Heinz Now Selling “Guess What My Bottle Is Made Of?”
I kid you not. Wonder how plants are made into bottles.
Captain America Linked with Fresno?
Did the Asian dude in Captain America: The First Avenger say he was from Fresno, California? That’s just awesome.
Kenneth Choi portrays Jim Morita of Cap’s Howling Commandos. Of the few Marvel superhero movies I’ve watched, I think Captain America might be my favorite. I wasn’t a fan of the shield-wielding hero before, but this flick changed my mind.
Red Velvet… Wine?
Recently, red velvet has been a hot flavor going beyond cakes and cupcakes. Â But red velvet cupcake wine? Â Nah, gotta pass on this one. Doesn’t sound too good.
Oreo Gone Gimmicky
Not sure what’s my infatuation with Oreos, but with all the gimmicks they pull, you have to love their chutzpah. Look at this assortment of Oreos. Not double stuffed Oreos, not tripled stuffed, noooo… there are Triple Double Oreos with three cookie layers and two different filling flavors.
Don’t like the traditional Oreo dark brown? Then you can get the Golden Oreos. Don’t like Oreos in a cookie form? Then Oreo Brownies are for you.
Keep’em coming Nabisco!
The Speed and Expertise of Tweeters
Twitter could very well be the way to get answers to esoteric questions. Â For example, don’t know what this Doritos flavor is. Ask the Twitterverse and get a quick expert reply. Â Follow along…
And the integration of Storify with the Tweetbot iOS client is a good match.
Restocked Picks at Starbucks
After not having much luck with Starbucks Picks of the Week, reader Yoda808 commented.
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So I headed to a different Starbucks location and was welcomed with a well stocked selection.
What a difference a store makes! Thanks Jasmin Hilario for keeping your Starbucks in tip top shape!
On a more recent visit, I also picked up Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations, Naples episode.
Zappos Has Me Pegged?
I guess if I were a female named Peg then Zappos’ personalized recommendations would make more sense. Here’s what Zappos profiled for my tastes.
I still love Zappos, but I really don’t know how I’ll look in them 7 For All Mankind crop jeans…
Game of Thrones, Episode 17 Recap
Thanks to HBO, you can catch up with episode 17 of the Game of Thrones in less than 2 minutes. Watch the recap video.
If you’d rather read than watch, Entertainment Weekly has a great episode recap as well.
Integrating Pinterest with Your Blog?
That sounds like a great idea! Pinterest is hot right now, and I admit that I don’t quite grasp the hype. Oh, I am a Pinterest user but primarily to see what’s it all about. What I do know is that things I pin like kicks and Draw Something “artwork” generate activity without having to do much else. Wouldn’t it be great to perhaps direct this activity to your own blog? That’s what WP Pinner aims to do. Watch this one-minute video for some details.
Autopost to Pinterest, scheduled pins, and analytics on pins all for free? Yep, check out WP Pinner.
Picture of the Day: Tabbed Browsing
I absolutely love the tabbed browsing feature of modern day web browsers. Was it FireFox that first introduced this? Then Safari and Chrome? Somewhere along the way, even Internet Explorer got the tab treatment. As soon as I tried tabs, I was hooked. From my main window, each hyperlink that looked interesting I opened in a new tab. Simple but very effective from having to keep going back in a web browser.
Anyways back to the picture of the day. At work, I found this print out of Internet Explorer welcoming users to tabbed browsing and explaining what tabs can do. Yes, you HAVE to print this page to learn about tabbed browsing.
A Smush.it and CloudFlare Workaround
I recently started using the WordPress plugin Smush.it which optimizes images for better user performance. Instead of slowing down page downloads with large-but-resized images, Smush.it trims the fat so you download less. For some reason, Smush.it intermittently conflicts with CloudFlare, often times giving errors or timing out.
If you’re getting this behavior, be sure to check out this thread of possible fixes. There are some workarounds listed, and I’m going through them now.
DNSChanger Detector Activated
Been hearing about this DNS Changer malware recently, and since I’ve been using CloudFlare, I activated the freely included DNSChanger Detector. If you’re visiting Pulpconnection and see an error message about the DNS Changer malware, there’s a good chance that you’ve been infected.
You can learn more about DNS Changer here or from the FBI’s site.