Ad Nauseam
Emilia Mascoy, a 70-year-old store owner, brought a lawsuit for fraud and demanded her money be returned. She says a maid mistakenly threw out the box of cash during a spring cleaning at her home, DyN reported. (full story)
Yeah, that makes sense. The maid 1) threw out a box of cash instead of 2) stealing it or 3) leaving it alone. Wouldn’t you check a box before you throw it out? Lucky day for beggar-man.
Pop-ups came into fashion during the dot-com bust, when publishers were desperate for ad dollars and sought to please marketers with more attention-grabbing means to reach consumers. But Web surfers came to loathe them, and publishers such as the Web site for The New York Times moved to regulate how often people receive them. (full story)
Someone needs to tell the fools that put ads on their site to knock it off. Imagine if you were sitting in your living room talking with a friend, and someone burst in and stapled an ad to your head. As he left, this guerilla advertiser would drop a few cents in your friend’s hand. What would you do? I’d chase the guy down and knock him upside the head. Site providers argue that they can put whatever they like on a site they own. That’s fine, I don’t have to visit it. I’ve already quit using a number of websites because of ads. When I find the creative drive, I’m going to start up a campaign called ‘Dont Click Ads’. Details soon.
After years of relying on conventional banner ads and showy Web pages driven by the latest technology, ad agencies are working to create branded content consumers want to watch — and hopefully pass on to their friends. (full story)
If anyone ‘passes on’ branded content or advertisements to me, I’ll smack them. This also goes for Christian-feel-good emails, insipid chain letters, and virus-infected Microsoft Office files. You have been warned. Though if you have any of those personal-info-quiz things, those are still kinda fun to send around.
U.S. warplanes pounded dozens of insurgents hiding in caves in southern Afghanistan, the military said Monday, after a gunbattle between the militants and U.S. troops. (full story)
This is news? Did this only happen today? Come on, media, if nothing interesting happens in the world, just put a big box that says ‘yeah, nothing really interesting happened today’. We’d all be a lot better off.
U.N. Urges Fish Havens as World Marks Green Day (full story)
Do you have the time… to listen to me whine… about nothing and everything all at once?
I am one of those … melodramatic fools… neurotic to the bone no doubt about it…
Fish havens eh? You mean like 90% of the ocean? Surely we don’t have enough boats to go fish the whole ocean. It’s a big place. It’s a deep thing. Maybe the fish need to wise up a little bit.
An interesting report on blogs.
Mobile phones, laptop computers and PDAs are increasing levels of stress in the workplace, according to a study. (full story)
That’s one thing I’ve never really understood about a lot of the tech that’s out there. Business boomed around the world before the advent of PDA’s and cellphones and email. I’d much prefer to write someone a letter given the chance, and nothing I do at work really needs absolutely-this-second communications. I’ve noticed that just about every instant-contact method creates stress of some sort, and for this reason I’ve already given up my PDA. Just thought I’d share.
Today’s tea selection: 1 Zen + 1 Awake
