Catching Up: Tango Contemporary Cafe
Doing some catching up with old(er) material. Had dinner at Tango Contemporary Cafe before the family epidemic began. Some pics of the food.
I’m no food critic so check out Myong’s insightful review of Tango.
Time to Recharge
Taking some time to recharge a bit after a long week. That unknown viral bug wiped out our entire family and caused a stay at the hospital for a bunch of fortunately negative tests. Then there was the fire at the adjacent Central Union preschool. Caused some commotion within the hospital, but the staff handled the “Code Red” very well. Couldn’t tell there was a fire except for the reek of smoke everywhere.
Had to miss the inaugural PodcampHawaii, but there’s just too many things going on now to break away. So it’s time to step back awhile, recharge, and do some brainless stuff like watch True Blood, Dancing with the Stars, and Yo Gabba Gabba.
And speaking of recharging, I need one of these replacement battery chargers.
Rare Starbucks Sight
This might be the first for me – seeing a shutdown Starbucks location.
Like McDonalds in its heyday, once a location opened, it’d be there forever. Not so anymore. This is the location inside the Hokua luxury condo planned for closure along with four other SBUX locations in Hawaii.
Twilight Well Stocked
Not sure if Borders is gearing up for a rush of purchases as the Twilight movie approaches, or if they just are overstocked.
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This Is a Legit Product?
Can losing weight be this simple? With the Rodeo Pro, all you have to do is sit and “let the machine tone and strengthen your body!” How easy is that? The Rodeo Pro is designed for “those who are just plain lazy!”
Looks bogus (and somewhat naughty) to me.
Oceanic, CableCards, Tivo, and SDV
I’m going ahead with ordering CableCards from Oceanic Cable for my Tivo. The eventual hope is that Oceanic provides tuning adapters to view the Switched Digital Video (SDV) channels that contain more HD content (at a reduced cost).
I’m hoping this $40K fine by the FCC for not providing SDV solutions will keep Oceanic straight.
Amazon Site Stripe Testing
Just testing out the new Amazon Site Stripe feature for affiliates. Makes it a lot easier to link to products available via Amazon and eliminates a lot of extra steps. I like it.
Here’s the new Twilight illustrated movie companion easily added using the Site Stripe.
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Going Ahead with CableCards
Called Oceanic Cable, Hawaii’s Time Warner cable company, and started the process to get CableCards for my Tivo. This is supposed to provide HDTV channels of local stations for $3.10 a month to rent the CableCard. Not much, but I wanted to try it out.
Even though Oceanic is migrating to Switched Digital Video (SDV), they don’t yet have the tuning adapters needed to view these HD-migrated channels. This Time Warner SDV page only leads me to the generic Oceanic web site without details of SDV. The customer rep I talked to didn’t have any other details either.
The Diamond Head Classic Cometh
Now this is a surprise. UH will be hosting a new college basketball tournament starting in 2009. The Diamond Head Classic will feature 8 teams (hopefully big name ones) playing right around Christmas. This Classic won’t replace the current Rainbow Classic so I guess the Rainbow Classic is moving its time slot.
Too bad the Aloha Stadium couldn’t transform into a basketball venue. If the Warrirors football team plays on Christmas day, the men’s basketball squad could follow. But then again, the level of drunkenness might be too much come tip off time.
And let’s hope the seats purchasing is changed up for the new DH Classic. You ever been to a men’s basketball game? Only seats you can get are way up top or behind the baselines. Yet there’s a bunch of empty seats down below. These are owned by long time patrons who don’t go to the games anymore. Sure easy money, but why not give new fans a chance to root for the Bows by letting them scoop up these great seats and fill the stands with some raucous noise? Would look great on television, better than the older generation stoically sitting there.
Hope my corporate sponsor continues their generous ways to the Hawaii athletic system and purchases seats for the Diamond Head Classic. 😉
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Dancing with the Stars Is All Brooke, Lance, and Cloris
After Week 4 of Dancing with the Stars, the competition is all Brooke, Lance, and Cloris(?!). Even after a too erotic samba (I guess there’s such a thing), Brooke Burke is still the leading lady, and Lance Bass is the only guy that can catch her. Even though Cloris Leachman won’t win the mirror ball trophy based on her dancing technique, she is disrupting the votes with her form of painful entertainment.
Everyone else (so far) is just carnage for the Brooke/Lance finals showdown. Rocco DiSpirito and Susan Lucci are soon to go. Unless Maurice Greene can really put things together, he’s not far behind. Who knows, Cloris may outlast these three.
Then there’s Toni Braxton, Cody Linley, and Warren Sapp. All three have potential but not enough to beat the top tier. Toni moves well, but I just don’t see her at the finish line. Cody has evaporated the advantage of Julianne Hough. The youngest professional dancer, Julianne had been paired with older dudes in past seasons, creating a fantasy of old guy and young hottie. Not so with Cody who’s even younger than Julianne. Now, this age thing is just icky. I love to watch the joy of Warren Sapp, and it’s amazing to see this huge guy who can’t easily fit through a doorway but can walk on his hands. But is he dancing elite?
My favorite performances from this week are: Brooke Burke’s erotic samba, Cloris doing the tango, and the goth Lacey and Lance.
Brooke Burke and Derek Hough’s too erotic samba with Brooke’s wardrobe adjustment at the 1:48 mark.
Cloris Leachman doing the tango that only she can do.
Lance and Lacey go gothic to Disturbia.
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