Wii The People

It’s Not About You, It’s All About Mii

Hanging out to buy a Wii but can’t find one? Relax. Adam Frucci has just the solution for you. Go to SciFi.com to read his entertaining post on how you can still create the popular Mii avatars, even if your Wii hasn’t been delivered yet. ``Well, if it's any consolation,’’ he writes, ``you can still have a bit of Wii-related fun without actually owning a Wii. Miieditor.com will allow you to create a Mii avatar, just like you can on a Wii, right on the computer. Then you can save it to your compute for export as an image or for further editing later.’’ And just for your reference, he has created a version of himself that can be seen with the review.

Swiss Barmy Knife

I Scratch Your Back, You Scratch Nine

Check out these concept sunglasses - I honestly don;t know if they are fair dinkum or if someone is setting up an early April Fool's prank, Uber Shades, pitched as the shades of the future, are the latest update on the Swiss army knife. Among the fold-out gadgets are a paintbrush, a straw, a spanner, a corkscrew - and even a back-scratcher. Visit SciFi.com to chuckle over Charlie White's tongue-in-cheek review.