up a tree
we try to keep this blog focused on technolgy and advertising news, but it's just so hard when there are news items like this out there. are these two for real, or is it just a wacky guerilla marketing ploy by Diet Vanilla Pepsi? you be the judge.
- posted by Lizzy @ 3:06:00 PM

 
worst album covers
worst use of tone-on-tone scrollbars (squint. it's there, i promise), but best use of worst album covers. think The McKeithens are still on tour, or was the mother eventually crushed under the weight of all that hair?
- posted by Lizzy @ 12:22:00 PM

 
@ a crossroads
interesting intersection of old technology and new: ham radio enthusiasts seem to be rejecting the addition of the @ symbol to the morse code alphabet. designed to facilitate transmission of email addresses, many consider the lengthy "spelling" of the symbol to be more trouble than it's worth.
- posted by Lizzy @ 10:56:00 AM

 
subserviant chicken
Burger King has launched a new sitelette to promote one of its new products: subserviant chicken. only from the minds of crispin, porter + bogusky. it's Flash meets dominatrix meets the barnyard. i only tried commands such as "jump", "lie down" and "spin", but i suppose - in theory - the chicken will do whatever you want. does this make anyone crave a BK Tendercrisp sandwich?

a list of commands that the chicken will and won't follow. ask him to show you his chicken tenders.
- posted by Lizzy @ 3:30:00 PM

 
trump saturation
i think Donald Trump's entire being - and the public's perception of him - is absolutely fascinating and hilarious, and the comments i've been reading about him online lately just bring me glee. i think i'll start collecting them here.

www.televisionwithoutpity.com on the use of a tiger in a competition on The Apprentice: "...He compares bringing out the tiger to the psychological lift you get from dunking on the other team in basketball. He also calls it 'a very Donald Trump thing to do,' which I agree with. Only Trump would have had his name shaved into the tiger's fur."

a random blog post regarding The Donald's hair: "I was watching 'The fabulous life of Donald Trump' on VH1 tonight. He has a ridiculous amount of everything. You'd think he could afford a good hairdresser. Maybe he wants to encase his head in gold."
- posted by Lizzy @ 2:41:00 PM

 
i'm a fool for a good hoax
grab yourself a left-handed Whopper and sit back to enjoy the 100 greatest hoaxes of all time.
- posted by Lizzy @ 11:13:00 AM