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Go APE Today Only!

For today only (that’s Saturday, January 26, 2013), you can buy Guy Kawasaki’s latest APE (Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur-How to Publish a Book) at a steep discount. Normally $24.99 for the print version and $9.99 for the Kindle eBook, today’s special price is only $1.99 for the Kindle eBook – $1.99! As in two bucks.

On top of the cheap price, this version has recent additions telling you the simple truth of how you can write and sell your own book. I’ve started reading my copy and hey, even I can understand this foreign topic of creating a book. But don’t worry, I doubt you’ll see a Pulpconnection: The Book coming any time soon. What Guy’s laid out in the Author section has good advice to determine if you got what it takes to be an author.

There’s still time for this amazing deal, and I’m pretty sure you got two bucks to spare. Go now and buy APE: Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur-How to Publish a Book.

Ah heck, I’m feeling generous right now. Comment on this post, and I’ll gift you this book (as long as it’s still Saturday)!

Update: Congratulations to Tom for being the first (and second) commenter. You have to like the proposed title of his forthcoming literary work, How I beat the system and won stuff from Hawaii’s hippest blogger. That sounds like a definite must-read… for $1.99. 😉

LEGO City Mini Shops – Want!

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Building stuff out of LEGO is fun, but building familiar stuff out of LEGO, well, that’s just pure awesomeness. That’s why these LEGO City Mini Shops have to become a reality. Yep, create your own Apple Store, Starbucks, Dunkin’ Donuts, or McDonald’s all from LEGO bricks.

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If you want to see this project become an actual LEGO set, you need to support this project.

My Third Tweet

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I finally got the option to download all my tweets as an archive and looked through the early days. Here is my third ever tweet.

Yeah, that’s some riveting stuff there I tell you. For all of 2007, I posted 33 tweets, 23 of which were in my first month of use (June 2007).

Nike’s Intergalactic Creativity

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I gotta hand it to Nike for their upcoming NBA All Star 2013 kicks collection. They really took the Houston location and pushed the “Mission Control Center” theme to the extreme. Look at the creative creations for Kobe, LeBron, and Kevin Garnett.

Nike All Star 2013 Kicks
Nike All Star 2013 Kicks

I especially like the description for the KD V All Stars:

Identified as Dark Matter, the biological and molecular breakdown of this figure remains a puzzle for scientists. Early readings of its origin, NSP-KD35, have sent back conflicting reports of a planet that is simultaneously solid, liquid, and gas – properties that make his game adaptable to any situation.

But it doesn’t end there. Nike Sportswear has their top secret Area 72 collection of intergalactic shoes that blends old school with new tech. This is how you reinterpret the Nike Blazer Mid, Nike Vandal, Nike Lunar Force 1, Nike Barkley Posite Max, and Nike Air Force Max 2013.

Nike Area 72 Kicks
Nike Area 72 Kicks

I very well might have to try to get a pair of the Barkley Posite Max. It’s so out there with the reflective textures, glow in the dark soles, galaxy print, and the mashup of foamposite with the Chuckster’s shoe line. It’s crazy good.

Area 72 Nike Barkley Posite Max
Area 72 Nike Barkley Posite Max

Available on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2013.

What Does “Lin Never Stops” Mean?

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Lin never stops
Lin never stops
I’ll tell you what it means to me. The phrase “Lin never stops” means a $5 shirt at TJ Maxx for me! It’s a very simple shirt, orange and black Dri-Fit material with the phrase in the Futura typeface (so says the What the Font app).

Nonetheless, the timing of finding this Linsanity remnant is great with the screening of the Linsanity documentary at the Sundance Film Festival. Did you know that Brian Yang who plays Fong on Hawaii Five-0 produced this film? Yep, Fong isn’t just the behind-the-scenes tech wizard for 5-0. In his spare time, he and a film crew followed Jeremy Lin everywhere on his path to the NBA.

Until the Linsanity documentary gets picked up by a distributor, you won’t be watching JLin’s story unfold, so you might as well find yourself a Lin never stops shirt. If there are none at your local TJ Maxx, check out eBay.

Me and My Starbucks Steel Separated

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It was in my hands just for a moment, but I couldn’t convince myself that I needed a Starbucks Steel card.

I managed to order one of these rarities from gilt.com, but did I need this heavyweight in my wallet? Did I need that status symbol? Did I need $400 in Starbucks credit. No, no, and no, so me and my steel card went separate ways…

LEGO Year of the Snake Exclusive

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LEGO Year of the Snake
LEGO Year of the Snake

The Year of the Snake is fast approaching and to commemorate, LEGO is selling an exclusive set in the Asian markets. If you’re lucky or have contacts, you can find the authentic LEGO Year of the Snake, Set #10250.

Fortunately, now that the instructions have been published, you can also build your own snake if you have the right parts or own the LEGO Creator Prehistoric Hunters, Set #6914. Seems like the Year of the Snake is a variation of the Prehistoric Hunters sans the special snake-themed gateway doors. So if you go without these special pieces, you still can build yourself a pretty cool snake.

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