Eddie Vedder for Free
When you stop by Starbucks, pick up the free code for Starbucks’ Song of the Week. This week’s sampling is from Eddie Vedder’s Ukulele Songs.
Passion
Kickstarting a Camera Lens Cap Holder
A simple concept, a holder for your SLR lens cap cover, that should have been done a long, long time ago. You can help kickstart this project and make it a reality. The holder fits many cover sizes so you don’t have to worry.
The Best of the DWTS Judges
Carrie Ann, Len, and Bruno – the trio of Dancing with the Stars judges is a big part of the success of the show. What do I mean? Watch the judges’ best moments from Season 12 summed up in a little rap.
Changed from WP Super Cache to Quick Cache
Was having some issues with the WP Super Cache plugin so I temporarily made a change to Quick Cache. Seems to be working but need to go and tweak settings for iPhone and mobile devices.
Eddie Vedder’s Ukulele Songs This Week
On the last day of May, you can pick up a copy of Eddie Vedder’s latest solo release called Ukulele Songs. Guess what the music sounds like?
You can preorder Ukulele Songs on iTunes or Amazon and is available on Tuesday, May 31.
Timberlake or Bieber?
Who is the definitive Justin? Is it elder Timberlake or youngster Bieber. JB may be gangsta, but Timberlake is “been there, done that.” And he knows how to generate laughs. Check out Justin T. on SNL along with Gaga.
Bring it on down to Liquorville!
Looking at Refrigerators
So many refrigerators out there to look at. We’re going big and French. At least 28 cu ft with French doors. Seems like Samsung and LG own the top spots for French-door refrigerators according to my ghetto scouting at Costco.
Today’s Best Buy ad featured an interesting Samsung with a LCD display capable of running apps. Neat but too many things that could go wrong? Samsung – 28.0 Cu. Ft. French Door Refrigerator with LCD Touch Screen and Apps – Stainless-Steel, Model RF4289HARS. The reviews and ratings look iffy and strange.
But a very intriguing choice might be the LG behemoth known as LFX31925ST. Most refrigerators max out at 28 or 29 cubic feet of storage. But LG has figured out how to get 31 cu ft of space in the same physical footprint of a typical 28-cu ft model. So far, looks like only Home Depot carries this beast, but it hasn’t yet hit Hawaii. According to the Home Depot personnel, this LG should be available very soon. Our refrigerator is stocked with various kinds of milk, full fat, non fat, lactose free, so all this space is needed.
Hold up… seems like LG ain’t the only one with a 31-incher. Within the past 30 days, Sears released its Kenmore Elite 31 cu ft French door refrigerator. Wonder if it’s based on the LG model? Must investigate more since there’s a 30% off Kenmore appliance sale!
Lady Gaga’s Born This Way for $1
For one day only, May 23, 2011, Lady Gaga’s latest release, Born this Way, $0.99 on Amazon. At this price, this is an absolute must!
Sorry, iTunes but Amazon won this round of Gaga.
Ridermakerz Comes to Hawaii!
I thought Hawaii Five-0 could have provided the impetus for custom toy car shop, Ridemakerz, to open shop in Hawaii. Just imagine building and customizing your take on Danno’s Camaro or a throwback of Senior McGarrett’s Grand Marquis. But nope, not the case. Regardless Ridemakerz has made it to Hawaii thanks to Disney, Cars 2, and Toys R Us.
Part of the Cars 2 craziness, you can pick up a prepackaged starter kit or fully stocked kit and customize your own Cars vehicle. Unlike actual Ridemakerz stores, you don’t assemble your custom car in the store, taking away from the overall Ridemakerz experience. But I guess this is as good as it gets.
Just don’t expect top quality plastics and fine details with the prepackaged kits. Obviously, the Ridemakerz stores have more selection of parts and availability of the remote control engine, but I think you still can construct a cool Cars car with these kits.
Cars 2 Craziness Begins
Disney’s Cars 2 doesn’t come out until June 24, but the push of its products has already begun. There’s the Cars 2 Lego sets found at Toys R Us.
And special deals like getting a Cars 2 backpack after purchasing $10 worth of Cars 2 merchandise at Safeway.
If you can’t find the Cars Lego locally, Amazon has a wide range of sets.
Today’s Mandarin Orange Match
My Nike Air Max 95 Mandarin Oranges goes well with Civil Beat’s tee, and it also matches this shirt by solar company, Revolusun!
Thanks for the sun-powered shirt Revolusun!
My iMac Is Almost 4
Wow, my iMac is almost four years old. Didn’t think it’s been that long and while the screen has gotten bigger in newer iMac models, the overall design has remained the same. I wonder if Apple will unveil a new iMac look this year after the Back to School summer promotion?
If so, I wonder if it’s time to refresh? Everything’s going good but apps like iPhoto are really becoming unresponsive. And the potential for Thunderbolt is alluring.