire, the smoke and ash are still engulfing the Irvine area. This morning around 9am, on the way to work, I took this photo off the Barranca Pkwy car pool exit. The smoke is turning the sky eerie orange. The picture is just […]
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Does anyone remember the Amiga?
It was a very specialized computer introduced in 1985. Mainly, it was marketed for gaming and ray-tracing (see Babylon 5 TV series’ CG graphics made using Video Toasters). The graphics and sound were way ahead of its time, much better than the IBM and Apple PCs.
I was more involved […]
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