Fly White Guy in Hawaii!
Take a closer look at tourists visiting the Hawaiian Islands since one of them could very well be a fly white guy named Steve Nash. Yeah, that Steve Nash of the Phoenix Suns is in Hawaii .
Defying Odds to Win a Fish
Defying all odds, we won a fish at the local elementary school fun fair. My daughter tossed a ping pong ball into a sea of cups, and it landed in the only cup that wins a fish (supposedly the best prize from this game).
So now we have Nemo (who doesn’t look too healthy to begin with).
Loving My Nike Structure Triax+ 12
My Nike Air Moto 6+ running shoes were already wearing down so I picked up the Nike Structure Triax+ 12 in silver and black.
So far, loving these shoes. Usually, I go for the cushioned ride provided by Air Max technology, but the Structure has responsive Nike Zoom instead. I think the Foot Bridge is giving the stability and comfort I need.
All this tech including the Nike+ iPod integration ain’t helping my runs but the runs ain’t hurting me either so it’s all good.
Shopping for a Washing Machine
Old Bessie, our longtime washing machine, finally gave out, losing a battle with a waterlogged comforter. So it was off to Sears to find Bessie’s heir. We checked Consumer Reports and went looking for the highest rated Kenmore washer in the reviews (Sears has a sale on appliances this weekend). Other features we want – a front loader that can handle bulky items like pillows and comforters. Sick kids who throw up a lot makes this a necessity!
Due to the bad economy the Sears appliance section is dead with pretty much no customers looking around. So when we showed up, there were quite a few sales people eager to help. Craig started helping us and after talking with him, he showed us washers made by LG. Never had an LG anything before, but he sold it.
Some of the benefits of the LG WM2487HWMA:
- Quiet operation and supposedly less maintenance due to its Direct Drive motor (no belts to misalign or mess with)
- Smaller size for a front loader. We need to fit the washer in the same space as Old Bessie. Most front loaders are very deep since their door design tends to be “bubble-like.”
- TrueSteam cleaning. The steam cleaning is supposed to help clean pillows and comforters without mangling them.
What else? Cost was okay though front loaders are also more expensive. Oddly enough, even though Sears has a sale on Kenmore stuff, this LG was discounted 22%. And the white color is cheaper. And there’s free delivery (coming tomorrow, yes Sunday). And HECO is giving out a $50 rebate since this is an energy efficient washer. And this model was rated #7 in the Consumer Reports guide. Â Â So in all, a pretty good deal.
How well does it work? We’ll see tomorrow.
Kaneohe Going Green
Kaneohe is the latest community to go green with Hawaii’s recycling program. Many residents got their green waste trash bins delivered today.
And thanks to the workers who spared an extra part or two to repair the broken hinge of our trash bin. These guys worked long hours in the hot sun getting all these recycling bins assembled and delivered. Mahalo!
What’s Really Important
Check out this spoof done by the Cleveland Cavaliers. The team knows what’s really important!
Dig it shoeheads!!
Who Pushed the LOST and Ace of Cakes Turbo Button?
Wow, who pushed the turbo button? All of a sudden there’s a bunch of hits coming in to Pulpconnection. Hmmm, looks like the topic of the LOST cake created by the Ace of Cakes crew is trending. I haven’t seen last night’s LOST special, but I’m guessing the show talked about the cake made for LOST’s 100th episode?
A picture of the LOST cake is in this post. But the source of these pics is Jorge Garcia himself from his Dispatches from the Island. If you want to read about the Ace of Cakes season finale taping, this is the post you’re looking for.
Speeding on the H1 Freeway
With the rain coming down this morning, here I was “speeding” on the H,1 late to work.
From a maps point of view, I was here.
New Cast Members of New Moon
Did you catch the new cast members joining the Twilight saga in New Moon? No? Then here’s a useful video rundown.
iPhones FTW Now and in the Future Generation!
You think Apple’s financial fortune based on iPhone sales is a short term fluke? Wait for kids like this to grow up!
Thanks for the link Jessica!
Wanted: Tweetie Groups
The new Mac desktop Twitter client, Tweetie for Mac, is great but has some missing features (it’s only v1.x you know). One feature that I would like to see is the inclusion of groups. As the number of Tweeters you follow grows so does your timeline, and keeping up with the various conversations gets harder and harder. That’s where groups come into the story.
With groups, you can assign users to defined groups to better segment and track conversations. Natively, Twitter doesn’t support groups so third party Twitter clients like TweetDeck have implemented their own groups solution (though Ginx.com has developed a groups solution within the confines of the Twitter API).
Typically, groups in Twitter clients are handled with another column or window for each group. From an UI perspective, I wonder how Tweetie would address groups. The Tweetie interface is single column focused though you can open more windows with tear off searches. Right now, Tweetie color highlights conversations, and I wonder if this technique could apply to groups? Assign users to groups and assign a color to that group. Any conversation from grouped users would be highlighted in your normal timeline.
To augment this color coding, there should be a keyboard shortcut to toggle between only tweets from a group and all tweets in your timeline. Maybe there would be a tiny image graphic in user’s “speech bubble” when double clicked would show only tweets of that group.
Hmmm… what if users belonged to more than one group? Drats, back to the drawing board.