More Jordan XIV Retro
Lots of colorways being released for the Jordan XIV Retro. I like this black/carolina one.
Probably will see these shoes on the feet of the National Champs Tar Heels. Comes out early 2006.
Technorati Tags: Kicks
Passion
Tasha Kobashigawa-"This is my final broadcast"
Happened to tape part of Tasha Kobashigawa’s final broadcast on KITV.
Get the Flash Player to see this video.
https://media.dreamhost.com/mp5/jwplayer.js
jwplayer(“v11223”).setup({
‘flashplayer’: ‘https://media.dreamhost.com/mp5/player.swf’,
‘width’: 480,
‘height’: 360,
‘file’: ‘https://www.pulpconnection.net/files/tashafinal_480x360.flv’,
‘image’: ‘https://www.pulpconnection.net/files/tashafinal_480x360.jpeg’
});
She finished in a 5-way tie for 3rd place in the Listmania of Hottest Local Newscasters. With her departure, KHNL now has the most friendliest faces on local television.
New NBA Season Means Lots of New Kicks!
Since the 2005-2006 NBA season started, a whole lot of kicks have been released. Foot Locker had a bunch of new stuff like…
| Dwyane Wade’s signature shoe, Converse Men’s Wade (boring name). Bold design. Not bad for the price. |
| Tracy McGrady’s signature shoe, adidas Men’s T-MAC 5. Probably the most interesting of the signature shoes. Kinda Vick-like in appearance with the strap. |
| Allen Iverson’s signature shoe, Reebok Men’s Answer IX Pump (crazy Limited Edition shown). Why are AI’s shoes always so heavy? You’d think a guard wants light shoes to maintain that quickness. Though probably the best shoe in the Answer line. |
| Jordan Retro XIV (men’s and women’s). Many colorways of the XIV are coming out. Waiting for the black and carolina blue next year. |
The boot-like Lebron James’ signature shoe, Nike Zoom Lebron III, doesn’t drop until November 17.
Visit nikebasketball.com for the full Zoom LeBron III story.
Listmania: Hottest Local Newscasters
Update: Since the poll is done, check out the results here.
Suggested by the Tabasco Man after Wayne’s World saw Diane Ako, this listmania asks who’s the hottest local newscaster?
Each commenter gets 3 votes. Use all three votes on one person (male or female), mix and match, or give three newscasters one vote each.
[ad name=”inline”]
See the staff of:
Post your votes!
Leader Board Update (10/27, 3:00 pm)
Stephanie Lum (7)
Dave Erickson (4)
Sharie Shima (3)
Tasha Kobashigawa (3)
Shawn Ching (3)
Mahealani Richardson (3)
Liz Chun (3)
Joann Shin (2)
Ben Gutierrez (1)
Diane Ako (1)
Trini Kaopuiki (1)
Reid Shimizu (1)
Paula Akana (1)
Robert Kekaula (1)
Kuualoha Taylor (1) [old skool]
Marisol Boromeo (1) [old skool]
Supporting the Waipahu and Pearl City Economy
Drove out to Waipahu to look at baby gear at USA Baby. Before going to the store, we stopped off at the Poke Stop, run by Chef Elmer Guzman formerly of Sam Choy’s Diamond Head Restaurant. Food is good but pricey.
For dinner, we tried Ige’s Restaurant and 19th Puka in Pearl City. The place is deceptively huge. A whole lot of tables, a whole lot of people, and a whole lot of food. Food is tasty (no Tabasco required). We’d go back there. Too bad they’re not open for lunch.
And oh yeah, the dude working in the front is on the local Body Mint commercial.
Convert DVD for the video iPod
Previously I talked about getting videos to play on the new video iPod. Engadget.com has an article about getting DVD content on to an iPod using Windows-based tools.
Windows tools? Why would you want to do that? The way to do it is to buy yourself a new Mac. Just ask the Tabasco Man.
Just look at the interface for the Windows tools you need to use. UGLY!
Video iPod and Ripped Content
My wife was asking me if the new video iPod could play other things other than videos and TV shows available from the iTunes Music Store. How about movies legally backed up from your own personal DVDs then encoded to the H.264 format and copied to your iPod? Could you watch these movies on the iPod or video out the iPod to a TV? Interesting question…
When Tabasco Man gets his new iMac and new iPod, he has to give us an answer.
Update: Looks like an answer is already out there to do this.
Update 2: You can transfer and watch your own movies to the video iPod. Here’s the article.
Adventures in Hawaii Kai
Got some catching up to do…
Last week, went to the East side for dim sum and happened to catch the grand opening of Beard Papa’s, the maker of fresh ‘n natural cream puffs, located in the Koko Marina Foodland. The short line took forever to move. We ordered 6 puffs and were in line for about 30 minutes! I’m no expert, but from my introduction to the efficiencies of Lean Six Sigma, I would recommend the guy packing the puffs be “cross-trained” into another position. How hard is it to take an already cooked puff, fill it with cream, powder it, then pack it in a box?
The puffs are good. Crispy on the outside and sweet with a lot of filling on the inside. Eventually, more varieties will be added to the menu after the production line gets their act smoothed out.
After downing the puffs, we drove to the lifestyled Safeway in search of chocolately fruity goodness and proceeded to clear out their inventory of the Coffeemate Chocolate Raspberry creamer.
Check out my pictures of Beard Papa’s grand opening and the lifestyled Safeway.
Bonus: Some local guy’s quest to try Beard Papa’s puffs from Shirokiya.
Kicks Old School Flashback
Remember these shoes from back in the day? They’ve been modernized with new colors and even some fleece!
No, I won’t be getting these, just reminiscing . Never did own a pair of Vans. Hmmm, if I had to guess, I would say Wayne’s World and T rocked the original Vans??
Technorati Tags: Kicks
Air Jordan Defining Moments Package
More info is slowly coming out about the Jordan DMP. A special 2-pack shoe set of the popular Air Jordan VI and Air Jordan XI (gangsta!) in black, gold, and white.
Release date: 11/12/2005
Cost: $295
Available all over (Footlocker, Niketown, Champs, Footaction, on-line stores)
Niketalk has a discussion going on about the DMP
While I never really cared for the AJ VI, this black and gold colorway got some appeal. The AJ XI are probably the most popular Jordan shoes of all time. When they first came out, the patent leather design was crazy, setting them apart from the rest of the kicks competition. You had to love the bold design!
Never owned a pair of white/black XI, but I still got my pairs of black/red and white/carolina blue XIs.
Technorati Tags: Kicks
Hangin On by Camile Velasco
Almost missed this one. Local girl and American Idol, Camile Velasco, released her new single Hangin On on the iTunes Music Store.
At 99-cents (a fourth of the cost of a iced grande, non-fat caramel macchiato at Starbucks, $4.01 in Hawaii), buying this song ain’t no wallet-buster. Support the local talent and give it a listen!