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Can Apple’s stock actually hit $600 per share? Selling iPods, iPhones, and Macs can only go so far. But then you hear about this crazy patent Apple applied for. Consider this the equivalent to Disneyland’s FastPass service where participating customers can jump to the front of the line.

Say you’re nearing a Starbucks and instead of waiting in line to place your order and waiting in line to get your iced grande, non-fat peppermint mocha, you place your order wirelessly (with an iPhone I assume). Then you’re notified wirelessly when your order is ready, and you can saunter in, pick up the drink for “Snoop,” and be on your merry way. Of course, payment would all be electronic behind the scenes stuff.

Maybe $600 a share is reachable…

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Your Own Nike+ Ad?

Pretty cool. Nike is going after “real people” to provide their stories using the Nike+ running gear. Lucky Paul Stamatiou got his own commercial and talked about the entire process.

It’d be cool to be in a Nike commercial for any of their products. Yeah, I’m a Nike+ user who’s been slowly logging some miles. And at times, I do look like a running Nike billboard, decked out in Nike gear, and now Amp+ -ed out.

On the other hand, if I had a commercial, it’d be boring watching me run to my turn around point and back. Not much scenery unless you count a few geese and ducks hanging out by the lake.

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Small, Medium, and Huge A$$

I didn’t know local store Don Quijote had multiple sizes of plastic carrying bags. I knew about the small clear bag and the now regular green bag. But did you see the huge a$$ bag they now have?


I think it’s specially ordered for the fireworks sale.

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Played Apples to Apples

My nieces got the game called Apples to Apples. Never heard of it, and it sounds like a kids’ game, but it’s actually fun. It’s like a word association game where players try and make the best match to the “green apple” topic card. The player who is the judge for that round picks what he thinks is the best match.

It’s a simple game to learn and anyone can play. But I think it’s best to have players within the same age group. Younger players go with the literal meaning of the topics so humor and innuendo are lost with them. For example, in our game, the topic card was “lazy.” From my hand, I played the card “Britney Spears.” Unfortunately, that didn’t win the round being beat out by “rust.” Yes, rust.

Even playing only a single game, it’s obvious that you have to play the judge, meaning you have to pick an answer you think the judge would go for. If it’s a younger judge, go with literal matches. If the judge is humorous, go for a fun match.

Anyone up for a game?

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Just Looking…

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Didn’t get any kicks for Christmas this year. I’m just looking…

Nike Trainer Dunk Low – Black – Camo – Bo Jackson would be proud.

Air Jordan Enhancer – eh, okay, but the oversized jumpman logo really stands out. Good advertising for teams playing on television.

Air Force 1 x Air Jordan III Fusion – love them Air Jordan cross overs.

Air Jordan XX3 – possibly the last in the Jordan line.

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Happy Holidays Humor

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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all! Just a little flashback of holiday humor and Christmas pranks from years gone by.

The Best Christmas Gift Ever

“Where’s my iPod?”

And a roundup of Pulpconnection’s 2007 Holiday Gift Guide.

  1. Ainevano tee shirt
  2. Gold Poopy Pills
  3. Sugar Bowl Merchandise
  4. Nike Zoom LeBron V
  5. Hawaiiana by Tia Carrere
  6. Helvetica, the Movie
  7. Mac Software Deals
  8. Starbucks Cheer
  9. UH Warrior Football Helmet Wall Graphic
  10. Elements Hawaii Gift Cards
  11. UPS Backup
  12. Guitar Hero for the Mac
  13. Bob(by) Nash UH Jersey
  14. UH Football WAC Champions Shirt
  15. iTunes Gift Cards from Costco
  16. Spider Spud Potato Head
  17. BMW M3 Sedan
  18. Britney’s Blackout
  19. Gold MacBook Pro
  20. Nike Amp+ (For Real This Time)

Merry Christmas!

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Review: Vudu Movie Service (Part 1)

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What do you think of when you hear about voodoo and movies?

