I am a huge fan of advertising. I follow advertising. I watch and read about advertising. The art of advertising is something that will never get old to me. So, I am sitting on my couch watching Family Guy last night and this Levi 501 commercial comes on. I already have an idea that the commercial is completely sex charged. What I find is something a little beyond the lines of sex charged. Please watch the commercial below. Okay. I’m not really offended by the “sex sells” mantra of clothing advertising because it is pretty prevalent. This does not mean...
I’ve been promising a certain someone that I would publish this Sugarrae specific Twitter terms of service for quite a while (it’s half tongue in cheek, half not). After seeing constant “experts” talk about the proper ways to use Twitter and having one person flip out over my personal use of Twitter, it’s become apparent that it’s time. First, there are no “rules” on “how” to Twitter. What works for me may not work for you and vice versa. Sure, there may be guidelines you can follow that seems to have better odds at success, but much like television shows...
Ricardo Gonzalo Pedro Montalbán, America's favorite Mexican actor of the 1970s, turned 88 today and we'd like to take this COTD opportunity to wish him a happy birthday. Few actors from the era have their own Jalopnik tag page, but here it is. Thanks to this now infamous Cordoba commercial, every Cordoba post we do requires a Montálban joke and we're grateful to the actor for being a good sport about it and, of course, for the Corinthian leather. You're the best Ricardo. Even when you play Kahn. We have to thank LTD Scott and his love for the GAZ...
Australia, land of kangaroos and terrible actors, must be beaming today, what with the news that someone there was able to overclock an Intel Atom processor to 2.38GHz. That’s the fastest we’ve ever seen an Atom run, as a matter of fact. Of course, getting the processor, found in an MSI Wind, to run that was quite the challenge, as it should be. Not since Frankenstein pieced together his monster did someone go to such lengths to accomplish anything. What does running an Atom at 2.38GHz gain you, aside from bragging rights? Nothing, I would guess, which is about...
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, The Big Bang Theory(S02E09) Dr. Sheldon Cooper, FTW? Maybe, but this episode... eh. Not so much. While it had its funny moments, overall, I thought this was one of the weakest episodes so far. I talked last week about my fear of this devolving into a show about Sheldon and the ridiculous things he says, and that's pretty much all we got this week. Even his interactions with Penny at the beginning of the episode, which are usually the best part of any episode, felt kind of flat to me. Sheldon's complete and utter...
AFP - Barack Obama tapped the power of the Web to win the US presidential election and now that he's heading to the White House powerful online actors are mobilizing to help define his agenda and ensure the public retains a voice....
Filed under: Fun, Internet, Video, Beta I can't remember how many times I've had a seemingly great idea for a skit with one of my coworkers. Sadly, most of us don't have the time or resources to produce our own animated shorts.A beta web app by Xtranormal aims to level the playing field by making movie creation drag-and-drop simple. If you can write dialog that makes sense and click a mouse, you're well on your way to creating a digital masterpiece.Choose a character, type in a block of text, and drag in facial expressions, actions, and sounds. The speech is...
Interesting factoid while awaiting Track’s return to Twitter and debut on FriendFeed. This evening I’ve been perusing the FriendFeed message base, an increasingly enjoyable and dare I say it valuable experience. In the process I replied to a few comments from several days ago, including one from a Phil Glockner: I just noticed Steve seems to be actively using FriendFeed, at least moderately. Therefore, I say welcome, and sorry I called him names a few months ago. :) A few minutes later, TwitterSpy, a Track replacement service, reported the following in a GChat XMPP window: twitterspy: stevegillmor: luckily I...
Yesterday's release of Twilight made certain that your weekend will be filled with the sound of screaming tweeny fangirl hordes, an auditory experience that the movie's lead actor Robert Pattinson described as "terrifying ... like the sound you hear at the gates of hell." It would be easy to hate these creepy, utterly mediocre books and the phenomenon they've spawned — but I think you'll find it's even easier just to throw your head back and laugh. Next to the fangirl hordes are even bigger crowds of "lolfans," and they are here to remind us that Twilight has truly...
What a Lovely Name is a tag-based search engine for baby names. Rather than take the traditional approach of searching for a name and then reading what traits are associated with that name, with What a Lovely Name you select a handful of traits you value and the gender of the child and the site suggests names. The name suggestions are refreshingly multicultural, in testing various trait combinations I wasn't stuck with a laundry list of Anglo-Saxon names. Interestingly when I chose the two traits I find most endearing in my own daughter, elegance and strength, her name appeared in...
Filed under: Daytime, Emmys, Reality-FreeThere's a real problem brewing for the Daytime Emmys. The annual broadcast which has been switching off from year to year between ABC and CBS, may not make it to prime time because CBS has decided to skip its turn...and ABC is not ready to step up and take on the award show. To some this is simply a symptom of the decline of interest in daytime dramas, which dominate the awards. If you check out my post from last year's show, my assessment is not that the broadcast is the problem, but rather it's the...
During PubCon last week, Vanessa Fox and I managed to sneak away to lunch alone to have some catch up time since both of our schedules are a bit insane. After I calmed down from being attacked by a random sparrow (it was a really, REALLY big sparrow, ok?), the topic of conversation turned to Vanessa launching her new blog this week (uh, at least that’s the plan), Nine by Blue. We were discussing proper and effective tactics to use for promoting new blogs and I made the mention that bloggers could take a lesson from actors, writers and musicians...
HP's enlisted improv actors from the Upright Citizens Brigade and the People's Improv Theater to spice up its YouTube learning center, gleefully dubbed MasterPC Theatre....
CULTURE BUZZ: Ever wanted to be interrogated by the KGB? Those dreams can become reality at this theme park near Vilnius, Lithuania. Išgyvenimo Drama is a former Soviet bunker that has been turned into an immersion-style tourist experience, complete with guard dogs and interrogations. Visitors are given threadbare Communist coats and forced to sing the Soviet anthem. Book your trip now and learn what life in America will be like after proven Communist Barack Obama seizes power on January 20. Contribute: Add an image, link, video or comment » The Best Links: “Upon arrival you will be met by...
Wow, a pair of £3,500 ($5,150) headphones. All of a sudden, headphones from the likes of Ultimate Ears and Shure don’t seem expensive at all. What makes this pair so expensive? It’s made from 18 karat gold and has 118 diamonds sprinkled all over. (Again, diamonds are evil.) Also, the headphones are Belgian, created by “top jeweler” Casa Gi. That adds a few quid to the price, no doubt. Keeping with the shiny things metaphors, the Telegraph says the headphones “give a crystal clear sound.” They damn well better for that kind of money. Naturally, the headphones are intended...
