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How to do a half time team talk, by Davy Fitz.

Has anyone got a swear jar handy, this is one of those get rich quick scams

This is quite a big step up from the Apple Remote application, which allowed you to control your iTunes and which speakers it played through. I thought that was cool, how I would love to have this setup in my house:  

Two home automation control apps for the iPhone were announced today allowing people to access and control their home automation systems while on the go. My House UI for Control 4 and Crestron Control App are very similar but bring the characteristic traits of their respective systems to the forefront.

According to the press release, My House UI for Control4 was developed by Control UI and Control4 and makes it so you can access your home system on your iPhone. All you have to do is download the app from the App Store, download some software onto the Control4 system and you’ll be good to go. There is also a dock called the Control4 Dock for iPod that lets you share your iPod’s contents with the Control4 home system.

The Crestron Control App for iPhone is a similar piece of software that’s free to download and is “fully integrated with Crestron programming software including SystemBuilder™, VT Pro-e and SIMPL™,” according to the press release. After the simple download and a few set up procedures, you can control your home and office with just a few taps on your iPhone.

A one euro coin has turned up in Spain bearing the face of cartoon couch potato Homer Simpson instead of that of the country’s king. Spanish sweet-shop owner Jose Martinez was counting the cash in his till in the city of Aviles when he came across the coin where Homer’s bald head, big eyes and big nose had replaced the serious features of King Juan Carlos.

‘The coin must have been done by a professional, the work is impressive,’ he said. So far, no other coins of the hapless, beer-swilling oaf have been found in circulation.

Has anyone else found a Homer Simpson euro coin?

It has emerged that the Chinese authorities will not allow foreign reporters to have complete access to the Internet during the Beijing Olympics. Journalists say the development reverses an earlier pledge to remove China’s censorship firewall during the games, which begin on Friday week.

A spokesman for the Chinese organising committee said sites linked to the banned Falungong spiritual movement and other unspecified ones would remain blocked for foreign reporters covering the Games. The head of the International Olympic Committee’s press commission, Kevan Gosper, told reporters that he would take the matter up with the Chinese authorities.

This was sent from my iTouch, using the new WordPress App

Finally, there is now a WordPress App for my iTouch. THere were already nummerous blog apps to download from the Apple App store, but no wordpress. Thankfully this has now been rectified. The WordPress application for the iPhone has officially been released. Now you’ll be able to publish to WordPress powered blogs right from your iPhone/iTouch. This app will allow you to post to your blog and comes with the following spec:

• Support for WP.com blogs and self-installed blogs version 2.5.1 and higher
• Embedded Safari for true previews of posts
• Full tag and category support
• Photo support for both camera pictures as well as library photos
• Support for multiple blogs
• Ability to password protect a post, save as a draft, or mark the post for later review
• Auto-recovery. This will recover posts which have been interrupted by phone calls

The app is at version 1.0, is a tiny 0.3MB download, and is compatible with the iPhone as well as the iPod touch. However, this application requires the iPhone 2.0 software update.

Nintendo has just revealed the sequel to Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort.

The follow-up takes place in a beach environment and uses the new Wii Motion Plus adaptor, so every movement of your wrist or arm is mimicked on screen by your player character. At its pre-E3 press conference NOA president Reggie Fils Aimes showed off a Jet Ski game in Resort, which is controlled with both Wii Remote (plus Motion Plus) and Nunchuk - just as if you were holding the throttle. Even more exciting is Sword Dueling, holding the Wii Remote with both hands - this is the 1:1 motion detection we imagined when the Wii was first announced. Exciting stuff!

It’s launching globally next Spring. More soon.

Nickelback Rockstar Spoof - Popstar

According to owner/author/uploader JamesAtWar this is NOT taking the piss out of Nickelback, but out of all the “celebrities” appearing in the video.

Saturday July 19th

• Monaghan v Derry - Clones, 3.00pm
• Tipperary v Westmeath - Ardfinnan, 3.00pm
• Donegal v Roscommon - Ballybofey, 5.00pm
• Kildare v Cavan - Newbridge, 7.00pm
• Limerick v Meath - Gaelic Grounds, 7.00pm
• Longford v Laois - Pearse Park, 7.00pm
• Louth v Tyrone - Drogheda, 7.00pm
• Offaly v Down - Tullamore, 7.00pm

So that leaves 8 winners from Round 1. Add to that the 4 Provincial runners up leaves 12 teams to play-off for 4 places in the quater finals in 6 weeks time. Does anyone know how this is going to pan out who plays who when and where?

Round 2 takes place on Saturday July 26th. Round 3 takes place on the August bank holiday weekend.

Cork claim the Munster title, overhauling an 8 point deficit to beat Kerry 1-16 to 1-11.