Article Archive for September 2007

Blade Runner DVD Blu Ray: The 3 Director’s Cut & Other Versions
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Posted in Design, Film, Marketing, Media, TV on 30 September 2007
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BLADE RUNNER is one of the greatest films ever made. It’s not to everyone’s taste but it’s what films should be – idiosyncratic and a personal vision from a director. Of course, it involves a great screenplay, great acting and engaging cinematography but ultimately, it’s the director’s imprint that makes it a classic. While nearly […]

Online Address Lookup Via MelissaDATA
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Posted in Internet, Marketing, Media on 27 September 2007
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If you are like me and are curious about knowing more about where you live, then you should bookmark this site. For example, if you ship a lot of packages or have a lot shipped to you (hello, ebay!), then it pays to know your zip+4 address (here in the U.S. gentle overseas readers). Additionally, […]

Halo 3 Sales Huge On First Day Of Sale
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Posted in Computing, Marketing, Media, Video Games on 27 September 2007
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Die Wii scum!  Eat Plasma PS3ers! Microsofties are twirling their mustaches with their first day of sales for Halo 3 exceeding $170 Million.  In one day.  Industry analysts project hardware sales to spike accordingly over the next month for those that see the game as a ‘must have’ since it only can be played on […]

Amazon launches music download killer to challenge iTunes
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Posted in Apple, Apple Mac, Computing, Internet, Marketing, Media, Music on 26 September 2007
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But will it actually take much of a bite out of the Apple? More than 2 million songs – including those by Amy Winehouse, U2 and 50 Cent – will be made available for download from Amazon’s US site, with tracks costing either .89 cents or .99 cents, and albums between $5.99 and $9.99. The […]

Steve Jobs Can Now Erase That Pesky Woz From His Photo Collection
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Posted in Computing, Design, Media, Science on 25 September 2007
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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIFCV2spKtg] This video blew me away. Can you imagine Mac users getting this resident on their Powerbooks? All I can say is, “Gimme!”  Seamless reality distortion is now a reality! “Seam Carving For Content Aware Image Resizing”…It may be so cool from a personal usage standpoint but it is downright disturbing to know that some […]

20 Years Ago What 1 GB Looked Like
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Posted in Computing, Design, Gadgets, Internet on 24 September 2007
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Whoa.  Amazing what just 20 years will do for technological developments.  That big hunking looking thing is a 1 GB disk drive for an old IBM mainframe computer.  The little chiclet is a 1 GB sandisk card.  Wow.

Mattel Pixar Cars: Mia & Tia – All the Possible Variants
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Posted in Film, Marketing, Media, Retail, Toys on 24 September 2007
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One reason we might be seeing the Mia & Tia Movie Moments 2-Fer for a while, Mattel can keep re-painting it and they know we’ll keep buying it. (okay, the real truth is they could sell a lumpy piece of black plastic if they called it LIGHTNING MCQUEEN FIRST ROAD REPAIR – we’d buy it […]

Mattel Pixar Cars Checklist: How to Collect (Updated)
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Posted in Film, Marketing, Retail, Toys, TV on 22 September 2007
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“Mary” asked: “I have been collecting since the first wave. I’m confused a little about which Cars to collect. Is everyone getting each car depending on the wave and normal vs. supercharged set? Do I collect all the same cars with each wave? This is getting to be a very expensive collection for DS but […]

I Can Has Job Back?
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Posted in Media, Politics on 21 September 2007
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Dan, Dan, Dan. You screwed the pooch once.  Is it really worth it to do it all over again? Page Six:  “It will just remind the public of the dark ending to his career,” said venerable publicist Michael Levine. “Time has a way of softening the public’s collective memory. This suit will just bring an […]

Cool Business Card Designs
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Posted in Advertising, Computing, Design, Marketing on 20 September 2007
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It is not always easy to find a cool business card design. Most are fairly pedestrian but on occasion you may obtain one that makes you say, “Cool!”. Here is a link to a site that has captured many examples of very cool business card designs. Here are a few to whet your appetite: Scratch […]