Apple iPod 5.5 Gen Online Price Cut?

While everyone's busy trying to figure out which particular shade of brushed metal Apple's new iMacs are going to show up in, a few major online retailers have quietly trimmed 5.5G iPod prices. Apple, who usually keeps a pretty tight rein on its product prices throughout various retail channels, hasn't matched the cuts on the Apple Store, but you can currently score a 30GB or 80GB iPod (with video) for about $20 off at Amazon, Best Buy, Circuit City and J&R online stores. This is most probably Apple's attmept to clear away excess stock in preparation for a brand new iPod, or perhaps just a good old-fashioned price cut (I don't think so). Perhaps we'll know more on August 7th. . . . Stay tuned.

Malaysia's AirAsia is Asia’s Best Low-cost Airline

AirAsia was named the Best Low-Cost airline in the Asia 2007 regional worldwide category by Skytrax Research of London, the world’s most popular, independent travel forum and air travel information website.

From operating only with two Boeing 737-300s in 2002, AirAsia now has a fleet of 56 aircraft serving more than 75 domestic and international routes to Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Macau and parts of China.

Group CEO of the airline, Datuk Tony Fernandes said: “It is an honour to receive this accolade. To be known as one of the best in the Asian region in only five years is an astounding success story.”

Way to go AirAsia! They are really doing a great job.

BestBuy Gift Card Redemption

This is a BestBuy gift card redemption which I received from HI Points Incentives. Each $5 gift card is redeemable for 800 points.

Retro Software: Go!Zilla (Gozilla)

I saw the Internet Turbo icon in the taskbar of my professor's laptop. He uses the laptop to display slides in the class. I once used Internet Turbo as well back when broadband was non-existent. Dial-up internet access was all I had and I always get disconnected from the ISP. Dial-up is a pain in the ass. Slow as hell. Internet Turbo was supposed to boost your connection as it pings your ISP and keeps the connection alive so that you don't get dc - a term we used to disconnected - from the ISP.
Then Go!Zilla came to my mind. Downloading an mp3 song over Napster took 30 minutes on a 56K connection. When I started exploring the endless information (the bad inclusive), I downloaded tons of stuffs. I really needed a download manger because with it I could resume my unfinished downloads. The idea behind the download manager is that it selects to download from several mirrors and chooses the ones which are faster. Go!Zilla was one of the most popular one back then. The download meter bar was color coded and it's always exciting to me when I saw my downloads peaked to the red level at a whopping 5.0 KBps Go!Zilla is a download manager that was created in 1995. It was better than Download Accelerator Plus (DAP). I tried DAP after it was recommended by the InTech section of TheStar newspaper. Turned out that Go!Zilla was still the winner. Hence, I dedicate this post to my old memories of Go!Zilla.

Free 20 oz Coke from MyCokeRewards

So far I have redeemed a t-shirt from the MyCokeRewards program. You get points for every code you enter. The caps of bottle soda are worth 3 points each. Also, they sent me a coupon good for a free 20 oz. Coca-Cola product. It's good to have a bottle of cold coke in the middle of the summer heat. And nothing beats free. Gratis!

Save Your Money for Logitech Wave Keyboard

Logitech is coming up with a spanking new Vista-friendly setup, the Cordless Desktop Wave. Logitech hasn't officially announced the combo yet, but sources mention that the FCC has approved it. In addition to the usual media playback controls, the wireless keyboard includes dedicated buttons for Vista Gadgets, Photo Gallery, Windows Media Player, Media Center and Flip3D. The mouse also has the capability of activating Flip3D by clicking the scroll wheel. Not exactly earth shattering, but the gently curved Wave keyboard and comfortable-looking laser mouse should both do their thing just fine. No words on the market price or release date. But I am guessing it to be at least $100. This is one must-own keyboard. So start cutting out the chips and lunch money. Time to save some serious money.

Banned Spain Royal Comic Caused a Stir

Last week, the nation of Spain was furious with a comic of the royal family published in El Jueves. It depicts Crown Prince Felipe and his wife having sex. The Spain's High Court has ordered the seizure of all copies of a magazine that carried that cartoon.

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"In the cartoon, Felipe is talking about the Spanish Government's decision to pay €2500 ($3900) to the parents of every child born in the country in order to increase the birth rate.“Just imagine if you end up pregnant,” Felipe says.“This will be the closest thing to work I've ever done in my life.”"
Source: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22109293-1702,00.html

New OS Windows 7: the Sucessor of Windows Vista

Windows 7

Microsoft is planning for next version of Windows to be released around the year 2010 *fingers crossed!) It is called Windows 7 It was previously as Vienna (codename). As you can easiyl guess, it will have 32-bit and 64-bit versions. Also, there'll be the home user and business editions. Why is it called "Windows 7"? Windows Vista is actually Windows 6.0, therefore Vienna will presumably be version 7.0. In my opinion, Windows 7 sounds a lot worse than Vienna. Windows 7. Pheh. Ugly name. By 2010, most people would be Vista users. Just like the XP trend, it'll be very popular and widely used as time passes (into the future).

Sidenote: Apple will release its next generation of operating system named “Leopard” (Mac OS X version 10.5) in October 2007. You can pre-order now on Amazon.com.

RB Lance Smith Suspended From Wisconsin Football Team for Cab Fare Dispute

Sophomore running back Lance Smith has been suspended from the Wisconsin football team.

Barry Alvarez, the Athlectic Director of UW, said Smith violated the athletic department's student-athlete discipline policy but he did not offer any details, citing privacy laws.

Madison police spokesman Joel DeSpain said Smith got into a dispute with his girlfriend after midnight Saturday over how much money she owed him for cab fare. he said $10, she claimed she owed him $5.
Said dispute careened from apartment from which girlfriend was not permitted to leave -- @ gas station his girlfriend was to make change from a twenty and was shoved to the ground by Smith, who took the twenty and her also shoes.
(Lance Smith stole his girlfriend's shoes?)

Smith is Wisconsin's 2nd running back behind Freshman of the Year PJ Hill. He's been suspended indefinitely until investigation completed. No charges had been filed as of Wednesday afternoon.

Smith will be suspended from practice and competition until the case is sorted out.

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Lance Smith has been reinstated to the team.

Nike Likes Big Butts

Why am I saying this? Don't blame me. I am just interpreting an ad.
Just look at this picture below. It started with "My butts is big." No better start than that!