It’s 3:00 am—do you know where Bill Clinton is?

Sorry, I meant do you know where your kids are. Shades of Mondale playing the fear card. Nice! For a second there, I thought this was something out of the GOP playbook. Hillary, please, focus and get back on task: healthcare, remember? And in the age of parody, you know Obama had to respond. (Noticed this spot after Danny G. on AdPulp got to it including background on the heritage of that red phone. Also dissected at length on Meet The Press today. Such is the speed of the net and volume of blogs—catch a spot and immediately post it, but by then, someone’s already had it up a few hours—or months. ;-p )



(Via Breitbart.)

O’Death.

Okay, happy or sad for a Friday EOD, you choose. Happy? FF >> to the end. Sad? Stay right where you are. Described on their MySpace as Gothic / Country / Punk from Brooklyn, NY, they’re another band in my head that’s not leaving anytime soon. Upbeat? Not quite. By comparison, they make Tom Waits sound more upbeat than Michael Bolton. Upping the freak factor: I’d discovered their page by random click, heard the song Down To Rest above, then discovered the drummer’s girlfriend had passed away in her sleep the night before. Regardless, the vid for the song is not what I expected, but that’s cool. At first, it feels like a parody of some bad theme from a Pat Benatar or Van Halen vid, but give it a chance. (They’ll also be at sxsw.)

Or, you can go watch a happy kid sing Hey Jude.

Tags: O’Death

Come for the political dissent—stay for the catchy tunes.

You know when you want to look away but can’t? Well, it’s like that in Glamour’s Short films by women for women. (Trust me, it’s for bloggers too.) While proposing film festival/movie tie-ins for brands isn’t new, I swear I couldn’t look away. It had to be that tune in Gulag Part 2 in the documentary section. Gazes will not be averted, I promise.

Tags: Glamour FilmFest.tv

Overheard internet.

Because people are always saying something really cool, really honest, or really stupid:

“How wonderfully degrading.”
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“Spy, I don’t know a thing about Brad Harrington or Cutwater or Chuck McBride. I just wanted to give you some serious props for the Rush album cover. Niiice.”

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“Hello. I have a big box of used cat and kitten hats that I have collected over the years for various occasions. As of recently my cat, Snowman, is no longer living and thus I am forced to get rid of these precious memories. I would not feel right asking money for them so I am offering the whole box for free. There are many styles from formal to cute and funny.”

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“Great ad. Definitely homoerotic sparring, onanist standard bearing and hetero-wurst-shots in there too. Fucking brilliant really.”

WWE and Apple? The mouse that roared.

HA! Made ya look! Yes, I suck, I know. But, the free iPod offer gave me an idea. This is just the kind of thing a visionary like Jobs could pull off. The Mac vs. PC ‘battles’ were just the beginning. Who better to fight a Microsoft/Yahoo tag team than two polar opposites like Steve and Vince. Imagine the possible storylines! Evil is now good fighting ... evil. Imagine MacMahon letting lose during the keynote at next year’s MacMahonworld as a stunned audience watches helplessly, wondering where Jobs is. Then, all of a sudden, from the back of the auditorium...

(cue fog machines and heavy metal soundtrack)


Tags: McMahon, Apple, WWE

Share the air with Ryan. Dude.

The site is basically a glorified interactive catalog for Panasonic’s line of audio stuff. I suppose there are worse ways to introduce your headphones and such to the youth of tomorrow, today. (Oh, and Ryan Sheckler is apparently a famous boarder dude. He appears to be very good. Waaaaaaaaay better than fast food and waaaaaaaaay better than I will ever be grinding it, er, pulling a 730, um, what is it called again?)

Tags: Panasonic, Ryan Sheckler

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The iGod time machine.

With a seemingly endless supply of new Facebook apps popping up daily from high school-aged developers, it’s funny to look back 25 years ago to see how young iGod himself appeared. And with the benefit of hindsight, turns out he was as visionary as he sounded.



