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Hey There Hurley x2

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Just had another run in with Jorge Garcia from LOST. I was just sitting in the car with napping kids when I see him going into his car parked right in front of ours. With the kids sleeping, all I could do was wave hello, and “Uncle Hurley” (as the kids call him) waved back.

Sorry, I didn’t take a paparazzi pic since I know Jorge doesn’t dig those pics but is very willing to take a picture if approached politely.  I still get a kick when I randomly come across stars from LOST doing their daily business around town.

Serious Technical Issues

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Pulpconnection has been experiencing some serious technical issues recently. Hosting provider Dreamhost has provided some support to no avail. So if the site vanishes again, you know there are still problems.

Fortunately, I know a smart dude who’s been helping troubleshoot the root of the problem (thanks Ryan Kanno!). That and I’m doing the brute force method of maximizing server resources to see if that helps. Pulpconnection will be moving to a Dreamhost Private Server (PS) to see if having more dedicated resources can temporarily overcome the real technical issues.

The switch to Dreamhost PS won’t mean anything to viewers since it should be one of those “seamless” transitions.

The Wienermobile in Kailua

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What would the Fourth of July holiday be without some wieners? Or how about one gigantic wiener? As in the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile that’s touring Hawaii for the next week.

Here are a few shots of the Wienermobile in Kailua.

The interior upholstery is yellow and red though not as shocking and irritating as the Windows hot dog stand theme. The interior roof is blue skies, but you can’t really stand up inside the Wienermobile. You gotta hunch over to get to the driver’s seat.

There was a small crowd visiting and everyone got a free Wiener Whistle. But sorry, no free wieners. You had to buy the hot dogs from an adjacent tent.

If you want to check out the Wienermobile for yourself, here’s their schedule. And you can get more wiener-licious news from the Hotdogger blog and their Twitter feed.

Kailua Fourth of July Parade

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This is the first year we went to the Fourth of July Parade in Kailua. I didn’t know this event was a politically rally. The Governor and Lieutenant Govenor, Linda Lingle and Duke Aiona, were there along with many more politicians. Grand Marshal Wally “Famous” Amos had his leg in a cast.

Pictures from the scorching hot parade.

Sexually Implicit Instructions

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Just what is being described in these instructions?

To ensure long lasting fun and to maximize the enjoyment… This will get (you) warmed up. Continue your… fun… which will have (you) begging for more. More noise, more excitement, and plenty of oohs and aahs! A great finale!

Would you guess these are for fireworks?

Big Thunder Directions

These sexually implicit instructions are from the TNT Big Thunder fireworks pack sold at Costco.

Big Thunder Fireworks

Are you ready for the Rain Dance and Golden Shower?

Adding su.pr to Pulpconnection

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I’m tweaking things a little by adding StumbleUpon’s new su.pr service to Pulpconnection. Su.pr is yet another URL shortening service (still under development) but has the appeal of tapping into the popular StumbleUpon “stumbles.”

Su.pr also has its own WordPress plugin which makes configuration much easier, and su.pr even supports shortening URLs using your own domain. For example, links I “shorten” can look like https://www.pulpconnection.net/asdf, though that’s not a very short URL. I’ll have to play with that a bit.

I also stopped my automatic Twitterfeed that publishes Pulpconnection updates to my secondary Twitter account of @pulpconnection. Instead, I’m leaving that duty to su.pr, but don’t worry, Pulpconnection updates are still Twitter fed to my primary Twitter account.

Let’s see what changes su.pr brings…

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