February 2008
121 posts
Ligers are R.A.D. →
Ok, so I could come up with some wild marketing analogy to go along with this clip. But I’m not going to because Ligers, ladies and gentlemen, speak for themselves… http://view.break.com/438567 - Watch more free videos
January 2008
94 posts
Make Your Own Nifty Widgets with Sprout →
The DEMO conference happened this week and it gave a lot of companies the opportunity to step out and show their new, innovative ideas/concepts to industry leaders, bloggers and journalists. Needless to say, social media, communication and collaboration were hot topics at the conference. As I was looking trough some of the blogs covering DEMO, I ran across an extremely positive post from prolific...
'Facebook fatigue' kicks in as people tire of... →
‘Facebook fatigue’ kicks in as people tire of social networks — Shhh! Can you hear a hiss? That’s the sound of naughty facts deflating the social networking balloon a tad. — Whisper it, but numbers from web analytics outfit comScore have confirmed what the chatter in bars and cafes …
Source: The Register
Author: Chris Williams
Link: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/31…
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Tomas Delgado Withdraws His Lawsuit, May Still... →
Remember when we told you how Tomas Delgado was suing the parents of the boy he struck and killed to recoup bodyshop money? Well it seems the Spanish people got a little miffed by what would have to be considered one of the most ill-conceived legal actions in Iberian history. Local outrage has pressured Delgado-the-sleazy D-bag into withdrawing the suit. Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the...
Keep an Eye on the UberAffiliate →
If you are one of those affiliates who find other affiliate marketer’s success annoying and demotivating, it’s best that you stop reading now. If, on the other hand, you get extremely motivated by affiliate success stories, I highly recommend that you start reading the UberAffiliate blog. UberAffiliate, is a 19 year-old guy named Paul Bourque who got into the affiliate game about a year ago and...
VIDEO: Rogue deer snatches victory from Pastrana... →
Filed under: Motorsports, Videos, Subaru
Click above to watch the video. After amassing a healthy lead over their competitors, Subaru Rally Team USA driver Travis Pastrana and co-driver Christian Edstrom were able to play it cool for the second to last stage of the 2008 SnoDrift Rally last weekend. All was well as they made their way through the forest roads and fresh powder until one of...
SproutBuilder: You've Got to See This Drag and... →
SproutBuilder: You’ve Got to See This Drag and Drop Widget Maker — SproutBuilder is going to explode the world of widgets on the web. This is far and away my favorite product I’ve seen at DEMO, not just this year but ever in the three years I’ve attended.
Source: ReadWriteWeb
Author: Marshall Kirkpatrick
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Bullrun 2008 →
The Bullrun 2008 dates are finally announced! This years Bullrun will start at the 20th June and finish at the 27th June 2008. Starting city will be Calgary, Canada. Here is the offical press release: Bullrun dates and route! Where are we going this year? Bullrun is rallying the amazing Continental Divide! WHEN: 20th June - 27th June […]
Seeing The Light At Seesmic →
I recently got my invite to try out the social video site Seesmic in it’s alpha stage. After watching the activity there I started wondering what the hell Seesmic was all about. I mean, it was like a lot of people posting 30 second video clips and basically having conversations through the clips. Very strange. Yesterday I put up my really lame first video post (no need to embed...
Keeping Productive and Sane While Working from... →
Leo from the Zen Habits blog recently quit his day job to become 100% self-employed. Needless to say, he was a bit nervous about being his own boss and, even more so, working from home. So Leo, being the organizing, list-making, uber-blogger that he is decide to reach out to his work at home readers and ask them what they do to stay productive and sane when working at home. The list is a good...
Gaming Google AdWords with Google Redirects →
This post guest-written by Steve Poland, who writes making money online ideas at his own blog.
Shoemoney’s post on ‘Spamming Through Google‘ a few months ago got me thinking about how this flaw function of Google could be exploited to game Google AdWords.
This flaw function of Google is that you can use a ‘google.com’ URL for basically any domain/webpage and it’ll act as a redirect to that...
Shepard Fairey: Hope and Progress →
Over the last twenty years, either a Bush or Clinton has held sway over the oval office, ruling with an iron fist. While Billary (why has this name not caught on yet, it’s better than Bennifer or Brangelina?) vie to extend that streak to an astounding twenty-four years, there are plenty of people who would like that to see that reign end. One of those people is acclaimed poster artist and...