Tags: Steve Jobs, iGod

George Parker has given you the middle finger! Accept?

So many Facebook apps, so little time. Could there be more of them? Pick a demo/cause/group/personality and there’s either an existing app or there’s one in the works, guaranteed. Certified Lemur Groomers? Trekkies For Jesus? I Got High with Willie Nelson? Fear not, Mark has you covered. As for me, my money’s on George.

Tags: Facebook

The dreaded school speech.

Although the concept of smart kid FF >> to brilliant financial planner thing has been done, give this one for the Royal Bank of Scotland a chance ... wait for it ... See? Admit it, you liked it.

Tags: RBS

It doesn’t get any better than this.

Okay, I need you people to understand the special hell I’m in here. Like all automotive, national campaigns are handled by big agencies, but where the rubber meets the road, regional shops or cable channels end up producing dealership spots shouting about NO MONEY DOWN!!! Forget production value, it’s all about what can I get for under $1,000. (That dealership is actually where we got our Kia, featuring Randy T, King of all cars.) Although Randy avoided total kitschdom by leaving the ‘K’ off car—he was also out the day we came in—the set design picks up the slack and delivers automotive greatness, even going so far as to lift a scene from pay homage to Talladega Nights.

So the lesson is basically this: a man in a cape trumps a celebrity VO and gorgeous running shots to get you to sign on the line that is dotted. (More goodness from the King here.)

You need coolin’.

Design Moma funk worth checking out, if for no other reason than the words Biomicry and Flybots. (Which, I believe the former being defined as the art of animal ridicule.) The site deisgn is sleek and compelling. Part of the exhibit involves Twitter as well. (A lot is made of the many new media toys like Twitter that seem to pop up almost hourly. True. At the very least, you can use it to discover links to things you may not have seen yet.)

(Via Andrea, and Darryl got it too.)

Tags: Design and the Elastic Mind

Dressed to kill—literally.

Aka, a purse to die from. At first glance, you’re tempted to think uh-oh, bad French perfume ad, here we go again. But nice Mars Attacks twist. Hilarity ensues! For Revolushion from Juggernaut Advertising in Santa Monica, CA.

Tags: Revolushion

8 notes, 21 songs.

A few songs I’ve come across these past months or heard on the radio, but only recently got around to sorting through. Song names lovingly and painstakingly handwritten with one hand on the wheel and the other writing at angles a shuttle pilot would envy, all on the backs of bank statements, Post-its and various envelopes. Try and enjoy. Some mellow, some not:

This is where we interview students who look the same.

Admittedly, I’m not the demo, by a few years or gender. But after watching the trailer for WE’s High School Confidential, this feels like the OC all over again. While the issues faced by each of the students may be important and very real to them, the approach feels like Oliver Stone: take every odd, traumatic, controversial thing that may have happened at one time or another and cram them all together like they happen daily. Average high school experience? Not really. No doubt teen angst nation will love it though. And good thing the students don’t all look alike either. Wouldn’t want to reinforce media perceptions of image much. Although, Dove, you watching? Bet you already are. I can just smell the ‘real beauty’ spots for this one.

Curious: what’s the minimum age now for taping life’s worst moments? Will the next show be Pre-School Rehab, sponsored by Graco?

Tags: High School Confidential

Where In the World Is Osama Bin Laden?

Morgan Spurlock, aka Michael Moore Lite, is back with yet another.

Tags: Where In the World Is Osama Bin Laden?

What the...?

Actor theme parties.
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Gimmee a C! A bouncy kinda C!
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Rock star action figures.
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Judy Garland’s praying mantis tenacity.
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Be right back, I’m just running to the Oprah Store.
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Celebramoney.
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eBay listing of the week.
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craigslist ad of the week.
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But wait, there’s more.

•• I just about gave it :24 seconds.
•• Brilliant contextual placement.
•• Not so fly girls.
•• Friendly post offices. No, really.
•• Cold Call Carl.
•• Okay, these are pretty damn cool iPod speakers.
•• Doin’ the Belgrade smash ‘n’ grab.
•• Real quotes, real politicians.
•• Creative arrogance in agencies.
•• Addicted to ones and zeros.
•• A response with a little perspective.
•• The Executive’s Coloring Book.
•• Chewbacca Monroe.

