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International Delight Getting Back in the Game?
The main two players in the flavored coffee cream arena are Coffee-mate and International Delight. I’m a fan of Coffee-mate and have written about their fruity chocolatey goodness and their new additions of Vanilla Chai Spice and Coconut Creme. To me, the Coffee-mate creamers taste better and have more appealing names and flavors, and therefore rule the coffee cream scene.
On a recent trip to the grocery store, I noticed that International Delight was getting back in the game with their holiday flavors and limited edition creams. The holiday flavors include chocolate mint truffle and almond toffee, but the more appealing aspect is their cool bottle designs. Check these out. 
A fun match for the holiday season!
The bottles for the limited edition caramel praline and pumpkin pie spice look better as well. Sad to say though that I still prefer the taste of Coffee-mate creams. The chocolate mint truffle sounds great but I prefer Coffee-mate’s peppermint mocha. Sorry International Delight, keep trying!
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2007 iPod Buyers’ Guide
The crew over at iLounge continue their excellent work capturing all things iPod. They’ve released their 2007 iPod Buyers’ Guide that covers and reviews all kinds of goodies for your pod. There’s even a history of the iPod (and iTunes) over its first five years.
Go download it now!
And don’t forget that iLounge’s Free iPod Book 2.0 is also available. Also containing products reviews, the book answers common questions regarding the iPod and iTunes.
Somber Safety Message
A somber safety message regarding kids’ car seats and the importance of a five point harness.
From Pulp reader, SARA.
Small Kine Disappointed with Kim Coco Iwamoto
While watching the morning KHON2 news, there was a piece on the new members of the Oahu Board of Education. In it, there’s video footage of Kim Coco Iwamoto declining an interview and appearing to run away from the cameras (hey, the “new” KHON2 web site actually has this video available).
What’s up with that? I’m a little disappointed that she didn’t say something, even to take the opportunity to thank her supporters or to express her appreciation for new position. Maybe the video editing only tells part of the truth, and Manolo Morales, who was the on-scene reporter, did report that Kim Coco said “she’ll be around for the next four years, and she’ll respond to media questions at a later time.”
For a visible story like this, I would think being open and upfront is better than remaining silent and letting the public come to its own conclusions. What’s the general rule of communicating again? You’re better off communicating too much than too little.
Kim Coco Iwamoto is a Hot Topic
The topic of Kim Coco Iwamoto is hot right now, at least for Pulpconnection. Who would have thought that a transgender running for a seat on the Oahu Board of Education would be the most looked at news on this site?
Here are stats provided by Google Analytics.
Top 5 Keywords for Pulpconnection
Top 10 Content for Pulpconnection
And keep in mind, I only had one post about Kim Coco Iwamoto.
A Good, Basic Explanation of RSS
An article that explains RSS in a basic, straight forward way.
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Britney and Kevin: Marriage Chaotic
No sooner than having two kids, it is over. The chaotic relationship and marriage between Britney Spears and Kevin Federline is done. Kaput. Pau.
The pair married in 2004 and have two sons, Sean Preston and Jayden James. Hmmm, this two kids with one woman theme seems to be popular with K-Fed. He has two kids with Shar Jackson before he dumped her and got together with Britney. Now with two kids with Britney, it’s time for K-Fed to move on to further his genetically irresistible genes.
To help K-Fed with all his child support payments, why not buy his recently released rap CD, Playing with Fire? How can you not like songs like The World Is Mine, America’s Most Hated, A League of My Own, and my personal favorite, Dance With a Pimp?
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Make the Holidays Happy for Tyra Banks
Want to make supermodel Tyra Banks happy this holiday season? Then lavish her with gifts from her Holiday Wish List (sponsored by Yahoo!). What does this fashion-model-turned-talk-show host need? Here is Tyra’s list:
Apple iPod (Nano) Red- Apple MacBook 1.83 GHz
- TUCANO Work-out 13″ MacBook
- Canon PowerShot SD500 Digital ELPH
- Motorola V3i DOLCE & GABBANA
- Sling Media Slingbox Pro
And to stop the player hating that the Angry Asian Girl is going to laydown, here’s a pre-emptive response. Ms. Banks is entitled to receiving some gifts. She works hard, extremely hard. She has her charity, TZONE, her production company, Bankable Productions, and does two television shows, America’s Next Top Model and The Tyra Banks show. Normal people just don’t understand how hard she works. Look beyond the fact that she makes $50,000 a day while modeling and her Victoria’s Secret contract is worth $4 million. From August to December, Tyra worked “12 hours a day, seven days a week, taping two talk-show episodes three days a week (plus daily segments for ANTM) and preparing for her last fashion show for Victoria’s Secret. She awoke at 4 a.m., was in makeup by 5 a.m. and ran on three or four hours of sleep each night.” That’s some hard work I say! And look at her modest past, living with “her younger brother and her mother in a one-bedroom apartment in the gritty Inglewood section of Los Angeles.” With such suffering and dedication, Tyra deserves to a few gadget gifts to make her holidays happy.
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Faith Hill Is Funny
Saw this on the news this morning, and it’s funny as heck. During the Country Music Awards (CMA), Carrie Underwood was named the Female Vocalist of the Year. Check out Faith Hill’s reaction!
I like this candor even if Faith Hill planned this joke. Made the results more interesting. This approach should be taken with this year’s election. I bet more people would go and vote if the results were presented like an awards show, and the candidates could show their true sentiments. I would be waiting for the results just to see the reactions.
Heck, All I Want Is Free Coffee
Look, see, I don’t care about tapping into people’s financial accounts or opening new credit lines. All I want is free coffee (for life) in return for your missing laptops.
Sounds like a fair trade, no?
What’s on my iPod?
To help the Tabasco Man figure how which video iPod to get, here is what’s currently on my iPod.
I got a 60 GB iPod that comes out to about 55 GB after formatting. As the graphic shows, with my music, videos, photos, and other junk, about 18 GB is left free. I mostly use my iPod for music but do have a few videos and pictures.
A (new) typical hour-long TV show bought from the iTunes Store is about 500 MB (Grey’s Anatomy, Let the Angels Commit, Season 3, Episode 6, 1617 kbps bit rate). A Bones freebie is about 480 MB for 44 minutes and 1525 kbps bit rate. The SNL Best of Will Ferrell goes for 1h:11m but is only 331 MB with a bit rate of 638 kbps. I haven’t yet downloaded a full length movie, and my pre-order of Pirates of Caribbean doesn’t arrive until December. I did encode a Dragon Ball Z GT DVD into an MPEG4 format, and that 90-minute anime came out to 780 MB at a bit rate of 1196 kbps.
So, about half a gig for 45 minutes of good quality video appears to be a good rule of thumb for sizing capacity.