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Ooma This!

How would you like free long distance phone calls with no monthly fees?  Well, the newest take on broadband VoIP is ooma, which they say will be available next month. It’s similar to the other VoIP services like Vonage, but ...

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Frying Fish Review

Inside the Japanese Village Plaza, there’s what I call a fast-sushi place called Frying Fish.  It’s the sushi version of fast food in that you can be in and out of here quick. Two things are different here from other ...

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Amazon Unbox Amazingly Unsuccesful… Again

Several month ago, I wrote about trying to get Amazon’s Unbox service to work with my Tivo.  In case you missed that, it’s a service where you can rent or purchase DVDs and have the movie or TV show downloaded ...

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Izayoi Restaurant Sushi Review

Izayoi Restaurant is located on the side of the Office Depot in Little Tokyo.  You can park for free at the Office Depot parking lot.  Although the building and styling is brand new, the food here is old school Japanese ...

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Globat Nightmare – Part 2

Once again, more hell from globat.  This time, I get the following email from out of nowhere: On Monday of this week, we sent you an e-mail with our new GloVault(tm) product upgrade offer that also included 3 free months ...

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Spicy Shrimp at Curry House

If you get tired of the curry at the Curry House, try their pasta. Their Spicy Shrimp with spinach is delish. For me, it is pretty spicy, but not for people who love spicy stuff. You can ask them for “less ...

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Eco Limo

Okay. This looks like a regular black Toyota Prius Hybrid, right?  Take a closer look. It comes with a driver and tinted windows.  Yep.  It’s a limo for rich people who want to slow down global warming.  Perfect for pretendica Debutantes and politicians, ...

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R23 Restaurant & Gallery? Review

Everybody is talking about R23 so I decided to check it out. It’s about 3 blocks East of Little Tokyo and you would never find it by accident in a million years. “Hidden” would be putting it mildly.  Not only ...

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USB Pole Dancer

No joke.  I found this at my local Fry’s. According to the box, you plug this to your USB and the pole dancer will spin and dance.  Hey, I don’t make this stuff up.  I just report it.  Their website describes ...

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Zencu Sushi & Grill Review

Zencu is a little hard to find and you’d probably never find this place by accident.  It’s located on the second floor of the building attached to the Japanese Village Plaza called Little Tokyo Mall. The parking is off of ...

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