I saw this on TV the other day, and I know you want one. You can get it discounted through the TV price, so order now! Frankly, it's probably a waste of your money, but it would be cheaper than some peoples' nights out at the bar - and safer too. Why not order it, then break it trying to cut stuff that's too big and whip yourself in the face with the leaves when it all gets tangled up? Why not?
Or you could always just buy the rodenator with a month's worth of bar savings...
In other news, it's the end of another long week. Amanda has a new job at a place which will hopefully make her very happy. Finding your first real job out of college is a challenge, especially after a Masters too, and she toughed it out. Let it be known, I'm really proud of her.
Work is going well, and there may be rumors in my life for a Ph.D. around the corner. My adviser told me he thinks I'll be done with my Masters in June. Goes without saying that I love research, but I can't wait to be done.
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14 October 2011
28 February 2011
As seen on TV
Jeremy dropped by the apartment yesterday to help us move the futon out to his place and to rearrange the piano. Amanda and I have just been trying to find ways of opening up some space in our place, especially now that we have Betsy. But while he was here, the futon uncovered my stockpile of "toy" swords that Jacob and I play with. Upon seeing my two-hand sword from last fall, he brought up this movie and it's hilariously worth your time. Hope it brightens what otherwise is here a stormy and cold day.
03 January 2011
Randoms
I wanna start this post by saying that for the new year I will be concentrating more on time management and thus will be controlling the amount of time I spend on blogger. Hopefully this will also have a reader benefit in the form of higher quality posts, but let's not get that hasty quite yet.
So on to business. For starters, I have been blown away by all this flooding down in Australia. I guess I'm unfamiliar with whether this kind of deluge is typical, but regardless it is so much bigger than normal that it's really epic in proportions.
Next, it would seem that there was a huge flock death of red-winged black birds in Arkansas over the new year. Whether it's the weather that caused it or other causes is yet to be determined. But it's always kinda creepy to have that many die all at once.
And then there's Facebook. I remember back when it was getting started how different was from now and while the changes haven't been fundamental it's still mind-blowing to see just how far it's gotten. I bet even Zuckerberg didn't even expect to have a $50 billion company on his hands or be Time's person of 2010.
And finally for today, read up on BBC's 6 ads that changed our world. Interesting read to be honest.
So on to business. For starters, I have been blown away by all this flooding down in Australia. I guess I'm unfamiliar with whether this kind of deluge is typical, but regardless it is so much bigger than normal that it's really epic in proportions.
Next, it would seem that there was a huge flock death of red-winged black birds in Arkansas over the new year. Whether it's the weather that caused it or other causes is yet to be determined. But it's always kinda creepy to have that many die all at once.
And then there's Facebook. I remember back when it was getting started how different was from now and while the changes haven't been fundamental it's still mind-blowing to see just how far it's gotten. I bet even Zuckerberg didn't even expect to have a $50 billion company on his hands or be Time's person of 2010.
And finally for today, read up on BBC's 6 ads that changed our world. Interesting read to be honest.
03 December 2010
Catchy Titles
In an effort to capture a larger readership, I have been trying to work on my ability to attract attention with just the blog title. Mind you, that still means I need to retain attention within the blog, but that will come next. First, I just want to trick you into reading my ramblings. So I've been roaming the web looking for catchy titles so that I will learn how to better attract attention to my own blog.
None does a better job of this than the video I embed below. The title got me interested immediately and then the picture (people dressed as polar bears) made me click and listen to the movie. In the end, I actually want to make some notes about this movie and my thoughts that surround it. I think this is characteristic of many activist groups - they are much better at capturing the attention of the public and blinding their reasoning with wittiness and emotions. This all starts with a title.
First off, congratulations to the group for capturing my attention and getting your point across. While your point lacks originality, the costumes are definitely a nice change from the nude protesters that frequent my own industry. But then I have to ask you, what exactly makes this a peaceful protest? You have trespassed private property, stormed control of the companies machinery and then locked yourself to the equipment. Does this really mean the protest was peaceful, just because you didn't assault the workers?
And then the locks. Nothing quite like a New York City bike lock to imply you mean to stay hitched for a while. I don't think there is a cause in the world for which I would lock my nice in a grip like that to anything. It's not that there aren't causes that I firmly believe in, it's that there is no way you'll catch me willingly placing myself into a position of such weakness. And as a final thought, I offer this video as a counter-point to why Polar Bears are going extinct. Thanks Gail!
