Wii Fit

I decided I was going to seriously drop the lbs and my best place to start is with the Wii Fit. When I first tried Wii Sports, I just about threw my shoulder out playing bowling so for me trying Wii Fit is a bit intimidating. (I like the notion of having my sweat-fest in the privacy of own home.) With this new found vigor in exercise, I bravely weighed myself on the balance board and began my ‘routine’. I found the intensity very low (even for a non gym goer like myself) and easily unlocked another level. So I moved on to the Yoga exercise and felt I was receiving the intended benefits.

Overall, Wii Fit is fun but I know it will not replace my occasional craving for going outside to take a brisk walk or even jog. Nintendo is indeed innovative in capturing the couch potato demographics and I have a feeling along with this success in self-improvement, I wouldn’t be surprise if Nintendo isn’t on the drawing board already developing “Wii Kama Sutra” designed to jumped start the libido. Could you imagine how many views that would get on You Tube?

 

 

Album only vs Song only

I have to admit I took part over the weekend in boosting the revenue of “Sex In The City”; however, I spent the rest of my weekend self-loathing on whether I should purchase the soundtrack. I only wanted one song and it’s only available in iTunes as “Album Only”. Damn it!

There are albums that need to be purchased in it’s entirety for it’s artistic value such in my opinion albums like “Kamakiriad” by Donald Fagen (I will only mention one example for I know there are many more) this album tells of stories inter-connected into eight songs thus deserves an “album only” purchase standing. What if I had a penchant for 80’s music and I really like the song “Right Here Waiting for You” by Richard Marks and it’s only available as “album only” do I really want to drop the dough to the entire album that might make me want to commit suicide under the right condition.

Don’t we have a choice as consumers in this battle of album only vs. song only? I don’t think this is an iTunes issue but more of a record company contractual obligation to its artist and/or their willingness to sell the record DRM free (Digital Rights Management) or break up the songs separately. What happen to my birth right of “personal preference”?