Latest Club 939 Ad
If you haven’t seen it in the Honolulu Advertiser, here is the latest Club 939 ad.
Addendum: Maybe Jessica Alba did go visit Club 939 after all?
Apple Got the Christmas Gadget Gift Covered!
Looks like Apple’s pretty much got a lock for gadget gifts this Christmas. With the introduction of the iPod Shuffle, the Nano, and just yesterday, the video iPod, Apple got all bases covered for the cool Christmas gift this year. Beginners and young’ens can start with the Shuffle, the trendsetters got to have a Nano, and others like Shawna, Nagmai, and T are fiending for the video iPod.
If iPods ain’t your thing, a new iMac makes an excellent family Christmas gift, just ask the Tabasco Man!
Interesting Observations about Apple’s Announcements
Read two articles that made interesting observations about the potential impact of Apple’s new announcements (video iPod, Front Row).
Apple’s Telegraphed Punch
Brief Observations Regarding the New Stuff Announced at Today’s Special Event
Video iPod and Ripped Content
My wife was asking me if the new video iPod could play other things other than videos and TV shows available from the iTunes Music Store. How about movies legally backed up from your own personal DVDs then encoded to the H.264 format and copied to your iPod? Could you watch these movies on the iPod or video out the iPod to a TV? Interesting question…
When Tabasco Man gets his new iMac and new iPod, he has to give us an answer.
Update: Looks like an answer is already out there to do this.
Update 2: You can transfer and watch your own movies to the video iPod. Here’s the article.
You Know You’re in the Wrong Crowd When…
So after reading a bunch of recent articles about the popularity and growing use of blogs and learning a thing or two from
Buzz Marketing with Blogs for Dummies, I suggested the use of an internal blog system at a workplace improvement meeting.
There’s been complaints that information is not being shared with other staff members and people not knowing what others are up to. After maintaining this site and keeping up with Wayne’s World and CCTWT, I see how blogs are a natural fit to keep people informed, provide a way to get feedback and comments, and is more effective than email for getting information out there.
But, I knew I was in the wrong crowd when they asked for a printed copy of this proposal. Sigh…
Announcements from Apple’s Special Event
Lots of (unconfirmed) news coming out of Apple’s Special Event.
- New thinner iMac with integrated iSight camera and media card reader
- Bluetooth remote control “Frontrow”
- Photobooth application??
- New PowerMacs
- New video iPods with TV out
- New iTunes 6.0. Can now buy music videos and TV shows like Desperate Housewives for $1.99
Details, details are coming…
Update: Apple’s website is now updated with the new products.
Cosmo’s Top Bachelor in Hawaii
According to Cosmopolitan, Jamie Keli’i Kaku Tamashiro is the top bachelor for Hawaii. This month’s issue of Cosmo features a bachelor blowout where the Honolulu based, 26-year old fitness instructor won Hawaii’s top honor. Here are a few excerpts from Mr. Tamashiro’s bio.
Crucial chick trait: “The number-one thing that I look for in a girl is genuine sweetness, the kind that can’t be faked.
Sexiest girl getup: “A baby tee and a pair of tight boxers.”
Turn-him-off tactic: “It’s fine for a girl to talk about herself, but I dislike when she exaggerates about how good she is, how much money she makes or how many guys want to be with her.”
Kiss bliss: “I’m a huge fan of very soft and slow kisses on the lips.”
Read more about Mr. Tamashiro then see the rest of the bachelors.
I am appalled that Wayne’s World didn’t win this title! I mean an eligible engineer, making a good income, about to be promoted, provided security to Governor Lingle, maintains a righteous blog, and is a genuine nice guy. Juiced, I say!!
My First Sudoku Puzzle
I finally finished my first sudoku puzzle in the daily paper. After the Mililani Packrat explained the rules, I decided to give it a shot. The “easy Monday” puzzle took me a while, especially while watching tapes of Charmed, Desperate Housewives, and Smallville.
I didn’t check my answers so I hope they’re correct. 😉
The Lake Show’s in Town
NBA team, the Los Angeles Lakers, are holding their training camp in Hawaii, leading up to exhibition games against the Golden State Warriors on October 11 and 12. The Lakers missed the playoffs last year and don’t seem much improved this year other than the return of coach Phil Jackson.
The Lakers’ coaching staff has more talent than their current roster. In their heyday, I’d take a team of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Scottie Pippen, Kurt Rambis, and Brian Shaw over Kwame Brown, Devean George, Aaron McKie, Stanislav Medvedenko, and “Smush” Parker(?!). Only Kobe and Lamar Odom got solid NBA cred.
Babies in the News
Recently, there’s been lots of talk in the news about babies.
Britney and Kevin are tending to Sean Preston Federline. Nicholas Cage named his newborn super son, Kal-el Coppola Cage. Sex-ty year old Rod Stewart found out he’s going to be a father again. Engaged Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise are expecting a child, who will be born silently following Scientology guidelines.
Oh yeah, John, Shari, and Lauren are expecting an addition to their family. Shari, not a Church of Scientology practitioner, vows to scream and curse at John during the delivery. Congratulations!
Adventures in Hawaii Kai
Got some catching up to do…
Last week, went to the East side for dim sum and happened to catch the grand opening of Beard Papa’s, the maker of fresh ‘n natural cream puffs, located in the Koko Marina Foodland. The short line took forever to move. We ordered 6 puffs and were in line for about 30 minutes! I’m no expert, but from my introduction to the efficiencies of Lean Six Sigma, I would recommend the guy packing the puffs be “cross-trained” into another position. How hard is it to take an already cooked puff, fill it with cream, powder it, then pack it in a box?
The puffs are good. Crispy on the outside and sweet with a lot of filling on the inside. Eventually, more varieties will be added to the menu after the production line gets their act smoothed out.
After downing the puffs, we drove to the lifestyled Safeway in search of chocolately fruity goodness and proceeded to clear out their inventory of the Coffeemate Chocolate Raspberry creamer.
Check out my pictures of Beard Papa’s grand opening and the lifestyled Safeway.
Bonus: Some local guy’s quest to try Beard Papa’s puffs from Shirokiya.