And who should I make this carton out to?

Aka, What Would Reagan Smoke? Why it’s Chesterfield of course. Nothin’ better while you’re staring down Russkies and turning in your Commie acting buddies.

Homeless shopping carts.

Abandoned online shopping carts is a real problem. The solution: show carts in the real world rounded up by Liberty Fillmore, the Cart Whisperer at nomoreabandonedcarts.com on behalf of VeriSign. Love the concept but I’m wondering why not show things that people were going to buy before they left them, which is the real problem of abandonment, somewhere in the range of 25-75% of the time also. (SEO/SEM freaks can argue over the exact figures but they know it’s a big problem for the industry.) Still, small nit aside, this is a fairly involved site for an awareness campaign with some funny content.

Tags: VeriSign

Don’t let just any baboon handle your money.

Forget the lackluster Oscars. You will not find a better :20 spot all week, perhaps all month. (What’s left of it anyway.) Caution, after Monkey Madness runs its course, turn your speakers down as the real fun begins. The guy that comes on makes Jim Cramer sound like Ben Stein.

No butts about it.

Relax, suspect’s copy, not mine. Oh wait, it isn’t. Great pun opp missed, don’t you think? Yeah, you do!) So now consumers, media shops and PR firms are handling creative, guess there’s nothing left for agencies to do. As part of the Smoke Free Movies International Week of Action in LA, (SFMI•wuh?), a trailer ran before movies warning kids about the dangers of smoking, even in PG-13 films. Don’t know how effective it is or will be, but like everything in Hollywood, PR firm The Rodgers Group said it tested well among the teen audience. Because you know how focus groups are always accurate.

Tags: International Week of Action

The Mastercard ad they should have run last night.

Your new user-generated Dove spot is here!

Okay, whatever. Sure hope the winning ad actually gets to run by itself one day without the support of the brand before and after.

Tags: Dove Cream Oil

Cheer up with David Lynch on a Monday!

“Every day is like a Saturday morning.”

Dave my friend, you said it pal. Seriously, the more I listen to this dude, the more I wanna love everybody, even AEs. Check out his response on 5Min to a question on how to keep the integrity of an idea intact. Sure it’s about film but it pertains to dealing with those black holes of creativity we all run into. Good shit for the start of the week.

Tags: David Lynch

“Sign up and see the little freak’s best moves.”

The Who Pays? pledge is a campaign for ActionAid UK in the UK from Nonsense. (They did the self-promo where you chose from three website concepts.) Details here, but it’s in favor of tougher regulation concerning how UK supermarkets treats suppliers in developing countries. You know, kinda like Nike’s kidsourced labor. So go, sign up and create your own dancing fruit to spread the word. Yep. I did one.

Tags: ActionAid UK

“I am SO hot—literally.”

Because sexy is always Dri—I’m certain of it. And thanks to Steve in the comments, I find out this is Obama Girl Amber Lee Ettinger. Guess she needs the work?

Tags: CertainDri, Obama Girl, Amber Lee Ettinger

Denny’s makes you a breakfast you can’t refuse.

Inspired casting? Dunno. Gotta admit, seeing Paulie Omelettes on the other side of the glass is a little unusual in this new Denny’s work. (View the other spot here.)

Tags: Denny’s

BMW Certified Pre-Owned Hillary.

I have issues. People—well, most anyway—know this. That’s why I blog. That’s why you read. Soooo I’m watching one of the newer BMW certified pre-owned spots, when freaky wife comes on, leading to the following thoughts:

First, as casting goes, don’t husband and wife look a little too much like brother and sister?

Second, if Disney were to create a Hillary Clinton animatronic, this would be her. Just compare to any YouTube Hillary moment. Go on, look. It’s okay, I’ll wait.

