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Pepsi and Mountain Dew ThrowbackDid you find your Pepsi or Mountain Dew Throwback yet? For eight weeks starting on April 20, these drinks sweetened with sugar and not High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) will be available, and yes, they are in Hawaii. Over the weekend, I managed to find both Throwback varieties in 20 oz. bottles at Safeway in Kailua.

My first thoughts drinking the Throwback Dew – smooth and flat. The drink feels less carbonated but is real easy to drink. I kinda missed the extra fizz though that shouldn’t have anything to do with HFCS?

Doritos and DewTo go with the sweetness of the Mountain Dew, I snacked on salty Doritos Salsa Verde chips. These Doritos have a bite to them, not overly spicy but you do feel a burn after eating a few. The Throwback and Salsa Verde Doritos made a nice green pairing.

I think the Pepsi Throwback has a more drastic change in flavor and feel. The Throwback is definitely easier to drink than regular Pepsi. To me, Pepsi feels harsh while swallowing and chugging it would be tough. Not so with Pepsi Throwback. Again smooth and flat like Throwback Dew but not too flat since you’ll definitely burp or fart afterwards. The biggest difference for me was not getting an upset stomach after drinking Pepsi Throwback. Usually, Pepsi turns my stomach a bit, nothing major but still noticeable. Pepsi Throwback didn’t have that affect on me. Could that be due to sweetened with sugar versus HFCS?

Pepsi Throwback doesn’t even compare with Pepsi Natural. These are two completely different drinks. The Throwback is Pepsi while the Natural is more like Pepsi-flavored club soda.

So is Throwback worth it? I’ll definitely stock up but won’t miss them in the long run.

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Rejected by Urban Dictionary: Ashton’s Orphans

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My latest submission to Urban Dictionary was rejected so instead of letting it waste away, I figured I’d post it here. Here is my proposed definition for Ashton’s Orphans (or maybe it shoulda been Ashton’s Tworphans for some Twitterese):

All those unloved, unused, and now orphaned Twitter accounts spawned by fans of Ashton Kutcher (@aplusk) in his race against CNN to reach one million Twitter followers.

Example: My IRL friends only joined Twitter to help Ashton Kutcher reach one million followers before CNN, but now they’re just one of Ashton’s Orphans.

I made a few small changes to the original submission, but oh well… There’s always twuat and Twitter MILF. 😉

Twitter’s Ashton Effect?

So the much publicized contest between Ashton Kutcher and CNN for one million Twitter followers is an all win situation for the microblogging service. Getting The Oprah on to Twitter is merely a secondary effect of @aplusk taking on “the establishment.”

All of Ashton’s campaigning and publicity are paying off with even more users singing up to Tweet. Just now, I’ve found new IRL friends on Twitter following very few except of aplusk. Kind of an indicator, no? Is this the “Ashton Effect?”

Lamenting Twitter’s Victory Over RSS

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That’s it. The crucial but not-well-understood technology of RSS is quickly being eclipsed by the monstrous momentum of Twitter. While RSS is still needed for the exposure of web site updates in a standard format, the consumption of these updates is headed towards Twitter.

Now with The Oprah talking about Twitter, it’s bound to go even more mainstream. You know the first time Oprah directs her now 330K+ Twitter followers to a link, the site will suffer the “Digg effect.”

Yeah, yeah, RSS will go on since it’s absolutely needed, and Twitter and RSS can complement each other. RSS will just be relegated to the technology back row never receiving the public fanfare or digirati support like Twitter has.

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