Thought I Was Doing Good…
…eating several slices of (delayed) pizzas from CPK ASAP in Kailua until I read about this pizza eating contest.
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MacUpdate Promo Spring Bundle Available
Other than MacHeist, the other great deal of bundled software apps for the Mac comes from MacUpdate. Their Spring Bundle is now available for $50 and includes 11 apps plus 2 more for the first 15,000 buyers.
The Spring Bundle contains:
- TechTool Pro 5. Comprehensive tools for your Mac and hard drives.
- Parallels Desktop. Run Windows, Linux, and more alongside Mac OS X.
- Notebook 3. Organized your digital life.
- NetBarrier X5. Robust firewall and intrusion detection.
- DVDRemaster Pro 5. Backup your DVDs and put them on other Apple devices.
- Multiplex. Your Mac is your new DVD player.
- RipIt. Get your movies off DVD and onto your Mac.
- MoneyWell. Manage your personal finances.
- Paperless. Digital document manager.
- Posterino. Create posters, postcards, and more.
- BetterZip. Create and manage compressed archives.
- Jets’n’Guns Gold. Bonus for first 15,000 buyers.
- CuteClips. Bonus for first 15,000 buyers.
TechTool and Parallels alone make this deal worthwhile, but I wanted to check out DVDRemaster, RipIt, and Posterino as well. So $521.71 worth of apps for $49.99? Got to get it!
Apple’s Back to School Promotion Begins
Apple has started its annual Back to School promotion where buying a new Mac gets you a “free” iPod. There are some restrictions to the free iPod but still a killer deal if you’re going to buy a Mac anyways.
A Twitter Dinner at Formaggio
Formaggio Grill in Kailua is hosting an upcoming “Twitter Dinner” where guests can learn about Twitter while dining. This themed meal is on Tuesday, June 2 at 6pm.
If a Twitter dinner isn’t enough, how about a job tweeting? The Murphy-Goode Winery in Sonoma County is searching for a social media maven who can jump start the winery’s Web 2.0 presence. We’re talking Facebook, blogs, Twitter, YouTube, and whatever else you can think of.
This temporary job goes for six months and pays $10,000 per month as you live on the lands of the Murphy-Goode Winery. If this job is to your tasting, interviews will be at Formaggio on June 3rd.
A Touch of `Iolani, Anyone?
Looking for some good eats, thirst-quenching drinks, and great live music? Then the 14th annual A Touch of `Iolani is just for you!
The “iLounge” event goes down on Saturday, August 1, 2009 at the `Iolani School campus. This event is a fundraiser, and tickets are discounted to $65 through the end of May. After that, prices go up to $70 per person. Buy your tickets online.
For more information, check out these blog posts and follow the event on Twitter.
Reading Some Twitter Articles
Read some interesting Twitter articles:
- Is Social Media Making Corporate Websites Irrelevant?
- Twitter to Facebook: 5 Ways to Post to Both
- Twitter? Yes, Absolutely. But Not As a Robot, Please. Having a real person monitor and respond to tweets.
This post is also a test of Twitterfeed. Seeing if I like the delayed Twitter feed versus the immediate tweet generated by Twitter Tools.
Flat Stanley Visits Hawaii
Flat Stanley is a jet setter, and he recently visited Hawaii. Check out his stops in Oahu.
Is Tats Shave Ice on Twitter?
Anyone know if Tats Shave Ice is on Twitter? It’d be cool if the colorful van of cool delights were on Twitter to notify their fans of their whereabouts.
Just yesterday, I saw the van down the street but didn’t get a chance to go. I was hoping they’d be back to day but no luck. Not sure where Tats is today. That could be solved by announcing their location via Twitter like Kogi Korean BBQ-To-Go does.
Meet Luna Lamb and Ovejita
The big one is Luna Lamb, and the little one is Ovejita (as in Murray and Ovejita on Sesame Street).
Hotness: Mighty Muggs
Caught my first sight of Mighty Muggs. Hotness!
These collectible figurines feature characters from Transformers, G.I. Joe, Marvel, Star Wars, and more. You can even design your own Mighty Mugg.
reCAPTCHA Protection
Interesting. I disabled the WordPress plugin, reCAPTCHA, for one day and in that time, get 10 new user registrations on this site. Probably bogus accounts for spamming. Sorry but looks like I’m reactivating the protection of reCAPTCHA.
A (Limited) Twitter Tee Deal
I’ve been fiending a Valdezign Twitter shirt for some time, and now these Threadless Twitter tees got me a flitter. In the ways of Steven Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, how can we think win-win and synergize some creative cooperation?
How about this? I have a few Twitter tee submissions, and it would be absolutely cool if one of these became a shirt. And here’s where I need help and the win-win proposition comes in. For my fellow “Warriors,” how about voting for one of my Twitter tee submissions (probably this one) and getting your followers to vote as well? I’m talking to you:
- @ktcat
- @teejaygee
- @ryankanno
- @pickinmachine
- @glycerine
- @abaggy
- @chris_blaine
- @garykoch
- @kauwek2
If my submission wins, I’ll buy you either a Threadless Twitter tee or a Twitter name shirt from Valdezign. Sound good? Place your vote!