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Stampede for Used iBooks

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CNN is carrying a story about folks stampeding to get their hands on used iBooks for $50. These 4-year old laptops were used in the Henrico County School district in Virginia and are being phased out. Fights ensued, a lady pee-ed on herself, and a dude used a folding chair to beat back those who tried to cut in line. Then all the Hulkamanics rose up and… oh wait, wrong venue.

Would this happen if the laptops were Dells?

Update: Videos of the stampede are available here. A slideshow of photos is here.

Update x2: Hey, is that X to the Z, Xzibit of MTV’s Pimp My Ride fame, in the white jersey scrambling for an iBook?

Update x3: Some entrepreneurs are cashing in on this event with this t-shirt.

Ironing in a Thong

After coming home one night, we look across the way and see our neighbor doing some ironing wearing nothing but a thong. Not the slippers kind of thong, but the full on, cheek-splitting kind. There’s something you don’t see everyday.

Bye Bye Midnight Ohana

So long UH basketball Midnight Ohana. Due to a new NCAA regulation, teams can now “start practice at 7 p.m. on the first Friday before Oct. 15” Instead of having the first practice at midnight, teams can begin at a more respectable hour-not a bad proposition for the aging UH fan base. The Honolulu Advertiser has the full story.

Never been to a UH Midnight Ohana even during the AC Carter and Alika Smith heydays. Sorry, Riley Wallace, I’m still passing even with the new start time.

Got a Shuffle!

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Okay, so cutting back on workouts and not watching what I eat isn’t good for the old waistline. But thanks to a promotion by Macys and Dockers, there’s an upside to all of this. Fat daddy has a new phat iPod Shuffle. Wow, it’s tiny.

Bones on Fox


Fox has a new TV series, Bones, starting on September 13. Here’s an snippet of the show’s description:

…the darkly amusing drama BONES, inspired by real-life forensic anthropologist and novelist Kathy Reichs. Forensic anthropologist DR. TEMPERANCE BRENNAN (Emily Deschanel, “Boogeyman”), who works at the Jeffersonian Institution and writes novels as a sideline, has an uncanny ability to read clues left behind in a victim’s bones. … Brennan often finds herself teamed with Special Agent SEELEY BOOTH (David Boreanaz, “Angel”), a former Army sniper who mistrusts science and scientists when it comes to solving crimes. Brennan and Booth clash both professionally and personally, but so far the chemistry between them has only played out in a fictionalized account in Brennan’s latest mystery novel.

David (“Angel”) Boreanaz resurfaces in this doomed show. I mean just look at the cast-not so pretty.

Journey in the #8 Spot on iTMS


Journey’s classic tune Don’t Stop Believin‘ is in the number 8 spot on the iTunes Music Store Top Songs. What’s up with that? It’s a great song, but an anachronism no? (How’s that use of an SAT word? Props to Charlie Proctor!)

Okay, I just did a Google search, and Metafilter has a discussion going. Seems like this song was featured on the second season premiere of Laguna Beach on MTV. I’ve been to Laguna Beach but never watched this show.

Models in Club 939 Ads

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It was recently pointed out that the model used in Club 939’s newspaper advertisements is not your typical local girl. If the club is now under local management, why isn’t a “local” model pictured in the ad?

Anyone want to be the local face of 939? Call 808-952-9300 to apply. Alli? Shannon?

Update: Local management has heard the complaints from the blogsphere and is responding with a new ad featuring local girl Apple. Check out Amateur Night on Mondays @939.

Update x2: The new 939 ad with Apple has been posted! Comment away!

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