I Despise Advertising! But...
Yes, I do work for a company that is a direct supplier of SaaS
to the advertising and production industry but that's beside the
point.
For the most part I find advertising and it's close ally
marketing serve a singular purpose; to convince people to part with
their money before they are ready to. Advertising and marketing
exist to influence an individuals purchase decisions or in the most
successful(?) cases, to drive an individual to acquire something
that they neither needed nor wanted.
Occasionally something comes along that is a moral use of
advertising and marketing. Instead of attempting to get the
population to buy more disposable shit from Swiffer it actually
challenges them to think about their role in world. Here is a
perfect illustration of one of those things (click to open a larger
image in a new window).
TokBox
Windows Live Mail Now with 5GB!!!
Windows Live Mail Now with 5Gb!!!
What Developers Say
Aaaghh! It's rasterized. SONOFABITCH!
We have coffee time now? Yeah!!!
WTF?.. That's got to be Safari. I've never seen that
before.
We are using a new unlocking feature... DIABOLICAL!
I Likkie da Wiki.
I've discovered a flaw in my logic.
Rack-n-Wack Mondays, Toonie Tuesdays, Sarcastic Wednesdays,
Sadistic Thursdays... BEER FRIDAYS
Tictacular!
Man, I'd ban Facebook if I had unskilled labour like the
government.
myadbeast is waaaaaay better.
You may change the specs but you cannot take our freedom.
Ask Ali, he knows everything.
Fucking Eh! It works!?!
That's one for the white-board.
When do we start development of adbeast.NET? As soon as .NET
becomes obsolete.
One of these days we will be ahead of the curve.
It's my fault? Why is it always me?
IE is the only browser that works. MAN, THAT FREAKS ME OUT.
It's your own fault for being a developer.
Hot-keys for the cold winter.
C'mon, did YOU invent this?
You don't touch my monkey.
You got access to your machine, all keys, that's enough.
How To Make Mountain Dew Glow
I've seen firsthand the wonders of diet coke and mentos. Now
comes glow-in-the-dark mountain dew!?! Just add baking soda and
peroxide according to the video. Well, the ingredients are cheap
so I'm going to have to verify this one myself :)
How To Make Mountain Dew Glow
Tool use by shy crows caught on camera - life - 04 October 2007 - New Scientist
More evidence that Homo
sapiens are not the only smart animal on the planet. It would be a
different world if crows had developed a voice box and opposable
thumbs before we did.
Rutz and his team obtained video from 12 camera-tagged crows
that showed them making, using and transporting tools;
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMRbje7_d6Q]
Tool use by shy crows caught on camera - life - 04 October 2007
- New Scientist
Toronto International Bicycle Show (Fall Blowout)
Yes folks, its that time of year again. The annual Fall Blowout
is almost upon us. And with dough in my pocket and an itch for a
new road bike I should be lined up outside at 10:00am with the rest
of the herd.
I would be interested in meeting for breakfast before hand if
anyone else is planning on going?
The details:
Toronto
International Bicycle Show
Direct Energy Centre (CNE)
East Annex, Hall F, Door 33
Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario
Saturday, October 13, 2007 10 am - 5pm