There's been a lot of talk recently that search and other forms of "performance" or "direct" online marketing will continue to grow in the downturn while display and other forms of "brand" marketing will struggle. I think that's likely to be true at some level but it doesn't mean that display advertising doesn't work. In fact, a recent comScore white paper that was presented last week at the Empirical Generalizations In Advertising Conference at the Wharton School is very enlightening. You can get a copy of the white paper by asking for it here. comScore operates a panel of over...
From Serious Eats Photograph from clayirving on Flickr Fennel is a sight for sore eyes during the potato-filled winter months. Crunchy like celery and and slightly sweet like licorice or anise, it'll brighten your plate right up. Fennel loses its flavor as it ages so be sure to eat it right away. It'll keep in your crisper for about four days. Fennel Recipes Fennel, Arugula and Green Apple Salad Miso Soup with Fennel and Ginger Fennel Soup with Parmesan Cream Ridiculously Easy and Insanely Delicious Fennel Sausage Crunchy Baked Fennel Lidia Bastianich's Baked Fennel with Prosciutto Roasted Halibut with Grapefruit...
Link: http://www.cracked.com/article_16878_... Basically, it's Twilight in 10 minutes (instead of 2 hours) and minus the screaming girls. With lines like: “I'm just a hollow placeholder for all of the teenage girls in the audience to project their personalities onto,” Cracked takes a crack at summarizing hit vampire movie, Twilight. Contribute: Add an image, link, video or comment »...
We have some very detailed and sophisticated radio controlled race cars are on their way to the US. These dNaNo radio-controlled race cars by Japanese Kyosho are packed with high-tech features, they are not the usual R/C toy cars that you’re used to. The dNaNo race cars are the 1:43 scale replicas and packed with high-tech gyros, 2.4GHz radios and precision-crafted bodies. And each of them can be controlled via a USB connected device which lets you post your lap times on the web to compete with others. Each car has an ID tag that has been assigned during production....
When you take the INQ1 out of the box it feels like a quality device with its solid metal and plastic construction. However that illusion was shattered when I switched it on, as the display looks like a low end device and the icons and menus have a basic appearance. Instead of a user guide in the box there are a series of ‘flash’ cards which explain the principle applications. Although I thought the info was a bit thin it probably reflects the fact that non geeks rarely read user guides and just dive straight in! The full user guide is...
A mixed bag in the podcast today. There’s a new look to the Make Use Of website and there are enhancements to GMail, Greader and Flickr and finally(!) there’s a version of uTorrent for the Mac. It’s about time. The podcast is available through iTunes so don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast if you have an iPod, or in another podcatcher if you have a different MP3 player. (By) Jason Mayoff is a dad, a tech geek and a Canadian radio broadcaster (CJAD 800). You can also find Jason at his photoblog or over at Flickr.Enjoyed the article? Please...
Producers for New Moon, the sequel to teen vamp flick Twilight, have selected their replacement for the ousted Catherine Hardwicke: Chris Weitz, director of American Pie and The Golden Compass. We ask: Are they insane? It's not that we're pulling for Hardwicke's return to the franchise (despite finding the direction of Twilight one of its high points), but have Summit Entertainment's decision makers forgotten that Weitz was the man behind the failure of The Golden Compass movie, the last pre-Twilight teen-book-phenomenon that was supposed to be the next Harry Potter? I'm not saying that the lightning of poor-choices-concerning-what-to-keep-and-what-to-cut-from-the-source-material, or even...
(LOVE) means not turning the water on… even though you really really want to. kitteh dont liek it wen da sink peaz on her. picture: kamiedog. lol caption: scottieballz » Recaption This ...
With his radical new simple toilet design, Alejandro Bona has single-handedly made pooping outdoors cool again. Consisting of little more than a toilet paper dispenser attached to a shovel, this all but destined for a Hammacher Schlemmer catalog design allows you to: 1. Go outside 2. Dig a hole 3. Poop 4. Wipe 5. Bury 6. Win And no longer will dogs have all the fun when it comes to defecating on someone's lawn. However, the portable toilet paper caddy seen in the pic is, well, pretty worthless. Unless you're in the habit of wandering campsites distributing TP to those...
Filed under: OpEd, Video, Game Show, Reality-FreeHave you ever come across an old TV show that you probably wouldn't have remembered on your own but when presented with video or audio evidence that the show actually existed makes you say "Oh, that's right, I remember that show!?!" This is one of those TV shows.The Magnificent Marble Machine was a short-lived game show in the mid-70's that involved a gigantic pinball machine. Art James was the host and Johnny Gilbert the announcer. Celebs would team with ordinary citizens and answer questions in the early rounds (the dull part of the game)...
Filed under: Industry, Cable, SatelliteVirgin Media's in a pretty big hole compared to Sky on the HD front. As it stands, VM has a single linear high-def station (BBC HD), while Sky delivers 29. Pretty easy choice, right? Virgin Media's CEO Neil Berkett, in a presentation to the UBS Global Media and Communications Conference in New York, noted that it was looking to "level the linear content playing field versus Sky," and also mentioned a "plan to add linear high-definition channels." Unfortunately, he failed to elaborate on a quantity or time frame for delivery, but at least we know it's...
Filed under: Security, Windows, Browsers There's a bug in Internet Explorer that allows attackers to execute malicious code on your machine under certain conditions. When Microsoft first acknowledged the vulnerability a few days ago the company was under the impression that only Internet Explorer 7 was affected. But the security advisory has been updated and it's now clear that the flaw affects every version of Internet Explorer from IE 5.01 SP 4 through Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2.Microsoft recommends enabling a firewall and anti-virus software to minimize your risk, as well as using Protected Mode in IE7 or IE8. We'd...
Filed under: Handsets, NokiaWe're always down with new shades of old mobiles, and we're particularly find of new ones that bring along something extra. Nokia has just expanded its Supernova range with a Graphite and Passionate Purple Supernova 7610, 7510, 7310 and 7210. Each of the newcomers also brings along "enhanced services" that enable users to "share their images and video with friends through Ovi Share, as well as keep up to date with friends via Nokia Maps and instant messaging with Windows Live Messenger." There's no mention of pricing, so we'll go out a limb and assume they'll remain...
The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Book for Digital Photographers Author: Scott Kelby Publisher: New Riders Review by Conrad J. Obregon When Lightroom 1.0 was introduced, everyone who tried it was a new user, even the folks who had tried the beta editions that Adobe had offered. That meant that it was easy to say that Scott Kelby’s older book, “the Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book for Digital Photographers” was one of the best of the hoard of Lightroom books for all users. Lightroom 2 (LR2) is a different matter. There is already a large base of competent Lightroom users who...
The FCC has announced that it has canceled its upcoming December 18th meeting. As part of that meeting, the FCC had planned to vote on the proposed auction of portions of the white space spectrum which would be used for free, nationwide wireless broadband. The white space initiative generated a firestorm of controversy that pitted T-Mobile, the National Association of Broadcasters and celebrities like Dolly Parton, Neil Diamond, and the Dixie Chicks against technology companies such as Google, Dell, Microsoft and Motorola. With the upcoming meeting now scuttled and a vote delayed indefinitely, the white space spectrum issue is...
