Starbucks Dot Collection Also Online
Even if you peeked and saw the oodles of cups, mugs, and tumblers Starbucks is offering in its Dot Colleciton, there’s still more out there. You can see and buy them all online.
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Holiday Gift Guide 2014: Underoos (for Adults)
So dressing up as He-Man or your favorite comic book character during Halloween was fun but short lived right? What if you could dress up everyday? No, I’m not telling you to become a professional cosplayer but rather get (or give) the gift of Underoos (for adults). These outfits ain’t for kids any more. Check it out, you could be:
- He-Man
- Skeletor
- Captain America
- Batman
- Superman
- Wonder Woman
- Batgirl
- Harley Quinn
Each set is under $20 and comes in awesome retro packaging.
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Holiday Gift Guide 2014: Carbon Fiber iPhone 6 Case
Getting a case for your iPhone is a somewhat complicated choice. Protection, weight, looks, feel, cost – there are so many variables to consider before making your pick. For example, take this awesome looking iPhone 6 case constructed out of carbon fiber. Made by Carbon Trim Solutions, this case is stylish in gloss or matte and affords great protection. But it does cost roughly $80. But just look at it, and the cost becomes more palatable.
Well, as a holiday gift, I surely wouldn’t complain upon receiving this unique-looking case. I’m leaning more towards the muted matte finish hint, hint.
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Signs of Hawaii: No Thrashing
I really don’t know what to make of this sign other than thrashing must really be an issue. This sign was posted all over Simply Halloween, a seasonal store in Windward Mall with great discounts on Halloween-themed items.
To be honest, I don’t know what “thrashing” means in this context, and Urban Dictionary isn’t much help with their definitions. Whatever the case may be, just remember – NO THRASHING!
But now, I am curious what brought on all these signs. I shoulda asked one of the workers about this…
What Happened to Family Feud?
While waiting for a car battery replacement, I had the luxury of watching Family Feud. What happened to this show??? Granted I really haven’t watched the show since the days of Richard Dawson and Ray Combs, but the questions and format had always been predictable. Today with Steve Harvey at the helm, the questions and answers were just weird. Okay, so Steve Harvey was masterful with the families especially the nervous family members (like Gemma, a professional “pot head” which is supposed to be a Filipino wedding dance of some sort).
Anyways, I digress. I forget the exact question, but it was something like, “What can typically be described as firm?” The answering family got the top three answers but struck out on naming the last two. The opposing family was going for a steal with an answer of “handshake.” I thought they had the steal, but no, they struck out as well. One of the remaining answers both families missed – “a chick’s boobs.” Okay, the answer may have been “a chick’s boobage,” but the answer definitely contained “chick’s.” Who and where does the show poll for answers?!?
Who Peeked?
Hey, who peeked?!? The boxes at Starbucks explicitly say no peeking until November 12. Today’s still Veterans Day, November 11.
But if your Starbucks did set up their Holiday display just a tad early, it may look like this…
Or you could go to starbucks.com/shop for a preview as well. You can say this much, Starbucks is going all out with its Dot Collection for 2014. I lost count on all the cups, tumblers, and travelers offered, but I am liking the Black Stripes tumbler.
Nike Court Zoom Vapor AJ3 Gone in 3 Minutes
The speed of the shoeheads fueled by desire is incredible. Sometimes I just marvel at it. Other times I curse it, especially this morning as the kicks addicted vied for the limited edition Nike Court Zoom Vapor AJ3 tennis shoe. Made for Roger Federer and styled after the iconic Air Jordan 3, this mashup in “black cement” was bound to be a surefire hit after the popularity of the white cement version. Smartly, RF played in the Vapor AJ3 at the ATP World Tour in London.
The release happened today at 9am EST.
Adding the Vapor AJ3 to your cart was no guarantee as Nike.com had you wait your turn. If you were lucky, your transaction completed. For the rest of us, you got this – out of stock in about three minutes.
No consolation, but even Roger Federer thought this release was too limited.
