Notes from Electric Pulp

Whether or not you’re into motorcycles, you’ve probably heard of the Biker Build-Off series running for it’s fifth year on the Discovery Channel. The show airs every Monday at 8pm CST.

And If you haven’t heard of the show, maybe you’ve heard of Klock Werks Kustom Cycles, long time friend and client of Electric Pulp. Purveyor of fine motorcycles, builder of the World’s Fastest Bagger. Brian Klock’s team will be challenging Chopsmiths for the trophy on air, tonight (Monday, Oct 23.)

And finally, if we still haven’t hooked you, maybe you’ve heard of Electric Pulp. One of our bikes will pop in and out of the show – you might have to look pretty close, but it made the trip to Sturgis with the crew. So, be on the lookout for a big, rattlesnake green bagger with the [ep] logo. You can make a game out of it, take a shot every time you see it, for instance (just one idea.)

If you like the bikes, pay attention to KustomBaggers.com. The new site will be home to all of the parts seen on tv, in magazines, in catalogs, on pulpster bikes, etc.

Asked a couple of weeks ago, the answer to “Where can I find a Karl’s near me?” would have gone like this: “Well, Karl’s has 19 locations in 5 states…” That same question asked today would go more like this: “http://karlsonline.com.”

So, if you’re looking for TV, Audio, Appliances and/or Furniture, you know what to do.

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and we’re taking some steps to show our support. Most noticeably, we’ve modified our site (some of it at least) to be far more pink. While that alone won’t improve access to lifesaving screenings and treatment, it might get others to pitch in and do the other thing we’re doing. Pulp is giving a percentage of October revenue (again, not all of it) to the Susan G. Komen foundation. Maybe others will too.

If you are interested in going pink, you won’t be alone. Our favorite pinkified site out there is odeo (they actually show their support year-round.)

BlueCross BlueShield of Nebraska needed a site to act as a central location for health information, interactive tools, campaigns and programs. And since Electric Pulp builds sites that act as things, we knew we’d fit swimmingly.

The new site (Bluehealth Advantage) features a number of helpful health tools aimed at both individuals and employers, but if were picking favorites, we’d say we like the health education section best. Why so, you ask? Well, we learned things like just because certain fast foods taste like they should be good for you doesn’t necessarily mean they are. Take the Chicken Cordon Bleu, for instance. I lived on that thing for a good three years of my life. I now know that the Baked Potato, Plain (with less than half the calories) would have been the way to go. While I would never go through the drivethru of a fine dining establishment and just order a baked potato plain, I might consider a Light Roast Chicken Deluxe, which was only slightly lower on the list and actually does sound rather tasty (maybe that’s just the noon hour talking.) And that could make me healthier.

If that hasn’t sold you on going out to check out the site, I’ll leave you with two final words: discount pedometers.

Lot’s of fun to be had here. It’s so much fun, it gets our Official Seal of Awesomeness. It’s like a seal of approval, except more awesome (and more capitalized).

In an effort to keep up with our ever-expanding workload and use more than our fair share of hyphenated words, we’ve decided to man-up person-up. The person-man we’ve added in this case is Jason Hummel. Working ‘on-location’ in beautiful Fargo, ND, he’s already started digging in — cracking out projects like the work-horse that he is.

Since we only see him in-person every-so-often, we’re not sure what he wears while he’s working, but judging from this recent photo, it appears he favors Lederhosen, the traditional garb of both the Fargonian and Germanic peoples.

Regardless of what he’s wearing, he’s spreading joy throughout the halls of Electric Pulp, even though we’re only graced with his physical presence every-once-in-a-while. We honestly couldn’t be more pleased to have him on-board.

Welcome, Jason.