After a few weeks of looking and two and a half hours of waiting in line at Circuit City, the hunt is over. I finally have a nice new shinny white Nintendo Wii. The system is just awesome; I cant believe half the stuff the controller can do. Every little twist, turn shake or spin does something, depending on the game you are playing. The included Wii Sports game has some fun games in it that will keep you busy for a few hours, while giving you some exercise. All around a good system.

OK, enough chatting… time to play some games.

Oh btw my Wii code is 0070 2827 5775 4463, you will need to post yours if you want me to add you.

I got Verizon fios installed on Thursday… WooHoo… Verizon fios, is fiber optic phone, Internet, and soon TV that replaces the existing copper wiring from Verizon’s office to the house, but you still use the wiring in the house. If you have problems with your phone lines having static, or you have problems with your DSL disconnecting because of bad line quality, then fios is the answer to the problem. The Internet is the same price as our DSL, but is a lot faster. I went from a 3000/768 package to a 5000/2000. This fiber is a lot more stable then our DSL. I’m very happy so far.

With all the talk of hybrid cars and fuel-cell technology saving gasoline these days, its refreshing to see that a lot can still be done with good engineering and technology that’s been around for years. The Loremo AG is a lightweight diesel car that gets up to 157 miles per gallon, blowing other “fuel-efficient” cars out of the water. It weighs less than 1,000 pounds and seats four, requiring no hybrid technology, electricity, or fuel cells of any kind to achieve its amazing efficiency. Its no slouch in the performance department, either: it goes from 0 to 60 in about 10 seconds and has a top speed of 100 mph. While it’s no Tesla Roadster, it’s about a tenth of the cost of that electric speed demon at a mere $12,000. Plus it’s pretty sweet looking. The Loremo is due to hit European roads in 2009, and we hope it’ll make the jump to American shores soon afterward. — Adam Frucci SCI FI Tech

It sounds all good, but what about if you get in an accident? A 1000lb car vs a 5000lb car doesn’t sound good. Even against a 2000lb car it wouldn’t be pretty. I would sacrifice a little more weight, in order for safety; I’m not saying, it not safe, but its still smaller, and lighter then the other cars on the road. I think this car is going to be the way of the future, but more on the line of diesel-hybrids.

Loremo

I’m one of those people that just can’t stop thinking. I have these ideas that just pop into my head for no reason. I could be playing a game, or I could be in bed trying to fall asleep. Sometimes I have a hard time trying to get to sleep because my brain just won’t stop thinking, and most of the time it’s about stupid things.

One day I was sitting around, probably watching TV or something, and this idea popped into my head about being able to light the house with the sun light that was coming in the front window. I must have been around 10 years old at the time. I got to thinking, what if all the walls in the house were mirrors. I could light the whole house and never have to turn on a light. It could be the middle of night, but the sun light would still be bouncing off the walls keeping the house lit. After I thought about it a little more, I figured it wouldn’t work at night, because the speed of light is just too fast, and the light would escape.

I got to thinking about this again. How could I get light to stay in a space after the light source is turned off, and how long would it last? I stared to think about having a light source inside of a sphere shaped object, which was mirrored on the inside. Would this work? Would the light stay, even after the source was turned off?
Then it dawned on me that if I was able to build the thing, and test it; I would have no way of knowing if it were working. How could I view it from the outside? If I was able to view it, that would mean that the light would be escaping, and then the light speed issue would come into play. After the light source would be turned off, even if the light bounced of the walls of the sphere 1,000,000,000,000,000 times it would only last a split second. What if I was able to put a camera inside, would this affect the light? Maybe this will work?

Let’s just say I was to build this thing, and put a camera in it. Then I started it up, and then turned it off to see what would happen. What would it do? If it worked, would the light bouncing off the walls get so hot, that it catches on fire? Could it explode? Would it be like a nuclear bomb? All these things started to pop into my head. Maybe I shouldn’t even think about building something I know nothing about. What do I know about light? Nothing really. Maybe this has already been thought of before and has been proven. I just don’t know, but I believe that under the right conditions light will last forever.

More and more information on the new Nintendo system is coming out on their website and at E3. Once code named Revolution, now named Wii; the new system has a lot to offer. The ability to be able to play both new games, and the soon to be old GameCube games is a plus for me, but the ability to download old NES, SNES, and N64 games is even better. At a price of around $250, its going to be hard to beat. The Xbox 360 costing $400 and the PS3 expected to cost $600 will really help Nintendo get back in game. While Nintendo is really known for their child friendly games, I think its about time for them to expand their market to not only sell to kids, but also to the kids parents.