Happy Turkey Day!
Happy Thanksgiving to all! Don’t eat too much, plan out your Black Friday buying, and just enjoy!
Now, can we start up the non-stop Christmas music on the radio stations?
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BF: Crumpler 6 Million Dollar Home Camera Bag
In about 2 hours and 40 minutes (12:30 PST) on Thanksgiving Day, Amazon will have a lightning deal on Crumpler’s 6 Million Dollar Home camera bag. A spacious bag to carry all your camera gear, and it’s available in a few colors.
Got My Juicies
It’s been a long journey for the Kickstarter-powered Juicies project. Started in 2011, Juicies goal was to bring colorful cables made out of recycled materials to the iPhone market. The colors were delicious, the price was right, and hey, Laurens from Hawaii was behind it all so why not back this project?
Then there was a string of manufacturing delays that Laurens explained in detail. Then Apple moved from the de facto 30-pin dock connector to Lightning. Juicies persevered with production and allowed backers to change cable types to a USB extension or a micro USB cable.
After a long wait, here are the results.
Love this display.
The box design deserves some attention and credit as well. No fuss, no muss but good looking.
What’s in the box is minimal and looks made out of recycled materials as well.
At long last, my Juicies cable in lime green. It was either green or orange, but I thought the green was more vibrant. Actually, the pink and purple colors had a good sheen on them as well.
Thanks Laurens! Oh yeah, he may have extra cables to purchase for the holidays.
BF: Yamaha RX-V671 7.1-Channel Network AV Receiver
Amazon has this Yamaha RX-V671 7.1-channel network AV receiver as a Gold Deal special for today. At 50%, of course you need one! 6 HDMI inputs, controllable via an iOS app, front USB and HDMI input, 7.1 speaker system, and supports 2 zones – $300!
Kamehameha Highway Decorated No More
Back in March 2011, I was enthralled with the newly decorated Kamehameha Highway in the Pearl City area. Only this week, my obtuse power of observation noticed that all the decorations are gone. I don’t know when it exactly happened, but I kinda miss the garish display.
Restaurant Week at Roy’s
Enjoyed the Restaurant Week promotion at Roy’s. Well, dining at Roy’s is always a treat, but a great meal at a great price is even greater.
Restaurant Week Menu
Appetizers of Spring Roll, Crab Cake, and Pork Rib
Filet Mignon (from regular menu)
Hibachi style grilled salmon
Kids ice cream sandwich dessert
Melting hot chocolate cake
Do You See Rihanna Staring at You Unapologetic?
That’s because her new album released today and is an Amazon Black Friday special before Black Friday. You can pickup (okay, download) Unapologetic for $5.99 for a limited time. The single, Diamonds, is already a hit, so that $5.99 price tag is looking like an even better deal.
Abercrombie & Fitch Gone Twilight?
Is it me or does the latest Abercrombie & Fitch entryway billboard remind you of Twilight? Seems like I’ve seen Edward and Bella in a smilar pose in that field. In fact, doesn’t the female’s outfit remind you of Bella’s fashion in Forks?
Or maybe it’s just pure coincidence with the timing of the final Twilight movie, Breaking Dawn Part 2. This won’t be a first time for one of these “coincidences.”
My Twinkies Advent Calendar
I have a new advent calendar this year, thanks to the prospective demise of Hostess.
Enjoy one golden sponge cake each and every day of December leading up to Christmas. Who needs Christmas with a Twinkie a day? Wonder if these Twinkies advent calendars would sell on eBay?
Troubleshooting Wooslider
Some time back, I was looking for a responsive slider WordPress plugin for Pulpconnection. The thought is to highlight certain posts in a big visual display on the home page. Since the awesome Thesis theme includes the Feature Box, it seemed like this would be simple. I eventually found WooThemes’ WooSlider amongst many other sliders out there.
Only recently, I’ve finally gotten around to incorporating WooSlider with my site but have run into problems. I can’t get it to work right. Well, it might be working, but I can’t see the results. I created this test slider page that’s supposed to display two sliders. Instead I see the outline of the sliders and not the pertinent images. Using Firebug to look at the code, I can see the HTML for the sliders.
Oddly enough, the dimensions for the slider images are strange.
The actual image size is 640×480 pixels, so I don’t understand the 0x0 pixels. But this could very well be the root of the problem since the slider is showing images 0x0 pixels in size. I came across this Stack Overflow article that seems related, but um, I don’t understand how to implement the “call to initialise flexslider.”
I have this problem with versions 1.0.4 and 1.0.6. Any tips?
PSY and Hammer
PSY and Hammer performing together at the American Music Awards. Mind blown…
2 legit, 2 legit to quit!
Starbucks Twelve Days of Gifting 2012
Starbucks is back at it in 2012, commemorating the Twelve Days of Christmas their way. Here’s what I think is Starbucks 12 Days of Gifting for December 2012.
- Day 1. Buy any tumbler or mug and get a free grande beverage.
- Day 2. Buy any VIA Ready Brew 12-pack and get one free. Buy any Tazo Tea Tin and get one free.
- Day 3. Buy the featured Free Brewed Coffee Tumbler in December for $30 and get free brewed coffee the entire month of January.
- Day 4. Get a stainless steel tumbler for $9.95. Get any 1 lb. Christmas Blend platform packaged coffee and a Red stainless steel tumbler for $19.95.
- Day 5. Get a red, blue, or gold acrylic tumbler for $5.95.
- Day 6. Buy a Merry Moments Cocoa gift set for $12.95. Buy a VIA Peppermint Mocha 5-pack for $4.95.
- Day 7. Buy 1 lb. of Christmas Blend platform packaged coffee for $9.95. Buy one Christmas Blend K-Cup pack for $8.95. Buy a VIA Christmas Blend 12-pack for $7.95. Buy one Christmas Blend Verismo Pod Pack for $8.95.
- Day 8. Buy a String of Lights Boxed Mug for $8.95.
- Day 9. Buy a 12 oz. Red Cup Collection mug for $3.95. Buy a 16 oz. Red Cup Collection mug for $4.95.
- Day 10. Save 30% on gift packs: Christmas Blend and Mug, Starbucks VIA REady Brew and Mug, Tazo Joy Tea and Mug, Gingerbread Biscuit and Mug.
- Day 11. Save 40% on Cold Cups and cold cup straws.
- Day 12. Save 40% on a Cranberry Bliss Bar tray.
Note: Reference the image above in case I had any typos.
Of course, the most interesting item is the free coffee tumbler. I luckily got one in 2011 and took advantage of the deal. My only complaint is the tumbler itself. Flow of the fluid is really slow since air doesn’t vent in easily. The lid cover touches my nose when I’m drinking so I have to wipe away any coffee drops. Although a 16 oz. tumbler, its shape is tall and skinny so when in a shallow cup holder, the tumbler moves around quite a bit. I hope Starbucks fix these annoyances for this year’s tumbler.