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Tech Shorts feed
I just created a Livejournal syndicated feed
techshorts which mirrors what I am saving to my Bloglines feed. It's mostly snippets from tech RSS feeds, but encompasses strange stories from the news an new science discoveries that catch my eye.
it was bound to happen. A Wii user appealed to the Internet community to make donations to his Paypal account to fix the laptop that had its screen cracked by a Wiimote. Problem is, the image (seen here) is a screen-saver; the computer was never broken. No word on how much he soaked people for before his scam was discovered.
On the more creative side of things, one user modified the Wiimote into a one-handed air drum. Beat your 'mote and generate music!
Recognize it? Someone modified a Nintendo Power Glove(tm) to hold a Wiimote to avoid the problem of things being broken in frentic play. The buttons are fully functional. Give it some time and this mod will find its way into being a real product.
Apparently, new Wiimotes will feature a stronger strap to counter claims of breakage. Good response time! That is how you keep customers.
Meanwhile, for the rest of you with the original flavour of Wiimote, a suggested fix is to use high-test fishing line to augment the Wii strap.
Ok, this is a little bit staged, but it apparently happened. According to the 




