Since Wii has sold more than 45 million units worldwide since its debut (the console includes Wii Sports), I guess it was only a matter of time. And although I'm guilty of supporting Wii and therefore the game that beat out Mario (I have the Wii-elbow to prove it), I can't help but feel guilty for supporting the dethroning of my favorite high-voiced game man. Mario isn't going anywhere, but in honor of his bump to second place, here are a few of my favorite things about America's most-recognizable little man in red.

• Since his creation, Mario has appeared in more than 200 different video games.
• Mario was originally portrayed as a two-dimensional sprite, but in later games, he is shown as a three-dimensional, polygonal model.
• His profession is a plumber, his heritage is pudgy-Italian and he hails from the Mushroom Kingdom.
• The first girlfriend that Mario ever had to rescue was Pauline in Donkey Kong.
• Mario's favorite power-up is the "Super Mushroom."
• Former NHL hockey player Mario Lemieux was given the nickname "Super Mario" by the media during his career. So were the NHL's Mario Williams, pro-cyclist Mario Cipollini, German international footballer Mario Basler and Brazilian soccer player Mário Jardel.
• He was awarded the title of Nintendo Mascot by the Guinness Book of World Records.
• Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis revealed that Mario has a toy-making company that earns him income.
• He pulls off suspenders really well, and is rarely seen without his white gloves or his large, bulbous nose.

The Top 25 Webcams of 2008 were selected by a "VIP" panel of judges that included Pauly Shore, Amanda Corey (winner of Beauty and the Geek) and NY Nicks assistant coach Phil Weber.

This years winners ranged from the viral and soothing lava lamp cam,

to the slightly intoxicated stylings and fun of live karaoke streaming from a Florida piano bar,

to Mandy's cubicle cam (that gets thousands of viewers everyday).

The top 25 also included a cam from inside the studio at Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and a view of the Eiffel Tower, but those kind of cams are expected. You could really be drawn in by the top 25, but there are a frillion more streams that you can browse through. Coffee Cartel, St. Louis traffics cams, and even a camera inside Star Clipper comics in St. Louis represent the city on the river.

Dear internets, you complete me.

This year I upgraded my husband's technological life to 2004 by giving him an iPhone for Christmas. It was actually a cute gift card that had a picture of an iPhone on it - but you get the point. After doing his research about switching phone providers, fees, and monthly service costs he decided that getting an iPod Touch was actually a better deal.

In a side by side comparison of cost and capability the argument for the Touch was very compelling (even to my gadget geek self); after all you get all the bells and whistles of an iPhone minus the phone service and maybe two applications. Plus, to be honest with you, I always thought it was pretty lame that the iPhone can only be used with AT&T's service.

For people out there who are just dying to be able to make a phone call from your MP3 player you can actually download a Voice Over IP application to the iPod Touch. While it isn't the ideal phone solution it does make you feel smarter than Steve Jobs: the best reason ever to throw a rock and roll fist in the air.

Here's how to make the iPod Touch work as a phone, in 3 easy steps:

1. Buy an iPod Touch
2. Download the Siphon application
3. Buy a headset or microphone

Viola - you have hacked the iPhone vs iPod Touch system, but (like life) nothing is perfect. In this case the iPod Touch depends on a Wi-Fi connection and you can't port your cellphone number over. While the reliance on Wi-Fi alone means you need to keep your old cell (we have all seen Deliverance one too many times to think that smart), the complexity of entering codes and navigating just to make a call makes it even worse as a primary cellphone option. But, it is still nice to find a way to get around the AT&T/Apple love affair.

Transmitter Offender #1

The first offender was the Griffin FM transmitter. With a moderate price point (around $40) and a very simple plug and play design I had high hopes for this little gadget. Unfortunately, electronics operate on more than just high hopes. I had to literally hold the transmitter next to my radio in order for the two to play nice together, and even with all of that it was impossible to find a station that wasn't fuzzy. In any case, holding the iPod in my hand while driving was more dangerous than wearing headphones so this puppy went back to the store without passing Go or collecting $200.

