The Finch Formerly Known As Gold

23 December 2006

It's all in the game

Earlier this month I mentioned that someone had reached this site from a browser on Nintendo's Wii, which probably impressed me more than it did you.

Is it possible to blog from the Wii? Apparently so:

This is really fun. I'm blogging to you now from the new browser channel for the Nintendo Wii (powered by Opera). The typing interface isn't as bad as you might think, but it definitely isn't something I'm likely to do again. You point and click with the wiimote on a visual keyboard, and the software suggests words as cell phones do.

> Just noticed that it also offers another visual interface that mimics the layout of a phone keypad. (I used that in this paragraph, the keyboard in the last.)

I probably shouldn't try this; I have enough trouble with real keys.

Posted at 9:02 PM to Blogorrhea , PEBKAC


Oooh, man. Another reason to want the Wii! I've been begging for one, but VH hasn't caved in and agreed yet. I bet as soon as I tell him he can sit on the sofa and browse online (since I won't let him use my new laptop), he'll finally decide he can't live without one.

W00t!

Posted by: Venomous Kate at 2:52 PM on 24 December 2006