Now I really want a Wii

Since last year, I've been talking about how I would like to get a Wii. Usually, I end up saying that I'll consider it when the price drops. With the continuing lack of availability of the console, and demand outstripping supply, I find it hard to believe that there will be any sort of price drop in the near future. Definitely not before this holiday season. At the same time, I have seen what will probably push me over the edge to Wii fandom: Guitar Hero III.

I saw this beauty on Wii Blog, and I couldn't contain my excitement. But since the game is going to cost around $100, I think I'd better buy the console sooner rather than later. I've just finished paying for my new hardwood flooring, and my pay should be going up thanks to reaching my CPP and EI premium ceilings for the year, plus I should be getting a small bonus next month. All of that should allow a little bit of room in the budget for a new console. Now what would William and Nathan think of that?

William turns 3

Yesterday was my son's third birthday. I can't believe that he is three already. I was looking at some old pictures from the last few years and I was remembering when he was as small as Nathan is now. Then I was remembering when he was small enough to cradle in one arm. Now, the only time I hold him in one arm is when both kids are refusing to listen to me and I need to carry them somewhere quickly. Usually it involves kicking legs and a bit of screaming.

What's he going to be like when he's in school? When he's a teenager? When he's an adult? I don't know. I can only hope that he turns out to be a good person and that the world is still a safe place to live in.

This whole parenting thing really changes the way you look at the world. All of a sudden there are so many things you need to protect your children from. There are also so many adventures in store, trivial things that you don't really think much about become so much bigger when you have small children. I took William out fishing on Saturday; we only went for a few hours, and we were sitting out in the open, but it was still a ton of fun. Of course we didn't catch anything (his line didn't even have a hook on it), but we did get closer to each other. I can't help but get a bit sentimental about all the moments in a day that are firsts for him. I will remember them for the rest of my life.

Allow me to introduce myself

It's interesting to see how what comes around goes around in the online world as well as in real life. When I started using

the Internet as a newbie at university back in 1995, one of the first things I figured out how to do was to make my own Web page. The type of pages that a lot of people created back then are similar in concept to what people calls blogs today. Sure, it was HTML 3.2 and I edited it with vi (not even vim!), and the content was boring (who really wants to read about what classes I like and which ones I hate), but it was my own slice of the Web.

For the last twelve years, on and off, I have tried to get back to telling my life story on the Web, but it always ends in failure, trapped between not having time to write about the minutiae of my daily life, and not wanting to expose myself to strangers. This blog is another attempt of this sort.

To briefly introduce myself, my name is Tim Coleman, and I am an Internet addict. Not that there's anything wrong with that. I am an administrator at Wikipedia, I work for a company which produces Web-based software, and I am a member of a few online forums. I run my own Web site and e-mail at home, but this is a bit more reliable than that. I have two small boys, and thus I take a lot of pictures with my digital camera. Basically, I'm online almost all the time. If I had a BlackBerry, I would never sleep.

Some worthwhile links:
My user page on Wikipedia
My photo gallery site
My employer