Confused About 4G?
Are you confused about the new 4G standard for wireless data? I am. What is it and what carriers have 4G networks? Technically, no one has 4G, but everyone touts 4G.
Want to understand more? Read this great wireless primer from Engadget called “2G, 3G, 4G, and everything in between.”
Can I Refill that Trenta?
As a My Starbucks Rewards member, did you know that one of the benefits, even at the newbie Green level, is free refills? Here’s the details on the Rewards site.
So I wonder, can I refill that Trenta? Can the human body take that amount of caffeine or will it be death by caffeine?
Got iPhone, Get Trenta
Ready to take on Starbucks’ new mega-sized Trenta? Well, Starbucks has made it even easier to pay for those 31 ounces of caffeine. The Starbucks mobile payment program is now official nationwide. Fire up the iPhone or Blackberry app, pay away, and start enjoying that gut-busting Trenta.
Waiting for This Hawaii Five-O Storyline and Guest
I admit that Hawaii Five-0 is doing a decent job mixing up plots, story lines, and nuances. In this week’s episode, tech-savvy Asian (is that redundant?) Chin Ho Kelly jury rigs a damaged car GPS to extract the dead driver’s destination. I’m waiting for the episode when the stumped Five-0 crew use Foursquare, Gowalla, and Yelp to track a victim’s recent whereabouts.
The episode would include stuff like this… A social media maven’s gone missing but his IRL friend knows Chin from small kid time. He tells Chin about the disappearance, and as a favor, Chin starts to investigate (and brings the other Five-Ohers). Through Foursquare mayorships, Gowalla check-ins, and Yelp reviews, the team is able to piece together the victim’s patterns to focus their search. But, you and I know that none of the Five-0 crew use any of these geolocation services, so they’d need to enlist some help. Enter Ryan Ozawa, aka @hawaii. As an omnipresent online entity, Ryan is, of course, “friends” with the victim and has access to his online profiles. Think of Ryan playing a specialist role akin to Masi Oka (Dr. Max Bergman), and he would be an old classmate of Chin at Kukui High.
I’d dig that episode! And is there any doubt that there would be a tweetup to watch its airing?
Golden for Another Year
Got an email from the My Starbucks Reward Program, letting me know I’ve hit Gold status (yet again). If I keep going, I can also earn Gold Status for the following year, 2012!
Interestingly, the My Starbucks Reward site provides some stats and a history of Rewards transactions. This stat is kinda scary!
If Club 939 Had a Custom Cake…
If Club 939 were to have its own custom cake created, it would have to be based on this one designed by Caked Las Vegas.
There’s even dollar bills on the cake stage, yo!
Starbucks Trenta Delayed in Hawaii
Hawaii coffee addicts, you’re gonna start getting the shakes from caffeine withdrawal. I know you were holding back in preparation of the launch of the new 31-oz Trenta size at Starbucks. Sadly, the vastness of the Pacific Ocean was a setback as the cups haven’t yet arrived in the islands.
Try again in about a week.
Free Your Data with Pogoplug
I know this isn’t what Dr. Martin Luther King meant when he said, “Let freedom ring,” but if you’re looking to free your data, check out the Pogoplug. With this device connected to your home/internal network, you get your very own “cloud” where you can store and share your stored information.
Thanks to @ryankanno for the lead.
Sun Powered Take 2
Updated my original Revolusun Sun Powered trailer with more material. Added images of the SunPower iPhone monitoring app, the wall mounted monitoring unit, weather conditions, and the washer and dryer running (and the meter was still running backwards).
PV 2 Sun Powered from Gee Why on Vimeo.




