Is that a monitor in your pocket? “Wouldn’t it be handy if you could go to the beach, take an object the size of a fountain pen out of your pocket, unfold a 15-inch monitor and surf the Web or watch the Dodgers beat up on the Giants?” This scenario may not be far off, according to Ghassan Jabbour, an assistant research professor at the University of Arizona.
Throw away your microwave! I don’t know credible the source of this document is, but you may be inclined to throw your microwave out the window after reading it.
Getting fired doesn’t get any better than this. Rick Thoman oversaw Xerox Corporation’s unsuccessful restructuring and got the boot as CEO. As a retirement package, he will be getting about $800,000 a year. Wow… I wish I could screw up that well and get fired. (spotted on /usr/bin/girl)
Is Caffeine to Soda what Nicotine is to Cigarettes?A Johns Hopkins study suggests that yes, Caffeine is added to soft drinks as a mildly addictive, mood-altering drug that hooks people into drinking more of it. The soft-drink industry says it adds flavour.
Hunter S. Thompson is so bored with the political climate these days, he’s given up writing about it. “Anyone with half a fucking brain would be apathetic.” Lately he’s been more interested in shooting bears (and wounding his assistants).
Lou Pearlman, the man behind the boy bands Backstreet Boys and ‘NSync announced this week, “Well, as I’m sure it’s been clear to you all along, I’m not interested in making music. I’m interested in making money. And ever since that whole MP3 thing started, I realized that the death of the recording industry as we know it is just a matter of time. That’s when I came up with the idea of using my latest boy band, O-Town, to create and market a new brand of clothing.”
(Ironminds: Making the Brand)
I don’t know what’s more disturbing: The fact that there is going to be yet another boy band smelling up the airwaves; The idea that said boy band is nothing but a blatant marketing strategy; or that one of the members of O-Town said about the branding: “It’s kind of what The-Artist-Formerly-Known-as-Prince did with that weird symbol back when we were babies, only better.” NO! It is NOTHING like that!!!!!
Mistakes happen – Some are just more painful than others.
Summer is here! Finally… an entire weekend that felt like summer! It was a welcome change from the usually rainy weekends Ottawa has seen so far… let’s just hope it keeps up well into the fall.
Name Your Baby IUMA! – iuma.com, an online music site, has launched the “Name your baby Iuma” contest. Taking marketing to a whole new level, IUMA (Internet Underground Music Archive) will pay parents $5,000 or New Music for life to name their child Iuma.
Obscene Interiors – A professional interior designer and a self-proclaimed “Smartass Designer Extrodinaire(sic)” take a look at, and comment on the horrors of interior design in Amateur Porn photos.