We have a new home!

Please visit http://www.alfredchow.com for our new home.

-alfred

We have a new home!

Please visit http://www.alfredchow.com for our new home.

-alfred

Design your own Converse “Chucks”

Converse “Chuck Taylors (Chucks)” have been a staple icon for many people over the years and now it is your chance to make them your own. Was there ever a time where you said these would be the perfect shoe if they only had a red strip on the sole or wished it had your name on it? Now design your own pair of “Chucks.”

 

Not only is this a great chance to make it your own, but “a percentage of sales from the shoe you design will be donated to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

Mood Beams

Here is a cool little toy that I picked up at Sharper Image yesterday. Remember back in the day, when mood rings were popular, here is the new thing. It’s called Mood Beams. Mood Beams are collectable characters that show you how THEY feel with light. You can choose the mood that’s right for you and watch the five different colorful light shows: rainbow, strobe, color dance, and color hold. Sorry guys, you won’t be able to tell if the girl is hot for you, but I’m sure they will get a kick out of these.

Here is a pic of mine–

Johan Potma: between marketing and idealism

Johan Potma is an awesome Dutch artist with a very unique artistic. “His work is very much based around characters. Strange but endearing fantasy creatures with human and animalistic features.”

 

I found his art intriguing. You can check out some of his work at the Canvas Café in San Francisco and even purchase some of it if you have the funds.

 

Here are a few prints.

 

Visit him at http://www.johanpotma.com

 

Wife Approval Factor (W.A.F.)

What is WAF? Any male that has been in any serious relationship, or has had any experience the “significant other” has experienced this.  WAF is the Wife Approval Factor and it is more prevalent than many may think. As a male myself, I never consciously knew how much this affects my life, until I heard about this phenomenon on the radio. Sure, I have had my girl say “that’s not cute” or just give me that a disgusted looked when I find something that any male would find appealing, but I never though anything of it. I just remember the other day, I asked my girl, “what color do you think I should paint my room” even though I knew what I wanted to do. It could be anything from that cool new gadget, or that cool new piece of home theater, or even that new car you have been eyeing.

 

On larger retail level, Charles Hodges, director of consumer relations at RadioShack said, “We’ve made our displays more colorful and have placed headers above them to direct people to specific …we also changed our floor spacing, hired more women, and became an authorized Apple product retailer at the end of 2005.”

 

Even when I worked at Best Buy, there was a consumer segment called “Jill.” The Consumer Electronic Association found that women influence about 88%of home consumer electronic purchases and nearly 50% of the spending in the household. This “Jill” segment represented the average suburban soccer mom who hates to shop at Best Buy because they are most likely with their loud and bratty children. The way Best Buy catered to this segment was to include personal shopping assistants and day cares in some stores to help her shop.

 

The “Wife Approval Factor,” how has it affected your life?

Google acquires YouTube

It has been confirmed: Google has officially bought out YouTube for $1.65 billion in an all stock transaction.

Why couldn’t I have come up with the idea of YouTube? YouTube was started with three PayPal employees and what they did was utilize bandwidth, server storage and Adobe Flash technology; put it all together and now they are worth $1.65 BILLION. They didn’t even turn a profit while they owned the company.

Terracotta Warriors: It’s an action musical

Terracotta Warriors

The 8^th Wonder of the World Coming to Life

“Battles and conquest, forbidden love, burning of books, live burial of scholars and even the building of the Great Wall end with a final climax of the Dance of the Terracotta Warriors. The audience will marvel at the dance, music and action used to tell a story of power and lust, of betrayal and forbidden passion. It’s a theatrical event to be remembered!”

For more information, check out Terracotta Warriors

Falafel’s Drive In

Fa-la-fel: an appetizer or snack consisting of a small croquette made with fava-bean flour or ground chick peas, seasoned with toasted sesame seeds and salt, often served in pita bread.

In 1966, Anton and Zahie Nijmeh moved their family to San Jose, CA. They wanted to create a business that provided healthy and authentic foods for their children and their community. Their passion for home cooking drove them to open up a Drive-In. He started by selling hamburgers and slowly introduced his customers to his delicious falafels made from his own recipe.

The banana shake was awesome too!

Top Secret 10th Anniversary Elmo T.M.X

“Elmo fans should grab the new toy while they can, because industry analysts are already anticipating a shortage of Elmo T.M.X. over the holiday shopping season.” – CNNMoney.com It’s the top secret 10th Anniversary Elmo.

Why the big secret?

It’s part of the celebration of the tenth anniversary of Tickle Me Elmo’s debut. The top secret edition is called TMX Elmo, with the X representing the number ten.

Ten years ago, everyone’s favorite Sesame Street character made history as one of the most sought-after toys of all time. The toy caused a frenzy, with anxious toy shoppers waiting for hours in long lines when they heard news of a new shipment. Since Tickle Me Elmo’s 1996 introduction, he’s done the Chicken Dance, the Hokey Pokey and his very own version of Y-M-C-A.

What will Elmo do this year?

Find out by bidding on him today, and be one of the first to own what will be one of the holiday season’s hottest toys.

For those who are interested, leave a comment. I have been able to source out a few..