You know you want to.

When Spider Pigs fl...

Fun with Floyd on a Saturday. (Pink, not Uncle.) First came the Pink Floyd commercial for Animals I came across, then came this, um, parody? Which then led me to The Simpsons Movie UK DVD release clip. I guess rifle guy was there in case Spider Pig got bold ideas.

Tags: The Simpsons Movie, Spider Pig, Pink Floyd

Hey, isn’t that...?

More value-add for the MTLB reading public, where I do my best to find stuff nobody else cares about. Like the same actors in different commercials or the same stock photo series used for different brands. And what better way to kick it off than Zappos man.

Who, apparently after getting new kicks, got new learning. Granted, he does have a long way to go to beat this guy, but looking at him you can tell, failure’s not an option.

Tidy up, or else.

These three spots for Ikea telling you to tidy up are good. They’re old but I just saw the whole series for the first time. Small thing but the one execution of the guy on a date—literally—came out of left field compared to the harmless incidents of the other two but funny regardless.

(Via Chris.)

Tags: Ikea

¡Viva Obama!

Have to leave you with this brilliant spot for the weekend from Ben and the Amigos de Obama. Maybe that’s Hillary’s real problem: too much reliance on Fleetwood Mac.

Tags: Amigos de Obama

EX-SEIZED PERSIAN GOVERNMENT RUGS!

Because I reside in hell, I’m subject to the best of local advertising and DM, like this flyer I got yesterday. (Click to enlarge the greatness.) I think you could write your entire masters for art direction and copywriting on what not to do based on this gem. Never have so many fonts died so that others may live.

“Forced to be sold for 15¢ to 25¢ on the dollar & up.”

Forced? Was that at Persian government gunpoint perhaps? Did the same clandestine group force the designer to break ‘FOR’ to its own line? “MAKE THIS A WIDOW OR WE MAKE YOUR WIFE ONE.”

Oh, I could go on, but like a fine wine, you should take in the aroma yourself and let it breath.

Hidden demos.

More random pop-ups that found their way to me. Gay. Straight. Goth. Whatever. A person’s preferences are their business, that’s not the point of this post. (And, gay, straight or goth, I’ll be honest—I don’t trust realtors at all.) Regardless, should brands focus on separate demos using different messages that might be unacceptable to a general market, or should it be a case of one size fits all advertising? I haven’t seen a specific Goth ad for Coke per se, but there is a gay focus in American Airlines’ recent work. Do advertisers risk losing money by alienating certain groups because they went with a single message that was deemed safe enough for flyover country? Does it even matter?

Who ya gonna call? Quarkbusters.

Just when I said decent software work is almost nonexistent, Gen Text sends me this piece for Adobe InDesign and all the Quark users out there who may be using an app past its freshness date. (Quark, ever the versatile program—not.) Agency is Rapp Collins Germany and found via I Believe in Advertising.
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Tags: InDesign, Adobe

From the new debate trends department.

You know the move I’m talking about. Last night during the CNN rally debate. The one in TV courtrooms where a defendant who’s representing himself looks down and scribbles notes as the prosecutor questions a witness? Yeah, it’s getting like that a little too much lately.

Tags: CNN Debate

Sites unseen.

Update: this is what happens when you post at 2:00 a.m. With corrections and apologies to Dan, I fixed the link below to his blog.

Aka, blogs you may not know about that are worth checking out. (I always hated it when music critics would say ‘Bands you should be listening to,” making me feel even less hip for not knowing about them in the first place. So I will not put that pressure on you, I just won’t.)

The Franklin Blog – Billed as tales of woe from the black guy in the office, I first came across it on MultiCult. This creative from Cleveland takes a look at advertising stereotypes that some audiences may not be hip to.

Carb Free Creativity – Found just this Friday on Yonder Ponder, but sometimes you read a blog and immediately dig the way people think about things. Like these two interactive dudes.

Thought Gadgets – From the media side comes a POV on advertising better than most marketing blogs from non-creatives. (Having worked with Ben, he’s the first media person I’ve met who really has the bigger brand picture in mind.)

