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[tamakun]

I think I was too enthusiastic to move forward and start exercising wherein I had zero exercise for quite so much time. Yesterday I walked for a good hour (to work and back), and spent 60-90 minutes doing my physiotherapy stretches. As such, after walking to work today, my body ached, and I got a lift home from a friend. I keep forgetting about the 'rest' part of exercise; as such, I think I'll just take my car to work tomorrow for fear of doing further damage to my body. Then I'll walk on Friday when I don't need to take my car...

Speaking of exercise, I saw that TVTropolis/Global is making a Canadian version of Wipeout. I love watching this show and even if I didn't win, I'd want my chance at the odd obstacle course, so I think I may give it a shot and send in an application. What have I got to lose (other than dignity)? :)

Just by chance, I saw an episode of "The Lab" with Leo Laporte where they suggested that Nexxtech Wireless Headphones were a great deal. I had this feeling I remembered the name; they're a pseudo-generic brand from The Source. So, I figure that it might be wise for me to maybe get some wireless headphones so that I can play games and such without disturbing Christine, so I went looking. I found three with a rather cheap price: the aforementioned Nexxtech (though only available online), a set by Sony, and one by Sennheiser, which I believe is a fairly reputable company. Christine got me some from RCA back at Christmas time, but I couldn't get a good signal at all. Maybe these might be a good replacement. I'm gonna stop by there tomorrow to see if any are available, and if there's any benefit of one over the other. Plus, working for Bell has its advantage in that we get further discounts on The Source stuff :)

And now, let me just say this... I used to hate sleeping during the day when I was on overnight shifts. But now, it's 9:15 and it's still surprisingly bright outside! Have the sun set already! ;P

Comments

[davidn]

I've got to admit, even though I've never watched it, I love the idea of Wipeout as from what I've seen it seems like a throwback to the 80s/It's a Knockout type programmes that I grew up with in Britain where it seemed that TV was more... fun and didn't take itself so seriously. Sometimes dignity is overrated :)

Unless the Americans twatted it up here by going against that and framing it with yet another reality blubberfest - something which I imagine is quite likely, but American TV has pleasantly surprised me before. Only once, mind you.

[tamakun.livejournal.com]

If you've ever seen Takashi's Castle/MXC or Unbeatable Banzuke, you have a good idea of what Wipeout is like - an obstacle course with bizarre paths to traverse, such as walking along a set of giant dodgeballs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAi-EJdGRiI#t=0m30s) that are incredibly bouncy. They seem to focus on those balls whenever they show advertisements for the program here, because everyone manages to fall differently. Thankfully, the reality part of the program is kept behind to allow more footage of people being whacked around by a sweeper (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guX1G0W2Jo4).

And now that I think about it, that post you made a little while ago with John Travolta dressed up as a leek (if memory serves me correctly) is pretty much on-par with the bizarre concepts behind Wipeout.

[davidn]

Yes, I would have expected the UK to know how to handle this given our history of physical game TV :) I'm pleased that it seems to be more about the game there, although the struggle in the first clip seemed a little... pathetic - I would want to encourage people until they fall off (Unbeatable Banzuke-style) rather than laugh at them!

After seeing both of those clips I'm surprised but very encouraged that things like this are still possible without increasingly rigid health and safety considerations getting in the way - that Sweeper is more over-the-top than anything that I saw in the 80s, and I'd previously thought that my memory of things like Run the Risk, for example, with its... increasingly slippery turntable, would be completely unworkable today. (Note how Peter Simon's commentary just dissolves into maniacal laughter after thirty seconds or so...)

[sunhawk.livejournal.com]

I have used wireless headphones since my uni days and I actually have that same Sony model or one that's virtually identical-looking. It works pretty good in that it connects to the signal pretty well when I turn them on, I rarely lose the signal and it doesn't generally drop the signal and then be unable to get it back when I'm walking around, the only thing I've noticed (and maybe it's this older house I live in, whatever the walls are made of) is that it does cut out if there are too many objects between me and the transmitter. I've heard that Sennheiser is the better brand though it's usally the more expensive brand. Nexxtech stuff is hit or miss, in my experience. Generally, the cheaper the item, the more okay it is by Nexxtech.