Oh Australia! Has it really come down to this? While this won’t win any awards, it’s fun to watch and I’m sure it must have been hilarious on the set and the editing room.
What’s next – beaver dolls as Valentine’s day gift?
Of course, my blog readers deserve nothing but all the three TVCs. Enjoy.
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Archive for November, 2008
Down Under shows women how to care ‘down there’
Posted in Random sightings, lighter side, tagged Kotex U beaver on November 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Chalk Shadows
Posted in cynical pov, images, interactive on November 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Artist Michael Neff goes around town when the sun is shining and does his thing – he outlines shadows with surprisingly beautiful results.
You can find his entire chalk work HERE. And this is how he does it.
Via. Via.
Coming soon to a zoo near you
Posted in Random sightings, tagged Sea Scorpion, The Hobbit, The Neanderthal on November 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
New York Times has a fascinating story that starts with…
‘A RESEARCHER at Pennsylvania State University, Stephan Schuster, said in the journal Nature last week that he might be able to regenerate a mammoth from ancient DNA for just $10 million.’
Click carefully to make them come alive.
So the Times naturally wondered ‘What other extinct species would [...]
About your PSA about drinking water
Posted in Random sightings, lighter side, tagged creeps, Unfortunate PSA on November 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Going full-speed for the cute factor, Athens-Clarke County, GA takes a creepy turn…
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J C Penny puts men in the doghouse and women in the nuthouse
Posted in cynical pov, tagged beware of the dog house, Budweiser greeting card ads, Holiday ads, J C Penny, J C Penny dog house on November 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s the season for holiday adverts and so far none has done it better worse than J C Penny. Apparently, inappropriate gift giving is now a privilege only enjoyed by children, women, parents, friends – basically every fringe group except men, 18-49.
Just in the previous post, I was lamenting the inherent [...]
A new high (or low) in vintage sexist advertising
Posted in Random sightings, lighter side, tagged sexism, tampax, vintage advertising on November 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Sexism in vintage advertising is a source of many blog posts. In fact, ad bloggers around the world would not have anything to say, if not for these gems.
Not surprisingly, the French have managed to confuse the hell out of us again. This advert, loosely translated means, (Updated. Thanks Lindsay!) – ‘I am like fish [...]
SF MOMA ArtScope
Posted in Random sightings, cool stuff, creative stuff, interactive, tagged SF Moma ArtScope on November 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has a new project, ArtScope in which their entire collection is presented in a website in a breathtaking manner. It is a neat way to use all the new web tools to present creative work, well…creatively.
Click on the image or click HERE.
Image of the moment
Posted in images, tagged image of the moment on November 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Click and something will happen.
Gender Analyzer: An Analysis
Posted in Random sightings, cynical pov, lighter side, tagged Gender Analyzer on November 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Gender Analyzer is a new web service that is annoying, pointless and useless. The premise is simple and has absolutely no value – you enter your blog or a website and it gives you the gender of its author. How or what goes into the analysis is not explained.
I decided to check two of the [...]