Dan Balser – Dan from the Creative Circus has a blog. It’s good. Like, better than most good. Simple thoughts simply written. His podcast? That’s good too. Especially this episode.

Orlando wants parents to be their kids’ friends.

Summer’s coming and that means time for America’s tourism boards to start plugging only the good parts of their states. (Yes, I researched them all once for you ungrateful people when I was bored.) One campaign caught my eye in particular for visitorlando.com, (clip via splendads.)

Tried and true formula in full-effect with old pop song behind footage of family fun, topped off with the ‘Be a kid again’ theme we’ve all used at some point. Throw in the Tom Hanks Big camera trick along with some iPod-Cingular reflecting dancing girl and you’re good to go. Maybe I read into it too much, who knows, but one other vibe I got from it: the idea that parents are their kids’ friends, which feels wrong somehow.

As an adult, once you have a few of the little bastards—yes, I can say it, I was one—you know how much your life changes, certainly your idea of what once constituted fun changes. You’re still a parent though, with all the responsibilities and bullshit that comes with it.

Tags: visit Orlando

Cool. Happy. Funny.

All at once. For people who live the shed life.

But wait, there’s more.

•• Too much keming is bad.
•• The Zippo trick. (Via 5min.com)
•• Advanced pharma layout, today.
•• AA’s Post-It^® note of Fury.
•• Soccer Futbol will not be saved by advertising alone.
•• Until boomers die.
•• You can’t afford NOT to advertise.
•• Never joke about Billy Ray Cyrus. Ever.
•• Jay-Z, your new creative director.
•• Most ‘non ad agencies’ cocking it up.
•• Rent to moan.
•• Because you need a cool music vid this week.
•• Living monochromatically.
•• Shoot like a pro. A Taco Bell pro.

What more lawyer ads need: the blues.

Oh no AT&T didn’t.

Oh yes they did.

Don’t know why but this image just stood out today.

Tired of lifestyle shots?

Yeah, me too. And Destructoid.

Okay, Chuck, I give. Please.

I’ll sign up. Whatever you want me to do. Just Rotostop. Please.



Tags: Charles Schwab

Contextual fun.

Now, I’m not saying
Drudge has it in
for Hillary, but really,
nice placement yesterday.

Do some good.

Help some charities. Pick a brief. Design a poster. Submit it by April 20th. (Only bad thing about it is giving creatives two months for any deadline.)

Tags: Good 50x70

Flea Market II - First Blood.

Oh, he’s back. This time, Mr. Mini Mall brings his special blend of sales magic and dance to the local news. Who says YouTube doesn’t make dreams come true.

Tags: mini mall rap, Sammy Stephens, Flea Market Montgomery

Head cases wanted.

Celebrities with problems, go figure. Head Case on Starz is like The Larry Sanders Show, only set in a shrink’s office. The website has more show clips and some funky animating graphics overlaying the action. A companion site called goodetherapy.com was created by space150 in conjunction with Starz. (Likely NSFW, especially if you like to keep your speakers turned up.)

Tags: Head Case

Sendak comes to life.

If you grew up with Maurice Sendak’s world of monsters, you’ll appreciate this trailer originally via MLx. It’s apparently an older test clip from the upcoming Spike Jonze adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are. Even though you can tell by the way the audio is dubbed that it’s not final, there’s a nice vibe in the scene which I hope continues throughout the film. Much as I dig a Pan’s Labrynthe/Harry Potter CGI fest, the live action fable look is a nice change, almost like what Tim Burton goes for.

UPDATE: Well, as fast as it became a viral, it became an anti-viral because this clip is almost nowhere to be found now; maybe try here. Spike Jonze has also issued a response in regards to the leaked clip.

All causes need one thing—a good acronym.

