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Holiday Dinner at Mac 24/7
Had our annual holiday gathering at Mac 24/7 in Waikiki. The restaurant feels kind of sterile with the layout, lighting, and uniforms. Food was okay, more novelty dishes but fun to see like my huge stack of Kona coffee moca pancakes.
Oogling the Club 939 calendar for 2008 was popular with everyone, girls and [...]
Banished Words for 2008
The powerhouse of academia, Lake Superior State University, has published its List of Banished Words for 2008. What made the list? How about:
Perfect storm
Webinar
Waterboarding
Organic
Wordsmith
Author
Post/911
Surge
Give back
Blank is the new blank
Black Friday
Back in the day
Random
Sweet
Decimate
Emotional
Pop
It is what it is
Under the bus
An okay list I say. Kind of dabbling in sardoodledom, no? Fortunately, “pimpstrong” [...]
Review: Vudu Movie Service (Part 2)
Part 1 of my Vudu review focused on the Vudu service and my movie watching habits. Part 2 looks at setting up and getting the Vudu box online.
The SetupGetting the Vudu box connected was straightforward. Connect the included yellow, red, and white cables, connect the Ethernet cable, screw in the small RF antenna, [...]
Hello Kitty Is Macho
The next time I play Apples to Apples and the topic card is “macho,” I’m playing my Hello Kitty card. And there will be no dispute now that Sanrio is targeting this feline for masculines. The Hello Kitty for 2008 features:
a more rugged, cool look to appeal to men in their teens and [...]
UH 2008 Sugar Bowl Magazine
Found this UH Warrior football magazine for the upcoming 2008 Sugar Bowl. Contains team info and stats throughout the Warriors’ undefeated season.
View the 2.4 MB PDF file.
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Apple Innovation
Can Apple’s stock actually hit $600 per share? Selling iPods, iPhones, and Macs can only go so far. But then you hear about this crazy patent Apple applied for. Consider this the equivalent to Disneyland’s FastPass service where participating customers can jump to the front of the line.
Say you’re nearing a Starbucks [...]
Get Your APPL Stock Now
If you’re an investor, you may want to get some Apple stock now while it’s still a bargain, hovering around $200. According to one analyst’s prediction, a share of APPL will hit $600 within 18 months.
$200 a share is a steal!
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Your Own Nike+ Ad?
Pretty cool. Nike is going after “real people” to provide their stories using the Nike+ running gear. Lucky Paul Stamatiou got his own commercial and talked about the entire process.
It’d be cool to be in a Nike commercial for any of their products. Yeah, I’m a Nike+ user who’s been slowly logging [...]
Small, Medium, and Huge A$$
I didn’t know local store Don Quijote had multiple sizes of plastic carrying bags. I knew about the small clear bag and the now regular green bag. But did you see the huge a$$ bag they now have?
I think it’s specially ordered for the fireworks sale.
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Played Apples to Apples
My nieces got the game called Apples to Apples. Never heard of it, and it sounds like a kids’ game, but it’s actually fun. It’s like a word association game where players try and make the best match to the “green apple” topic card. The player who is the judge for that [...]
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