U Can’t Touch Vader!
Just see what The Force can do if used for good on the dance floor.
Vader, don’t hurt’em!
Floral Tribute to Michael Jackson
Check out this floral arrangement made for the gloved King of Pop.
Good use of a music stand to hold the silver glove!
Megatron and Optimus Prime Old School Toys
Check out these old school Transformers toys of Megatron and Optimus Prime before the days of the Allspark.
Got Blue-Footed Booby!
Thanks to the World Wildlife Fund, we’re now proud owners of a blue-footed booby doll.
Kinda cool, and better than the umbrellas they sent the past two years that broke after just a few uses.
Hey There Hurley x2
Just had another run in with Jorge Garcia from LOST. I was just sitting in the car with napping kids when I see him going into his car parked right in front of ours. With the kids sleeping, all I could do was wave hello, and “Uncle Hurley” (as the kids call him) waved back.
Sorry, I didn’t take a paparazzi pic since I know Jorge doesn’t dig those pics but is very willing to take a picture if approached politely. I still get a kick when I randomly come across stars from LOST doing their daily business around town.
What’s New in the English Language?
Our quirky English language has more than 100 new additions this year according to Merriam-Webster. Here’s a sampling to add to your mangous vocabulary:
Carbon footprint (1999): the negative impact that something (as a person or business) has on the environment; specifically: the amount of carbon emitted by something during a given period.
Flash mob (1987): a group of people summoned (as by e-mail or text message) to a designated location at a specified time to perform an indicated action before dispersing.
Frenemy (1977): one who pretends to be a friend but is actually an enemy.
Sock puppet (1959): a false online identity used for deceptive purposes.
Staycation (2005): a vacation spent at home or nearby.
Vlog (2002): a blog that contains video material.
Webisode (1996): an episode esp. of a TV show that may or may not have been telecast but can be viewed at a Web site.
Top Viral Videos for June
Advertising Age lists its top viral videos for June. Hmm, interesting… LeBron James has two videos in the top ten. Carl’s Jr. occupies the 6th and 10th spots. A bra commercial is at #3. Mountain Dew is new at the #7 position.
Serious Technical Issues
Pulpconnection has been experiencing some serious technical issues recently. Hosting provider Dreamhost has provided some support to no avail. So if the site vanishes again, you know there are still problems.
Fortunately, I know a smart dude who’s been helping troubleshoot the root of the problem (thanks Ryan Kanno!). That and I’m doing the brute force method of maximizing server resources to see if that helps. Pulpconnection will be moving to a Dreamhost Private Server (PS) to see if having more dedicated resources can temporarily overcome the real technical issues.
The switch to Dreamhost PS won’t mean anything to viewers since it should be one of those “seamless” transitions.
Petco Pearl City Now Open
The new Petco location in Pearl City is now open for business according to this sign.
Your Social Network and You
What does your favorite social network say about you? There’s a study being published that makes correlations like LinkedIn users gravitate to soap operas and MySpacers tend not to exercise. If you use Twitter then the study indicates you’re more interested in the hunka chunka than users of other social networks.
Other Twitterer behaviors?
They also especially like pop culture, with music, movies, TV and reading, ranking higher than average. And their buying habits mirror that. They’re more likely to buy books, movies, shoes and cosmetics online than the other groups.
How do they keep going? Coffee, apparently. Some 31% buy coffee online, far above the average 21% of other social networkers.
How accurate do you think this study is? Go read more.
Disney’s BFF Extended Edition Marketing Genius
What genius Disney has using new school lingo like BFF in their latest DVD release, Princess Protection Program: Royal B.F.F Extended Edition. What other marketing terms could there be?
How about the LOL version? Or the even better, ROFLMAO rendition. I’d be sure to get products tagged as ZOMG, and the NSFW edition is sure to draw some attention. Too tempting would be the WTF! edit.
What a goldmine Disney’s tapped!
The Alien Ninja Still Lives
Here I had given up on the Alien Ninja, not seeing any significant progress on this project for some time. But who am I to understand the ways of a ninja, especially an alien one!
Yes, the Alien Ninja series is still alive according to this interview with movie producer Sheri Bryant.
In the meantime, I’m in post on our first web series called “Alien Ninja”. I wanted to get into the new media space and thought that a sci-fi comedy would be the best way to go. So we shot for a week in Hawaii and ended up with something very funny! Who can resist an Alien who happens to also be a Ninja crash landed on Oahu?
So despite the non-existent domains at alienninja.tv and alienninja.net (these both now default to GoDaddy.com ads), the Alien Ninja could still be making an online appearance in the foreseeable future. Then you could see some mad acting skills! 😉
Extras for Alien Ninja from Gee Why on Vimeo.