Only in Hawaii – Spam Singles!
This can only be in Hawaii. Single slices of Spam packaged up for sale at your local supermarket, in regular and lite versions!
You never know when you need Spam on the go.
SDV Tuning Adapter Installed!
Bright and early this morning, an installer from Oceanic Time Warner showed up for the installation of my SDV tuning adapter. The overall install took a long time since the thorough tech checked signal strength throughout the household. Once that was done, the installation of the SDV tuning adapter was quick.
The boot up of the tuning adapter took longer than the unboxing and connecting of the device itself. The adapter I got? It’s a Cisco STA1520 which Engadget showed some time back.
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The installation and cost of the tuning adapter is free, and what do I get from this box? Not much. I now get a few additional digital channels that Oceanic converted to SDV, but I’m not paying for additional premium stations or packages. I might get the HD pack for $7 a month which I could not receive without the SDV tuning adapter. So now I got options of paying Oceanic more money each month!
Playing with NetworkedBlogs
I just read about NetworkedBlogs and am trying out their new widget on Pulpconnection. Not sure how to describe this app/service other than it exposes your blog (and blogs you read) to your Facebook friends. Also, the widget displays your Facebook friends who follow your blog.
YouTube Promotes iTunes and Amazon Music?
I musta missed this, but looks like YouTube promotes the legal purchasing of music via iTunes and Amazon’s MP3 Store. When you watch a music video on YouTube, there’s a Download This Song bar showing the legal sources of purchase such as iTunes and Amazon. Even when the song is over, there’s a bar in the video leading viewers to buy the song.
That’s a good way to build up good karma, YouTube. Or maybe it’s a maneuver by record labels to try to recoup lost single sales?
Tannya Joaquin Joins KGMB9
Former KHON Channel 2 news anchor Tannya Joaquin started her new job over at KGMB Channel 9. She now anchors the 5 and 6 PM weeknight broadcasts. Along with her on-air duties, she even has a KGMB9 blog called Ad-Lib where she explains why she “crossed the road” going from KHON to KGMB.
And yes, Tannya did go from Channel 2 to Channel 9 on 2-2-09, her official start date at KGMB.
I hope she continues her reporting on the fun stuff too. Like the iSpam incident in 2005 and going to Kicks Hawaii for Black Friday sales coverage.
With her move and other KGMB9 additions, I think there’s a serious shift in local newscaster eye candy. In 2005, KGMB didn’t even rate in the Listmania of Hottest Local Newscasters (unless Liz Chun was misrepresented with KITV), but now, Channel 9 has a damn strong showing.
Geeky Guys 30-40 Year Old, Britney Wants You!
Geeks, you get chance! Britney Spears is currently on the hunt for geeky males, aged 30-40… for an upcoming video shoot. Or if you have J. Crew style and look like Barbie’s Ken doll, you can try out for the role as Brit’s hubby.
Rounding out the casting call for the “If You Seek Amy” video is “Pageant Queens” (12-16 years old), “Stage Moms” (35-50), and “Sexy Bodied Party People” (18-35).
More Super Bowl 43 Commercials
Hulu.com has made it easy to watch all the commercials from Super Bowl 43. Check this out.
One commercial you won’t see is PETA’s banned ad promoting the consumption of vegetables. Banned you say? What’s the big deal about eating healthy vegetables? Not much unless it features females “licking eggplant,” “rubbing pelvic region with pumpkin,” or “rubbing asparagus on breast.” Whoa! That’s some hot veggie loving going on, and it looks something like this…
Does iLife 09 Mess Up Quicksilver?
I’ve installed iLife 09 twice now (with the multi-user Family Pack of course!) and on both occasions, Quicksilver got messed up. Quicksilver is installed and still working, but it looks like its catalog of apps gets jacked.
Invoking Quicksilver to startup apps doesn’t bring up the correct app. For example, trying to run “Disk Utility” to correct disk permissions, I type in control-space to envoke QS then enter in d-i-s-k. Disk Utility is usually the top choice but not anymore. Not sure what’s up. Rebuilding the QS catalog fixes this so it’s not a permanent mess up, just an inconvenient one.
Do You Twitivate?
Are you one who titivates his status on Twitter by going after high-profile followers? If so, you twitivate!
Now added to the Urban Dictionary along with twuat. I think I have a few more Urban Dictionary submissions…
My Favorite Super Bowl 43 Commercial
I didn’t watch the entire game (and took a nap during the 3rd quarter), but from what I did see, my favorite Super Bowl 43 commercial was the one with the Potato Heads. Here it is.
Of course it had to be my favorite since I have a bunch of posts about the Potato Heads and was wearing a Potato Head shirt for the big game! I was just surprised to see Potato Heads in a mainstream commercial.
I saw lots of movie trailers too. I barely recognized G.I. Joe except for Snake Eyes.
The new Star Trek looks intense, way different from the television series.
And congrats to the Steelers. I was rooting for the underdog Cardinals but the Steelers pulled out the victory.
These Are Jordans?
Okay, these are not THE Air Jordans but are of the Jordan family of shoes.
Yes, those are velco straps on the Air Jordan Retro 1 Low. Talk about real old school.