Wii has mass appeal--it's official
Hey TMV--er, MoTom,
The Wii now has official mass appeal. Today, I heard my Mom, my MOM, talk to her friend over the phone about how cool the Wii is. She talked about how easy the controls are, and how nice the games look. She says that other games look "intimidating." She also says the Wii's look "friendly." Now, if two middle-age women are talking about a game console over the phone, you know it's gonna sell big. And another note: We've had a Wii in our house since Christmas, and my mom uses it almost everyday with me (we play "Wii play" and "Wii sports"). I consider myself a "hardcore" gamer, but the Wii really does what Nintendo says: it gets people who would normally not play video games to have some fun. And BTW: If you are looking for a good Wii game, go for Need For Speed Carbon. It's awesome, and the graphics are great.

Thanks for reading my e-mail:
Ryan, the 14-year-old sysadmin. Kinda.

Meeting the Woz
I went to the Rush concert at Shoreline yesterday and met Steve Wozniak at the Will Call ticket window. He was riding his Segway. I introduced myself and said it was an honor to meet an icon in the computer industry. He jokingly asked if I was comparing him to a computer icon on a screen, LOL.

I then asked him if he's still using a regular cell phone for voice and the iPhone for everything else. He asked me how I knew that and I said I heard it in a podcast, thinking BOL, but I might have read it in the Fake Steve Jobs blog, I can't remember. Anyway, he said he likes his Motorola Razr because he can do voice dialing and can use his Bluetooth headset, and that the iPhone doesn't. It's funny because most people that I know who have a RAZR usually complain about it, but Woz spoke highly of it.

The Rush concert was great, by the way.

I love your show. Been listening since 2005. Keep up the good work!
AJ in Alameda

P.S.
Woz goes to all Shoreline concerts for free because he's one of the founders, but you probably already knew that.