Category Archives: Fun Stuff

Wii’d out and the coming weekend

While I doubt I would have done any blogging in the past two weeks if I didn’t have a Wii to suck up all my time, I’m pretty sure I would have been looking for something pokery to do. As it was, I got my clammy hands on a Nintendo Wii the night before Thanksgiving thanks to a very cool guy I work with, and didn’t put down the controls until I’d beaten the new Zelda game. Even then I decided to look up some nifty strategy guides over at Gamespot and try out some of the things I hadn’t figured out on my own.

This coming weekend, however, will likely give me my fill of pokery things for a little while to come. With the women out of town or otherwise preoccupied, Absinthe and I will be sharing a room over at the Jihad Casino and Resort Hotel. I don’t expect to use it much. And I suppose I’ll participate in this Caesars tournament that’s going on, too. It’s too bad that the future Mrs. Glyphic won’t be there, because I feel she adds a certain tilt factor that almost assuredly works in my favor. Then again, I think Bill‘s the blogger most likely to appreciate the tilt, and from what I can tell, he won’t be joining us this time around.

See you there.

Helio KickFlip

This is my new toy:

It’s also been the cause of many late nights over the past few months as we worked to provide all the core functionality of MySpace on a mobile platform. Now you can read and send messages, bulletins, comments, and blogs, browse and upload pictures, and make and accept friends on your phone. Sorry, you won’t be able to check out the WPBT Group on MySpace.

Helio is a brand-new mobile phone company, an MVNO joint-venture between Earthlink and SK Telecom. With all-you-can-eat data-inclusive plans, high-definition screens, and features like MySpace Mobile, they’re going after the kids who want more from their mobile device than voice.

And no, I didn’t shell out the $250 for the Kickflip. 🙂