Remembering Italy
Trying to remember at least. I can’t recall where I took this picture while touring Italy. Was it Burano?
Holiday Gift Guide: Griffin Slap
This is very cool and hopefully available before the Holidays. The Slap by Griffin Technologies makes your new iPod Nano into a wristwatch. Available in a rainbow of colors, the Slap silicon shell protects your Nano and adds more value to this lilliputian device.
Holiday Gift Guide: BackBlaze Backups
Consider this gift for yourself. In this day and age of digital content, you absolutely need a backup of your hard drive. You never know when your drive will fail and trust me, it will. A local backup drive is a good start (especially if you’re running Time Machine via Mac OS X) but the next step for your backup plan is off-site, online backups.
I’ve been using BackBlaze, and it’s been going well so far. It literally took months for the initial online backup to complete, but I kinda expected as much moving over 260-GB worth of data. After the initial backup, new files and updates are continuously backed up in no time.
Cost is very reasonable at $95 for a two year plan so that’s like $50 a year for peace of mind that your data is safely stored in times of emergencies.
Give a gift to yourself and sign up for BackBlaze.
THAT’S a Lollipop!
Now that’s a lollipop! For size comparison, check out how it dwarfs a regular old Tootsie Pop.
Dentists of Hawaii, rejoice the incoming business!
Holiday Gift Guide: iPhone Boxers
You never know when you need to carry your iPhone around while wearing nothing but your boxer shorts, but when it happens, you might as well be wearing the ScottVest Travel Boxers. Although this isn’t the most original of ideas (see the iBoxer and iPanties), the construction of these look comfy.
And yes, these boxers are also compatible with Android devices. Just make sure that the extra camera you installed in your Droid phone isn’t recording by accident.
Double Your Pavlov Pleasure!
You know the mere thought of Holiday flavored drinks from Starbucks already has your mind transfixed and your mouth watering. And for a limited time, you can now double your Pavlov response! From November 18-21 between the hours of 2-5pm, Holiday drinks are buy one, get one free at Starbucks locations.
You’ll Never Forget the Beatles
So Apple’s big iTunes countdown surprise is the availability of music from the legendary Beatles.
A Human Slinky? What?
Yes, a human slinky! Check out this bizarre but mesmerizing performance at half time of a Creighton basketball game.
EMBED-Human Slinky Halftime Basketball Creighton University Omaha NE – Watch more free videos
What Does this Mean for iTunes?
Oh just what does this countdown timer mean on Apple.com?
iTunes 10.1 was released last week so it ain’t that. What does it mean?!?
The Tabasco Man Fortold This Love
Just a few years ago when UCLA ruled the collegiate basketball courts, the Tabasco Man knew Love and Love’s future in the League. Kevin Love definitely proved himself scoring 31 points and grabbing an eye popping 31 rebounds.
Much love to K-Love and the Tabasco Man’s love for K-Love.
Pavlov and Peppermint Mocha
Has your palette been trained by the holiday flavors? Here’s a quick test. Look at the images below.
Are you salivating like Pavlov’s dog at the sight of Starbucks’ seasonal Peppermint Mocha? Now brewing hot or cold in your SBUX neighborhood.
Fun Ship Freddy Must Have Worked Overtime
Carnival’s on-board mascot entertainer, Fun Ship Freddy, surely had his work cut out for him on this nightmare cruise aboard the Carnival Splendor. No power, no hot food, no hot water, malfunctioning plumbing, no elevators on the multi-level ship – yikes!
Here are some pics of the Splendor on better days.