Surfing USA by Crazy Shirts
Liking the composition of this shirt design featuring Hawaii’s surfing and the American flag.
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Last of the LEGO Minifigures Series 10
My hunt for LEGO minifigures series 10 is now done. While I don’t have the entire set, I have the ones wanted. I finally found Medusa and the librarian and also picked up the baseball player and paintball guy.
Medusa was really hard to find. I think since she’s easily recognizable, collectors nab her fast. I must say her tail is exquisite. It’s not short and stumpy but a long, windy tail. I was surprised how difficult it was to find the librarian. Keying on the coffee mug, I identified so many grandpas but only this one librarian. It’s all in the hair.
The baseball guy is common. Feel for his glove which is permanently attached to his arm. The paintball dude was kinda easy to identify with his bulky helmet. Once you feel that, you can verify by searching for his paintball gun.
Liliha Bakery on Local Kine Grindz
While digging through and converting my stack of miniDV tapes, I found this gem of Bruddah Sam and Lina Girl from Local Kine Grindz back in 2007. Along with featuring Kin Wah Chop Suey, the show’s duo had a humorous skit leading up to their visit to Liliha Bakery.
Sam and Lina should reprise their LKG roles for a storyline on Hawaii Five-0!
Who Doesn’t Like Fuzzy Cooked Rice?
Of course everyone takes rice cookers for granted. You get uncooked rice, wash it up a bit, put it in the cooker with some water, and wait. Not much to it right?
Except that there is, and you can unlock the flavors of freshly cooked rice with the Zojirushi Neuro Fuzzy Rice Cooker
Not a Gift for Mother’s Day
This BIC Cristal for Her Ball pen set
Loving Will and Monifa
I won’t go into the backdrop of the Tonight Show prank. Just enjoy the singing and natural charisma of Will and Monifa.
Livin’ for the gas!!!
Batter Up, Seagate
Strike 1! Western Digital 500-GB external drive that powers up but then is completely silent.
Strike 2! A different WD 500-GB external drive model that powers up. But then the drive sounds like it keeps trying to spin up again and again and again.
Strike 3! An external Maxtor 750-GB drive that powers up, spins up, and mounts on the desktop. But when I try to actually use it, I get errors and delays. Disk Utility says it needs to be repaired even though I just freshly formatted it. 🙁
After striking out with Maxtor and Western Digital, the next batter up is Seagate. And I’m hoping to drive one out of the park, swing for the fences at 4 TB!!
Look Out, I’m Certified in VMware
Well sorta. I did attend training in VMware vSphere 5.1 all week and took an independent certification offered by ESXLab. While I didn’t attain the higher ESXLab Certified Virtualization Specialist (ECVS) certification, I did manage to qualify as an ESXLab Certified Virtualization Technician (ECVT).
It’s all good though since I didn’t think I’d pass the test at all. But then I figured why not try? As I learned from @abaggy, you can’t win if you don’t enter. Mind you, he’s talking about contests, but same train of thought for this certification testing. If I pass, I pass. If I don’t, I don’t. Fortunately, I did. Now, let me at your ESXi virtual machines and let me do some damage. 😉
Abercrombie and Fitch Is Exclusionary?
Nawww, really?!? What ever gave you that impression? Surely, the recent words of the A&F CEO admitting as much can’t be the first time this thought crossed your mind.
From a 2006 interview with CEO, Mike Jeffries.
We go after the attractive all-American kid with a great attitude and a lot of friends. A lot of people don’t belong [in our clothes], and they can’t belong. Are we exclusionary? Absolutely.
You must have suspected something after seeing their posters and signs over the years, right? Here’s their latest #abercrombiehot shot.
The Best Nike LunarEclipse
The heritage of Nike’s LunarEclipse running shoe dates back only three generations, but I must say that the latest LunarEclipse 3 is the best one to date. Ha, that’s an easy conclusion with so few models. But I have all three LunarEclipses, and the LunarEclipse 3 continues to improve, fixing problems in previous pairs.
Like there were improvements between the LE1 to LE2, there are more adjustments with the LE3. The LE1 featured Flywire which was ditched for the “fingers” of the LE2. Flywire makes a reappearance on the LE3 and stylishly so as cables for lockdowning your foot.
The toebox is snug like the LE2, and it feels like the LE3 includes stiffer foam under the arches for better crash protecting support. I don’t think the floating heel cup is in the LE3, but it does feature a “heel support clip” (whatever that is). Visually, the off-centered lacing gives the shoe an edginess to it, not following the norm of laces down the midline. I like it. Maybe this asymmetric orientation actually affects performance, maybe it doesn’t, but it definitely looks cool.
The sole of the LE3 looks much the same as the LE2. The flex grooves may be marginally deeper and wider.
The engineered mesh upper seemingly gives the LE3 less (visible) layers than the LE2. This should help with weight and ventilation.
As a runner who needs support both in the arches and heel, the LunarEclipse 3 provides an excellent combination. The LunarEclipse is now my running shoe of choice with its great balance of support, lightness, and comfort.
More pictures of the LunarEclipse 3 and comparisons with the LunarEclipse 2.
What Came First, LeBron X or Starbucks’ Frappuccino Marketing?
Have you seen reigning MVP LeBron James’ signature shoes? Of course you’ve seen the LeBron X this NBA season, and I know you’ve noticed the geometric paneling on them, especially the higher end Elite makeups. If you haven’t noticed, then LeBron’s recent MVP variation really shows off the geometry (don’t mind the crazy colors, just the patterns).
Now, with this in mind, take a look at Starbucks recent Frappuccino marketing material and new line of gear. Here are some samples.
Notice any thematic similarities? Triangles and geometric shapes anyone? So which one came first, LeBron’s design for the X or Starbucks’ Frappuccino marketing? Corporate design espionage perhaps or pure coincidence? I know not, but if I do spot you wearing the LeBron X MVPs while brainfreezing on a Frappuccino, I will stare at you (and your kicks).
Regaling in Regal Donuts
The gluttony of living social led us to the McCully Shopping Center and Regal Diner (which is also a bakery with tons of donuts, go figure).
Look for the pink donut
All for $20
Chunky macadamia nuts
Chocolate and coconut
Although they weren’t fully stocked, there was still a good selection in the late afternoon. A $20 deal went a long ways, stuffing a box full of colorful treats. The donuts weren’t bad at all though I didn’t sample all the flavors. I’d say no to the green tea the next time around. The chocolate sprinkled one was good as well as the basic apple fritter. And yes, the entire box is gone after one day. 🙂