07/13/2007
TowleTech V.64
As the Wii continues its ascent toward being the most popular game console ever sold, Nintendo announced the forthcoming Wii Fit, a system for "excergaming." A series of games comes bundled with a pressure sensitive Wii Balance Board, which users balance on to virtually hula-hoop or dodge soccer balls, all while recording their progress at lowering their BMI. "The board is used for an extensive array of fun and dynamic activities,
including aerobics, yoga, muscle stretches and games. Many of these
activities focus towards providing a 'core' workout, a popular exercise
method that emphasizes slower, controlled motions." If they release a Super Yoga Mario, I'm sold.
An updated carousel will be erected next summer in a Manhattan park that will spin riders around a glass-enclosed marine world while riding on the backs of translucent dolphins among projections of swimming sea creatures. And I'm not kidding. I assume the soundtrack accompanying the ride will include dolphianic hits like "It's Raining Men," "I'm Coming Out," and maybe "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going." Because the kiddies love that.
Tivo users can now buy or rent movies from Amazon straight from their television. If it sounds like pay-per-view movies, it pretty much is. Still, with the digitization of all media, this could be the only way movies are available in the near future.
iTunes launched a section called "Next Big Thing," which will allow emerging artists to sell their albums for $6.99 or less, DRM-free. The small collection of discounted albums seem to be hand-picked by the gods of iTunes. Still, very cool. (The gay twin rock band Nemesis Rising is included).
A reputable analyst predicted that Apple would release the iPod Nano revamped and released as the iPhone Nano later this year. While this was said to be based on insider sources, the prediction was later retracted. Now rumor has it that a touchscreen iPod will debut in August.
Perez Hilton announced today that he would be moving up the chain, getting his own television series on VH1 called "What Perez Sez."
TowleTech is written by TR correspondent Daniel Williford.
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Magnatune has been selling original artist records at full CD resolution (downloadable in chunks) for years, and you can pay the minimum if you don't like it that much, or more if you do, and the MP3 version is free. Thus, Apple is hardly a novelty act here.
Posted by: anon (gmail.com) | Jul 13, 2007 10:46:08 PM
I don't understand why the carousel is considered gay... Am I missing something?
Posted by: Gregg | Jul 13, 2007 11:07:30 PM
Perez Hilton is the biggest embarrassment to the gay community since Paul Lynde.
I seriously want to punch Perez in the face.
Posted by: RP | Jul 13, 2007 11:17:07 PM
Nemesis Rising's album is obviously misfiled under "Next Big Thing." It should be found under "Next!"
Posted by: 24play | Jul 13, 2007 11:41:06 PM
Will Perez be stealing other people's television shows now-or just their coke?
Posted by: Andrew | Jul 14, 2007 1:18:04 AM
I hope it shows him stealing his friends checks and cashing them. This is a reality show right?
Posted by: otto | Jul 14, 2007 1:22:49 AM
Oh Ms Perez, you go girl! Don't let the nay-sayers harsh your inner Chi. Team Perez All the Way!
Posted by: ms thang | Jul 14, 2007 7:47:21 AM
Ya know... who gives a shit about Perez Hilton? Seriously... anybody? The only people that care about Perez Hilton are other media mavens involved in blogging and trash talk columns. There's no audience for his degrading, negative crap!
Please stop mentioning him on Towleroad.com. The _audience_ doesn't care!!
Posted by: BeeDee | Jul 14, 2007 12:46:47 PM
Oh, and BTW, what does Hilton have to do with the technology column anyway?
Posted by: BeeDee | Jul 14, 2007 12:48:41 PM
@gregg
Because the carousel is being put in new york and we all know that any news of something in new york is of interest to all us gay boys that don't live there
/sarcasm
Posted by: yoshi | Jul 14, 2007 1:15:56 PM
I'm so with you guys on the Perez Hilton comments, he's a prime example of kind of stereotype we've been fighting to rid ourselves of for years. And once again the media insists on pushing it down the nation's throat, sending the wrong message to the straight world and to the younger generation of gays.
Why the media thinks anyone wants to see this vile, disgusting, piece of trash is beyond me.
Posted by: Matty | Jul 14, 2007 5:11:01 PM
okay, it's sad enough that Perez Hilton is linked to by this blog (why the Hell ??) but what excuse could there possibly be to mention the scumbag in a tech column ? ? ? ? ?
Please explain.
frankly, this site is too good to ever have to mention that slug.
Posted by: A.J. | Jul 14, 2007 5:55:57 PM
Actually...I LOVE Perez Hilton...At the end of the day his snarky remarks are just jokes that don't kill people.
If I were famous I would not mind being made fun of...Because I would be enjoying the adoration of many people and spending boatloads of money and blah blah..
Perez puts smiles on millions of faces all around the globe: there is much more good than bad on that...
Posted by: Jorge Florez | Jul 15, 2007 12:57:55 AM
Ditto Perez is vile and an embarrassment to all gays. Ugh.
Gregg, I don't get the carousel thing either. What's gay about it? Do translucent dolphins remind Daniel of something he keeps in his nightstand and that makes it gay?
Posted by: Rich | Jul 15, 2007 1:19:29 PM
@Yoshi
LOL - I actually live in NYC, but I still don't get it...
Posted by: Gregg | Jul 15, 2007 10:08:07 PM
Please check out my new blog!!! amerracuda.blogspot.com
Posted by: Chase | Jul 16, 2007 1:02:55 AM