Archive for January, 2008
On the 15th of May we all go and buy CARROTS
Thursday, January 31, 2008 23:53 No CommentsPhoto adactio
115,000 people have already become members in a …weird Facebook group with title “On May 15th 2008, everybody needs to go out and panic buy CARROTS”. It may be a bit odd but I wonder how many of the 115,000 (till now) will actually go and buy carrots that day.
The guy behind this "revolutionary" [...]
NIKE’s Sick Advert
Thursday, January 31, 2008 23:44 No CommentsThey are light, modern, trendy, and many more. Nike shoes are known not only for their quality but also for their adverts. I think thought this time they went too far.
I think the adverts point is that wearing this shoe you feel so comfortable and light that its like you are not wearing any shoes. [...]
Indiana Jones: Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Thursday, January 31, 2008 23:28 No CommentsEmpire, an American magazine, published the above photo from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the crystal skull (which will be in cinemas on the 22th of May.
You can see a better quality version of this photo here. I do not know what is more ridiculous, the strange weapon, the look of the co-starrs or [...]
Amazon Bought Audible
Thursday, January 31, 2008 23:13 1 CommentYesterday night in a not so expected move, Amazon announced that they bought Audible for $300 millions.
Audible is the biggest supplier of audio books, audio newspapers etc. Its list contains thousands of files and it has departments in Germany, United Kingdom and France.
I think Amazon will connect it with Kindle offering an alternative service of [...]
Complain Blogs for Public Services
Thursday, January 31, 2008 23:05 1 CommentEvery day about 2,000,000 people go through the airport security services in America. All those that have been in and out of the US know that courtesy, discretion, and sense of humor are not important for all those civil service people that try to ensure we have a safe flight.
Thus, thousands of people complain for [...]
U2 and their adorable manager
Wednesday, January 30, 2008 0:35 No CommentsPaul McGuinness, U2 manager for the last 30 years, addressed delegates at an international music industry conference, held in France, and made some statements that made him very adorable by Internet users.
He said that ISP’s are ?shoddy, careless and downright dishonest way they have been treated in the digital age?
He also went against governments that [...]