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Over the weekend, there was some bogus comments left so I turned on comment moderation for Pulpconnection. What this means is that your comment won’t be shown until I approve it. Sorry, but didn’t want the junk comments from detracting from genuine words.
No Starbucks Specials for You!
Well for Hawaii residents anyways. There are quite a few on-going regional specials that Starbucks is offering, but I don’t see any for Hawaii.
For example, in New York Metro, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Boston and Detroit, you can get a free iced coffee on Wednesdays. In Atlanta and Indianapolis, hot or iced coffee is free on Wednesdays (if you have a special coffee card). You can see a list of regional promotions on Starbucks’ blog site that doesn’t act like a blog site. There are no permalinks to link directly to a post so you have to scroll down and look for the post titled “New Value Promotions.”
However, this doesn’t mean that generous SBUX employees in HI won’t honor these regional promotions. So if you happen to have a Free Iced Brewed Coffee Card, you can try it out around town.
The Vivanno Cometh
No, it’s not a car, but Starbucks’ new nutritious blended fruit drinks launching today. The Vivanno Nourishing Blends feature flavors like the Orange Mango Banana and Banana Chocolate and contain at least one serving of fruit.
And yes, you can customize these drinks like adding a shot of espresso. Not sure if I’ll try this drink (unless it’s free). Would rather get a Frappuccino or an Orange Dream Machine from Jamba Juice.
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PhoneSaber for the iPhone FUN!
No practical purposes for this iPhone app, but PhoneSaber is admittedly fun. Using the built-in accelerometer, your iPhone can sense movement and mimic lightsaber sounds and battles.
Jedi masters around the galaxies are shaking their heads in disgust.
I think you’ll need an iPhone case with a wrist strap (like a Wii remote) for this app. Otherwise, your PhoneSaber might suffer some drops when dueling Darth Vader.
No Closures for Hawaii Starbucks
Even though Starbucks is closing 600 of its coffee shops nationwide, it looks like Hawaii coffee drinkers don’t have to worry about their local SBUX going away… just yet. According to this list of first closures, there are no Hawaii locations listed.
To celebrate, head on down to the nearest Starbucks and hug your barista today!
Low-Jo Be Ballin
Good to hear that ballers with Hawaii ties are trying to make the League.
Go Low-Jo!!
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Why I Need an iPhone 2.0, Parts 9 and 10
For completeness purposes, here is the conclusion of the Why I Need an iPhone 2.0 series.
Part 9. I can’t understand what the animals are saying.
Part 10. It’s all about Elmo. He never wants to know about me.
Now that the iPhone 3G is in the house, this series is done, and I’ve discovered 10 faux phones in our household and vehicles.
- Part 1. Missing numbers.
- Part 2. The princess phone.
- Part 3. Lost antenna.
- Part 4. Funny ringtones.
- Part 5. Talk to Squawky.
- Part 6. For Fancy Nancy.
- Part 7. Runs Windows SmartPhone OS.
- Part 8. Talk to Nemo.
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iPhone 3G In the House!!
After sitting out the first wave of iPhone mania and thanks to the great donations by Kim and Co, Coco Bean, and even Wayne’s World, I finally succumbed and joined the iPhone family.
I headed to the Windward AT&T store on Friday morning after dropping off the van for servicing right across the street. At 7am, there was already a long line. Someone counted and said we were in the 60s. AT&T employees, Drake and John, came by and explained the “rules” – seven employees working in the store, limited number of customers allowed in, about 15 minutes per transaction. Then the waiting began…
It started to drizzle, but the line was under covering. Drake came by with water a few times but wouldn’t reveal how many iPhones were available citing the information was proprietary to AT&T. Finally he did come around and counted people notifying some towards the back of the line that their odds of getting an iPhone were poor.
The 16-gig models ran out first, black then white. When my spot in line came near the store, security told the line it had to move away from the other store entrances. We moved out from the shaded covering into the hot sun. And let me say business at the other stores was slow anyways, so why make everyone uncomfortable for the business that is doing a lot of business?
Anyways after three hours in line, I got to the front where John did the pre-purchase work filling out forms with service plan, accessories, etc. He got me to go higher on everything, but at the cashier’s desk, I was able to scale back my bill. And hey, there is a 15% federal discount on monthly bills (not on the cost of the iPhone).
At long last, here it is.
There was no way I was going to one of the Apple Stores for this iPhone release. I figured it would be a madhouse. And it was according to Ryan’s pictures.
Possible Pulpconnection Prize?
Just got this which could turn into a Pulpconnection prize for the 100K Giveaway. A fashionable Tokidoki bag!
Creative artwork
Hey, when did LeSportsac change its name?
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Return of the JoJo and Dangers of Inflatable Pools
The ringleader, JoJo, is in town up to his mischievous ways.
Here he is egging on others to demonstrate the dangers of inflatable swimming pools. No worries, no one was harmed. ;)