BackingIn.com » Wii http://backingin.com My thoughts about stuff... Sun, 14 Aug 2011 14:41:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Laps http://backingin.com/2010/07/07/laps/ http://backingin.com/2010/07/07/laps/#comments Wed, 07 Jul 2010 23:41:40 +0000 admin http://backingin.com/2010/07/07/laps/ Sitting poolside, listening to the 'All Sade' easy-listening radio station, basking in the glow of an Orlando sunset.  I just completed 20 laps in the community pool and feeling darn good about it.  I finally found a workout that I don't hate.  Do you sweat when you swim?  I just blew my mind.  Damn!  The radio switched from Sade to soprano sax jazz.  What a buzz kill!  Between swimming and Wii Boxing, I might just get in shape...and steroids...lots and lots of steroids.  It's a joke!  Relax!

BTW, a woman just brought her toddler into the hot tub.  That can't be good, can it?  Kid seems happy, but still it must be a bit dangerous, no?

Ahhhh!  Michael McDonald...easy listening gold!

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]]> http://backingin.com/2010/07/07/laps/feed/ 1 We Wii? Oui! http://backingin.com/2010/05/12/we-wii-oui/ http://backingin.com/2010/05/12/we-wii-oui/#comments Thu, 13 May 2010 02:29:49 +0000 admin http://backingin.com/?p=538 The other day I received my Nintendo Wii.  I had every intention of letting it sit in the box until I could post it on Craigslist and collect a tidy profit from my free Wii, but I couldn't resist having a piece of technology in my home and not trying it out.  The company for which I work awards its employees with 'points' for various reasons.  For example, I won a quarterly award and received points as well as a personalized plaque a while back.  The points can be collected and then redeemed for prizes from a website.  At one time, you could redeem your points for gift cards to Target, The Home Depot, etc., but I missed out on that great deal.  By the time I got around to redeeming my points, the gift cards were no longer an option because of tax reasons, so I was told.

Being the clever individual that I think I am, I decided to redeem something that would be easily converted to cash via Craigslist.  I didn't have enough points for the LCD TV or the iPod Touch, so I opted for the Wii console and the Wii Fit Plus.  There's no way a man of my age could be tempted to open and keep a gaming console aimed at kids and a fitness peripheral designed for the ladies!  Well, I was tempted, and I did.  I had played Wii at various corporate team building events and with my nieces and nephews last Christmas, so I was aware of the cool factor, but it was the fact that it had built-in WiFi that sealed the deal for me.  I can now sit on my couch and surf the web on my TV!  How cool!  Never mind that I have a very powerful desktop PC in the other room, a nice laptop, and a Motorola Droid with 3G and WiFi that has been surgically attached to my hand; I now have yet another way to watch highlights of the latest (almost) Mets win on the internet!

I plan to use the Wii Fit to help me kick my exercise routine up a notch.  I wonder if it really works, or is just a gimmick.  I guess I can still sell the whole thing used if  I keep the packaging and use it gently, but who am I kidding?  I can only part with technology when it is replaced with newer and better technology, and since my last gaming console was the Atari 5200, I have a feeling the Wii is here to stay.

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