I want to let everyone know about a new project I’ll be embarking upon in the very near future. I hope you’ll join along.

I’m currently in the process of setting up Wii Fit Project, a site where I will conduct the following experiment: “How much weight can a 35 year old designer who’s 40 pounds overweight lose just by playing Wii Fit for at least 30 minutes every night for 2 months?”

I will keep a running diary of my activity and my progress. There will be lots of pictures and video, and hopefully they will start a bit flabby and end leaner and meaner.

Set a bookmark now for wiifitproject.com and make sure to subscribe to the RSS feed. The experiment will begin as soon after May 21st (the US release date for Wii Fit) as possible. If Nintendo or any other party is willing to supply me with an advance copy of Wii Fit I will begin the project sooner.

Wish me luck.

I was rummaging through archived files last night, putting the finishing touches on my online museum of old site designs when I ran across a video file in a version of my site from the year 2000 that is most definitely a video blog (vlog) post.

I’ve talked about the fact that I was a “vlogger” years before the practice was popular, but I finally found proof of it. I also love the subject matter… smells transmitted over the Internet. I also love that the company mentioned in the video still has a presence and still believes they’ll be pumping scents down the pipe in the near future.

Anyway, check out the video and you tell me… first vlogger or not?

UPDATE: I found an even older video blog post than the one below. Well, one day older, anyway.

I’m pleased to announce that Das Cöbra won the third annual Battle of the Ad Bands at Crosstown Station on April 11th!

As performances go, I wouldn’t count it as the best. Our practices were better. The laptop that was firing the samples crashed during the first song. The vocals were mixed so that it was nearly impossible to hear the songs I was responsible for singing. But, when you get six grown men on stage wearing head to toe spandex and one other guy dressed as a drum-playing robot, you kind of don’t have to worry as much about the music.

So, people have been asking me “what’s next?” As far as performances go, we’ll perform an encore at next year’s Battle of the Ad Bands, but other than that there’s not much to tell. Friday night’s performance was always noted as being the band’s final performance of its career in the back story we created on Das Cöbra’s site. Unless we get a huge surge in interest, we plan to keep it that way. Besides, the suits reek like you wouldn’t believe. I don’t think you could pay most of us to get back into them.

We will most likely continue to release music. I think we got some studio time as part of our prize package, so that’ll give us a chance to record our songs and have an album. We’ll probably also stray away from the schtick of our songs all being advertising related. That’s a pretty narrow joke that limits the appeal of the music I think.

Thanks to everyone who showed up and supported us through your votes and your enthusiasm. Thanks to the other bands who were cool and enjoyed our performance art.