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Only into it’s second week of the season, the Premier League is back in full force.  Six teams remain undefeated and only 2 have won both games.  Let’s look at the game results, standings, and next weeks games.

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It’s been a month since the All-Star break, and Concacaf is starting.  Let’s see what’s going on with Major League Soccer this week including results, the schedule, and standing.

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This post is being written via an iPhone. Is it easy? Sure! Assuming that you are fast with the small keyboard (like me) and have a wordpress powered blog.

Wordpress has pushed conventional wisdom by building an iPhone applicition that completely interfaces with their base functionality: writing blog posts. Being able to write a blog really isn’t something revolutionary, but the mobile and flexibile empowerment given from a cell phone breaks the traditional tethered mold.

Maybe it’s just my brain trying to fight off impending sleep (it’s roughly 3 am here) but I feel like this app will motivate me to become a more spontaneous blogger. Possibly even a more informative blogger. Who knows. The point is, Wordpress really uped the ante and I salute them for that.

Praise aside, I’m assuming this isn’t a WYSIWYG. That’s fine with me, but what about those who don’t know HTML? Since this is a brand spanking new app on a completely new platform, we can assume it’s coming sooner or later.

Kudos Wordpress.

Thanks to Eloy for the Wordpress tip.

It’s the ever eventful semi’s over in Austria/Switzerland, which makes me (and probably you as well) a very happy person.  The question is: who’s going to advance to the finals?  Let’s compare notes.

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After the grueling group stages, only 8 teams have moved on.  Before we move to take a look at the future, let’s highlight a few ideas of the group stages.

Group A

In typical fashion, Portugal comes out on top, followed by a solid effort from Turkey.  In Group A there wasn’t much drama, and everything happened as predicted.

Group B

Group B has a nice little cinderella story going on.  Croatia took out the heavily favorited German squad in order to lead the group.  The Germans were able to regroup however to maintain a bid in the quarterfinals.  It’ll be interesting to see how they play against the Portugal powerhouse.

Group C

Group C is the largest talking point of the Euro’s thus far.  The Dutch took out both Italy and France to solidify it’s place at the top of the Group.  Italy narrowly escapes the group stage.  Meanwhile France sits on bottom with 1 point from a Nil-Nil tie with Romania.  The French must be deeply disapointed with their efforts.

Group D

Finally Group D is led by Spain who swept the group with wins.  Russia comes off with a solid 6 points to move on to the quarterfinals.

QuarterFinals

Germany vs Portugal

In my opinion, this is one of the top matches to watch in the QuarterFinals.  The consistent, displined Germans up against the touch and style of the Portugese.  It’s the first quarterfinal to be played and might very well be the making of the most entertaining as well.

Croatia vs Turkey

The second game of the quarters involve Croatia and Turkey.  Croatia is on a high from their undefeated group stage (including a reserves win against Poland) so I foresee them having the added motivation to pull off a win against Turkey.

Netherlands vs Russia

After such a surprising effort in the group stages, I don’t foresee the Dutch stopping anytime soon.  I see them beating Russia readily to move onto the semifinals.

Spain vs Italy

Ordinarily I’d immediately call for an Italian win, especially after the World Cup showing.  With their form in the group stage though, this semifinal spot is up for grabs.  Will we see the Italy against the Dutch, or the Italy that played the French.  Spain might be able to pull one out here, but it’d be an interesting bout.

As we close in on the All-Star game, it becomes your duty (as a baseball fan) to vote for who you want to see in the All-Star game. Let’s take a look at how it’s shaping up so far.

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For those who missed the party today, here’s a quick WWDC rehash.

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Well if chatting was ever considered a party, then Party Chat is for you!  Akshay, Google employee and inquisitive coder (hmm synonyms?), built a chat room bot running on Google Talk.  Just to make sure we’re on the same page, this bot will give you the power to talk to groups of people at once.  I understand the widget on Google’s personalized page (iGoogle) does this, but Party Chat is better.  Not only can you chat with tons of people, you may also chat with people who aren’t on your friends list.  A common interest could draw you in or maybe even a common friend.  The point is, it’s like a chat social network (more like IRC) using something most of us already have: Google Talk (Gmail).

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Series Note: This is one part of a series about enhancing your life with technology.  The series deals with computer based tools created with the intent of making your life easier so you can focus on other things, like life.

Are you a socialite?  Do you spend every weekend out and about with friends?  Do you have several different groups of friends to go out with?  Why not let technology help you organize that busy social life of yours.  I’ll show you a few tools that’ll help.
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Ahh the UEFA Champions League, how I love thee.  Today was the championship match with Manchester United pitted up against Chelsea in Moscow.  Moscow provided a slick surface of play with rain peppering in extra time.  Players slid, fell, and cramped up often.

Full analysis after the break.

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