Methodists for methane, Wiccans for windpower? Forget cute metaphors like a $ made of gas. Takes too long. You need an acronym like F.U.S.E. when talking about united faiths for sustainable energy. Something catchy for people to remember. Keep it simple though and don’t make it like that toll free number the bail bonds guy uses either: 1-888-525-9BND, (that’s 1-888-525-9263).

It’s UP to you, Zoo, York, Zoo York.

Okay, lame Sinatra for a Tuesday, but funny print work by David and Goliath for Zoo York and their Jenna Jameson edition, via Advertka.

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Tags: Zoo York

Of virals.

Okay, so the latest DON’T TASE BRITNEY ALONE is now in session. (I think we need a new phrase to describe multiple virals at once, maybe, viri?) Sure, the iBand song is worse than any track that comes with GarageBand and it’s no Sunday Bloody Sunday, but 22,000+ 52,000+ 97,000+ 148,000+ 534,000 1.1 million views after one two three days? That’s viral. (UPDATE: 3.9 million after one year.) Barack is your new bicycle? By the time Jetpacks was all over it, it spread like, um, a virus. Maybe it even shows on YouTube, maybe not. But as the word ‘viral’ goes, we good? Cool.

Tags: Mat Honan, iBand, Barack is your new bicycle

I don’t blame Amy Sedaris for cute bunnies.

I want to, I really do, but instead, I blame evil Microsoft for this Little Shop of Rabbit Horrors. Who knows. Maybe cute bunnies are perfect for Dilbert Nation. I’m just telling you now though, you may want the 4:27 back that this promo steals from your life. At first, it took over my FB page, now, the virus has spread to YouTube. And like all other MS campaigns, no connection to the website whatsoever. (Yeah, I hate MS, so what.) Tip for improving the video: have the rabbits don Judas Priest gear and bite the head off an Ozzie doll during their MS 2007 RockTrax™ performance.



Tags: Amy Sedaris, Office 2007

“Dear Clos du Bois, I never thought this would happen to me.”

Okay, this story was pretty good for Clos du Bois as far as lame excuses from guys go. Vote on others at their site and send someone, maybe you, to Paris.

(Paris, why is it always Paris. What’s wrong with Trenton?)

(Site by Traction.)

Feeling better with Tylenol.

This new Tylenol spot from Deutsch features less than perfect bodies shot in a nice elegant way. (View a :60 here, even though unlike the :30, the VO detracts from the power of the shots.) And while I’m a big proponent of brands losing the www in urls, they eliminated it here completely.

Tags: Tylenol

Jeannie Tate, still putting the fun in dysfunctional.

Been a year since I saw fictional soccer mom Jeannie Tate and her dysfunctional daughter. Looks like the daughter is still as messed up as ever while mom’s added a few more episodes to her new site. Including the latest with Rob Riggle from The Daily Show all the Bud Lager Lesson spots.

Tags: Jeannie Tate, Rob Riggle

With NicoDerm CQ, quitters never smoke—smokers never quit.

Actually, not just your brain’s gonna be unhappy, but big tobacco too. (And on another note, how’d the Photoshop work on the girl’s shirt ever make it out the door?)

Tags: NicoDerm CQ

Can’t have a revolution without merch. Great. Now the maps are gonna change—again.

(Image via Drudge.)

Tags: Serbia, Kosovo

Mt. Dude embraces its outer graffiti.

These Mt. Dew graffiti designs on aluminum bottles ran only in eastern Virginia last fall, but why not run them nationwide? Cool look.

Update: Tim says we have a Nebraska sighting yesterday.
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(Tip to Shawn.)

Tags: Mt. Dew

Maybe this is what the Clinton campaign needs. New shirts.

(Image via Drudge.)

Old Navy does the film content thing—sorta?

Aka, online music videos and films promoting new musical talent and not the brand is the new...

The Old Navy site connects graphically with the previous spots like Sweater, and features yet another flavor of the hour YouSpaceBook artist named Lights in brand tactic of the hour: the Filmmercial™. Gotta say though, she does pout and pose as well as anyone out there. Still, quoting a singer’s MySpace traffic as a way to draw attention? Seems unneccesary, no? Especially when the hip youth of tomorrow already know who she is. This makes me look forward even more to Todd’s Gapover. Oh, wait, guess Todd’s not ready. So they’re doing this for now.

