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“Starbucks Card Mobile Is a Hit” Really?

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Read this article titled Starbucks Card Mobile Is a Hit: 3 Million People Pay Via Phone App, and first thing I thought was, “Really?”

It’s that popular? I can’t believe this is the “fastest way for customers to pay.” Seems like I can pay faster by pulling my Starbucks Rewards Card out of my wallet.

To pay using the Starbucks Mobile app, I have to unlock my phone, fire up the app, unlock the app, click on the Touch to Pay button, then have the cashier scan my phone. I don’t know about you but sure seems like a lot of steps.

Kickin’ It with Enchante

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At the start of March, I had the fortune of meeting up with NEENZ who introduced me to Enchante. Who’s Enchante? That’s the hand crafted origami butterfly you see on Guy Kawasaki’s new book Enchanted.

To help promote Guy’s new book, NEENZ and Enchante were going around the island taking pictures of Enchante’s visits. Enchante was even equipped with a GPS to track her whereabouts. From what I heard Enchante even made it to SXSW to enchant even more.

Anyways, here’s me (well, at least my Pele Lava Dunks) with Enchante and a closer up view of the handiwork.

“Mak a right”

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Hope you made it to Jaden’s party alright. You did “mak a right,” right?

I see it now, the next great mobile app will be a spell checker. Using Augmented Reality (AR) technologies, you’ll be able to use your camera phone to look at any text. Then you’ll see the augmented display with the infamous Microsoft red squiggly line under misspelled words. It’d mak a fortune right?

Pictures of UH’s “Supermoon” Kicks

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So the Supermoon on Saturday night may have affected the outcome of the Bows’ CIT loss to San Fran. Win or lose, I’m proud that the Rainbows went for it wearing their intense green Adidas adiPURE shoes aka the Supermoons.

Thanks to Brandon Flores Photography, here are some great shots of the Supermoons on Saturday.

And yes, Amazon does sell the adiPURE in the Intense Green colorway.

All I Got from a CIT Second Round Game…

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…are pictures of the Rainbow Dancers?

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That’s what happens when you let the leader of Hawaii’s hottest gentlemen’s club wield your camera during Hawaii’s second round CIT game against San Francisco. Thanks to ESPN radio, we had choice seats in the fifth row where we watched the Bows’ lead vanish in the last minute of play. It was crushing. The Bows were playing tough in their Adidas “Supermoons,” seemingly going to the next round of the CollegeInsider.com Tournament. Then like that, victory was gone.

Missed free throws, a flagrant foul, a shooting foul on a three, an errant pass, and the deal was sealed. Overall, the Bows had an excellent year after so many unknowns to start the season: injuries, mid-season departures, then more injuries. Going to the Big Dance would have been nice, but for a team picked last in the conference, playing in any post season tournament is an accomplishment. Congratulations to the Rainbows for a great season and can’t wait until the Bows hit the court next year. Until then, a few images from the Rainbows last game.

20,000 Bouncy Ball Drop – I Don’t Get It

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So Utah State’s Science Department dropped 20,000 bouncy balls from a helicopter during Geek Week. I don’t get it. Here’s the video.

It’d be more interesting to see people directly under the ball drop and watch them dodge the balls or get pelted to pulp. What I do get is Utah State didn’t do me any favors in my March Madness bracket. 🙁

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