• Mac Mini (PPC)
• Wiimote
• Bluetooth keyboard
• Remote Buddy

Essentially I was hoping to be able to wirelessly use the Mac well enough to watch movies and stuff on the TV. We don’t get cable anymore, so it is nice to stream video off the server in VLC or whatever.

The bluetooth keyboard is nice, but for some reason it won’t wake the Mac when it’s asleep.

Using the Wiimote+Remote Buddy is a great idea, too… bluetooth, point and click, easy, right? The Wiimote needs the sensor bar (attached to the Wii) to work, but if the Wii is turned on, the Wiimote connects to it rather than the Mac. If the Wii is off, no sensor bar. I’d need a sensor bar separate from the Wii. People have hacked the right equipment into their TVs, but that’s a bit beyond me.

Solution seems to be USB extension + keyboard + mouse.  Works great!  Watched Holmes on Homes through hgtv.ca all weekend!

I have always believed though, that while I have not been producing content for a blog, I have been cranking out applications and scripts to provide a platform for these social media technologies.  The developer in me wants to build things better and easier than the applications I try, so I have been building application frameworks, content management systems, and everything else I can for the last 10 years.  The scripts have been my content.

A friend of mine has been pushing me to start again, though.  We have some interesting discussions, and he maintains that if I just write down the stuff that I come up with that people will find it interesting, and I need to stop keeping it to myself!  So, here I am going to try again, and write about things like online collaboration and technologies, and try to provide some insight into how these powerful tools can work for everyone.