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Archive for 'September,2007'

Mattel Apologizes to China, And Sues Porn Star

This just in! In a surprising move, U.S. toy manufacturer Mattel issued an extraordinary apology to China today, taking responsibility for recent toy recalls and admitting they were due to “design flaws”, not manufacturing flaws, an MSN article [...]

Halifax Hip Hop: When Scottsmen Rap

Local artist JBru in his new video ‘Help! I been robbed.’ The video was shot in Halifax and features some of its favourite landmarks. JBru is a contributor on Cuzoogle, the Halifax blog where I spotted [...]

Semacode Technology In New Ad Campaigns Facilitate Impulse Shopping

Point, snap, and buy! That’s the future of impulse shopping. H&M is running a new ad campaign that features ‘Semacodes’ on the billboard posters and magazine spreads of their fashion wear. When consumers see something they [...]

Secret Microsoft Project Revealed: Microsoft Surface

An amazing new touchscreen platform! Yet, do take the ‘we did it first’ MS hype with a grain of salt. I saw similar touch-screen technology from a French-Japanese company in Japan in 2006, though the ‘Surface‘ comes with some impressive [...]

Stupid Names Get Attention

I saw a post on trendhunter.com today that resonated with some recent difficulties I had. It was about choosing a proper name for your business, and how funny sounding names are all the rage these days. [...]

Cadbury's New Guerrilla Marketing

Spoofing guerrilla marketing… by using a guerrilla! “Guerrilla marketing, as described by Jay Conrad Levinson in his popular 1984 book Guerrilla Marketing, is an unconventional way of performing promotional activities on a very low budget. Such [...]

The New King of High C’s

Following the passing of Luciano Pavarotti, I thought I would bring to your attention the latest Opera sensation, dubbed as the ‘new king of high C’s’. His name is Paul Potts, the June 2007 winner of [...]

New German Pyramid-Tomb To Dwarf Giza's

For $960 USD, you can now buy your eternal place in history and receive the burial of a Pharaoh. A German organization called ‘The Great Pyramid‘ is attempting to erect a pyramid structure to be the [...]

R.I.P. Luciano and Horashio

Opera icon Luciano Pavarotti passed away early Thursday after a battle with Pancreatic Cancer. Pavarotti’s last public singing performance took place during the opening ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. Across the Atlantic, a Swan [...]