July 15, 2009

Don't try this at home...

by Becca Priddy at 4:01 PM

Friday - [undisclosed location]

Today I woke up, got ready, and then fell back asleep. It wasn’t from sleep deprivation, but because I get these awful migraines when the weather changes, usually before it rains. By the time I woke up from my migraine-coma, my mom had left without me. So basically, I was stuck at the motel all day. My brother, Zach, and his friend, Bert, came into town because my mom’s computer crashed last night, and they came to help fix it.

Nights around here are pretty boring. Like I said before, Infinity let my mom have one of their cars for three weeks while we’re out here. I noticed an auxiliary port inside the arm rest the other day, and wondered if it would work to play my Wii in the car. Since tonight was so boring, it was the perfect time to try.

Bert and I plugged in an inverter, and then the Wii. We could hear the Wii’s music playing but there was no video on the navigation screen. For a very good reason, the Infinity requires the parking brake to be set before video of any sort will play from the auxiliary port. Once we figured that out, we could play all the games we wanted!

We realized this feat could be done with an iPod or Zune too! This prompted Bert to say “Wow, we can really change things. You could go on a virtual date in your car now… you can go to a virtual concert, go virtual bowling, then watch a movie right in your car without leaving your house!”