My First Trenta
For posterity, here’s a picture of my first Starbucks Trenta-sized ice coffee.
It took about 3 hours to finish all 30 ounces, and yes, the cup is nearly as tall as the creamer carafe.
Panasonic Cordless Phone Replacement Batteries
Just verified that the Panasonic rechargeable batteries, HHR-4DPA, work as replacements for the HHH-55AAABU batteries that originally came with the phone (model KX-TGA101). Both are AAA sized and 1.2 V, but the 4DPA are 700 mAh while the 55AAABU are only 550 mAh.
You probably can find cheaper, but these qualify for Amazon’s free Super Saving shipping if your order is over $25.
Cherry Pumpkin Walnut Pancakes
Sunday morning’s pancake special at Cinnamon’s was “Cherry Pumkin Walnut.”
Cherry and pumpkin (with proper spelling) – an interesting combo. Flavor wasn’t bad and reminded me of Jello for some reason. A short stack was enough of this gooey, nutty goodness. Here’s a picture just as the whipped cream started sliding down the hot mound of pink cakes.
From Bull in the Ring to Butt Drag
Gone are those days of wrestling drills like Bull in the Ring during high school P.E. Looks like this case where a Fresno high school wrestler performed an evasive “butt drag” maneuver on his opponent is being settled.
When executed properly, the butt drag is supposedly legitimate, but when done with too much zeal and a foreshadowing of malice, the move is downright criminal. For illustrative purposes, here’s the most popular Google image of “butt drag.”
What’s a Sussudio?
I don’t know what Phil Collins was singing about in Sussudio, but I still love this song!
And Phil doesn’t look like the part, but he sure can wail.
Lego Coolness
Lego is already cool but look, Lego ninjas! You can’t top that coolness factor right?
Wrong! How about some Lego kicks?? That’s pure craziness and Lego love right there!
Justin Bieber, the Game?!
While walking the aisles of Toys R Us, I saw this and stopped in my tracks.
Wow, simply wow. You know you need Justin Bieber’s Backstage Pass.
Cleanliness is Next to Godliness
So the saying goes, and it must be why brother man just had to start cleaning his car’s tires in the parking lot of Leeward Bowl.
That or the Leeward bowlers love that sheen of clean tires.
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?