Transmitter Offender #2

Thinking that the low frequency/fuzz problem was somehow related to the amount of power being feed to the transmitter I thought I would pull out the big guns next. At almost twice the price of the Griffin, the Belkin TuneCast Auto is a little more complicated and fancy - it plugs into the iPod and the cigarette lighter, and has a nifty station scan feature that picks out "the best" station to broadcast over. While it worked a little better than offender #1, I still had to the whole contraption on the dashboard to get a clear signal, and when I drove by a building or bridge the signal completely cut out. For $80 that was so not worthy, and the Belkin went back to whence it came.

After two gadget failures my patience with radio waves was wearing thin. While lamenting my misfortunes to a sympathetic ear, a friend made me realize that we live in a larger city so we don't have a lot of empty radio stations... and maybe that's why they didn't work. And hey, wouldn't it be cheaper to install a stereo with an MP3 jack instead of buying another transmitter at that price? While pondering the price of car stereos it occurred to me: the next time I am tempted to complain about St. Louis being small or boring to remember that if FM transmitters are any indication, we actually live in a pretty hopping city.

This year I was (kind of) given the gift of music. The closest I have ever come to playing a musical instrument were the compulsory elementary school dabblings in the recorder and violin. Either out of pity for my lack of talent or a fear of my plans to start playing WoW, my Wii and I were given Guitar Hero World Tour Edition for Christmas this year! Woah Nelly is it better than a package of socks.

Guitar Hero World Tour is basically a way cooler version of Rock Band. Why you may ask? Because all the guys at the video game store said so and they get paid to do two things: use a POS system and know enough about video games to thumb their nose when you ask questions. In my non-Game Stop employee opinion, it is the better because it takes the awesomeness that is Guitar Hero (dueling guitars and single guitar play - try that Rock Band) and adds the option of playing with drums and vocals. I highly recommend getting a second guitar controller so you can play with lead guitars, bass, vocals, and drums at all at once. It is a much more social game than WoW - which is kind of like comparing apples to SUV's - but you have to give the game a little credit for that, too.

On a scale of one to five (with one being socks and five being an Aston Martin Vanquish) this Christmas gift definitely gets a four and a half - making it one of the best Christmas presents ever and, honestly, one of the best video games I have played to date behind Tomb Raider.

The interwebs is no longer the domain of the socially awkward. St. Louis' cyber-culture is full of sexy ladies and gentlemen who can blind you with coding, blogging, and building as well as their good looks.

Using online communities and tools, like Twitter and Facebook, we solicited nominations for St. Louis' Sexiest Cyber-Geek. There were a ton of nominations and we accepted every.single.one. There were a few cyber-gods and goddesses who declined to be included in the contest, and there were some who thought it sounded like a lot of fun.

Below are photos and short bios for the men and women nominees that were submitted by St. Louis' wired community. After reading about these titillating-techies you can cast your vote to bestow the title of 'St. Louis' 2008's Sexiest Cyber-Geek' to your favorite online lady and dude. Voting will be open until midnight on January 9, 2009 and the winners, as selected by you, will be profiled on our site. Good luck and w00t to all the nominees.

Lady Nominees

Dana Loesch
Nominated by Brad Hogenmiller

Dana Loesch authors Mamalogues.com and hosts her own radio show, The Dana Show, on KFTK 97.1 FM Talk. She has written for corporate parenting communities and major-market publications such as St. Louis Magazine, The Riverfront Times, and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. She was named the Riverfront Times Best Columnist of 2007 for her popular newspaper column on motherhood and she was selected as one of St. Louis's "30 Under 30″ by the St. Louis Business Journal in 2008. Dana is also a contributing editor at Blogher, contributes to Mamapop and Imperfect Parent, and vlogs for Momversation. Dana founded the St. Louis Bloggers Guild in early 2008 and also speaks regularly on the subject of blogging and social media. She and her husband, Chris, and their two young sons live in St. Louis City. (Photo courtesy Holly McCaig)

Kelly Stevens
Nominated by Julia Dalton

My name is Kelly Stevens and I am a 26 year old web developer from St. Louis. While I love web development it's not the main focus of my life. When I am not being a tech nerd I enjoy spending time with my family and friends, training for my next half marathon, and of course shopping. She blogs at devgirlspeaks.