How about Major League’s Pedro Cerrano making offerings to Jobu to banish fear out of his bats? How about a scare tactic used against Nick Nolte and Jacqueline Bisset in The Deep? Or how about a convoluted plot of revenge in the Blue Bayou between Denise Richards, Neve Campbell, and Matt Dillon in Wild Things?

Did you ever imagine this?


Vudu.com is a new on-line movie service letting customers rent or buy movies using their sleek Vudu box. Vudu joins Tivo, AppleTV, Netflix, and Joost (to some extent) in the watch-at-home movie market.

Thanks to a grassroots viral marketing campaign by a dedicated employee, I managed to get a Vudu box to witness Vudu’s movie magic. Let’s take a look.

Me and Movies
Me and movies? I’ve been to two movies in about two years – Star Wars III and X-Men: The Last Stand where everyone dies. That’s it. So, I’m no critic, and my only recent exposure to films has been watching trailers.

There are other sources for movies you say? How about a Tivo partnered with Amazon Unbox? Sorry, for some reason, I never cared for Tivo’s monthly subscription fees. How about an AppleTV along with the iTunes Store? I’m still an old school holdout without a HDTV unlike these guys. Until my current set breaks, I’m sticking with it, and that’s why no AppleTV since it only supports newer television sets with HDMI or component video. I’m looking for the composite yellow or S-video port. Netflix is good, and I used to be a subscriber. Again those monthly fees started buggin’ me especially when I watched very few discs in a month. I don’t got the time to keep watching flicks or have the effort to burn copies of the discs. So there went Netflix. Joost? Well, it’s neat and looks good on my big screen Mac, but content is lacking. Watching a channel only of Transformers cartoons is fun for only so long.

My movie profile summarized – I don’t like monthly subscription fees (sorry Tivo and Netflix). I need to support my retro, analog television set (sorry AppleTV), and I want some decent selection of content (sorry Joost and iTunes Store).

Welcome to Vudu
The Vudu service is at the sweet spot of fitting my needs. Users buy or rent movies without any monthly fees. The cost of movies is reasonable ranging from $3 to rent up to $20 to own ($24 for HD movies). And content selection is good with nearly 5000 movies and now television shows.

Here are a few obligatory unboxing shots.

The Vudu packaging (the box is heavy!)

Took a page out of Apple’s playbook with the cardboard covering with a special message.

All the accessories you need.

The Vudu box.

The included instructions are minimalist and are kinda funny when it says stuff like this targeted for Everyone.

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Pour Some Sugar on Me, the iMix

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The Pour Some Sugar on Me giveaway produced an interesting array of tunes that contain any of the words: sugar, sweet, warrior, or dog. Here is an iTunes iMix of the songs for your enjoyment.

The winning songs are:

  • Sweet Surrender – Sarah McLachlan, picked by Coco Bean
  • The Sweet Escape – Gwen Stefani, picked by bklyngrl
  • Signs – Snoop Dogg, picked by boi
  • Sweet Child O’ Mine – GNR, picked by NYT

Get the Bound for the Sugar Bowl iMixicon

Enjoy!

3 Musketeers Mint Bar Is Minty and Small

Found the new yummy sounding 3 Musketeers Mint bar at Longs and needed to do a taste test. First off, I think 3 Musketeers is my favorite candy bar to eat. The silver wrapper is just bling-alicious, the bar looks huge and seems like a bargain, and to top it off, 3 Musketeers has 45% less fat than other chocolate bars. So you don’t have to feel that guilty while indulging.

But look, the new mint bar is much smaller than the regular 3 Musketeers.


No wonder, the mint bar is less fattening!

Oddly enough, the “bar” is actually two mini bars. Biting into the minty dark chocolate reminded me of a marshmallow chocolate bunny around Easter time. Unlike the whipped up inside of a regular 3 Musketeers, the inside of the mint bar is like a minty marshmallow. The mint flavor is noticeably cool. The mint bar tastes okay, and I’d get it again, but I won’t be sad if this variation turned into a seasonal treat.

As a related aside, Twix has their new peanut butter flavor, Twix PB. But didn’t they have a peanut butter Twix before? Is it really new?

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