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Jess(ica) for You

Jessica Simpson really, really digs you, you know. And to prove it, she’ll personalize her new song, A Public Affair, with your name in it.

Okay, you have to pay $2 for the song and like, multiple versions of the song are available with common names, but who cares? It’s kind of a neat idea.

Tabasco Man, you’ll have to wait awhile, but T, Wayne’s World, and Angry Asian Girl, you’re all covered if you want the ex-Mrs. Lachey to sing to you.

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Securing the Homeland Requires iPods

The Washingtonpost.com is carrying a story about purchasing abuse within the Homeland Security Department. Some interesting facts:

“more than 10,000 Homeland Security employees carry purchase cards for business-related expenses… with a spending limit that was raised to $250,000 for emergencies after Hurricane Katrina hit…”

purchased were “12 Apple iPod Nanos and 42 iPod Shuffles, worth $7,000, for Secret Service ‘training and data storage.’ Because the Shuffles cost less than $300, the Secret Service said they were not required to track them to ensure they were used properly”

“A beer brewing kit and ingredients for more than $1,000 for a Coast Guard official to brew alcohol while on duty as a social organizer for the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.”

“Federal Emergency Management Agency cannot locate 107 laptops, 22 printers and two GPS units worth $170,000. FEMA also cannot find 12 of 20 boats the agency bought for $208,000…”

Wayne’s World, as a key player in securing the Homeland, I think you should return some of these items you’re “borrowing.”

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Battlestar Galactica Season 3 Preview

A one-minute preview of the upcoming season of BSG is available on YouTube. At the end of Season 2, the Battlestars had to bug out when the Cyclons attacked New Caprica(?). Since years have gone by, there are some significant changes that have happened and the preview hints at some of them. Check out Colonel Tigh’s eye patch.

There’s a slight audio and video mismatch but better than nothing. The season begins on October 3(!!).

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Trouble with iPod Shuffles?

There’s an active discussion on Apple’s Support Forum about failing iPod Shuffles. The LED light on failed iPod Shuffles will flash alternating green and orange then become unusable despite recovery efforts.

So far so good with my Shuffle although it did stop playing recently. I turned it off and on and pressed the buttons a few times and finally it started playing again. It’s been okay since.

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Word of the Day: Allegory

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Allegory – a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.

Example. Is this picture an allegory of Lord Darth Vader and Mr. Club 939?

The iTunes Movie Store Cometh?

According to rumor-site-that’s-pretty-darn-accurate Think Secret, Steve Jobs will unveil the iTunes Movie Store during the upcoming Worldwide Developer’s Conference in August. Downloaded movies will be time crippled and become unplayable after a specified period of time.

This is in contrast to music purchased from the iTunes Music Store where buyers have unlimited playback of their songs. Supposedly, the major movie studios would only go with a rental-based model instead of owning movies outright.

So the next follow on question is, what would you watch these downloaded movies on? Is time ripe for THE video iPod to make its appearance? Much anticipation for August 7!

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Who Spew?

Which one of these things is not like the others?

Wie Spew Gee Why Spew Uchinanchu Spew
Michelle Wie
Golfing at 2PM on a hot day		 Me
Running at 2PM on a hot day		 Aunty Uchinanchu
Partying at 2AM
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Asked to Leave Lenscrafters

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Let me rewind a bit. After a routine eye exam, my doctor said my prescription has been changing over the years and recommended getting new eyeglasses. Only having had like two, maybe three, pairs of glasses before, I really don’t know where to go so I figured I go to LensCrafters since they’re around most malls.

I went to Downtown Pearlridge to the Lenscrafters next to Longs. Instead I find a vacant spot with a sign saying they’ve relocated to a new location in Uptown Pearlridge (no specifics on location where though). So after getting lunch and a drink from Seattle’s Best, I go to Uptown. I headed towards the Borders side of Uptown figuring there’s lots of space for new stores, but the store wasn’t there. I finally found it next to Macys where McDonalds used to be. It’s a nice place that just opened that day.

As I’m walking around looking at the wall of eyeglass frames, one of the workers comes up to me. But instead of greeting me, she (politely) asks me to leave the store since I have a drink, my coffee from Seattle’s Best. I was surprised since this has rarely happened especially in this age of supersized drinks, juice stores, and coffee bars being the trend. And oh yeah, there’s no sign or anything at the entrance saying the usual “No pets or food allowed.”

I told the employee that I was surprised about this, and she said they wanted to keep the store clean since they just opened. Understandable, but then again this is Pearlridge Mall which is a shopping center which relies on foot traffic, and there are eating places in the mall, and it is flanked by Starbucks in Borders, in the center, and near Circuit City, and it is only a matter of time before the store gets tainted. Oh well… I oblige and walk outside to finish my drink.

Then a few minutes later, a little girl with her dad goes into Lenscrafters, and the girl is drinking a juice smoothie from Robeks(?). So I watch her while standing right in the entry way of the store. I see the same employee who asked me to leave look at the girl, but she does nothing! She doesn’t go to the father and ask them to leave the store. What’s up with that? Okay, I do respect being asked to leave the store due to my drink but not following this so-called policy in a consistent fashion is not right. If you ask me to leave because of a drink, ask EVERYONE with a drink to please leave the store.

So Lenscrafters in Uptown Pearlridge, you lost a customer on your opening day. Instead of trusting and welcoming your customers, you treated them to inconsistent policy and worried more about the aesthetics of your store. Unfortunately, since I don’t know much about eyeglasses, I’ll probably have to go back to a Lenscrafters, but it’ll be another location.

Inspired by the ranting of the Angry Asian Girl.

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