Tags: Old Navy

Hyping the type.

Generally, promos for the tools and software most creatives use is, well, it sucks. Best it ever gets is that STUPID montage you find in the Photoshop splash screen when the program opens. A transparent horse and some flowers—wow. At least Extensis is trying to do something here for type with serif ignited by san-serif and matched on 29 dimensions of compatibility.

(Via Sarah via Core77 via Coudal Partners.)

Tags: Typecaster

MLK: Trekkie, Uhura fan.

Watch. (I’ll only mess it up by typing something stupid.)

(Via Hungry Blues via Twitter.)

Tags: Uhura, MLK

Contextual madness continues.

Guess I’ll add contextual ad master to my res, along with Kontest King. Two more submissions to bring you today, the first from Bryan helps you find the plastic surgeon that’s right for you—even if it runs in a story about how plastic surgeons botched a job. The second is from an anon and has no link. Still creepy enough without it. Click on the image and see why Disney’s trailer may not be the best choice to run in this case.

UPDATE: Thanks to anon for sending the link to the story, although it looks like they removed the ad. Proving once again, always get a screen grab.

People might just point at me more now.

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Great. Got this lovely bit o’ local DM from the Toyota dealership in the area. At first, I was like, ho-hum, another poster slash brochure that took up my whole desk. Waste of print and copy if you ask me. Until I saw the card that is, and how they personalized a Toyota experience—for me. Tears fell people.

Tears.

Tags: Toyota, Sequioa

Overheard internet

Because people are always saying something really cool, really honest, or really stupid:

“The secret of funk is in the hat.”
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“Wendy’s has by far the best fast food. What dipshit think McDs or BK actually tastes better? ... Would it be so hard to make a clever/fun/engaging spot that reinforced this salient point? ... Ah, what do I know. I work in interactive, so I don’t know shit about TV. Except that in 5 years you will all be out of work, because NO ONE WATCHES TV COMMERCIALS ANYMORE!!!!!!!!

Enjoy retirement.”
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“sexist and disgraceful, yes, but tits are funny, and were created by god to advance the career of benny hill.”

Lancomku.

Love, a bridge too far
A couple runs, their fate met
Kate smiles, check cashed

Tags: Lancome, Tresor, Kate Winslet

Stolen laptop with your data? Yep, that’s me.

Had to happen sooner or later, right? The letter that Blue Cross of NJ was kind enough to send me after an employee’s laptop was stolen with my info on it:

“The stolen laptop contained the personal information of approximately 300,000 Horizon BCBSNJ members and included names, address, and Social Security numbers. There was no medical data on the stolen laptop. Horizon BCBSNJ believes that it is highly unlikely that any personal data stored on the stolen computer has been accessed. The computer was password protected. Also, on January 23, 2008, a security feature was initiated that destroys all of the data on stolen computer.”

Let’s dig a little Celebrex deeper, shall we?

“...no medical data on the stolen laptop.”

Thank God. Wouldn’t want the x-ray of my broken leg to fall into the wrong hands. Oh, wait, Social Security numbers? Let’s give those out though.

“...highly unlikely that any personal data stored on the stolen computer has been accessed.”

Call me Reagan crazy, but I like to verify before I trust. They don’t even know where it is. How do they know it hasn’t?

“...a security feature was initiated that destroys all of the data on stolen computer.”

Like what, a gremlin pops out of the CD-ROM drive with a hammer and smashes the hard drive? Here’s what I’m thinking: LOJACK THE FUCKING THING NEXT TIME MILTON HAS A DATE AND FORGETS TO LOCK IT IN THE TRUNK.

On second thought, maybe I’ll sue.

Tags: stolen NJ Bluecross laptop

Pygmy GPS.

Sounds odd, but it’s about saving the old with the new.