Former VP Admits "Enzyte Male Enhancement" Ads Are... →
If your BS detector doesn’t already go off when you watch commercials for Enzyte “Natural Male Enhancement,” then listen to what a former vice president of the company that manufactured the product had to say about it:
James Teegarden Jr., the former vice president of operations at Berkeley Premium Nutraceuticals, explained Tuesday in U.S. District Court how he and others at...
GTA San Andreas "Hot Coffee" Settlement Offers $5... →
Horribly offended by the GTA: San Andreas “Hot Coffee” mod in which you could (help, help) indulge in crude polygon sex? Great. You’re being offered a $5 cash settlement. GTA: San Andreas’ developer has set up a website detailing the compensation one can expect to receive. The more detailed proof you have, the better your cash reward. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas First...
French Cop Nearly Killed By Monte Carlo Winner... →
Sebastian Loeb piloted his Citroen C4 to his record fifth victory at the Monte Carlo Rallye on Sunday, and we think we know how he managed to shave some seconds off his total time. It takes a little team work, a little luck and a little willingness to take a few risks. In this case, Loeb had to bet that this French policeman was going to be quick enough to not get a colostomy from his Citroen....
Misplaced Poster Reminds You To "Generate Many... →
Reader Adam noticed something strange about a poster at the JetBlue terminal at JFk…
My girlfriend and I had a layover at JFK last week. While I was waiting for her in the bathroom I started reading a poster that seemed to be prompting me to get a JetBlue American Express card. I say seemed because as it turned out this wasn’t a poster prompting me to sign up for the credit card,...
It’s what’s on the inside that counts.
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“No Raila, No Peace.” Kenya’s Bloody Tribal... →
No one predicted what has come over Kenya in the last month since its disputed presidential elections. But since then, the country has fallen from the grace of being one of the most-stable countries on the African Continent to being the host of machete wielding street mobs of young, angry, disenfranchised men. Tourists and ex-patriots have largely left the country as security and the economy...
Google's Position Six Penalty (Or Bug) A Reality →
A week ago we wrote about Google’s Mysterious Position Six Penalty. The phenomenon described has now been confirmed by Google’s Matt Cutts in one of our Sphinn threads on the topic. It appears from Matt’s comments that the drop for pages impacted was an “unintended consequence,” as Glengara puts it in a WebmasterWorld thread, to the December 2007 Google update. Matt...
Japa-Dogs →
I’m trying to get my quick and dirty video making skills up to snuff so that I can shoot some video at an upcoming event. With that in mind I decided to shoot a video of the dinner I prepared tonight. Ladies and gents, prepare for Japa-Dog, Denver style. If you are wondering where the idea came from, I learned about Japa-Dog from the Vancouver episode of No Reservations.
How-To Make The Denver Style Japa-Dog →
After learning about Vancouver, BC’s Japa-Dog I had to make one myself. Of course, I’ve a vegetarian, so some modifications had to be made. Find out how to make a Denver style Japa-Dog and how it tastes by watching the video! Author: marketingpunk Keywords: Japa-Dog, Denver, Hot Dog, Japan Added: January 28, 2008
PPC Summit Cancelled, Attendees Left High and Dry →
I received news from our CFO Mike that the PPC Summit, which he was planning to attend, called its registrants informing them that the conference has been cancelled. While this is not the first time I have heard about a search industry conference being cancelled, this is certainly the first time I have heard of one being killed A WEEK BEFORE IT WAS SCHEDULED TO HAPPEN. That’s right, the people at...
Edina Tokodi Moss Graffiti →
Eco-minded street artist Edina Tokodi is putting a new spin on green guerrilla tactics in the trendy art enclave of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Tokodi’s site-specific moss installations of prancing animal figures and camouflage outgrowths are the talk of a local urban neighborhood typically accustomed to gallery hype and commercial real estate take-overs. (Via Ad Lab. Read more about it on Inhabitat.)...