Raquita Henderson
Nominated by Mary Pat Garascia Killmer

So what can one say about my sexy? I am a wedding photographer who has an uncanny ability to perform well in trivia and pop culture board games, I love football (Go COWBOYS!) love to cook, and have said "yes dear you are right and I was wrong," on enough occasions that my better half isn't stunned to hear it. I have discoved the joys of being womanly in the last few years and I decidedly like it. I do have children and while that leads me to being decidedly not sexy some days (who can be sexy with a toddler attached to your life stained sweat shirt?) I keep enough baby sitters on tap to make sure I remember HAWT is the necessary facet of a HAWT MOMMA, and that my hawt comes from being happy and I am.

Stephanie Haworth
Nominated by Scott Haworth

Stephanie's online profile is GaneshaXi. She is a computer hardware monkey who does in-home PC repair, with a side of graphic design.

Guy Nominees

Brad Hogenmiller
Nominated By Mike Brewer

I'm an IT recruiter for a local staffing firm and a self-admitted technology addict. I like finding new ways to do things through technology and frequently earn the "geek" label for my attempts. I moonlight as a web-admin for a volunteer organization in the city and take night classes in software development. Being a single dad I like playing with my 5 year old and pretending I don't like kid toys more than mine. Geek aside, I'm a normal guy and a pretty social individual. I like going out for drinks, watching sports, and going to concerts. I'm starting to feel like I'm applying for Match.com so I'll stop there.

Mike Flynn
Nominated by Jacob McCaig

Mike is the lead/only developer for ToastedRav (which is why we are using a Poll Daddy poll as opposed to the one that I built, and thus control, to keep the voting fair) and has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science. He is 27 years old, obviously sexy as all get out (do people still say that?) and his turn-ons include: sports, cartoons, girls that look like Kristen Bell and haikus written in binary. His turn-offs include: Things that aren't sports or cartoons, girls that don't look like Kristen Bell and regular haikus.

Jay Gaines
Nominated by Anonymous

Marketing iconoclast and visionary rockstar Jay Gaines recently joined local marketing communications agency 2e Creative as Interactive Creative Director, helping the team further expand into the realms of digital awesomeness.

With more than 10 years of experience in the industry, Jay was made for this gig. Originally a designer in the traditional sense, Jay realized that marketing was trending more and more toward the interactive space, and began to shape his destiny in kind, teaching himself along the way. Rising through the ranks, Jay's leadership skills and vision inevitably led him to 2e Creative, a team known for absorbing only the best and brightest. Like Pod People, but with good intentions.

An artist from the get-go, Jay has long believed in the power of visual media to move and engage people, and create emotional connections. And he brings that keen eye to the interactive realm. Jay's responsibilities include project management, strategy and concept development, and answering our questions about outdated computer buzzwords:

"Does anyone still say 'Information Superhighway'?'
"No."
"Did anyone ever?"
"No one cool."

Brad Graham
Nominated by Chris Freeland

A Missouri native, Brad L. Graham lives in St. Louis' historic Shaw neighborhood, sharing a house with his pal Ken, four Tivos, at least five Macintosh computers and an embarrassingly large collection of DVDs and CDs (largely cast albums and cabaret). After an extremely eclectic professional life that has included stints as a journalist, technical writer, arts administrator and actor/director, he is now the publicist for the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis.

He is the proprietor of The BradLands, a personal weblog and paean to his own ego begun in 1998, and is the Baby-sitter for SXSWBaby!, an unofficial weblog for all things related to the South by Southwest media and music festival, among many other websites he haunts or has a hand in creating.

Of his many accomplishments, the one of which he is most proud is once being referred to as "the most dangerous Sodomite in Missouri" by the Rev. Fred Phelps. He continues to disavow having coined the word "blogosphere."

Brad just turned 40 and, despite his vast intellect, sparkling wit and matinée-idol good looks, remains inexplicably single. He remains hopeful, however, that someday Matt Damon will come to his senses and make an honest man of him.

Chris Freeland
Nominated by Brad Graham

Chris Freeland is the Director of Bioinformatics at the Missouri Botanical Garden and the Technical Director of the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Mr. Freeland has an M.S. in Biological Sciences from Eastern Illinois University and has worked as a technologist in scientific organizations for more than 10 years. He has been a project manager for several large informatics projects, including the development of the Tropicos botanical information system and the BHL (biodiversity library).

