When someone introduces a useless idea (or one that is narrow in scope) on the Internet, it gets linked, picked, praised, talked about till the transformation from a phenomena to sheer bullshit is complete.
I am taking about Wolfram Alpha. Because among other places, it has been talked about here , here and here.
I have heard [...]
Archive for the ‘lighter side’ Category
Of search, bird sex and a remarkably fast journey of becoming a verb.
Posted in Internet, Random sightings, cynical pov, lighter side, rants, tagged bird sex, brands becoming verbs, How birds have sex?, Wolfram Alpha on May 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
No one does camouflage better than these Iranian snipers
Posted in Random sightings, lighter side, tagged iranian annual army day, Iranian Snipers, wookiee on April 21, 2009 | 4 Comments »
This is just delightful…Iranian snipers parading at the annual army day, scaring the shit out of old people while children everywhere were laughing thier assess off.
Be scared…but please don’t throw cigarette butts at these guys.
Tim Dowling: Iranian Sniper or Wookiee? How to tell them apart.
An insight into the complicated workings of the US Treasury Department
Posted in cool stuff, lighter side, tagged South Park Bailout on March 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This explains so much.
Modern Art explained through modern art.
Posted in Random sightings, lighter side, tagged Modern Art, New Math on March 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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What’s on top of your house?
Posted in lighter side, tagged Berkshire cock on the roof on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Click to enlarge. Slightly NSFW.
From the BBC…
An 18-year-old has secretly painted a 60ft drawing on the roof of his parents’ £1million mansion near Inkpen in Berkshire.
Comcast – Apply directly to the forehead.
Posted in Random sightings, cool stuff, lighter side, rants, tagged comcast dream big commercial, waking life on March 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This Comcast commercial has been out for a while now and to be honest, it’s a sub-par effort. The only thing that stands out is the technique, though I wonder why they didn’t have a compelling story to match it. There have been many ads that have used animation and digital video – very badly [...]
Lights off at You Tube
Posted in Random sightings, lighter side, tagged beethoven, geek humor, mozart, you tube, you tube lights off on February 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
You Tube has a new feature, well it maybe old but I came across it recently…it’s called lights off. Lights off lets you clear the screen, makes the background dark so you can enjoy the content without any distractions. That’s of course assuming you, like me, drink some brandy and search for Beethoven at You [...]
WSJ – Dope we can believe in
Posted in Random sightings, cynical pov, lighter side, rants, tagged baseball, obama, steriods, Wall street journal on February 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Life has been difficult for WSJ for years now. It was taken over by a mongrel from Down Under, conservatism committed suicide, McCain chose Palin, Tax cuts suddenly stopped being the be-all end-all cure for economic messes and even the words on its mast head ‘Wall Street’ fell down a notch below ‘Crack Whore’ in [...]
Violent European fun with sports and crime
Posted in Random sightings, lighter side, tagged Crime Channel, Europe, funny on February 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Recession Advertising Fun
Posted in Random sightings, cynical pov, lighter side, tagged best buy sarcastic ad, recession advertising fun on February 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Not sure if this is real, but this kick ass is awesome. Because Circuit City always sucked. And this is the funniest price war ad I have seen in a while. Via
Are you Professional?
Posted in Random sightings, lighter side, tagged Buzz Feed, Chrisitian Bale rant, Mae Shi on February 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just the thing I needed to be back from a brief holiday and hiatus. NSFW…actually it’s not safe for home either, but whatever. Thank you The Mae Shi, Buzz Feed, Interwebs and The Professional.
The truth about EU Countries
Posted in Random sightings, lighter side, tagged Devid Cerny, EU, EU art installation on January 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Czech Republic takes over the EU Presidency and it started it swell. They commissioned the artist David Cerny to make an art piece. Like all artist, he lied about who is doing what and did it all by himself. The result is a hilarious installation at the EU. Enjoy.
German roads make a Swastika
The entire [...]
Bag a blonde to stop slave trade
Posted in Random sightings, cynical pov, lighter side, rants, tagged Amnesty International Germany on December 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Must you indulge in scam ads too, Amnesty? Apparently, the German arm of Amnesty International is very concerned about slave trade. So concerned that they did this in an airport, you know, to stop slave owners from picking up their slaves.
Extra points for sending a photographer to document the guy who was documenting this.
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Interesting image from the International Horse Show
Posted in lighter side, tagged Camilla Parker Bowles, Duchess of Cornwall, International Horse Show London on December 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The sweetest thing about having a blog with no purpose is I can post pictures like this. The Duchess sure likes to horse around.
Calvin Snow Art
Posted in cool stuff, lighter side, tagged Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes, Calvin Snow Art on December 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Bill Watterson’s take on the world never ceases to amaze me. This is the latest Calvin Snow Art meme at Buzz Feed.
Click on the strip below and it becomes ginormous. There really is no better way to spend 10 minutes.
One of my personal favorite is below:
WTF BK?
Posted in Random sightings, cynical pov, lighter side, tagged Burger King, whopper virgins on December 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Burger King has done some superb stuff with it’s King mascot and the whopper freak-out videos were priceless in terms of marketing excellence. So I was eagerly looking forward to their latest effort, which will be fully released later this week. But the preview of it leaves me just confused.
The premise is this – BK [...]
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 »
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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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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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 [...]
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 [...]
Guitar Hero
Posted in Random sightings, cool stuff, lighter side, tagged a-rod, ian phelps, kobe, Latest guitar hero ad, tony hawk on October 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
They must have spent zillions to get all these guys in one room. As for as celebrity endorsements go, this is funny.
And I am pretty sure, sports blogs are going to have a field day, especially with Kobe and A-Rod.
Things that make me wonder…
Posted in cynical pov, lighter side on October 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Does God allow these people to lose their soul every time there is an election?
This priceless headline is from The Guardian.
Advertising Agency Lies
Posted in lighter side, tagged advertising agency lies on October 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As I was digging through my book collection, I came across Liars Handbook with a charming list of lies advertising agencies dabble once in a while. This list was collected in 1985 by The Sydney Morning Herald through reader submissions.
And since there seems to a lie list for Creatives, Account Handlers and even Ad film [...]
The other side of a Google Ad
Posted in Random sightings, lighter side, tagged google ad on October 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ever wondered how bad a banner ad can be messed up, apart from the usual lack of creativity and the high annoyance factor? And not to mention, how ads appear magically before the page downloads…well, this time, it’s just hilarious.