"I have the feeling that drinking is a form... →
“I have the feeling that drinking is a form of suicide where you’re allowed to return to life and begin all over the next day. It’s like killing yourself, and then you’re reborn.” - Charles Bukowski (via the Top 10 Drunk American Writers)
No One Needs Your “One Stop Shop” Online →
The “one stop shop.” Based on research done by Phrases.org.uk, the term originated sometime in the 1920s or 1930s, with the oldest known usage coming from an auto shop advert in The Lincoln Star newspaper. The concept of a one stop shop, a place where you can get all sorts of products and services in one place, has worked well for the mega retailers of the world like Wal-Mart, Tesco, and Target....
Smart Glass Of Denver Uses Sneaky Post-It... →
When Kristi went to her car the other day, she saw this mysterious note stuck to her mirror. “PLEASE CALL ME ABOUT YOUR CAR!” Immediately, she thought someone had run into her car—she walked all around it looking for damage, but couldn’t find anything. Worried, she called the number from the parking garage.
I get put on hold for 4 minutes! I hang up. I call again. After 4...
Put An Ad Agency In Charge of Crime and Punishment... →
Get the details from Jalopnik. Nice job Leo Burnett (make sure you check out their site…very cool).
Code Cleanliness is Next to Yahoo! Ranking... →
If there is one thing I’ve heard from Yahoo! representatives speaking at search conferences it is that Yahoo! ranking algorithm for its natural results is a stickler for clean code. It seems Yahoo! looks for clean code as one of the indicators for a site’s quality, which makes some sense. This might not be a huge deal for a corporate coder, but if you are an amateur website coder, the clean code...
DO NOT USE SMART GLASS IN DENVER →
So if you walked out to your car and saw this post-it note on your car’s mirror, what would you think? Well for Kristi, who did get this note on her car today, she thought someone had run into her car. Totally freaked out, she walked around her car looking for damage. Nothing. So then, being a woman, in a dark parking garage, she got a little freaked out and worried. So she got in her car,...
And Now for Todays Moment of Zen... [Moment Of... →
VIDEO: Major air - Ken Block and his flying Subaru →
Filed under: Motorsports, Etc., Videos, Subaru
click above to view video after jump Thumbing through the last issue of 0-60, one of the car-guyiest car mags around, I turned the page and saw an image that stopped me cold. Mother of pearl, a Subaru rally car flying through the air at a snowboard park. How is that even possible? We’ve all seen imagery of airborne rally cars, but the cruising...
Pint Glass Traps Man, Says Don't Drink and Drive... →
When it comes to crime and punishment, we’re firm believers in traditional methods. Rather than sending some chap named Matt (pictured above) to a one-day class or a night in jail, the English government, through creative agency Leo Burnett, trapped him in a giant pint glass and toured him around the country. We’re betting public humiliation taught Matt his lesson a lot better than...
Poverty Travel with SquatterCity →
One of my favorite travel blogs Intelligent Travel just did a fantastic interview with author Robert Neuwirth. He writes SquatterCity, a blog that covers the plight of impoverished people in urban areas. He’s also coming out with a book Shadow Cities: A Billion Squatters, a New Urban World which “is an attempt to humanize these maligned settlements.” In the interview, they talk about how to go...
An Hour Of Marketing Goodness... →
If you are working on something totally mindless: a) Welcome to the club, and
b) Here is a download of a great conversation between Seth Godin, Tim Ferris, Chris Anderson and John Jantsch you can listen to so your brain doesn’t continue to rot in your head. You are welcome. (Source)
BMW 135i Fares Well Against Cayman S. VERY Well. →
German magazine Auto Motor und Sport recently compared the 135i against the Cayman S, and according to Autospies’ german translator, the 135i won. Despite the odd match-up of a sports coupe against a mid-engined sports car, this will no doubt help increase the hype and solidfy the 135i’s street cred.
Get Focused on Creating the Right Content →
If you’re an affiliate who uses content creation as a channel to drive traffic to your affiliate offers, you know more than anyone that some days creating original/interesting content can be a bit of a challenge. And if you work on sites in niches that just aren’t all that exciting to the average web user, insurance for example, you know how hard it can be to come up with content that will draw in...
Different Strokes for Different Folks →
We don’t know who did it (and unfortunately it’s now gone), but nothing delighted us more at the eCool compound than the sticker of Gary Coleman that appeared in Rome’s Piazza San Callisto some months ago.
