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Good day loyal readers. Please stop reading here if you don’t care about Woot-Off’s, the Nintendo Wii, voting, Google Browser Sync, or sunlight addiction.

Still here? Great. On to the post…

First things first. If you haven’t been to Woot! today, you are hereby informed that there is a Woot-off going on. I finally got the 6 piece speaker set. I’ve been trying to get that thing for 2 years. Thank you Woot!

So Arstechnica announced that the classic Nintendo games on the Wii will be priced between $4.50 and $8.99. I don’t know about you, but for me, $8.99 is a small price to pay to rekindle the magic that is Mario. The buzz surrounding the Wii has grown to huge proportions and frankly, I don’t forsee any other console touching it for a while. Hello, Nintendo? Welcome back to the #1 spot. We’ve missed you. If you could just make the DS games playable on the Wii, that would be grrrreeeaaat. Thaaaanks.

Today during my sun break I was flipping through US News and started reading an article about an Arizona voting lottery. Yeah, I’m late, so what? Anyhow, turns out that a Tuscon physician made quite the interesting proposal; pick one lucky voter to win $1 million dollars after the presidential election. The idea is that the chance to win $1 million will draw more people to the polls. I think its a great idea as anything that brings out the vote works for me. However, some people are all riled up about it. OMG, bonus! It pisses off the conservatives! Bring. It. On.

So Google Browser Sync got released today. Yay!

Finally, I’m addicted to the sun, I think. I don’t feel good unless I’m soaking up some sun rays. Yes, even in the winter. Does anybody know what thats about? Is it because I’m vitamin D deprived?

I must sleep now…I was planning on posting some more about Sharing with Google Reader as well as some stuff about social engineering. I’ll save it for the next post.

I’m in love with Mario

When I was 8 or 9, I was in love with Mario and Nintendo was my pimp. I’d get done with Mario and Nintendo would lure me back with a new improved version of Mario. “You know you want some more of him,” Nintendo would say and I, never to reject my Mario (except for the travesty that was SMB2), would bend to Nintendo’s will.

After Super Mario World, Mario and I parted ways. At 12, I was too sophisticated to be swayed by the tempations of Nintendo. No more could they wave anything with Mario plastered on it under my nose to make me spend my (mom’s) hard earned money. I was a discriminating consumer with 6th grade tastes you understand. Mario….Kart? What was that? Who wanted a knock-off Mario Game? Not me.

Fast forward 10 years. I still love Mario but we hadn’t been together in a while. I’d see him in emulators but we wouldn’t speak. I thought I’d lost him forever.

Fast forward to now. Nintendo is back up to their old tricks, trying to pimp Mario to me with a New Super Mario Bros. I won’t put up a fight. I know its pointless to try to resist, I’ll just succumb like they want me to. Yes, I will buy the new console Nintendo, whatever you say, just give me my beloved Mario and nobody gets hurt.

I love that man.