How fast can you download 1.6 GB? We’ll soon see when the movie Twilight becomes available on iTunes. It officially releases on March 21, but you can pre-order the flix for $15.
There’s already 1116 reviews with the average rating of 4 stars!
And as a bonus, if you pre-order before March 20, you get two extra hours of deleted and extended scenes, interviews, music videos, and more!
If you’re going to be twuating Twitter names, don’t forget that you can use Gmail’s “unlimited” email account feature to help you out. Since Twitter accounts need to be associated with email addresses, you can easily create a matching Gmail account using the “+” feature.
Back to twuating…
No particular insight, just reading the descriptions of the contestants for the upcoming 8th season of Dancing with the Stars.
Belinda Carlisle represents the cougars and is the senior this year. Wasn’t she just one of your heart throbs in high school? Getting old! “Heaven on Earth” is paired with Jonathan Roberts who usually gets these assignments.
Speaking of stereotyping, Kym Johnson dances with funny man David Alan Grier. Kym usually partners with those full of personality, dancing skills aside.
Singer Jewel is making her debut with a DWTS newbie, Dmitry Chaplin. Will Jewel outlast her husband, Ty Murray, also dancing on the show?
The “King of Cowboys” Ty Murray can lasso cows and ride bulls but can he paso doble? Like his wife, Ty is dancing with a newcomer Chelsie Hightower.
At 17 years old and an Olympian, Shawn Johnson must be the predicted front runner. That and she’s dancing with former DWTS champion, Mark Ballas.
Mark’s good friend and also champion, Derek Hough, has a lil’ partner as in Lil’ Kim. Is Lil’ Kim too much diva to take criticism from the judges?
Gilles Marini is the international hottie I think since I don’t know who he is. Can Cheryl Burke take this Parisian to the finals?
Steve-O does outlandish stunts for television. Will he incorporate that jackass bravery (or stupidity) in his performances with Lacey Schwimmer?
Nancy O’Dell and Tony Dovolani? Unless Nancy can bring it, this pair is mid round material at best.
A Wild Thing (and we’re not talking about her partner, Maksim Chmerkovskiy), Denise Richards and Maks have looks on their side. If Denise has any dancing skills, this duo can do some damage.
Can the defensive minded NFL HOF-er Lawrence Taylor tackle the dance floor competition? So far, NFL players have done well on DWTS with their unusual mix of size and agility. LT’s partner is Edyta Sliwinska who should be in the DWTS Hall of Fame.
Jewel and hubby, Ty Murray, are facing off and so are newly engaged Maks and Karina. But dancing together is Chuck Wicks and his gal pal, Julianne Hough.
Rounding out the athletes and performers is the geek, Steve Wozniak. Woz was with Apple in the early years but left in 1985. I hope he’s been practicing his dances since then. You think Steve Jobs is difficult to work with? Try dancing with the aggressive perfectionist, Karina!
I can’t pick a clear winner. Shawn Johnson is an obvious vote. LT and Edyta could be good if LT ain’t too banged up from his NFL years. Denise and Maks might be smokin’ but she’s foul mouthed. Who has the style, attitude, and dancing ability to be this year’s champion?
Did you catch the Hawaii State Championship soccer matchup between Mililani and Iolani? There was some tough defense played like this…
These are the stories you hope to happen to you one day. Two NBA fans and Twitter users were not believers of THE_REAL_SHAQ on Twitter. Could that really be Shaq Fu or just a 5-4, 14-year old poser? They found out the Twitter way after a chance Tweetup with the Shaqilicious.
Read their story and see their pics. And yeah, blogging about meeting Shaq is good for the ratings.
Thanks to @coachdean for the lead.
Steve Wozniak, the other “steve” of Apple, is ready to waltz in Season 8 of Dancing with the Stars. He’s paired with Karina Smirnoff who recently married other DWTS alum, Maksim Chmerkovskiy. Does Woz have what it takes outside of the tech arena? Will the geeks maximize their wardialing and multiple email accounts to vote for one of the founders of Apple? Please have pity!
DWTS starts on March 9.
You probably already saw the reported picture of a battered Rihanna. If you haven’t, you can go here. It’s brutal.
My recently installed SDV tuning adapter failed me tonight during UH’s win over Fresno State in men’s hoops. The cable signal just stopped, and I wasn’t receiving all the stations. Weirdly enough, the freebie HD channels were there (1003, 1006, 1007, etc) but nothing else. After being on hold with Oceanic for a long time, the rep told me to disconnect and reconnect the USB cable.
That did the trick. Didn’t have to power cycle the actual unit. Pretty random and strange “outage” that only affected some stations. At least the Rainbows won though I missed most of the game.
Even though the second movie installment of the Twilight saga is still months away, New Moon has officially launched its new logo. Get ready for a bunch of stuff adorned with this.
Starting in April, keep an eye out for new variations of Pepsi and Mountain Dew. Instead of using High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS), there will be a line of Pepsi and Mountain Dew made with real sugar. These pure sugar drinks will be tagged “Throwback” and have a different label.
These Throwbacks will only be available during a very limited time so you might have to load up if the taste is that much better.
Since Starbucks’ new instant coffee, the Via Ready Brew, won’t be available around these parts for some time, you can learn more about making instant coffee the Starbucks way from this YouTube video.
How about this for gender equality? GoGirl has introduced a female urination device (FUD) which allows them to pee while standing up. Not quite a urinal for guys, but this silicone product is portable and even reusable after cleaning.
Here’s how GoGirl is described on Twitter:
Simply put, GoGirl is the way to stand up to disgusting or non-existent bathrooms. It’s a female urination device which allows women to pee standing up. When could you have used one?
Who’s getting a GoGirl?
And keeping with the social networking movement, you can also find GoGirl on Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr.