Wii Fit

So, my boyfriend managed to nab one of the last Wii fits available on opening day in Los Angeles. He was so excited that he took it quite good naturedly when the Wii Fit baldly called him overweight and made his little Wii character look quite pudgy. On the other hand, my wii mii looks quite anemic and the Wii keeps trying to fatten me up.

There has been some outcry because the Wii Fit is not all that accurate when evaluating kids (there are so many factors in the health of a growing child) and will often end up calling a quite normal child "fat." Perhaps the wii needs to restrain from making BMI judgments on children. Should be a simple fix since the game asks for your birthdate anyway.

However, all in all, my take is that the Wii Fit is the most powerful tool we've seen in a long while for fighting childhood obesity. In a society obsessed with TV and video games, it's nice to see a video game that gets people up and moving. I wouldn't say that the Wii Fit offers a vigorous workout routine but I'd say it's probably just about perfect to get a typical couch potato's blood moving. Hey, every little movement helps!

Keeping your computer organized

I have the bad habit of saving everything to the desktop so I can find it easier. Of course, that means I can't find anything. If I'm good, I have a To Org folder in my documents where I stick things if I don't have time to organize it into a folder in my documents. Every couple of days I make sure I organize everything out of that folder. Another idea that works for me is to organize everything in my documents in a logical file structure. Then I have a folder on my desktop called Current Projects. In it are links to all the files and folders that I'm currently using regularly. That way the game show I'm developing stays filed with all the other gameshows I've developed previously and the schedules I'm working on stays with all the past schedules but their shortcuts are easily accessible to me without having to dig through all the past projects. Anyway, I like it! Everyone works differently of course!

Continued learning

Education these days can be massively expensive. What happens then when you have that degree and venture out into the workforce, but still want to keep on learning? It can be hard to justify spending the money if the classes won't in someway further your career (and as far as I know, modern philosophy rarely does). Yet look at it another way. Since you wouldn't be taking the classes to put a degree on a resume, you don't need to pay big money for a big name in education. Community colleges are amazingly inexpensive (in California, a 3 credit class can range between $60 and $80) and you'll still get a good overview of whatever topic you are interested in. Some community colleges even offer online classes so you can learn at your leisure.