New Roomba Robots Introduced ~ Featuring the Virtual Wall® Lighthouse™

The new Roomba vacuum cleaning robots are out from iRobot. They look pretty amazing. I hope they are as great as the old models. I want one! They even come with the oh-so-creative Virtual Wall® Lighthouses™. Glad that they were somehow able to trademark the word “lighthouse,” since it’s hardly ever used in anything that’s [...]

“I Love New York” ~ “I Need to Get Out of the City”

I don’t fully understand New York. People love the city and tell everybody that they love it, but then they run around trying to escape the bustle whenever they can. The New Yorker is a magazine that loves to celebrate that fact, mostly in their covers and cartoons. The August 20, 2007, issue’s cover is [...]

Lost and Found, but Mostly Lost ~ Fictional Reality Television in Book Form

A recent trip to Target proved interesting with the latest tale from Carolyn Parkhurst: Lost and Found. The cover jumped out at me and said, “Don’t read me!” especially with that special sticker that someone at Targetdecided would be great to place over half the book’s title. Hooray! Two people running with abandon on a [...]

Bad Ad, Bad Placement ~ Aie, Concur!

Poor Concur. For those who have ever dealt with business expense reports and policy-driven purchases, Concur seems to have a useful and innovative service. But their unfortunate “Jim goes to Hawaii first class” Flash tower ad sucks. Let’s talk the ad up first before I mention the horrible placement.
First of all, no one thinks that Jim [...]

Beaches not Bombs ~ Lebanon Parties On

Reuters has an article called “Beach frolics eclipse politics in war-weary Lebanon.” Beaches will conquer all?
From the article:

Young Ukrainian models in flimsy lingerie spray champagne at aboisterous crowd of young Lebanese at a swanky beach resortsouth of Beirut — barely a year after Israeli bombs were fallingnearby.
Drinks in hand, shapely women in skimpy bikinis dance [...]

Life is Just Beachy for Esurance ~ High Growth with Active Escape Ads

The AdAge article “The High Price of Rapid Growth” from August 20, 2007, by Erik Sherman opens with a story about the rapid growth of Esurance:
Internet-based auto-insurance dealer Esurance has been on a growth roll: 40% from 2005 to 2006 and 70% each of the three previous years. Credit smart marketing, mixing online and smart [...]

The Cult of Rapture ~ BioShock Splashdown

First-Person Shooter fans are readying themselves for the BioShock splashdown. The Cult of Rapture Forum says to “wait for the official demo download tonight at 7PM EDT” to make sure you have the latest version and drivers.
Rapture is the name of the underwater city in the game. David Kushner at IEEE Spectrum Sandbox has this [...]

John from Cincinnati ~ Where there was no happiness?

A friend’s email signature includes the following quote from Overheard in New York:

“Imagine living in the Midwest where there is no happiness.”          -from a guy on the Metro-North train

I have often heard people from the coasts admit to feeling trapped when they travel inland. They see the ocean as an outlet for escape, even though their [...]

In the Jungle with Rudy Giuliani

Not really sure what to say about this little clip with Rudy Giuliani dressed up in Lion King garb for a roast. The guy does love to play dress up.

Escape by Clicking ~ American Airlines “Click It To Paradise”

American Airlines has the unfortunate position of hosting the first sweepstakes I get to bash. These contests are everywhere. It’s bad enough that the airlines constantly use island beaches and palm trees to sell their services, but then to add a tropical paradise contest on top of it all puts them into the basket of [...]

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