Wednesday, October 31, 2007

The Technological Revolution hits NZ Agencies

But if you only read half the article from AdMedia you may think it's just traditional technologies that are being upgraded. In fact, this article is really signaling a much more important, fundemental shift in the way business gets done at Agencies in NZ (and around the world really). Much more will be done in-house and much more will rely upon digital technologies/software like Flash, After Effects and Final Cut Pro. It's what Patrick McAteer of Oktobor refers to as the "coming convergence". Check it out here.

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Come Visit Singapore...And Your Children Will Be Killed By Giant Robots!

I mean, sure, who doesn't want to visit a country ruled by giant robots that shoot death rays...but you think maybe there's some other hook the Singapore Tourism Board could have used to attract tourists?

(This is a real Ad posted to CNN.com)





Thursday, October 11, 2007

I've decided to become a Republican...

...because I've always been curious about what it would be like to be a closeted gay man who outwardly hates gay men,

because I've always been curious about what it would be like to be a closeted pedophile who outwardly hates pedophiles,

because i've always been curious about what it would be like to shoot an old man in the face,

because i've always been curious about what it would be like to sleep with hookers while outwardly proclaiming the merits of christ and family,

because i've always been curious about what it would be like to privately refer to fundamentalist christians as "the nuts" while outwardly pandering to them every chance I get,

because i've always been curious about what it would be like to effortlessly spend close to a half trillion dollars on wars in Iraq and Afghanistan while doing everything in my power to spend as little money on Americans as possible,

because i've always been curious about what it would be like to embody and embrace pure Evil...

for all these reasons and more...I've decided to become a Republican!

Monday, October 01, 2007

One of the things that happens when you live in New Zealand...

...is you go to espn.com to find out when football starts (or gridiron as they call it here--which I try to explain to them is not a term used much in the States, but they're kiwis so they go right on ahead asking me if I'm a gridiron fan...to which I reply, yes, I love pancakes) and it becomes readily apparent that the season is already four games old...and on the college front, five games old. As far as my alma mater is concerned, it looks like I haven't missed much, but with the 'Hawks...seems there's at least a reason to check the scores on Monday night.

Go 'Hawks! Don't do what the M's have done to me! At least make the damn playoffs! Ya bastards!