Quite the awesome video clip.

Not a lot of time for a long post, but Sony’s dropping the price on the high-end system, and is bringing in a new low end.

The bit that I find most interesting, though, is that the new low end machine won’t be able to play older PS2 games - looks like they want to make sure anyone loyal to Sony has to buy the more expensive model to play their old games.

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Well, when the Wii was first announced; back before it was even the Wii (I want to call it “Dolphin”, but I think that that was the Gamecube…) there was one game that everyone, universally, thought would be obvious and awesome.

People weren’t entirely sure how the Wiimote would work within traditional games; but everyone knew that, in at least one game type, it would truly be awesome - using the Wiimote as a sword, in light saber battles.

Well, such a game has just been confirmed for the wii. About time; I’d say.

NOTE: Just read the date on the story; turns out it’s from September 18th. I blame Granite and Bravado - they should’ve posted this earlier. It was just randominity that I en counted this story. It’s all their fault that I thought it was a fresh announcement. They have forsaken me!

Yes, I used the word randominity. Yes, it is an awesome word.

CBC had a story detailing how a 15 and a 16 year old girls posed as police offers, told a 46 year old man to get out of his car, and then proceeded to tie him up, and steal his vehicle.

Let’s leave the issue of HOW one could mistake a 15 and 16 year old girls for police officers aside.

Let’s instead look at the girls. They managed to take a simple thing like auto theft, and make it oh so much worse. Here’s the full list of charges:

“A 16-year-old girl has been charged with robbery, forcible confinement, driving without a licence, personating (SIC) a peace officer and drug possession.”

Well done, my dear - you took what should’ve been one or two charges, had you just jumped into a car at a gas station while it was idling, and made it so, so much worse. I’d bet good money that the judge won’t take impersonating a police officer, and forcible confinement lightly.

Google is known as a very secrative company.

They have, however, finally released a video documenting the process than an email goes through on the Google network - from sender to destination.

Well, what most of you don’t know is that I’ve bought up a domain or two in my time.

I picked up mbinkle dot com, as well as binkle dot ca (unfortunately, they’re with different registrars, and they have different renewal dates… but such is life…).

I’m still not exactly sure what to do with the mbinkle address (might end up redirecting it to my blog or something), but I CAN think of a use for the binkle dot ca address - email! (mattATmbinkleDOTcom just seemed stupid… although I guess it’s not really that bad… hmmmm….)

Specifically through Google Apps for your Domain - which just recently removed the one big stumbling block to me moving over completely to matt a.t binkle d0t ca - Google Apps will start matching the space available on Gmail!

So, whereas before, the storage limit was 2 GB, it will now be up to the almost THREE that Google is offering gmail users.

No… I don’t have 3 GB of email… Yes, it was merely a psychological stumbling block… and yes, I suppose you MIGHT be able to get an aatt binkle doot Ca address… maybe…

(NOTE: Still haven’t taken the plunge - I’m still mbinkleA-Tgmail.com for now. If/when things change, I’ll let you know. Do you guys think I should go for the custom domain, and forever identify myself as a geek with my own domain name? Comments in the comments…)