I went to a Metal show last night at El Rio in the Mission. One of my compatriots told me about this site, the Map of Metal. It is a giant Flash website map that looks like something out of a board game like Risk or Axis & Allies. Each genre and sub-genre of metal represent a territory and linkages represent the heritage of the genre.

The Map of Metal

My coworker told me that he was able to run some homebrew and various legacy game system emulators. If you search for “wii softmod” you’ll find a variety of links and guides. One hiccup that I faced was that I hadn’t updated my Wii in years so I had old firmware version 3.3. Upgrading my wii brought it up to 4.3U. Most of the guides that you will find out there are for Wii OS firmware 4.2.

The youtube video below is well-produced, easy to follow, and designed for Wii 4.3U firmware. Make sure to click over to the real youtube page to get the text instructions.

Wii Softmod 4.3U video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgKYlmppxW4

Today I am listening to the Chicago Bears radio on my iPhone. Chicago is playing against the Carolina Panthers.

• Get the CBS Radio app
• Tap stations
• Tap Chicago

• Tap WBBM Newsradio 780