Archive for January, 2010

Remember: what you make is not what you sell

We never cease to be amazed at the wierd/bad advertising being done, even by major companies.
Take, for example, this ad by Micheloeb. Not sure if you’ve ever known anyone who has ever said “Y’know, this gravity thing just isn’t working for me. I really wish someone made a bottle that poured my beer more smoothly/faster/better.” [...]

Saturday, January 23rd, 2010

Yellow pages: 1. Trees: – 19,000,000

Nineteen million trees are cut down each year to publish both the White and Yellow Pages phone books. As if that isn’t bad enough, there’s also a lot of energy used: 7.2 million barrels of oil and 3 billion kilowatt hours of consumption, as well as 268,000 cubic yards of landfill. And that’s BEFORE we [...]

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

My New Year’s Resolution

For 2010, we’re gonna resolve to do things we KNOW we can easily do. No more diets, improving ourselves, or making the world a better place! No sir! This year, we resolve to:
1.  Not commit any major felonies (ie: robbing banks, arson or kidnapping)
2.  Not create a Ponzi scheme to bilk unwitting investors out of [...]

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010