Scott Haworth
Nominated by Stephanie Haworth

Scott's online profile is Nitronxi. He is a network admin and a turntable DJ.

Frank Kusiak
Nominated by Chip Stone

Frank Kusiak, 34, works at the St. Louis Science Center as the Cyberville Gallery Lead. He teaches kids how to program robots and helps them understand basic computer science concepts. He has an MA in History: he wrote his thesis on how computer games present history. He is currently finishing a Masters in Learning Technology. In the spring, he'll be at UC-Berkeley at the Lawrence Hall of Science working on educational websites. In his spare time, he plays Civilization IV, any World War II game, and works out at Gold's Gym in O'Fallon, IL. He also snowboards and loves to cook Thai and Indian food.

Clockwise from top left:

• For friends or family who love to entertain: Marie Antoinette Coup Stemware, Pottery Barn (Plaza Frontenac), 4 glasses for $18
• For your caffeinated companion: Coffee Press Gift Set, Starbucks (Multiple Locations), press & 2 glasses $39.95
• Something for the audiophile: Giant Ear Bud Speakers, Urban Outfitters (St. Louis Galleria) $40
• Warm up the lady in your life: Cortina Glittens, J.Crew (Plaza Frontenac, St. Louis Galleria) $24.50
• Pamper the Mister: The Art of Shaving Starter Kit, The Art of Shaving (St. Louis Galleria) $38

1. What exactly is a cookie? The only kind I'm familiar with are of the chocolate chip variety.

Sometimes when you go to a website, you tell them to do something for you, like only show 10 results when you do a Google search. Google needs to remember that for the next time you come back, so they basically write it on a little metaphorical post-it note and give it to your computer to hold on to. When your computer, or more specifically your web browser (the program that you use to look at websites), comes back to Google, Google asks your browser for that post-it note and uses the information on it to know to only show you 10 results per page. The technical name for that "post-it note" is a "cookie." Why do they call that a cookie? I've heard 100 theories on it, which means no one knows.

2. Is it bad that I don't really understand what Bluetooth is?

Hmmmm, not sure. Is it bad that I don't know how people keep giving movie roles to Ben Stiller? I mean how many times someone write a movie where he gets to play the same nervous guy? Some things you just don't need or want to understand. They just are. That being said, I can explain your mystery, but the Stiller mystery will still be out there sadly.

Bluetooth is a short-range wireless technology designed to eliminate everyone's favorite desk cluter: cables. For instance, as opposed to pluging a cable from your printer to your computer, you could use the bluetooth modules in both your computer and printer to do the same thing over the air. Thats the key though; it's short range. Its not like wireless internet (aka WiFi) in that bluetooth can only go about 33 feet, where as WiFi can go hundreds of feet.

Bonus brain nugget: Bluetooth was named after the Viking that unified all of the separate viking clans just like Bluetooth the technology tries to unify your different equipment!

As an aside, we haven't even begun to use Bluetooth to its full potential. I know it's shocking, but this wasn't designed to solely allow yuppies to have blinking earpeices for their phones and go around looking like they are talking to themselves. Here's hoping Bluetooth will start to be used more and really fufill on the promise of cleaning up my desk in the next year or so.

3. Ubuntu sounds like a type of sushi. What is it really?

Most people in the world run "Windows" on their computers (Personal Note: *sigh*), others that have Mac's run "OS X," but still others run "Linux." All three of those things I just listed are Operating Systems, and it's just the base or first program that your computer runs. Linux is a little different though in that there are MANY different flavors of Linux, and Ubuntu is one of them. Ubuntu and Linux in general are such big topics that we could easily spend article after article talking about them and not scratch the surface, but the main gist is that Linux is an operating system usually run by more serious computer people or people that have very specific computing needs like something small and fast, or something that runs in a certain mode or on a certain type of computer processor. Ubuntu in general though it is a great free, yes free, alternative to Windows or Mac OS X and you can check it out at http://www.ubuntu.com.

4. Who is your tech idol?

Easy: Steve Jobs. Once again, there are several books written entirely about the man, so a few paragraphs here really won't do him justice, but his attention to detail and unrelenting strive to make the next cool thing are traits I try to put in to my work everyday.

