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So there I was trying to find out who to contact at Ubisoft...

Jul 18, 2008
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As part of my cunning plan to lose weight and become fitter in order to be able to see my toes again (whilst standing!) I've been using technology that makes exercise ~~more~~ fun and much more interesting.

Any regular readers of my blog will have seen me using things like Nokia's Sports Tracker and Wellness Diary as well as Nintendo's Wii Sports and Wii Fit. After seeing ads for Ubisoft's 'My Health Coach' I think I may've discovered the missing link to my Geek Fit program.

So, there I was wondering if Ubisoft would be willing to fire a copy my way so ~~I could put it through its paces~~ it could put me through its paces. One slight snag...

At the top of the page...

Okay, these are probably not the guys a 'lil' ol' blogger should contact. Let's see if there's anyone more suitable below...

Ah, here's the UK... er, crikey!

Eek! I'm in the UK so obviously I won't be contacting anyone in Switzerland or the US. And, as I'm neither corporate nor trade, I can rule out the first UK contact. That leaves four. I'm thinking 'Community enquiries' is the one for bloggers but I'm not 100%. I could email them all, but I don't like doing that - sometimes you end up getting a couple of people helping you out and sometimes neither of them know the other is doing it.

Ah fudge! I'll just write down the four names, place them in a circle and play spin-the-bottle!

Wii Fit for a week...

Jun 3, 2008
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Wii Fit - Oh dear!

I've snagged my niece and nephews' Wii Fit for a week and what you see above is what it told me on the second day. That's bad enough, but on the first day it said I had the body of someone TWENTY years older! At least now I'm only "overweight", previously when I tried it at their house it said I was "obese" ('You're even fatter than dad', they remarked!)

I've been using this in conjunction with Nokia Sports Tracker and Wellness Diary (I'll probably through Step Counter into the mix too). What I won't do in the name of research!