What was Arnold Willis doing in the Eterna? We’ve got no idea. But we fully subscribe to the “different strokes for different folks” way of thinking that brought him childhood fame. And so,...
Maybach to put 62 Landaulet into production →
Filed under: Convertibles, Sedans/Saloons, Maybach
click above to view more high-resolution images of the Maybach 62 Laundaulet
Lord help us, for the automotive industry has sunk to a new low. As if it wasn’t bad enough that Maybach created an ode to conspicuous consumption like the 62 Landaulet, but now Mercedes’ big, goofy brother has decided to put the thing into production.
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You Gotta Lose The Losers To Save Your Brand →
American car companies have got it rough, but some brands are making their way back from rock bottom (hopefully). Cars like the new Chevy Malibu has been getting a ton of positive press, and seems to have made some huge strides in both design and driving dynamics. And then there is Pontiac. A brand that can’t seem to get any traction. And you know what? I think I’m starting to...
Life after Google, with millions (Stefanie... →
Life after Google, with millions — What would you do if you were flush with $10 million or $100 million? Would you retire, go to work every day at the company that made you rich, or chase other dreams? — That’s the multimillion-dollar question for hundreds of early Googlers.
Source: CNET News.com
Author: Stefanie Olsen
Link: http://www.news.com/2100-1030_3-6226900.html
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Nick Askew interviews Seth Godin. Right on.
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How To Guide for Building WordPress Niche Sites →
I’ve written a bit in the past about how affiliates who are not terribly tech savvy should consider using a content management system to build their affiliate websites. I’ve also suggested that affiliates consider using the WordPress blogging platform to get their sites up and running. Today, I cam across a free e-book that tells you how to do just that. The book is called How to Develop...
The Way I Like to Spend a Marathon →
This weekend, we had a marathon in McMurdo. The full 26 miles 385 yards, people! Did I run it? HELL NO. But I did my part and read the times. And it did mean I got to spend a beautiful day out on the ice.
Here’s a view of the finish line. That’s Samina, who is sitting out so she can read numbers as people come in. Mount Erebus is in the background.
This is Kim, Samina and myself, the finish...
The Underpants Gnome Strategy →
I wrote about this at work, so check the post there, but hopefully your business plan isn’t like this…
The Underpants Gnome Strategy →
For better or worse, my daily perusal of our affiliate applicants through Commission Junction often reminds me of this clip from South Park, where the boys find out who has been stealing their classmate’s underpants, and why: Having a good business plan is important when you are an affiliate. It helps guide you to your ultimate goal, profit. Strangely, a large number of web entrepreneurs feel...
Go See Cal, Go See Cal, Go See Cal! [Classic Ad... →
We wrote about Southern California car-dealership-ad legend Cal Worthington a while back, when the New York Times saw fit to honor him with a big story… but now we’ve found a collection of clips from his old Los Angeles-area Worthington Ford ads, complete with his “dog, Spot” and every single variation of the “Go See Cal” song. Enjoy.
Meet April Hartmeister at Affiliate Summit West... →
The Affiliate Summit West 2008 in Las Vegas is coming up on February 24-26th and our own April Hartmeister will be there representing InsureMe. If you have never been to an Affiliate Summit, and you have some extra conference cash sitting around (or you just need a worthwhile write-off), you should definitely go. Traditionally, Affiliate Summit is best known for its networking opportunities, with...
Back To High School →
Keybr throws a sentence on your screen, then records the time and errors it takes for you to type it out. Entertaining way to strike up a little competition among the secretaries in the office.
2007 big year for Pontiac Aztek: 25 sold →
Filed under: Car Buying, Etc., Crossovers/CUVs, Pontiac
click above for more high-res images of the Pontiac Aztek… if you dare The Pontiac Aztek may be the butt of more jokes than Britney Spears, but even two years after its demise, the world’s ugliest crossover of all time is still selling. In fact, Pontiac dealers chalked up a whopping 25 sales in 2007, and we’d like to meet...
Online is Not an Interruption Form of Media →
Ugh. Denver’s NBC affiliate, 9 News, has an amazing ability to add innovations to their website that manage to annoy much more than they inform (kind of like their morning show). The latest example of misunderstanding how to translate offline promotional methods to online is this totally awesome page that popped up after I clicked through a story on their homepage… I’m sorry,...