A few days ago I was part of a discussion among friends about how hard it is to learn to cane accurately, and how much practice you should put in before indulging your fantasies of caning a real human. Cushions are normally recruited to provide a practice surface. Some people also chalk the cane, and try to land the strokes on a particular spot.

Then it occurred to me: we need a Wii Caning programme! Cushions are all very well, but if somebody were to write the necessary software, we could have something that would evaluate accuracy, strength and angle of your stroke, and give you marks out of ten. After all, a cushion can’t object if your tip is wrapping, or if you go too hard or too soft, but a clever piece of software could. You could learn so much from having something like that available to learn at home. Those of us who switch could then be punished for not getting a good enough caning score. So it would be a double win for everyone, you see.

If I could write software, I’d get started tomorrow. Maybe somebody who reads the blog has the necessary skills?

In the meantime, you could read the tips for newbie caners that Abel wrote a while ago, and get out those cushions.