The damn dirty apes beat us to it.

A recent study of chimps in Kenya reveals that even apes need to bring home the bacon. Specifically, male chimps have long been seen to share meat they obtain by hunting monkeys with select females, but the reason was unclear until recently. Basically, they trade meat for improved chances at sex. The National Geographic story goes for the dinner date metaphor... I'm fairly certain there is a pimp joke in there somewhere. But that is also the likely reason why I don't write professionally.

From apes to monkeys in suits, we have another instance of an Intel VP running off at the mouth, saying at a recent developers conference that netbooks are for kids. Okay, the education market was the first area netbooks where pitched too, but why alienate older customers who just want a light, low-octane machine for web surfing and basic computiong on the go. I personally don't do a lot of heavy computing on my 3 1/2 year old laptop, and for my needs and budget its replacement will probably be a netbook. Really, just don't tell your customers what they want; we already have Apple to do that.

And finally, we have a dumb product announcement, the Riiflex Wiimote weights. Yes, slip these two or four pound wieghts to your wiimote and nunchuck and watch your tv cringe and beg for its life. While this does fit the whole Wii Fit 'exercise is fun' model, it pretty much undoes several changes from lanyards to padded rubber jackets intended to prevent your wiimote from becoming a first-class anti-television missile. I mean, there are so many straps my wiimote has turned into something I don't so much pick up as put on, especially when I play a game requiring the nunchuck. The Engadget article barely manages to keep a straight face about these things, and I second the opinion.