This sure does sound about right

1. Programmer produces code he believes is bug-free.
2. Product is tested. 20 bugs are found.
3. Programmer fixes 10 of the bugs and explains to the testing department that the other 10 aren't really bugs.
4. Testing department finds that five of the fixes didn't work and discovers 15 new bugs.
5. See 3.
6. See 4.
7. See 5.
8. See 6.
9. See 7.
10. See 8.
11. Due to marketing pressure and an extremely pre-mature product announcement based on overly-optimistic programming schedule, the product is released.
12. Users find 137 new bugs.
13. Original programmer, having cashed his royalty check, is nowhere to be found.
14. Newly-assembled programming team fixes almost all of the 137 bugs, but introduce 456 new ones.
15. Original programmer sends underpaid testing department a postcard from Fiji. Entire testing department quits.
16. Company is bought in a hostile takeover by competitor using profits from their latest release, which had 783 bugs.
17. New CEO is brought in by board of directors. He hires programmer to redo program from scratch.
18. Programmer produces code he believes is bug-free....

My brand new toy has arrived yesterday and since then I had some time to use it. I must say that I'm very impressed with this small piece of equipment.

My last game console was an old Sega MasterSystem (Yes that was a long long long time ago). Since then I've mostly played games on my PC. I'm not a huge gamer. I'm a tiny gamer. Before my baby was born I played few games a week of Age of Empires or Rise of Nations or few other games. It has been nearly nine months since my last game play! Wii brings a lot of new interesting things to the game experience. For one, it is the first time ever that I've played a computer game with my wife (well not true, we played Yahoo Pool sometimes). The fact that you have to move around to play Wii games is a huge plus. It is a lot of fun! More so than I have expected.

Other cool features include the internet channel which you can freely download from the Wii store. It is essentially an Opera browser for Wii. With it you can surf the web right from Wii. That may not be that exciting but if you go to sites like Stumble TV where you can stream videos from YouTube right on your big TV, it quickly becomes super cool!

There are many other cool things in Wii. You can play Nintendo GameCube games, you can download old games from old game systems, and lots more!

Very cool toy indeed.

I don't know why, but I think I want one.

Before I go out and spend money on this cool looking thing, I need to make sure I really want it. I have to get something for Father's day or Julia (my wife see her blog here) will kill me.

Reasons to buy it

1. It looks so pretty!
2. Everyone else says it is great!
3. You have to move to play the games!

Reasons not to buy it

1. It's not available anywhere!!! My goodness it is impossible to find this thing in a store
2. Since my daughter was born I haven't played a single computer game.
3. All it does it play games, why not get something that is also a DVD player etc...

I'm sure both lists will grow. For now I am still undecided.

Update

I have now officially bought Wii. I bought it online and it should arrive by the end of the week. YAY!

I will be away from the computer for the next 5 days. Trip to Montreal!

Next Monday is the second anniversary of my wedding. In honor of my wife and geeks everywhere I'm posting this letter to Tech Support.

Dear Tech Support,

Last year I upgraded from Girlfriend 7.0 to Wife 1.0 and noticed that the new program began unexpected child processing that took up quite a lot of space and valuable resources. No mention of this phenomenon was included in the product brochure.

In addition, Wife 1.0 installs itself into all other programs, and launches during the system initialization where it monitors all other system activity. Applications like Pokernight 10.3, Drunken Boys Night 2.5, and Monday Night Football 5.0 no longer run, crashing the system whenever selected.

I am thinking of going back to Girlfriend 7.0, but the uninstall does not seem to work on this program. Can you help me PLEASE!?!?

Thanks, Joe

Dear Joe,

This is a very common problem men complain about but is mostly due to a primary misconception. Many people upgrade from Girlfriend 7.0 to Wife 1.0 with the idea that Wife 1.0 is merely utilities and entertainment program.

Wife 1.0 is an OPERATING SYSTEM and is designed by its creator to run everything. It is very unlikely that you will be able to purge Wife 1.0 and still convert back to Girlfriend 7.0. Hidden operating files within the system would cause Girlfriend 7.0 to emulate Wife 1.0, so nothing is gained other than small change of scenery. It is impossible to purge, delete, or un-install the program files from the system once they are installed. You can not go back to Girlfriend 7.0 because Wife 1.0 is not designed to do this.

Some have gone as far as installing Girlfriend 8.0 in a hidden subdirectory, or tried installing Wife 2.0, but end up with more problems than the original system had. Detection of Girlfriend 8.0 or Wife 2.0 can result in Wife 1.0 creating general protection faults such as “Warning- Cannot find Alimony or Child Support files, or files are out of date.” Because Wife 1.0’s directories and sub-directories are almost impossible to understand or modify, some over-rides have been installed to assist you in (at least) making Wife 1.0 a livable experience.

I recommend that you attempt the following at the onset of ANY problems that you might have. After any system crash, Wife 1.0 WILL give you an opportunity to fix the problem yourself (although you might not see the opportunity, it IS there, you just have to look for it). At the C prompt enter the following:

c:\apologize

Generally this should work, unless you have truly created a massive error. In any case, avoid hitting the “Esc” key at all costs! There are also add-ons that you can install to assist you in your efforts. Try buying a copy of Flowers 4.1 or Chocolates 5.5, or both for really big errors. Do not, under ANY circumstances install Secretary v38.24.36 with short skirt upgrade! This is not a supported application for any of the Wife OR Girlfriend series programs, and is likely to cause irreversible damage to the system.

Best of Luck, Tech Support