Wii = Geek toy supreme

Reduced to it's basics, a Wiimote is a 3-axis accelerometer paired with a Bluetooth transmitter.

Connecting to the Wiimote via a Bluetooth enabled PC allows you to eavesdrop on the output of the accelerometers.

Thus, with a laptop and a Wiimote, one can do interesting things, like performance testing one's automobile. How many G's are you pulling on the skidpad? What does your acceleration curve look like? What's your 0-60 time?

Too cool for school.

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3362586

(now here's hoping Mel gets a new laptop so I can do stuff like this with her old one!)

quote I liked...

"Every time I read a book, it's like the author stole a part of me that I thought only I knew. Someday I'm going to write a book and I'll do it to somebody else."

...from the movie "The Number 23".