Holiday Gift Guide 2014: Arist, Your Personal Barista
Coffee-based items are mainstays on Pulpconnection’s annual Holiday Gift guides, and 2014 is no different with Arist, your personal barista. Arist is yet another Kickstarter innovation, blending technology with coffee. Can’t get better than that right? With an accompanying smartphone app, you can download various coffee drink recipes, and Arist will concoct that drink. That’s your personal barista right there. Watch this promotional video to learn more.
This holiday gift is going for a $299 Kickstarter pledge but later the price of the Arist goes to $349. Since we are talking Kickstarter, the product won’t be available immediately (read this holiday season). Funding goals have already been reached so that’s an excellent sign looking forward to the projected June 2015 launch date of Arist.
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Holiday Gift Guide 2014: Jamaal Charles Jersey (for Women)
This caught me by surprise, but according to Dick’s Sporting Goods (which is not in Hawaii), women in Hawaii are fans of Jamaal Charles of the Kansas City Chiefs whose jersey is the best selling in the Aloha state.
So a safe holiday gift for the female NFL fan could be Jamaal’s #25 jersey that’s #1 in Hawaii. A limited edition women’s jersey is ahem only $145.
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Where to Buy Tiger Sahara Water Bottle Replacement Caps?
Those double insulated, vacuum stainless steel water bottles are so popular right now. You have the HydroFlask, the fashionable Swell, and in the Asian influenced Hawaii, we have the Tiger brand. You’ll see Tiger water bottles commonly at Longs or Marukai.
Now that you have a Tiger water bottle, where can you get replacement parts for it? Like the cap unit, what happens if this breaks? Searching online doesn’t yield much. In Hawaii, you go local and head to Uni-King in the Waipio area down from the Waipio Costco, nearby Zippys. As the only local Tiger distributor on island, you can pick up replacements parts or get repairs done for any Tiger equipment.
I got a replacement cap that fits the Sahara Cool in 0.6, 0.8, and the 1.0L bottles. They have caps in different colors too (black, pink, white, off-pink, and a black with shiny blue). The replacement costs $10 and includes the gasket seals (which you can also purchase separately if that’s all you need).
Oh and here’s a pre-Black Friday tip. If you don’t yet have a Tiger water bottle, check out Longs on Black Friday. I hear there’s may be a two-for-one pricing on a certain model. And the caps may be interchangeable with other models.
Saved by Time Machine…Again
Yes, once again, Time Machine has saved my bacon. Of all the features and abilities of Mac OS X, Time Machine by far has to be the most “tangible,” sparing so many users from catastrophic data loss. Or like in my case, sparing me a few times.
And there I was in that familiar position, not seeing my external Western Digital drive power up. Minor problem I thought, just a failed power supply or drive case, I’ll just get a replacement. So I went for the Icy Dock Blizzard that’s highly rated but “ugly as sin.” After extracting the WD drive and enclosing it in the Icy Dock, my Mac wanted to format the supposedly uninitialized drive.
Uh oh. That drive was my photos drive. It contained my master set of iPhoto libraries over the years. Gigs of stuff. Gone.
But there was Time Machine (on a separate Seagate external drive), retaining a full copy of those gigs of photos. Overnight, I restored a replica of the data onto another Seagate drive. Whew!
On a related note, I also checked my off-site storage with BackBlaze. I couldn’t find a backup of this particular external drive. Then it dawned upon me. About a month ago, the BackBlaze software kept warning me that one file on my photos drive couldn’t finish the backup process. In a move of pure dumbness, I removed the drive from BackBlaze’s service to silence the error message. By doing so, I also (inadvertently) told BackBlaze to remove all previous backups of the drive. I’ve since corrected this configuration mistake.
Now, I’m highly considering a third arm of my backup strategy to include cloning with Super Duper or Carbon Copy Cloner. Normally, I’d use this type of cloning software to make bootable drives, but now, I’m considering scheduling the cloning of my photos drive to another external drive. So then, I’d have a local Time Machine backup, an offsite backup with BackBlaze, and a clone of my photos. Oh wait, Amazon Prime is now offering unlimited cloud-based photo storage. Hmmm, four backups should be enough, right?
Another i3
Spotted another BMW i3 electric vehicle, but this time it wasn’t parked.
The i3’s wheels are like discs or kinda look like supped up spare tires.