Wouldn't it be far simpler just to have her attend Caltech and live at home? They already planted that love interest there from S6E2.

Phil's-osophy #24: the most amazing things that can happen to a human being will happen to you if you just lower your expectations

Ironically Microsoft and Yahoo probably paid the producers more than Apple did (for the Halo and yahoo.com product placements).

This episode was a shallow commercial for Australian tourism with a contrived plot and no structure. If ever there was a time to dish out an F, this was it.