Archive for March, 2006

ReviewHaiku :: The Mighty Peking Man

Wednesday, March 15th, 2006

The Mighty Peking Man AKA Xing xing wang (1977)
Kong-like love story,
Godzillaesque SFX.
Classic Shaw Brothers.

C.F. Martin sells it’s soul for cheap!

Monday, March 13th, 2006

So the title is a play on the previous post about Volvo selling out the “safe” attribute of it’s brand, but shortly after that post, I came across this posting on the Un-branding of CF Martin guitars.
What does this mean for your brand? It means that cutting corners and trading your brand’s value for a […]

Volvo sells it’s soul for sexy!

Sunday, March 12th, 2006

When I read this story about the re-branding of the Volvo logo, my nostrils flared and I screamed out a vulgarity that’s probably best not repeated, even on the Internet.
Volvo hopes the C30 will rid it of its traditional association as a safe choice of family car and make it appeal to a younger and […]

AJAX user attention testing tool.

Saturday, March 11th, 2006

I just read a write up for a new service called Crazy Egg over at Mashable that simply blew my mind.
Crazy Egg lets you track a users mouse movements and clicks and then overlay the information as a “heat map” indicating exactly the areas of the screen the users attention was focused. I suppose there […]

links for 2006-03-11

Saturday, March 11th, 2006

Find Similar Sites
Enter a blog address and find other sites somewhat similar to that one.
(tags: tools)

How to take great digital portraits - Lifehacker
Step by step instructions on getting a decent portrait without hiring a photographer.
(tags: photography)

inkling
The latest and greatest in the “Wisdom of crowds” marketplace meme space.
(tags: games web2.0)

Visual thinking practice: Draw a stick figure
You […]

ReviewHaiku :: Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter

Friday, March 10th, 2006

Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter (1974)
What he doesn’t know
about vampires wouldn’t
fill a flea’s cod piece.
OK, so this isn’t the traditional ReviewHiaku, it’s is an actual line from the movie. When I counted the sylablles, I just could not resist posting it, and I really couldn’t be bothered to have paid more attention to the movie.

BubbleShare as lo-fi Video Podcast creator

Wednesday, March 8th, 2006

Albert points out that some clever BubbleShare users have created voiced recipes with the application.
At the AIMS event this morning Amber MacArthur warned (correctly) that creating a video podcast would require at least a couple people. The addition of an “export to podcast” feature could effectivly make BubbleShare a lo-fi way to […]

links for 2006-03-08

Wednesday, March 8th, 2006

Elf | Your Personal Email Library Reminder Service
Software service for library “Power Users”. Allows tracking and notifications beyond what are provided by your library software. Works with the Toronto Public Library and many other across the US and Canada.
(tags: books tools rss)

ADD versus ADHD What’s the difference?
Chart comparing ADD symtoms with ADHD symtoms.
(tags: reference ADD)

Dinner with Shel Israel

Tuesday, March 7th, 2006

I Just got back from a fantastic evening with Shel Israel, the co-author of Naked Conversations.
Shel’s speaking at the “Social Marketing” event being put on by AIMS Canada tomorrow today and Alec Saunders was good enough to organize the get together. It was an overwhelming success, with nearly 70 participants gathered to talk shop and […]

Live action Simpsons intro

Monday, March 6th, 2006

Wow!