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Really Scare People
Need a costume idea for Halloween? Jaffe Juice points to PETA's suggestion. [NOTE] There ought to be a law against making two posts about PETA in one day, but there isn't. …
Win A Ribbon In The Soapbox Derby
New to the bloatosphere? Listen to Joi Ito. Hell, listen to him no matter who you are, regardless of your Technorati ranking. A number of people have asked me to help new bloggers by giving them advice. In retrospect, I was giving people very specific advice based on my personal style. I thought I'd share some of the tips. 1 - You're probably stupid - Well, maybe not stupid, but at least ignorant. Often you are the …
Tofu Pie Favored By Resistance
USA Today: Anna Wintour, editor in chief of Vogue magazine, was hit with a tofu pie by anti-fur demonstrators as she attended Paris fashion week. Dan Mathews, vice president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, said the vegetarian tofu tart was retaliation for Vogue's decision to run fur ads while refusing to use PETA's anti-fur messages. The animal rights group offered to pay the same fee, Mathews …
Yo Vinny
Vinny Warren--the DDB Chicago copywriter responsible for unleashing Budweiser's "Whassup?" dross on the culture--apparently has some anger issues to work through. Here's how he recently introduced himself to the bloatosphere: This is a blog about creative advertising, Wow Factor style. Be warned. I know my shit and I've got mad skills. I'm doing this anonymously because I don't want to reveal my true identity. If I …
At Least It’s Goodby That’s Using An Old Idea Of Mine
Adfreak heaps praise on a new ad from Goodby for Comcast that lifts an old episode of The $10,000 Pyramid and dubs in new copy. And rightly so, they did a good job with it. You can see the spot here. Not that anyone at Goodby would have heard it, but I did the same concept in a radio spot for Nortel. 7 years ago. And somewhere I have a cassette tape (not even a CD or mp3) to prove it. Happens a lot in this business, …
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Blowing Bubbles While The Peninsula Burns
With all the deals being made in internet land these days, it's only right that a blog called "Bubble 2.0" would float. Bubble 2.0? The signs are all around us. First a mainstream business publication quotes Howard Rheingold. Then Esther Dyson starts making investments. Before you know it, there's a new Vespa store in downtown Austin. Is it Internet 2.0? Maybe. Is it Bubble 2.0? Only time will tell. But along the …
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Apache It Is
At lunch today, a friend (who works in IT) asked what platform I'm running my sites on. I stumbled for an answer, before blurting out, "Not Windows!" I run my personal sites and we run this site on Apache servers. Apache currently enjoys 70% market share, with Microsoft, Sun and Zeus running as distant finishers. According to Netcraft, an Internet services company based in Bath, England, there are 74,409,971 …