Article Archive for February 2012
Posted in IOS, ipad, iPhone on 10 February 2012
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Launch PaperKarma, the iOS app. Snap a pic of the junk mail you do not want. “We’ve spent the past year building up a huge database of U.S. companies that send mail (of) all types … For each company, we’ve figured out who the privacy officer is, or who in customer service manages their so […]
Posted in Film on 10 February 2012
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George Lucas Says Greedo ALWAYS Shot First … apparently we were just NOT watching close enough … “… But obviously it upset people because they wanted (Han) Solo … to be a cold-blooded killer, but he actually isn’t. It had been done in all close-ups and it was confusing about who did what to whom. […]
Posted in Disney Pixar on 10 February 2012
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Leandro Copperfield spent 11 days re-watching all 11 Pixar feature films, & hand-selected 500 scenes to made an amazing tribute to the best animation studio on the planet.
Posted in Apple, iPhone, Mobile on 9 February 2012
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A cool new publisher of mobile apps for kids called Weeblets has just launched a new free app (ad supported natch) for iPhone and Android owners called Spotisodes. What the heck is a Spotisode? Crudely put, think of it as a video-enhanced ‘Where’s Waldo?” type of game with songs. More succinctly put, The VeggieTales Spotisode […]
Posted in Food on 9 February 2012
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Shamrock Shakes are back and according to CNN, our long national nightmare is over, it’s available countrywide … apparently it was not available at every McD’s before but 2012 … it’s everywhere you have a hankering for a vanilla shake with green coloring and mint flavoring (whoops, did I let the secret out of the […]
Posted in Advertising on 9 February 2012
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40 years ago … seems like a long, long, long time ago is galaxy far, far, away … Alden’s (defunct chain that I have never heard of) 1972 Christmas Wish Book … You can check out the entire scanned catalog at FLIKR. Or the 1969 Mattel Barbie catalog … or dozens of fun catalogs stretching […]
Posted in History on 9 February 2012
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Updated for the 21st Century … “There’s a Good Credit badge and a Money Manager badge, Locavore, Website Designer, and Netiquette badges, a Science of Happiness badge, and, as a component of a cookie-badge program that has been expanded, a Customer Loyalty badge. At a time when girls have many extracurricular options, the wide-ranging revamp […]
Posted in Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 9 February 2012
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Does Target start putting up the Easter section right after Valentine’s Day (the 14th) even though Easter is 7 weeks after? But I guess you want 7 weeks of excitement for these Mattel Disney Pixar CARS 2 Easter egg CARS? Right? They should arrive with the Micro Drifters? And yes, the Easter eggs accompanying each […]
Posted in iPhone on 8 February 2012
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If you have an extra iPhone or your contract has ended and you want to wait for the iPhone 5 (most likely September) … here’s an option from Net10.
Posted in Film on 8 February 2012
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Now, when you’re boarded, you’ll know which lever dumps the cargo. 🙂 Maybe I can finally fix my hyperdrive … The Millennium Falcon Owner’s Workshop Manual. Don’t confuse it with this repair guide …