I slept right through the 6/16 webcasts, scheduled at 1 a.m. and 9 a.m. my time. Good thing for me that Opera has offered up this cool promo spot in addition to an instructional video and informative homepage designed to make us all aware of their new...mission, called Unite. If the Google Wave presentation blew you away, check this out. Think peer-to-peer everything.

It's a rare thing for grandiose claims to go beyond a lofty advert. But I think if you consider trickle-down and future influence, it's not too far off to say that Opera really could change the web forever - in some form or fashion. O.K., maybe that's a bit hyperbolous. No, it's not in my dictionary, but it could be... someday. But all my pens are blue.