In the real world out there, there are much better use of the Nintendo Wii, thanks to the accelerometer sensors in the device.

1) Ultimate Wiimote Control Hack - Using Wii to control 2 robotic claws.

2) Controlling a RoboSapien

3) Now the latest of all - to help treat patient who has just recovered from strock. Apparently the Wii Board which sells for a mere USD100 works as good as the balancing board used in hospitals. The only difference is the latter comes with a price tag of a whooping $18,000 USD.

Now this is really a breakthrough in the medical industry. Smaller clinics can afford them, and so are those elderly patients who can recuperate from the comfort of their home. So says who gaming is bad for health?

Source : Gizmodo

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As for Avi Best, looks like there's one mutual friend there, I'm not keen to find out who that person is.

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I was quite reluctant to throw them away as they were so new! New in the way that I did not touch most of the revision packs at all! To add salt to the injury, I was so kiasu before this and opted to photostate as many question packs as I could, but all of them was never utilized, not even a page at all, not even looked into at all.

This is just the tip of an iceberg.

Now 60% of these are actually my notes.

I took the opportuntiy to get rid of my redundant PC hardwares. Among those thrown away are old harddisks and faulty ROMS. Many CD containing hardware drivers were also thrown away as they are obselete already. I even come across few floppies which are still sealed in their packaging!

Save the Earth - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

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So anyhow, I have been using the Gainward card for close to 2 years when the card decided to end its life. I went back to the distirbutor and met up with Charles, the GM of Netraid who was later absorbed into the current distributor. He offered me a one to one exchange to the same new card which delighted me. I accepted the offer and happily plugged the card into my PC upon reaching home. Just within hours of using the card not even stressing it with any games, the card died again! Barely 5 hours it died with the same problem.

Then my worst fear came, could it be that my Power Supply Unit have become faulty and ended up killing both the graphics card? I took my entire PC to the distributor the next day and my Power Supply Unit was put through a rigorous tests and it was concluded that the PSU was perfectly alright. This time, the distributor could not offer me any more replacement cards as the last one died in my hand. So instead, I was offered an upgrade to a brand new PowerColor ATI HD4770. I took up the offer as I could not afford being unable to use my PC as I have a thesis to work upon.

So here's how the previous card looked like in my PC

The old Gainawrd 9600GT Golden Sample in the rig

Now fitted with ATI HD4770. I am totally unused to the new 'simpler' yet powerful card. Compared to my previous card, this one has lesser RAM, smaller heatsink, and lesser ports.

This time, I took it home, and after fitting it into my PC, the screen did not display anything! Apparently, my Samsung monitor is starting to die as well. Fortunately, I managed to get the card working - until today. Looks like a 23 inch widescreen upgrade is coming soon.

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