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This is a long post. Honestly, it's longer than it needs to be, and if you're not enthralled by hacker's notes then it may just not be your bag. No biggie, don't worry about it. I'm posting this at EMB because I'd like to give people a sense of what I'm about, and at my core, I'm just a big, cuddly, hardware hacker. And an entrepreneur. And some other things. Seriously, skip this if you read a few paragraphs and it just doesn't grab you. Blake is finishing school and I'm giving us both a break for a few weeks, but the business stuff will be back shortly.

Welcome, to those of you dropping in by way of FishNet Tech, or for you old-timers, Phischkneght. In the old days, this post would have gone up over at Phischkneght Extended, but...well, this just works better for me right now.

So, on with the story!

I've had my Wii for about 6 weeks now. It's a great system, and I love the new controller format and gaming possibilities with the Wiimote.

I can't have a tech toy for long without opening it up and hacking it though, so it was quickly time to find a mod chip.

I ordered the special Nintendo tri-wing screwdriver the same day I ordered the mod chip, but from a different site and with (unfortunately) slower shipping. In fact, it's been over three weeks now, and I'm still waiting on that tri-wing driver.

The chip arrived quickly, via DHL. It was dwarfed by the small DHL envelope it came in, and I'd be surprised if they don't get lost quite often. The chip was in a very small ESD bag that was heat-sealed closed.

I took it to my workbench and, not yet having the required screwdriver, let it sit for most of that day.

I was excited about the new possibilities that having the chip installed would open up. I soon found that I couldn

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