Blu is back with COMBO
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009The amazingly talented Blu turns an old building into a stop motion animation.
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Two Non-Fat, No-Whip Starbucks Apps, Coming Right Up.
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
Now that Starbucks has at least one store on every corner, where are they to go? To the iPhone, of course. In true Starbucks fashion, they’re not rolling out just one app – oh, no! They’ve got two apps. Next thing you know, there will be a Starbucks app within your Starbucks app, fighting tooth and nail to bring in more than the Starbucks app across the street.
The first app, myStarbucks, is essentially an iPhone port of their Store Locator with a few bonus features tucked in. You can search for stores around you, of course – but you can also drill down within these results based off of your criteria, such as whether or not the store is currently open. You can also toss together virtual versions of your favorite drink, calculating the calorie count as you go. (Heads up: your drink? Probably a bit worse for you than you would have guessed.)
The second, Starbucks Card Mobile, is exactly what it sounds like: a Starbucks Card management app. Want to check your card balance without bugging the barista to slide your card for the 30th time this week? Hop into the application. Want to toss more money onto the card without, you know, having to talk to anyone? Use the app! Sure, all that could be done through the web interface previously – but here’s the killer twist: in select locations, you can pay with your card by having the barista scan an on-screen barcode. Next time carrying around a 1mm thick plastic card is too inconvenient – don’t worry, you’ve got an iPhone.Testing of the mobile payment system is currently going down in (where else?) Seattle and parts of the Silicon Valley. You can check out both apps here.
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Store Locator (with bonus features) and mobile payment apps from Starbucks.
OM-Goods.com – Carry your Food Clean
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
Celebrating Alaska’s newly found independence.
Saturday, July 4th, 2009 
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My friend after the weekend’s excess
Monday, June 22nd, 2009 
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Discovering new music
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009I’ve been spending a decent amount of time recently over at The Sixty One where I can discover such amazing things as acapella covers of Journey songs, mashups of Emimem & Enya and Celtic/Bhangra fusion.
One of the fun things about the site is that you earn reputation by saving and “hearting” songs. As the songs gain popularity, your reputation on the site grows. There are also quests to complete, such as listening to a certain number of songs from a particular section of the site or at a certain time of day. My current task is to listen to at least 20 times more songs than I give hearts to in a particular day, with a minimum of 5 songs awarded hearts. I have about 10 songs left, but my laptop is insisting that it can’t connect to the network. This is the same network to which my iPhone has happily attached itself, despite having a much smaller antenna than that of the laptop.
I’m definitely not feeling any love for XP right now. I have a feeling that a complete reinstall will be happening soon. Who knows, it may actually get a real OS installed instead.
Interesting thoughts about Windows Mobile and the US carriers
Thursday, February 26th, 2009In an article on Engadget titled Switched On: The “phonetastic four” versus Windows Mobile, Ross Rubin mentions that of the four major US mobile phone companies, not one of them has a Windows Mobile phone as their “flagship offering”. AT&T (my current provider of choice) has the almighty iPhone 3G (again, my current phone), Verizon has the BlackBerry Storm, T-Mobile has the Android powered G-1 and Sprint will be the first to offer the upcoming Palm Pre.
He mentions that Verizon Wireless might be Microsoft’s best shot at getting a WinMo phone back into the spotlight and I tend to agree, partially because of his arguments, but also because of another reason – the similarities between the two companies. Both are behemoths in their respective industries and neither one seems to quite “get it”. I have sampled the wares of both of these giants, for work purposes in both cases, and have always been left feeling a little short changed. I actually have similar feelings toward the suggested manufacturer – Lucky Goldstar (going by their more chic initials these days).
Return of the complimentary beverages
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009The powers that be at US Airways have decided that charging for non alcoholic beverages is a bad idea after all. The main reason for this, from what I can gather is that nobody else jumped on board with this particular charge, unlike the extra bag fees. I have admitted previously to having paid this fee, and it wasn’t all that painful, but if it’s free again, I’m not complaining. I guess it’s one less thing to pay for on my next trip.
Should a restaurant play Templ…
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009Should a restaurant play Temple of the Dog’s “Hunger Strike”?
At IHOP for some free pancakes…
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009At IHOP for some free pancakes. It goes until 10pm. Remember to donate to the sick kids on your way out.
