Gone for two weeks

July 18th, 2006 at 9:06AM EDT or 2 years, 4 months ago (the early morning)

Weather in San Jose when I'm on vacation

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).

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  • The new Zidane way to solve problems

    July 12th, 2006 at 10:21AM EDT or 2 years, 4 months ago (mid-morning)

    Update: Heinz Records got YouTube to remove the video.

    Today’s Foxtrot comic

    July 10th, 2006 at 9:07AM EDT or 2 years, 4 months ago (the early morning)
    Foxtrot for July 10th, 2006

    Funny stuff. :D (click on the image for the full size)

    Italy wins 2006 FIFA World Cup

    July 9th, 2006 at 5:02PM EDT or 2 years, 4 months ago (the late afternoon)
    Italy wins 2006 FIFA World Cup

    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. :D

    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.

    Entire Ghostbusters movie in an animated GIF

    July 8th, 2006 at 5:34PM EDT or 2 years, 4 months ago (the late afternoon)
    Entire Ghostbusters movie in an animated GIF

    Yes, it’s the entire movie.

    Apple introduces $899 education-only iMac

    July 5th, 2006 at 1:55PM EDT or 2 years, 4 months ago (around lunchtime)

    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.

    New $899 education-only iMac

    You can purchase it through the Apple Store for Education.

    Super Mario on the piano

    June 30th, 2006 at 9:39PM EDT or 2 years, 4 months ago (around evening time)

    :o

    File-sharing insurance for only $19 a year!

    June 29th, 2006 at 4:54PM EDT or 2 years, 4 months ago (mid-afternoon)

    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. :D 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.

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    Spiderman 3 trailer

    June 27th, 2006 at 4:53PM EDT or 2 years, 4 months ago (mid-afternoon)
    Spiderman 3

    It’s awesome. :o Make sure to watch the HD trailer, if you can.

    99 cent movie rental from Blockbuster coupon

    June 26th, 2006 at 4:37PM EDT or 2 years, 4 months ago (mid-afternoon)

    99 cent movie rental from Blockbuster coupon

    Just print out the coupon. :) Note that it is a one time use coupon.

    Sony PS3 controller E3 spelling mistake

    June 14th, 2006 at 10:17PM EDT or 2 years, 5 months ago (the late evening)
    Sony E3 PS3 controller spelling mistake

    Look at the Select button, or should I say the Serect button. :D Pretty big spelling mistrake.

    Bug in VisualHub for free activation

    June 11th, 2006 at 5:21PM EDT or 2 years, 5 months ago (the late afternoon)

    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.

    Bug in VisualHub for free activation

    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. :P

    Texas Chainsaw Massacre trailer

    June 8th, 2006 at 9:03PM EDT or 2 years, 5 months ago (around evening time)

    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.

    Texas Chainsaw Massacre trailer time restriction

    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.

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