The flight leaves today and I’ll be back August 1st. Get ready to see a pretty full flickr account on my return, as I’m headed to Yosemite Park while I’m there. Oh, and yes, I probably won’t touch this site too much for the next two weeks. 
Update: I’ll be home tommorrow afternoon, but I’ve uploaded the good pics from the trip onto my flickr account, so go check them out (all pictures are located in either the Beach or Yosemite albums).
It all came down to penalty kicks after being tied 1-1 after overtime. France’s second penalty kick (by David Trezeguet) hit the goal post bar while Italy scored them all to win the 2006 FIFA World Cup. There was also a very nice head-butt blocked by Italy during overtime.
Update: Hahahaha, Zidane won the Golden Ball. 
Update: Here’s the video of the Zidane head-butt (non-soccerball head-butt).
Update: It appears the BBC found a lip reader able to decipher what Materazzi said to Zidane.
Today Apple introduced a new $899 configuration of the 17-inch iMac designed specifically for education customers featuring a 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo processor, a built-in iSight video camera and iLife ‘06. The 17-inch iMac for education is available immediately and will replace the eMac, Apple’s last CRT based computer.
You can purchase it through the Apple Store for Education.
A Swedish company is beginning to offer file-sharing insurance for P2P apps (see below for translation of the site). $19 a year gets you unlimited downloading rights, and if you happen to get caught by the RIAA/MPAA, they’ll cover the costs. They’ll also give you a t-shirt if you get sued.
For a mere 140 SEK ($19 USD) per year, we will pay all your fines and give you a t-shirt if you get convicted for file sharing.
Just print out the coupon. Note that it is a one time use coupon.
Look at the Select button, or should I say the Serect button. Pretty big spelling mistrake.
VisualHub is new piece of software made by the guys who made iSquint. It’s an easy-to-use and very fast video convertor for nearly every format. I’d say it’s probably worth the $23.32 USD, but there’s a pretty big bug in it. You don’t need to pay for it to get a working serial. Just keep the name and e-mail box blank and enter in any number for the serial.
Don’t worry, already notified the guys about this. 
Update: They’ve pulled the bugged version and re-released a fixed version. I guess anyone who grabbed a copy in the first 24 hours got lucky. 
Has anybody seen this? New Line Cinemas put a time restriction on a movie trailer… You can only watch it from 10PM to 4AM (which time zone by the way?!?). I don’t quite understand what they’re doing. If it’s a way to gain publicity, it’s an oxymoron.
On the subject of movie trailers, check out the new Disney’s Cars HD movie trailer. Make sure you watch the 1080p HD version. You’ll need a fairly powerful computer to watch it (1920×1080 resolution video at 24 frames per second), but it’s absolutely amazing video. Pixar did an unbelievable job on the computer graphics.
The deal is buy a new Mac and get a free iPod nano.
1. Buy a Mac.
Buy a new MacBook, MacBook Pro, iMac, or Power Mac G5.2. Buy an iPod nano.
Purchase your iPod with a Mac.3. Submit your rebate.
Your iPod nano is free after mail-in rebate.* Or choose another iPod and enjoy big savings after mail-in rebate.* After you receive your products, start your rebate online for fastest processing. Or download and mail the rebate form.
Sounds like an awesome deal to me. Student discount AND a free iPod nano.
