Free Pics on Election Day
Pictures from today’s Election Day with the victories of the tall and dark Barack Obama and Mufi Hannemann.
Tall and dark reminds me of the free coffee I got from Starbucks for voting.
Which also launched its Starbucks Gold membership described in this tall and dark pamphlet.
The Starbucks Holiday drink lineup is now available.
The reaction on television when Barack was named President-elect.
Finished the night with free ice cream from Ben & Jerry’s for all registered voters.
Congratulations to Barack and Mufi. Stop crying now people. 😉
Twilight Soundtrack Special Deal
Did you already get your copy of the Twilight soundtrack? What do you think? I’m still listening to all the songs, but don’t know if it’s worth the $12 price tag from iTunes. There are some gems on the soundtrack, but the collection feels less than $12.
What if you could pay only $4 for the soundtrack sans bonus material? Now that would totally be worth it just for Paramore’s Decode and Bella’s Lullaby.
Thanks to the tip from a Pulpster reader (and fellow alumni), you might still be able to find the Twilight soundtrack as the $3.99 Deal of the Day on Amazon. Yep, 12 Twilight tracks for 4 bucks. Go now!
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Twilight Now on iTunes
The soundtrack from the Twilight movie is now available on iTunes. And if you don’t know what Twilight is all about, you can get a free 40-minute audiobook excerpt from iTunes as well.
While you’re in iTunes, you can also pick up new singles from Kanye West (Heartless) and the Smashing Pumpkins (G.L.O.W).
My Digital Plan: Where’d the Channels Go?
Last week, an Oceanic Cable installer came by to install a CableCard into my Tivo. Took about 30 minutes since he said they don’t do this very often and wasn’t completely familiar with all the steps. Funny, but both he and I had the same CableCard install instructions provided by Tivo.
Once the single M-card was activated, the Tivo Channel Guide started pulling in new info. The cable guy showed me the new HD channels I had, namely 1003-1010 for channels 3 (KHON)-10 (KHET). But what he didn’t tell me or what I failed to understand is what happened to the rest of the channels. I went looking for the kids channels, 32 and 33, but they weren’t there anymore. What happened?
After calling Oceanic tech support, I was told that I had to use their digital television lineup/channels, not the analog lineup. The Disney channel is now on 444 for example. Now this is a complete surprise since I now have digital channels that I did not request (and hopefully should not be paying for). From what I know, I’m only paying $3.10 per month for the CableCard, maybe $6.20 since the CableCard is a dual M-card type, but I didn’t sign up for Oceanic’s digital services. I’ll have to check out my next bill to see what’s up.
Circuit City Hawaii Spared
It’s now confirmed that Circuit City is quickly closing down 155 underperforming stores. The complete list of store closures is available, and it looks like the sole Hawaii location has beens spared.
That’s not saying that the Pearl City location is a great store. Like I’ve complained about before, inventory sucks. One of the pros of this place is that it’s next to a Starbucks.
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Holiday Gift Guide: Sennheiser MX85 Sport II
Looking for a gift for the music lover who also loves to work out? If you liked the Sennheiser MX75 earphones featuring the unique twist-to-fit system, then you’ll like the updated version, the Sennheiser MX85 Sport II.
The MX85 look like the MX75 but are now orange instead of green. Also sounds like Sennheiser pumped up the bass with their Basswind System and made these earphones easier to clean, able to immerse them under running water.
Besides the tears in the cord my MX75 developed, I love my Sennheisers especially for running. These comfy earphones stay put once twisted in.
Cost is about $60, $10 more than the MX75. The Sennheiser MX85 Sport II is available at the Apple Store or from Amazon.
Bunch of Circuit City Stores Closing Down?
Not that much of a surprise, but Circuit City might be closing down quite a few of its stores, possibly 155 of them before the Holiday season begins. A list of closing locations is supposed to be available on Monday, November 3.
Oahu, Hawaii has a single Circuit City location so I doubt that it’ll close, but you got to wonder. This store never has any sale items in stock it seems. Every time I go there after Sunday’s sale ads, I never find the items available. It’s such a waste of time that I pretty much ignore CC and do business with BestBuy instead.
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Join Starbucks Gold?
Sometime this month, Starbucks will be launching its new membership to Starbucks Gold. As a SBUX Gold member, you get:
- 10% off most purchases in participating U.S. Starbucks stores
- A free drink when you purchase your Starbucks Gold Card in a Starbucks store
- The option to pay for purchases any way you like
- A special Gold Card that identifies you as a member of this group
Some gotchas – annual membership is $25 and you can’t combine Gold discounts with the normal Starbucks Card Rewards discounts. Is joining the Gold worth it?
Vote This Tuesday and Get Free Starbucks Coffee
It’s hip and chic to vote in elections you know. And besides, it’s your civic duty, and you get free coffee from Starbucks for voting! This Tuesday, vote then stop by your local Starbucks and mentioned that you cast your ballot. In return, you’ll receive a tall cup of coffee gratis.
Here’s the Starbucks’ commercial advertising this giveaway (now that I think about it, I don’t recall any other television commercials from this coffee giant).
Halloween 2008
Ventured out to Mililani Mauka for Halloween 2008 and was scared of the traffic mess experienced a few years back. Traffic was surprisingly light for a Friday with no real slowdowns. Maybe Trick or Treaters were headed elsewhere this year?
At least it wasn’t rainy like 2007. The amount of kids walking around was less, but of course, there was lots of candy to be had in this kid-friendly neighborhood.
And what would Halloween be without a pumpkin carving by Kazuo? This year, it’s Snoopy and Iron Man!
One of the homes at the end of the street went all out with their Halloween decorations while another home’s interior was already decked out for Christmas with a (fake) Christmas tree and a life-sized Santa Claus(!). Those MMauka-ians take seasonal decorating seriously… unless you’re a fan of Charlie Brown and the dead tree branch.
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Reading About Drobo
Finally got around to checking out the external data storage system called Drobo. Sounds like a handy product to store massive amount of data, and it looks cool too. Good for redundant Time Machine backups and can even share out your iTunes library ala DroboApps (Firefly) and a Droboshare.
The basic unit is kinda costly starting around $500 with no drives. If you have extra SATA hard drives lying around, then you start with these, otherwise you need to buy at least two drives to start with so factor that cost in as well.
With Christmas coming soon, this might be a great (functional) present.