Chumby
Nintendo Wii

Just come to market and take my money.

Phil Ryu is running MyDreamApp, which is like American Idol meets software development. It sounds like a great idea to me.

What sounds even better is trolling the forums and picking up an idea and developing it yourself.

Three ideas are picked and turned into products and right now there are 1400+ ideas submitted. Seems like a large number of good ideas would be available.

I had another game and wore the MaxSight contacts. It was a lot more sunny last night and compared to the last review the contacts made a much bigger difference.

They’re like sunglasses, but with much better contrast.

I picked up a pair of Amber MaxSight contacts from Nike/Bausch and Lomb.

[update]: here’s a followup review in brighter conditions.

Sport:
- Ultimate Frisbee

Conditions:
- overcast and raining, then clear but low hanging sun, not really that bright
- white disc against a dark sky

Thoughts:
- Light and dark colours stood out, for example green grass next to brown dying grass had distinct lines.
- The lenses act a bit like sunglasses as the sun was not as bright, I didn’t have to squint at all when the sun came out.
- The white disc against the dark sky and darker ground stood out like a light. It was surprising.
- When the sun had gone down it was too dark to feel comfortable driving at night, so I brought my glasses.
- Overall, I liked the difference, but I think that another test with brighter conditions would be useful. Overcast skies aren’t really the ideal conditions for these contacts.

Teammate Reactions:
- There were lots of doubletakes and one “What the f*** is wrong with your eyes!?”
- “Eye of the Tyler” jokes were made.

Microsoft is about to release the beta of XNA Game Studio which “lets developers target both Windows and Xbox 360.”

This looks like a great way to get into game development.

The PS3 and the Wii will have a big hill to climb if user made content is easy to create and share on the 360.

There are rumors that the Wii’s Virtual Console will offer user made content, but rumors ain’t not mean nothing.

Hi-def, standup arcade cabinet for current and next generation consoles!

I’ll take a picture of my red eyes tonight.