Hugo Jonker

With Rogier over last weekend, we got round to some gaming. Couldn’t find the exact level that swayed me, but it resembles this one a lot [edit: Well it wasn’t. It was this one :)]. It reminded me once again that Super Mario Galaxy is just an awesome game.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I got to hook my Wii up a bit :)

Too bad Bigben Interactive doesn’t have a Linux/Debian driver for their WiFiMax usb stick… :(

Spent some time looking for a way to get the Wii on internet. First attempt: transform the laptop into a wireless access point. Should be do-able, right? Well, not enough nerd-points for that (although I do have enough nintendo stars by now :).

Second option: get a wireless router. Plenty of bonus stuff compared to getting an official Nintendo dongle — the thing is not just limited to supplying internet to nintendo-gear, which is cool for visitors. In the Netherlands, you can find a WiFi router for about 25 euro. In Luxembourg, you can find one for about 50 euro.

Okay, so either I wait ’till I am in the Netherlands again, or I wait ’till I am in the Netherlands again. I am willing to spend a bit more, but not that much more.

During my hunt for a WiFi router, I came across a Nintendo dongle for 30,-. Reasonable price, but limited. But the more I thought about it, the more sense it made. It’s small, compact — I will take a usb-stick with me when moving; dunno about a router. USB stick will fit, no matter what, routers… just don’t know.

So the next day, I happened to be in the neighborhood around closing time. I decided to check, and by cosmic coincidence I made it in time. Took the thing home, and installed it. That was not that easy, but it turned out not to be an official Nintendo dongle, but a WiFiMax by Big Ben. Cool thing is, that this gadget converts my laptop into an access point! So now I have my router — or at least enough of a router for my current purposes.

And I have plenty of Wii Points (virtually no more stars though, but they were deprecating come July, so that’s not too bad. At least they are put to good use!)

So, I finally got around to a bit of gaming again. The M3 works wonders, and I’ve got the most recent photo’s on it — unfortunately, the ordering of directories still sucks :S. There’s a different shell on the DS, which does work. Unfortunately, the integrated Moonshell does not like the JPG’s from my digicam (update: Moonshell v1.71 does, but the photos have a too high resolution :( So you can see, at max zoom-out, a tenth of the picture…). I can fire up the DS with the SD card from my cam in there, but the pics will not be displayed correctly :S

On the other hand: I upgraded the firmware, and the functionality of the M3 increased with leaps and bounds! Stuff that never worked before, is now working smoothly. Nice. Stijn told me about the M3 simply, but I think that given the operational nature of my current gadgetry, I can skip it for now :)

Now GBA’ing: Zelda Minish Cap, Wario Ware. Now DS’ing: just playing around with M3 :). Not cubing atm

Thanks to Stijn’s tips, I managed to fiddle enough around with the M3 to get it working in my GBA micro. After I had begun afresh with Zelda … yes, my fresh savegame is now further than the one on the M3. Would’ve been nice to avoid that though.

In other gaming news, seems that there is a nice m3 light thingy out, for quick & easy fun on the DS. Apparently it’s cheap too. Hmms, might consider that… Then again, showing pics with the M3 is cool enough.

Now cubing: LotR: 3rd Age; now GBAing: Zelda Minish Cap; DSing: Bomberman