Jamie Oliver's Blog » Internet http://blog.alpha-lite.co.uk Jamie Oliver's corner of the web Sun, 06 Feb 2011 14:07:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Wii Connection Ambassador http://blog.alpha-lite.co.uk/gaming/wii-connection-ambassador/ http://blog.alpha-lite.co.uk/gaming/wii-connection-ambassador/#comments Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:41:58 +0000 Jamie Oliver http://blog.alpha-lite.co.uk/?p=594

Please note: You need to tell me your Wii number before I can add you. I’ve had many people add me yet have neglected to tell me their number, so haven’t been able to complete the registration. Thanks.

Nintendo have just released a new scheme to get everyone’s Wii connected to the Internet. If you help someone get their Wii online, both you and the person you connected get 500 Wii points to spend in the Wii Store (to buy things such as games and channels). Getting your Wii online means that you get access to new channels and content, and be able to download new games too. You can now watch the BBC iPlayer on the Wii, meaning that you can catch up with all BBC programs at any time. It also allows you to play certain titles over the Internet with friends and people all around the world (Mario Kart Wii to name a good one). I was wondering if using this scheme I could help people get their Wii online and in doing so would allow us to both benefit. Take a look here for benefits of getting your Wii online: http://www.nintendo.com/wii/internet

Here is a great tutorial on how to connect your Wii to the Internet: http://us.wii.com/connect/

Once your Wii is up and running and connected to the Internet, follow the steps below to activate the bonus Wii points for both of us:

  • Enter the Wii Shop Channel
  • On the Wii Shop Channel welcome page there is an icon called ‘Connection Ambassador Promotion’
  • Select this icon and you will be prompted by two icons: one showing that you are the Connection Ambassador (or the Helper) and the other icon showing that you are the ‘Person Who Was Helped’
  • Select the ‘Person Who Was Helped’ icon
  • You will be prompted to enter the Wii Number: 5248-8782-3737-3511
    (You must do this within 30 days of accessing the Wii Shop Channel)

Once both parties have registered, you will have received 500 Wii Points on your Wii Shop Channel Accounts to spend in the Wii Shop Channel

Once you have, comment to this post or send me a message with your Wii number (which can be found by following the steps below). I will then enter it in the ‘Connection Ambassador’ section and we can then both earn 500 points to spend on games. You need to enter my Wii number first.

To find out your Wii Number:

  • Turn your Wii console on
  • Go to the “Wii message board” option located on the lower right hand corner of the Wii menu screen
  • Go to the “Create message” option on the lower left hand corner of the screen
  • There will be a icon that says “Address book”, go to that option
  • Once in the “Address book” option you should see a page with two arrow cursors on each side. Click on the left arrow cursor
  • You should see page that says “This console’s Wii number” and at the bottom your Wii number.

Full details can be found Here.

My Wii number is: 5248-8782-3737-3511

Cheers.

]]> http://blog.alpha-lite.co.uk/gaming/wii-connection-ambassador/feed/ 15 “Search for…” http://blog.alpha-lite.co.uk/general/search-for/ http://blog.alpha-lite.co.uk/general/search-for/#comments Sun, 17 May 2009 19:15:38 +0000 Jamie Oliver http://alpha-lite.co.uk/?p=389 Why have TV advertisers insisted on adding “Search for <product name>” instead of the URL of their website on the bottom of TV adverts? I’m not complaining, I was just wondering why this trend is becoming popular? I assume it is so the user can find the relevant page on their website quickly, but depending on the search engine that the user uses, might not turn up the results that they were looking for. Surely they would want to ensure that the user ends up on their own website, where they can portray a biased view on that product; not what other websites have to say about it. Or maybe the company is so confident in their product, the user will only find raving reviews regarding it? I still think that just including their URL would be more beneficial to be honest.

]]> http://blog.alpha-lite.co.uk/general/search-for/feed/ 0 Internet Explorer 8 Released http://blog.alpha-lite.co.uk/general/internet-explorer-8-released/ http://blog.alpha-lite.co.uk/general/internet-explorer-8-released/#comments Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:25:29 +0000 Jamie Oliver http://alpha-lite.co.uk/?p=224 The new version of Internet Explorer has been released today. It now finally fully supports CSS 2.1 and some elements of CSS3 (how many years late?), meaning that web developers should have less trouble and less workarounds will be needed. Plus, I can now use :hover on all elements, woo. The GUI is much similar to IE7, with a slightly more polished design; but I find that it is somewhat all over the place by default. I have never been a large fan of the GUI in IE7, it is almost they are trying too hard. I haven’t noticed any improvements in page loading to be honest, and I found that opening new tabs to be somewhat slow (having to wait a few seconds before they became ready). I also encountered a problem with ‘squashed’ fonts in Explorer and other applications after installing IE8, which I managed to fix by disabling ‘Use ClearType for HTML’ and restarting my computer – a pain.

In summary, I don’t see a large improvement over the previous versions, and most of their ‘claim to fame’ features have been around in Firefox, Opera and Chrome for some time. The increase support for CSS is most helpful however, it is about time that they caught up instead of being stubborn about it.

Anyway, I am still sticking with Firefox, and will be doing for some time. What do you think of it?

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