Yearly Archives: 2010


Big Brother Gets Sabotaged

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Every summer I say I won’t watch it, but every summer, I end up getting sucked into CBS’s Big Brother.  For those who do not get sucked in, the show’s motto is “Expect the Unexpected”, and this year was no different.  This year though,  ‘Big Brother 12′ got sabotaged because their twist, having one of the [...]

I’m Writing A Post

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The Old Spice Man videos that are taking the internet by storm are a result of a marathon 3 day production from the brand’s agency and the actor Isiah Mustafa A team of creatives, tech geeks, marketers and writers gathered in an undisclosed location in Portland, Oregon yesterday and produced 87 short comedic YouTube videos [...]

Let The Force Guide You

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TomTom, the company that makes in car GPS systems, has Star Wars voices available for their devices. So now you can have C-3PO, Yoda, Han Solo or Darth Vader guide you to your destination. They have some pretty amusing video clips on their site of the “recording sessions” with Darth Vader and Yoda. Only issue [...]

Now Batting, Batting, Batting

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A tip of my Red Sox cap to the Yankees as the legendary announcer of the team Bob Sheppard passed on today at the age of 99.  I have never been a fan of going to Yankee Stadium (for obvious reasons) however Sheppard’s voice was always “familiar”.  He had that distinctive deep voice that announced Yankee [...]

Tweets of the Week

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Bait and switch LBJ announcement. They said within 10 minutes. #lbj # Congrats to Spain! Going to be great WC final vs. Netherlands! #worldcup # On my site now – Tweets of the Week http://goo.gl/fb/h0zk0 #internet #socialnetworks #twitter #

Tweets of the Week

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On my site now – Give Me Broadband or Give Me Death http://goo.gl/fb/ls3JP #internet #broadband #finland #laws # Great compilation of the 100 Greatest Movie Insults Of All Time http://bit.ly/b2FXDb # Why Marketers Should Pay Attention to Booming Gaming Trend http://adage.com/u/DtS6Ma # On my site now – The Science Behind Beer Goggles http://goo.gl/fb/KDryC #popculture #beer [...]

Give Me Broadband or Give Me Death

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Finland today enacted a law that will make it the first country to make it a legal right of its citizens to have broadband. Speaking to the BBC, Finland’s communication minister Suvi Linden explained the thinking behind the legislation: “We considered the role of the internet in Finns everyday life. Internet services are no longer just [...]

The Science Behind Beer Goggles

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Scientific proof that the more you drink, the more attractive everyone looks. First, a study in 2002 took two sets of people, one more tipsy than the other. When they put the same photographs of people of the opposite sex in front of both groups, the tipsy people rated the pictures 25% more attractive than [...]

Spys Like Us

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A ring of 10-12 Russian spies was broken up yesterday by the FBI after a seven year investigation. They were Cold War “moles” that had infiltrated normal neighborhoods like Montclair, NJ, Cambridge, MA and other towns across the USA. It also appears that the way the spies went about their business was right out of [...]

Compact Kitchen

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An incredible feat of engineering here in this multi-purpose fully functioning kitchen unit the size of R2-D2. This would clearly be useful for those who are living in mini-studio apartments in Manhattan. Via Designboom