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Category Archives: Fun
Can we do this to the customers too?
Colin Farrell’s excellent Corporal Punishment Research website has created a montage called “spank while you sell,” which shows the use of corporal punishment in advertisements for consumer products.
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The Power of Positive Thinking: the prevail whale
I loved this image by lemasney of “the prevail whale.” to counter all the negative buzz Twitter is getting when its “fail whale” page is displayed. Oh, Twitter. We know you can do better. And we’re all rooting for you.
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What if stop signs were designed by marketers?
Here’s how it would look.
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The perils of Google searching
I wrote a piece of software that I called Checkout Candy, which does automatic upselling on the shopping cart and checkout pages of a Zen Cart, based on Better Together discounts. I got an email last night (from someone who … Continue reading
Dr. No
Last weekend we saw the classic Bond film Dr. No at my favorite movie theatre in Tampa. In one scene, Bond does a double take when he sees the recently stolen Goya portrait of the Duke of Wellington in Dr. … Continue reading
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Weekend break – RickRoll, Glengarry Glen Ross
The RickRoll: a brief history. Glengarry Glen Ross for the Circuit City crowd. “You drove here in a Hyundai. I drove here in a Hyundai with leather seats.”
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Happy Memorial Day!
Thank a veteran that you can still rock in America!
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Is George Costanza working in Japan?
“Because if that was wrong – I’ve gotta plead ignorance here.”
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Driving in the rain to Ottawa
On Monday, April 28, we spent several hours driving through the rain to Ottawa (to catch a plane and interview Tobias Lutke, but not in that order). I started singing Gary Allan’s “Songs About Rain” (yep, I’m a sap), and … Continue reading
Jonathan Coulton – Music to code by
What a wonderful voice. And such great subject matter. 🙂
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