Nood - Noodles in Lisbon

Last saturday I had lunch at Nood’s. Nood is a noodle restaurant that opened in April in the center of Lisbon.

Nood Lisboa

When you enter Nood you’ll think that the Wagamama guys decided to open a renamed branch in Lisbon. Almost everything is similar. Almost, because in London the cha han doesn’t have Chourizo and the menu doesn’t have Expresso coffee (even if lousy).

The ambiance is cool, the canteen’s long tables are confortable and the food is nice (althought Wagamama’s is *far* better). I can imagine that the food took more time to make because we were lunching at 4p.m. I’ll certainly be back to try other parts of the menu.

July 23, 2007 | Tags: | 6 Comments 

Wii: Innovation continues at Nintendo

I’m a fan of the Wii. The new Nintendo console is a pleasure to play with and has provided lots of hours of fun with friends.

When it launched a few months, some people started using it as a fitness tool. Nintendo probably new the potential of this new type of interfaces (wii remote) and yesterday presented a new game and new interface to all fitness fans, the Wii Fit.

There are a couple of cool things.
BMI: Wii Fit starts by measuring your body mass index (depends on height, weight, and age) and then it sets goals to help you reach your ideal BMI level.

Wii Balance Board: another smart and useful interface from Nintendo with which you can interact doing aerobics, yoga and other games.

Here’s of things that you can do with the Wii Fit:

* Lean to block soccer balls, swivel hips to power hoop twirls or balance to hold the perfect yoga pose. As users stand on the Wii Balance Board, included with Wii Fitness, their body’s overall balance is tied to the game in a way they’ve never experienced before.
* Wii Fitness also uses the Wii Balance Board for daily tests. These evaluate two key measures that a household can track via progress charts:
* Body Mass Index (BMI): A weight evaluation based on a ratio of weight to height.
* Wii Fitness Age: The Wii Fitness Age is measured by factoring the user’s BMI reading, testing the user’s center of gravity and conducting quick balance tests.
* Wii Fitness includes more than 40 types of training activities designed to appeal to all members of a household. Training falls into four fitness categories:
* Aerobic Exercise: 10-minute exercises that are designed to get the heart pumping.
* Muscle Conditioning: Controlled motions using arms, legs and other body parts.
* Yoga Poses: Classic poses that focus on balance and stretching.
* Balance Games: Fun activities, such as ski jumping and heading soccer balls, that challenge the player’s overall body balance.

It will be released in Japan by the end of 2007 and will go to the US in 2008. If it follows the same rules of the initial Wii launch we’ll get Wii Fit 2 or 3 months later in Europe.

(Wii article found via Simplice)

July 12, 2007 | Tags: | 2 Comments