Archive for December, 2006

Easy to Advertise

Thursday, December 21st, 2006

Staples “Easy” button is a silly little piece of physical marketing that has somehow sold millions of units to consumers. The New York Times postulates that consumers are, more than ever, ready to become part of the brand experience, going so far as to pay to own a physical product which literally screams out […]

Wednesday, December 20th, 2006

This is a Bush Family Christmas card from the ’70’s featuring a young George W already showing signs of a “rebellious side”. If I were Bush Sr I’d be pissed! Here I am hoping to become President one day and my Dipshit son is smoking a Frickin’ cigarette in the Christmas Card I sent to […]

terraforming in flash

Tuesday, December 19th, 2006

terraforming in flash.

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Monday, December 18th, 2006

This claymation short showed at ResFest several years back and I’ve always remembered it. Powerful stuff for something with no dialogue. Watch More.

Metaphilm

Monday, December 18th, 2006

Good reading at Metaphilm - big long philosophical essays about what’s underneath pop films like Xmen, Underworld, and Trainspotting.

n64 remix

Monday, December 18th, 2006

nintendo64 remix

worst album covers

Monday, December 18th, 2006

worst album covers

Guinness coaster

Monday, December 18th, 2006

Very smart OOH advertising for Guinness using coasters and backwards type.

Flash Cat Fight for an NEC phone

Friday, December 15th, 2006

I like this idea but I had a few issues with the usability. It’s in a pop-up so you have to enable that and it’s not immediately clear what you should do - click on the screen when you’ve seen enough of each round to learn about a feature and move on.
NEC Cat Fight 

Friday, December 15th, 2006

CS3 beta download