What Are Facebook Ads Telling Me?
On Facebook, I’ve been seeing these ads repeatedly over on the right sidebar. What are these ads telling me about my tastes and shopping habits?
SharePoint 2010 Event versus Reservation Content Types
For every good thing that SharePoint 2010 brings to the table, seemingly it equals itself out with something wrong. Case in point is the new Group Calendar site feature in SP2010. Activating this site feature brings a new way to handle events and reserving resources for the events. This is a very good thing.
Now for the bad part. Activating the reservations, enables new SharePoint content types of “Reservations” and “Schedule and Reservations.” These supplement the default content type of “Event.” On their own, the Reservations and Schedule and Reservations content types add useful functionality commonly associated with dealing with events. But try and view them on a simple calendar view. You can’t.
The graphical calendar view is limited to showing content types of Events. You cannot extend or modify the view to also display Reservations or Schedule and Reservations.
I found two workarounds for this lameness. I’m not quite following this workaround, but I think this is relying on SharePoint not cleaning up after itself. Once the reservations function is enabled to add the new content types then the reservations function is disabled. Then you set the default content type to Reservations (from Event). I guess this default impacts what is displayed in a Calendar view? Not sure.
I understand this second workaround better where the columns/fields that distinguish Reservation content types are copied into the Event content type. So in essence, we’re mimicking the Reservation type. But since Event content types display in Calendars then we get the best of both. You still have to disable the Group Calendar feature however.
Ala Moana Unveilings
In the upcoming weeks, there’ll be some “unveilings” done at Ala Moana. Of course, there’s the grand opening of the new Microsoft Store on Thursday, June 13, 2013. Following the store’s launch is their exclusive concert featuring Macklemore & Ryan Lewis + Neon Trees (at Kakaako however).
The following week on June 19, this mysterious Lexus will be uncovered. It’s a reddish maroon IS model that’s completely covered over, including the wheels. Kinda gimmicky but if the car looked as is, then it’s kinda fascinating.
Even with these unveilings, do not forget the titans.
Where Titans Once Stood
It’s somewhat saddening to see these locations vacated and boarded up. Both stores were long time tenants at their respective shopping malls, Sears at Ala Moana and Cinnabon at Kahala Mall. Now, both are mere shells of these ancient titans.
Old Spock Versus New Spock (in an Audi)
Need to smile this morning Trekkie fans? Watch this Audi commercial pitting old Spock (Leonard Nimoy) against new Spock (Zachary Quinto) in friendly competitions. And wait for it at the 1:58 mark.
Fascinating!!
Thanks to the Kickstartin’ Eri for the tip.
The Toyota Corolla for 2014
Toyota’s new looks for the Corolla of 2014 is much welcomed. Looking sportier and more aggressive, it’s sure to appeal outside of its average demographic of 53 year old drivers.
Learning More About Starbucks
Learning 7 things I didn’t know about Starbucks from this video from Mashable.
Throwback Thursday
I had a post in mind for Throwback Thursday #tbt, but I forgot what it was… Something to do with time, but sadily I don’t remember. So instead, I’ll post two of my favorite throwback songs about time.
Hazy Shade of Winter – Bangles
The Bird – Morris Day and the Time
Admiring the Nike Foamposite Pro “Army Camo”
Nike’s latest design theme is inspired by military camouflage, and this upcoming Foamposite Pro in Army camo is the epitome of this aesthetic.
Sadly, this shoe won’t be available at Foot Locker locations in Hawaii according to their Launch Locator. If you can find this eye popper, expect to pay at least $240!!
DreamPress, Should I?
Dreamhost just announced their new high-revving WordPress hosting service called DreamPress. Sounds like a “dream” come true if you’ve been maintaining your own WordPress install and balancing its resources and performance against cost. DreamPress seems to hit the right price point but initially, the cost is per site. I wish it were for several sites, well, at least more than one at the same price.
But I am confused about the overall pricing. I joined Dreamhost ages ago using a special promotion. Over the years, I changed to VPS, upped my server’s memory, added CloudFlare, and more. Most of the changes incurred additional costs which I think I could dump if I signed up for DreamPress. But I’m not certain if that’s “allowed” for the DreamPress pricing.
Anyways, DreamPress is an attractive option if a few more concessions are made. I gotta keep watching this…
Caine’s Arcade Is a Global Movement
I had never heard of Caine’s Arcade in East LA until just today, but I’ve since learned that one boy’s creative foray has grown into a global movement. First off, if you don’t know about Caine’s Arcade, you must watch this video that started it all. Crying is allowed.
Caine’s Arcade from Nirvan Mullick on Vimeo.
After the Caine’s Arcade video went viral and popularity of the arcade soared, then Caine’s cardboard concept transformed into the Cardboard Challenge that’s striving to “engage 1 million kids in 70 countries in creative play.”
Wow. Just wow.
Signs of Hawaii: What Goes Up
While driving on the H3 headed town bound, you may notice this sign on the underside support pillars of the freeway.
It’s hard to notice while zipping along the H3, but if you’re slowed by traffic then you have a better chance of seeing the sign. Not exactly sure what it says, but it looks like “What goes up must be down.” I don’t know how this sign made it up there and so I don’t know if it’ll come down.