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Superbowl 44 Music Mix: Geaux Saints!

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Congrats to the New Orleans Saints for winning their franchise first Superbowl and congrats to the Indianapolis Colts for a tough challenge. To commemorate Superbowl XLIV in Miami, here are a few songs that stuck in my head.

  1. In the Air Tonight. When I hear Miami, I think the classic Miami Vice but this one is remixed.
  2. Run This Town. Jay-Z, Rihanna, Kanye West. Grammy winning. Part of the pregame festivities.
  3. The Saints Are Coming. Need I say more?
  4. Who Dat. Because KT Cat said so.
  5. Wild Horses. This one is for the Colts.
  6. Halo. Still can’t forget about Haiti.
  7. Glitter in the Air. Pink’s Grammy performance would have been an awesome halftime show.
  8. Shock the Monkey. For Jeremy Shockey’s go ahead touchdown.
  9. Amazing. The video says it all why the NFL Pro Bowl needs to return to Hawaii.
  10. Le sens de la vie. Superbowl 44 is done. Now it’s time to chill in Miami.
  11. Turning Japanese. Bonus song dedicated to the Saints Scott Fujita.

Will Dwain Williams Determine the Future of Coach Nash?

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UH men’s basketball coach, Bob Nash, isn’t have a successful WAC season, and the future of his coaching career with the Rainbows is in question. Despite the team’s win-loss record, I wonder if guard Dwain Williams will determine Bob Nash’s future as Head Coach.

Williams is a long range threat hitting the most three point field goals on the team despite missing seven games, and his presence is welcomed in the current two-guard rotation. So why would Coach Nash indefinitely suspend Williams? Because Dwain Williams the person is more important than Dwain Williams the basketball player, and Coach Nash understands this fact of life.

Even though Williams is a much needed member of the team whose play could result in more UH victories, Coach Nash has to ensure that his student-athletes are ultimately prepared for life off the court. Besides missing practice while attending his cousin’s funeral, Dwain also missed classes. Upon returning to the UH Manoa campus, skipping a class is not the way to go. Coach Nash had no choice but to reprimand Dwain so he could re-evaluate his priorities and start making more mature decisions.

So although Dwain’s indefinite suspension will hurt, I think Coach Nash’s handling of this situation is admirable and worthy of an extended stay.

Free Music from Lincoln

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I admit that I like the new Lincoln commercials showing off their new cars. The visuals of the commercial are appealing and the various audio soundtracks are a welcomed change.

To match with the theme of the Grammy awards, I like how fans can vote for the best commercial and soundtrack. You can also download the songs like Major Tom covered by Shiny Toy Guns (my favorite commercial variation) and Sia’s Under the Milky Way.

Very good Lincoln! But I’m still not buying one of your cars. 😉

The Shakalicious LOST Premiere

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No, I didn’t go to the Waikiki premiere showing of the final season of LOST. I followed along online and watched the events unfold. There were a ton of great pictures, many of them taken by local fans. My favorite pics are of the LOST actors doing the Hawaii-unique shaka. Here are a few…

Love the Kikaida-inspired Jacket
Terry O'Quinn Cool in Black
Evangeline Lilly's Double Shakas
The pinky, Naveen, don't forget the pinky!

The Chapmans at the LOST premiere

Thanks to Ricky Li and Metromix for these great photos!  And thanks to ABC for filming this great series in Hawaii and thanks to the LOST actors for being part of our community.

The iPad is Officially Iconic

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Apple’s new iPad is now officially iconic, making the opening act in music’s biggest night at the Grammy’s. Steven Colbert’s opening skit has okay, but then he pulled out a functioning iPad, and yes, even the music celebrities paid attention.

Update: added video.

Help Humanity. Bid for Evangeline Lilly

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LOST actress and humanitarian, Evangeline Lilly, is putting herself up for auction to raise funds to support the GO Campaign. Winning bidders will have lunch with Evangeline in Hawaii, Los Angeles, or Canada (there are three auctions, one for each locale).

The auctions end on February 4, 2010 and the leading bids are around $2500. Go to http://tiny.cc/evangeline for more info.

If these luncheon auctions are price prohibitive, Evangeline is also raising funds with her own intimate collections line to support Task Brazil which provides for street children of Brazil. Costs for these auctioned items start at $10.

Passing on the iPad (for Now)

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So Apple finally unleashed its tablet with the iPad. Despite it’s funky name, the device is very cool and is set to revolutionize this developing mobile space. At an aggressive price point starting at $499, who’s not getting an iPad?

Apple iPad

That would be me. Although an Apple fan boy at heart, I’m not totally convinced I need an iPad just yet. Yes, I was slow on the iPhone bandwagon, waiting for the 3G to hit the street before succumbing. And now, I can’t imagine life without my iPhone. Perhaps the iPad will have a similar arc where using it will validate its need.

But I’ll wait. Looking at my wants from a Netbook, the iPad comes very close but misses a key mark in what I’m looking for, and that’s the ability to offload digital pictures. While this might be a small gripe for what the iPad can actually do, it’s something I think is important. Looking at the iPad accessories, there is a Camera Connection Kit which adds a SD memory card reader or USB port to the iPad so you can connect a digital camera to import pictures and videos. But with the low end iPad model with 16 GB of storage, how many times can you offload pictures from your 8-GB SD card? Eight gigs of photos and videos is actually a lot but for an extended vacation trip, it’s a possibility.

Why not just get a larger capacity iPad with 64 GB of storage? And that’s why I’m waiting. You know the cost for capacity will be better in the next version. And maybe the cloud computing power of MobileMe will mature where pictures imported to the iPad are then safely synced in my MobileMe Gallery or iDisk. Or someone will cleverly figure out yet another way of fixing this need.

So I’ll pass on the iPad, for now, anyways.

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