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Times Like These…

With parenthood comes the best and worst of times. I’ve thought about what to say for this post for some time, but now the words fail me.

All I know is I want my son to have a chance – a chance at freedom, a chance at normalcy, a chance to live.

I’ll keep this short and leave with lyrics from a song that’s been stuck in my head for awhile. It’s the Foo Fighters Times Like These…

it’s times like these you learn to live again
it’s times like these you give and give again
it’s times like these you learn to love again
it’s times like these time and time again

Google Sites Launches

Google is offering their new Sites service where users can easily collaborate in a portal like environment. Built off of JotSpot’s wiki environment, Sites targets businesses, going up against Microsoft SharePoint and Lotus Notes.

Sites looks to be so easy that it could catch on, viral-fashion, among the many people inside organizations who can’t use or don’t want to go through the hassle of getting on Sharepoint or Lotus Notes—or who don’t want to go through those products’ learning curves.

Sounds interesting…

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Caffeine Outage!

Yikes! Get your caffeine fix in right now cuz there’ll be a major outage come later today. ALL Starbucks nationwide will be closing today at 5:30 (local times) for mandatory training to “energize” its workers.

I saw this training memo at a Starbucks yesterday but didn’t read it closely and assumed it was only for that location, not all the locations across America. I have to admit that I was a little dismayed a few years back to see an automatic espresso maker at a Starbucks airport location (San Fran was it?). I was glad to see the familiar Starbucks logo greeting me at the terminal, and there was a long queue (I really don’t like the word queue, but I’ll give it a try). But caffeine withdrawal in full effect, I waited in line only to see a clueless barista simply push a button to start my drink. That let down is what this training session is targeting to get back the “Starbucks experience.”

Thanks to pulp reader, Loudicris, for sending this in.

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Quickstrike: Free Song Giveaway

A real quick giveaway of free music on iTunes. I got three iTunes song credits left from last year’s Starbucks promotion. These credits expire the end of February, and I’m giving them away.

First three two Pulp fans who name a song they want, I’ll go to the iTunes Store and gift it to you. I’m reserving one of these songs for Pulp reader T who made some musical recommendations for me.

Apple Store is Down… with new MacBook Pros

I didn’t realize that every Tuesday this new year Apple has released something new. The telltale sign that something’s up is the temporary closing of the online Apple Store. Today is no different. Going to store.apple.com gives you this.


What’s coming out today? New MacBook Pro laptops is the leading guess… and yes, there it is, new MacBook Pros featuring a multitouch trackpad.

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"To My Bruddahs…" Says Dog

I love it when Duane Dog Chapman talks local kine:

I am heartbroken that this has occurred, but I am relieved that my son in now in a place where he can no longer hurt himself. To my bruddahs in the system: please don’t hurt my son as he knows not what he does. I love my son and wish him the best.

His son, who sold out pops for “a lot of money” is in trouble with the law for multiple violations of his parole.

But I guess those “I love you guys” signs meant something since the Bounty Hunter is returning.

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How’d Your AJ XX3 Hunt Go?

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How did your hunt for the Air Jordan XX3 go? Did you manage to get a pair of the black/stealth general releases? If you went to the Ala Moana Footlocker you had to get there early. According to one of the workers, there was a line, but they still had one size 8 left as of lunchtime on Saturday.

Otherwise, there was no trace of the AJ XX3 in the store except for these…


For me, Footlocker.com had my back.

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Britax Baby Stuff on Sale

In the market for new baby stuff? For this week only, Amazon has a sale on Britax baby items. Britax is the makers of the great safety conscious Boulevard, Decathlon, Roundabout, and Marathon car seats. Or if you need to upgrade, Britax makes booster seats too.

Britax also makes Bugaboo-like strollers at a fraction of the cost of a real Bugaboo.

Until March 2, 2008, Britax items on Amazon are 20% off.

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Hunting for the Air Jordan XX3 in HI

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The general release of the Air Jordan XX3 is set for today, February 23, but how hard will it be to find a pair in Hawaii? I called Niketown Honolulu on Friday and while no line had yet formed, the employee said she wouldn’t be surprised if there were a line come Saturday morning. Niketown didn’t reveal how many pairs of XX3s they had, but they were promoting the XX3 release at their 10th Anniversary celebration on Friday night.

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Footlocker Ala Moana is probably the place that will get the second most Jordans. They open at 9:30. Footlocker Pearlridge Downtown said they only have 6 pairs to sell (I’m guessing 8, 8.5, 9, 9.5, 10, 10.5?). Footlocker Pearlridge Uptown said they didn’t have any, but if the smaller Downtown location got some, the bigger Uptown has got to have some XX3. Don’t even try the Windward Mall Footlocker, they don’t got none. Didn’t check with the newer Waikiki location.

Kicks Hawaii supposedly ain’t getting any AJ XX3, and I didn’t even bother with any Champs locations since I still think their business practices are a bit shady. Didn’t check any of the military locations like the NEX but oftentimes, they surprise you with their selection.

If you can’t find any XX3 locally, they can still be found online. Footlocker.com has them if you’re willing to pay $15+ for shipping. Niketown.com is now advertising the latest Jordans with free ground shipping (which I don’t think Hawaii qualifies for, but you never know).

Good luck!

Grand Central Calls

Just read about Grand Central, a phone system on the web, that Google bought awhile back. As a Blogger user, you can sign up for GC account while they’re still in beta status. I don’t quite fully get it yet, but with GC, you can sign up for a free telephone number (though Hawaii 808 numbers are not supported). With this new number, you can forward it to any number of other phones (home, cell, etc.) and even get your message via email.

Grand Central has a lot of features that I have to get my head around. You can even call people via blogs. Like this…

For now, I have all these web calls going straight to voice mail, uh I mean email. This is getting confusing…

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