Tuesday, September 21
the really really small screen
advertising pops up in the strangest places these days. i received my every-couple-of-months-plea-for-my-blood call from virginia blood services last night, and when i looked at the caller i.d., instead of "va blood svcs" this time it said "give blood @vbs". just thought it was an interesting use of 15 characters of real estate that usually go unexploited.
Thursday, September 16
h'okay...
nike's innovative use of cartoon camel pee to sell their new line of exercise gear. my jury is still out, but i definitely chuckled a couple of times...
Wednesday, September 15
worldometers
statistics to blow your mind (and to make you wonder how you haven't been struck by lightening yet) (unless you have been)
Friday, September 10
hope floats
condolences, compassion, and a warm welcome to our new neighbor techead, who moved into our building last week after being displaced by the shockoe bottom flood. check out their gallery of pics of the incredible amount of damage their building sustained. bet those iMac designers never dreamed that the clear casings would show off mud as well as they do circuitry.
i'll fly away
mobissimo, the hot new discount travel web site. described by daily candy as "google for airfares", it does the dirty (and time-consuming) work of comparison shopping airfares for you. no more losing entire workdays to hopping back and forth between travelocity, expedia and orbitz - find a fare on mobissimo and take them as vacation days instead!
Tuesday, September 7
creative clash
NPR story about richard florida's concept of the "creative class", featuring a hard look at richmond's sometimes futile efforts to get on board. "[Richmonders] say they're tolerant, they want to be tolerant, they want to be open... but when you go there, it's the same kind of country-club crowd or the same kind of local elite that really run the show".
Thursday, September 2
cheerleaders for truth
forget the swift boat veterans, here come cheerleaders for truth. without a fistful of purple hearts to pin to his chest, george w. has proudly waved his yale varsity letter. these yale alums demand to know: did he earn it?! funny, ridiculous, but quite possibly a telling truth about a little white lie...
OMG, it's GWB at the RNC
protestors at the republican national convention have a new tool on their side this year: text messaging. find out instantly where the hottest protests are, and how to avoid areas where the nypd beat-downs are being handed out.