Cool movie alert: Go get Pirates of Silicon Valley to see the entertaining story of Steve Jobs and Bill Gates coming up in the real beginning of the modern computer area. Noah Wyl, formally of ER, plays Steve Jobs in it, and is great.

5. How would you explain Twitter to someone who has never heard of a Tweet?

Well, I'm sure most people have heard of blogging at this point one way or another, so the best way I could explain it would be "Twitter is micro-blogging." You are still talking about whatever you want, and it's inherently egocentric much like blogging, but you are limited to 140 characters as opposed to the limitless amount of text some bloggers can and will use for a post. Of course this is not to say only bloggers can use Twitter. Quite the opposite! I think Twitter is the easiest way one can get into sharing their thoughts on the web to their friends since the text limit is so binding that it takes away a lot of the pressure of having a lot of prose to back up a simple statement like "I think Lindsay Lohan is hot but useless." There it is! That's a "Tweet." Even if you can't think of anything like that to say, you can always just answer the stock Twitter question: "What are you doing right now?" Simple, effective expression to the masses.

6. What are your thoughts on still typing in "www" before a URL? And for that matter, what does URL even stand for?

For the majority of sites, you don't have to type www at all. Try it, go to www.toastedrav.com and then go to toastedrav.com...I'll wait...see? No different. There are a few sites out there that require it, but I can't even think of one right now, so they are pretty rare. Personally? I think it only confuses people because sometimes you need to put something else before the "domain" and making people think they HAVE to have "www" before everything confuses the hell out of them. For instance, if you want to go to our just launched Community Guide here at ToastedRav, you should type in: community.toastedrav.com NOT www.community.toastedrav.com The difference being the first one works.

Second question: What does URL stand for? Uniform Resource Locater. Another term out there you might here is URI and that stands for Uniform Resource Identifier. Yes, there is a difference, but if you really want to know get a hold of me thought the comments or via email.

7. What is Qik and what does it have to do with Apple?

Qik (http://qik.com) is a new and exciting company that has the software and servers to allow you to broadcast video directly from your cell phone to the web! The catch of course is that it doesn't work on all cellphones, and you really should have a fast web connection with your phone plan.

What does this have to do with Apple? Nothing. Except for the fact that I would love for them to get their streaming software over to the iPhone at some point in the near future.

8. How do you fix bugs without calling an exterminator?

This is a mouth-full of a question, and thus probably not 100% answerable. Simple bugs are usually situations that the developer didn't see coming or user actions that cause a system to not work as planned. The road to fixing them involves knowing the system and lots and lots of critical thinking skills.

9. What exactly is wordpress?

Wordpress is what's called a "blogging platform" which is just a fancy way to say a web program that allow one to add a blog to their site easily. There are other chunks of code out there that do the same thing like Movable Type or Textpattern but Wordpress is the current favorite.

You can learn more about Wordpress and if its for you at: http://wordpress.org/about/

10. How screwed am I?

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As the legions of Cyber Monday shoppers grow, here are some tips for n00bies (online speak for new person) and seasoned online warriors:

Tip 1 - Clear Your Cache & To Save Some Cash: If you have already done some online shopping in the past you might have a "cookie" that alerts the site you are a returning shopper and some online retailers offer better deals for new customers. If you have two browsers, clear the cookies on one and compare the "new" and "returning" customer deals to make sure you are getting the most for your money.

Tip 2 - Keep Your Online Wits About You: Just like when you head to the mall to purchase your bounty of gifts, you need to be alert when shopping online. Protect your identity by making sure the site you are shopping with is secure. Two ways to check that (which you should always do before entering in those digits) is to see if there is a picture of a lock in the bottom right corner of your browser or that there is an "s" added to the web site's URL (example: https://toastedrav.com). If you have a credit card that offers you protection for stolen identity, even better - only use that card when you are making purchases.

Tip 3 - Subscribe To The Email Lists: Retailers will often run specials specifically for the loyal customers who are on their email lists. It just takes a second to sign up and then the money savings starts coming into your inbox, including specials pricing and shipping that are only available to email subscribers. Email lists are offer great year-round savings, too.

Tip Four - Take Advantage of Online Shopping Deal Aggregation Sites: There are a few sites that scour the web for all of the best online deals and offers to help the savvy shopper on Cyber Monday. Check out cybermonday.com, gottadeal.com, couponmountain.com, and retailmenot.com to find deals, coupons, and offers to save you money on Monday.