None does a better job of this than the video I embed below. The title got me interested immediately and then the picture (people dressed as polar bears) made me click and listen to the movie. In the end, I actually want to make some notes about this movie and my thoughts that surround it. I think this is characteristic of many activist groups - they are much better at capturing the attention of the public and blinding their reasoning with wittiness and emotions. This all starts with a title.
First off, congratulations to the group for capturing my attention and getting your point across. While your point lacks originality, the costumes are definitely a nice change from the nude protesters that frequent my own industry. But then I have to ask you, what exactly makes this a peaceful protest? You have trespassed private property, stormed control of the companies machinery and then locked yourself to the equipment. Does this really mean the protest was peaceful, just because you didn't assault the workers?
And then the locks. Nothing quite like a New York City bike lock to imply you mean to stay hitched for a while. I don't think there is a cause in the world for which I would lock my nice in a grip like that to anything. It's not that there aren't causes that I firmly believe in, it's that there is no way you'll catch me willingly placing myself into a position of such weakness. And as a final thought, I offer this video as a counter-point to why Polar Bears are going extinct. Thanks Gail!
16 August 2010
Advertisements
Today, I'm going to try and embed advertisements. Getting me started today is the Levi's ad I just watched with a guy walking across America.
I guess after watching this ad I was struck by two things. Advertisements have come A LONG WAY from where they were when I was a kid. And you think that's something, go to a flea market or a junk shop, or even Cracker Barrel and you'll see how much they've changed since your parents were kids. I don't think we're more complicated than people at that time, but we have so much more access to the global market that I feel like advertisers now have to take every step to gain the competitive edge. Sure, we still have some very stupid ads that don't make any sense at all such as this Dodge commercial I saw last night, yet the commercials are so much more complex than they were.
And there are all the great ESPN commercials. But with a sports dominance like ESPN has, then why do they even advertise in the first place? Of course you're going to watch ESPN, they've bought out all your favorite shows and they don't do the same crappy footage that networks like Big Ten play on TV. And while I was searching, I heard Chris Spielman tell why he came to OSU.
Here's a great example of terrible physics. I'm no physics geek by any means, but these kind of ads bother me a lot for their inaccuracies.
Sure, we enjoy making fun of accents and peculiarities about languages and cultures, especially how they are funny amidst our own culture, but this one is still my favorite. The rest of the company's ads aren't nearly as good as this one.
If you think about it, the ads that you're most likely to tell your friends about are either the really terrible ones or the funniest ones. So then, do you ever wonder if companies make awful ads just to grab more attention? Or are they just that unaware of the people they are appealing to to understand what will interest them. I can understand bad ads from the past when we had less discriminating taste, but if you can't advertise well now, then just use the radio.
I guess after watching this ad I was struck by two things. Advertisements have come A LONG WAY from where they were when I was a kid. And you think that's something, go to a flea market or a junk shop, or even Cracker Barrel and you'll see how much they've changed since your parents were kids. I don't think we're more complicated than people at that time, but we have so much more access to the global market that I feel like advertisers now have to take every step to gain the competitive edge. Sure, we still have some very stupid ads that don't make any sense at all such as this Dodge commercial I saw last night, yet the commercials are so much more complex than they were.
And there are all the great ESPN commercials. But with a sports dominance like ESPN has, then why do they even advertise in the first place? Of course you're going to watch ESPN, they've bought out all your favorite shows and they don't do the same crappy footage that networks like Big Ten play on TV. And while I was searching, I heard Chris Spielman tell why he came to OSU.
Here's a great example of terrible physics. I'm no physics geek by any means, but these kind of ads bother me a lot for their inaccuracies.
Sure, we enjoy making fun of accents and peculiarities about languages and cultures, especially how they are funny amidst our own culture, but this one is still my favorite. The rest of the company's ads aren't nearly as good as this one.
If you think about it, the ads that you're most likely to tell your friends about are either the really terrible ones or the funniest ones. So then, do you ever wonder if companies make awful ads just to grab more attention? Or are they just that unaware of the people they are appealing to to understand what will interest them. I can understand bad ads from the past when we had less discriminating taste, but if you can't advertise well now, then just use the radio.
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