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Do You Twuat?

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Is there a term for the act of domain/cyber squatting Twittter account names? No? I then suggest the term “twuat” for the act of registering Twitter accounts of popular names or words.

What’s the purpose of twuating? Not really sure, but it could just be to reserve your namespace in the popularly growing Twitter. Or if you’re nefarious, it could be to hold a Twitter name hostage for sale to the highest bidder.

Whatever the case may be, I’ve been twuating to reserve names just in case I need to use them for their rightful businesses. Twitter names like @club939…

Update:  Woo hoo!  UrbanDictionary.com approved my definition of twuat and will publish it in a few days.  Keep an eye out for twuat.

Good Bye Mr. Bush

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Now that Barack Obama is officially sworn in as our new President, it’s time to say good bye to Mr. Bush. The Townhouse Spa is taking this farewell literally, offering huge discounts on bikini or Brazilian waxing for your Mr. Bush. Ha!

Wonder if local places like this will match the offer?

Your Twick Is Bigger Than Mine

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Not quite safe for work, but if you wanted another way of measuring your status in the Twitter-verse, there’s Twicksize. You simply enter in a Twitter ID (no password), and the service will tell you how many inches your Twick is.

As an example, @CNETnews is 20 inches, @hawaii is 9 inches, @ryankanno is 7 inches, and old @geewhy is a mere 5 inches. Yes, your Twick is bigger than mine. 🙁

Is That a Leafy Schlong?!

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dhs-logoThe alleged perpetrator? Diamond Head Sprinklers. Their crime? Masking a schlong as their company logo. Just take a close look!

I’ve done business with them before, and they do good work, but I have to wonder about their logo. You see, on my drive to work, I was following one of their company trucks. At a stop light, I got a good look at the truck’s tailgate that prominently displayed their logo.

Initially, I thought a leaf and drop of water related to keeping lawns green with their irrigation systems. Then, a phallic image started to emerge. Is that a schlong?!? A green, leafy but flaccid schlong with a testicle disguised as a leaf?

What say you? Schlong or not?

Crisis in Bromance Averted

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Wow, that was a close one, a real close one. As 2008 came to a close so could have many of Hawaii’s television channels. You see Viacom was in a tiff with Time Warner (Oceanic here in Hawaii) and was threatening to pull its television programming at the start of 2009.

That would have mean no Bromance! MTV would have been one of the affected stations, and all the Hawaii Bromantics would have been at a loss. Just think of all the Bromantic interludes we would have missed, all the Bromantic novels that could have been penned. Makes me shudder and thankful that the situation was mended and a Bromansis (Bromantic + crisis = Bromansis) was averted.

192-kbps MP3 vs 128-kbps AAC

The MP3 versus AAC digital music format reminds me the days of Intel x86 processors versus IBM’s PowerPC chips. Each camp would argue the benefits of CISC and RISC architecture and throw in rates like processors speeds to confuse things (aka the Megahertz wars).

Same now with music files. Does an MP3 sound better than an AAC music file? Now throw in encoding rates. 128kbps, 192kpbs, 256 kbps? What’s the best bang for the buck?  Does it really matter any more?

Steve Jobs Has the Next Miracle Diet

So it turns out Apple mastermind, Steve Jobs, isn’t gravely ill after all. Instead, he’s disclosed that he has a hormone imbalance that’s caused his weight loss throughout 2008.

I’m thinking he’s just discovered the latest dietary fad and is proof positive that it works. Okay, okay, you won’t get immediate results, but losing weight overtime ain’t bad either. So now that the docs have figured out what’s wrong with Steve, Steve’s going to patent the diagnosis for a career after Apple. Can’t wait to see Steve Jobs on late night infomercials pushing his hormone imbalance diet.

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