Don't forget to pay attention to shipping dates with all of your purchases. With only three weeks to go you want to make sure that all of your savvy shopping wasn't for naught. Good luck and happy present surfing!

To smooth things over with my ear canals, and to save my IPod from itself, I started investigating wireless headphones. I knew I would lose that oh so popular, brooding-music-lover fashion statement when there were no longer little white cords framing my face, but I figured number one - I'm not in high school so that didn't really matter, and two - the safety of my ears and Beatstoven were more important anyway.

I did a little research and discovered a viable contender in a discreet Bluetooth set called the Jaybird Wireless Headphones. They are a little on the pricey side, costing more than I paid for my IPod, but considering the investment I have made to fill my IPod with the songs and playlists I love, the fact that the newer IPod Nanos just aren't as sexy, and I named the dang thing I think it is a good investment. They run about $150-$200 (and yes, that may have been a record scratching you just heard) but, based on the reviews I have read, they are more comfortable and discreet than other brands that are available while offering a higher quality sound.

Who would I get these for (besides myself)? The Jaybird headphones are a great device for music enthusiasts or technophiles being that they are compatible with a range of other devices. The price might seem a little outrageous but $150 is the average price you are going to pay for a set of these wireless puppies from almost any manufacturer. And my ear canals and IPod shall live happily ever after.

As one staffer around here (who shall remain anonymous) said, "I guess they don't call her the explorer for nothing." But wait, it gets better. The manufacturer, Wild Planet Toys, also transformed a beloved Spongebob character into one of these... things.

And it doesn't stop there, the Aquapets line also includes aliens, lions, and... turtles?

I am starting to question the sanity and quality control methods at toy manufacturers. Did anyone look at this when it was being designed, or more importantly when the finished product was produced? Next question, if you were to purchase this toy and place it on your desk, wouldn't that be considered sexual harassment? In fact, by virtue of writing this post am I technically sexually harassing you all right now?

I bring this site to you for two reasons:

1. First of all, I'm cluing you in because sometimes the shortest weeks seem like the longest of all. If you're sitting at your desk, feeling like your day off on Thursday will never come, this is a great way to make it look like you're actually doing something productive in your cubicle. (Disclaimer to my boss: I would never do such a thing, and I'm always extremely productive.) Or even if you are being productive, staring at numbers and codes on a computer screen all day can sometimes be exhausting, so putting your face on the body of Bozo the clown can lighten your mood considerably. It might also give you a greater appreciation for how those clowns pull off a big red nose. If you couldn't tell from my photo, not everyone looks good wearing one.
2. Secondly, nothing is more childish (I mean that in a good way) than sticking your head through the hole in a scene at a park or a fair somewhere, then taking a picture of it. My personal favorite is one that I have from when I was in middle school and vacationed to Door County, and my cousins and I stuck our faces into a scene with Swedish gnomes. The perk about this site, however, is that you get to dork-out in the privacy of your own home/cubicle/office. Rather than have every passerby stare as you take multiple photos as a cowgirl/horse duo, you can simply capture that touching moment here.

The Snowball Launcher is basically an arctic Nerf gun that packs and launches softball sized snowballs; eighty inch diameter snowballs to be exact I am ridiculous: it actually shoots snowballs eighty feet. Something that size can do some major damage when it kisses frosty skin! One of the coolest features about the "Snowball Blaster," outside of making you virtually unstoppable during winter warfare, is that the reloading chamber packs perfect snowballs for you - giving you another competitive advantage of warm hands. Some may call this cheating, but how cool would it have been to have one of these back when you still got snow days?

Moving on... in your Halloween-haze, you might have missed that a new toy called the Mugen Pop Pop hit stores last week. While it probably won't be knocking the five-hundredth incarnation of the Elmo doll or robotic dogs off the top of Christmas lists, it is probably more fun.

To see the commercial for the Mugen Pop Pop, and to hear one of the "surprise sound effects" that plays after every 100 pops, check out [tab:video].

The bubble-wrap simulating experience will set you back $35, which combined with the fart noise makes it a little less appealing, but it is still something that makes you say, "Damn, why didn't I think of this?"