Best commercials from the 43rd Superbowl

Hell, I was never and will probably never be into the whole “let’s all buy shit we don’t need and do the capitalist Rock”, but there’s no shame in finding a commercial effective, is there?:) I should mention that I ain’t from the States (and don’t eeeven get me started on American ‘foot’ball), but when a huge company will intentionally and willingly spend  gazillions of dollars for a Superbowl prime time commercial slot, you know they’ll get their message to the masses right, right?

Well, some of them, anyways;)…

5. Careerbuilder

4. LMAO syndrome

3. Denny’s

2. Hyundai

(major props for an unusuall, ballsy, yet somehow very classy statement/observation;) Also, great voice-over.)

1. Hulu

(now this is how you turn negative product criticism into a positive PR advantage! Also, the punch line + Alec Baldwin’s face are absolutely priceless!!!)

Honorable mentions

Monster.com

Doritos

Castrol

You can check the rest of the commercials here, but I think I’ve more or less picked the cream of the crop.

p.s. – what’s up with the content of these commercials anyway? If it’s not escapistic movies or beer, it’s commercials about changing that miserable job or settling that divorce. WTF America, WTF?!

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The economic hitman

I like to indulge in conspiracy theories political conspiracies and I find  John Perkin’s undercover explanation on certain aspects of America’s background fascinating.

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Random stuff I found this week (cos I’m too lazy to post everything in separate posts)

USEFUL STUFF

• [IT] Metacafe Bets Its Future On The Power Of Wikis (here’s to hoping YouTube follows)
• [Eco] [Economy] Green New Deal (atm quite the buzzword)
• [Nano] I Bet You’ve Never Seen Water Bounce Before (nuff said)
• [Health] Less-Invasive Brain Interfaces
• [Politics] Food Security in Japan (well-made & the last 30 secs are LOL funny)
• [Man-made] TED Talks Luca Turin: The science of scent (great stuff!)

ENTERTAINMENT

• Snoop Dogg on Martha Stewart (shizzle on the ridicculizl)
• Older people have more black and white dreams
• Amazing Story of a Man Who Survived Being Buried 40 Days
• Dubai and the UAE
• Police dash cam of Meteor over Edmonton, Canada (just like in the movies)
• Shrimp Vs Octopus

WEEKLY TRIBUTE
A small tribute to chilling the fuck out.

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USEFUL STUFF

• [IT] 3D Display Offers Glimpse of Future Media (other ideas on where the future is headed here)
• [IT] BeatMyPrice Finds Deals, Integrates RetailMeNot
• [Future] Top 10 forecasts for 2009 and beyond
• [Politics] Barack Obama Can’t Save The World Alone (I think it needs to be said, the hype is still growing)
• [Man-made] Six Real Gadgets Minority Report Predicted Correctly
• [Man-made] AirGlass: Today’s little bit of wow

ENTERTAINMENT

• Scenes from Antarctica
• The Incredible Shrinking Peanut Butter Jar
• US Air Force Abandoned Nuclear Bomb in Greenland
• “Star Wars” – an a cappella tribute to John Williams
• Big Buck Bunny
• On S’Embrasse?

WEEKLY TRIBUTE

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It seems I’ve come across my first obstacle…

It was merely a week ago that I vigorously promoted Cradle to Cradle, and with it its founding father William McDonough (a household name in this blog), whom I’ve admired and respected since the first time I saw his inspirational TED Talk…it was him who convinced me that the Next Industrial Revolution is just around the corner, it was him who showed me that a great idea has answers and solutions to more than just one question or problem (an incredible and rare feat in every respect), and it was him who truly made me realize that a mindset like his is far more potent and productive than most dare dream of.

On a side-note, it was him who singlehandedly made me strive for the same causes…

That is why it saddens me deeply to have read the following article yesterday.

Arrogance, deception, hubris, voracity …need I go on?!

As it turns out (if the article stands on firm ground, that is), Mr. McDonough is his own worst enemy, meaning that his own actions have – on more than one occasion-  cost him business deals, potentially impressive credentials/references/networking and worst of all, have set him back from his goal to ‘cradelise’ the world for the better.

I leave you with the lengthy article, which you can find here (Diigoed), I am still slightly shaken-up and have a hard time coping with the conception that the man I look up to (notice the present tense) just might have some very serious problems of his own. There’s a saying you should never meet your heroes (for these very reasons, I suppose) and I’ve always considered it healthy advice. So how should this man therefore be worth my attention and respect? Well, because I still want to pursue a life where sustainability is obtained, controlled and in the end sustained, to the point of hopefully eradicating bad design and replacing it with good intent. Bill McDonough gave birth to that pursuit of mine.

(via: TreeHugger)

Random stuff I found this week (cos I’m too lazy to post everything in separate posts)

USEFUL STUFF

• [Eco] It’s Not about Polar Bears Anymore
• [Nano] One small wall crawling step for a bottle of coke, one giant leap to Spiderman-like wall crawling
• [Future] Saving the World Through Game Design
• [Economy] Financial crisis simplified (a whiteboard presentation) (detailed info here)
• [Man-made] Robot suit for rent in Japan to help people walk
• [Astronomy] 50 Consumer Technologies Developed by NASA in the Last 50 Years

ENTERTAINMENT

• The Indonesian Mimic Octopus
• The Quietest Place on Earth – Orfield Labs
• MadTv – Kim Jong IL Crazy Parody
• Pictures Galore: 15 Epic Water and Ice Formations and Phenomena, 7 Spectacularly Skilled High-Speed Photographers, Fantastic Plastic: 20 Essential Works of LEGO Art
• The former President wants you to know exactly where he stands… (kind of old, but Clinton’s never looked more convincing:)
• Wacky human inventions from 1930’s (brilliant…ROFL’d through half of it)

WEEKLY TRIBUTE
A small tribute to priorities. On the top of my list is to graduate before my birthday next year and I’ve already noticed my interest in the last two weeks or so (when I started) has noticeably shifted from all the things that interest me to only (well…mostly, but it’s a start!) those that I’ll be needing to graduate.

My topic, in case you’re interested: a sustainable zero-energy – or if possible even plus-energy (and notice how informational the article is) – residential area in a city (probably and preferably Ljubljana). Why? Because I strongly believe that starting the next industrial revolution is the only (for the time being, at least:)) way to successfully maintain and continue our lifestyles without any serious consequences; both to the abundance of options we have at our disposal as humans, as to, of course, mother nature.

…and someday who knows, you’ll might even quote me on this;)

Till then, I’ll leave you with another quote, a brand new one as a matter of fact…not exactly the bedtime story I had in mind last week:

There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it’s only a hundred billion. It’s less than the national deficit! We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers.
- Richard Feynman

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Random stuff I found this week (cos I’m too lazy to post everything in separate posts)

USEFUL STUFF

• [IT] Mash-up makers move into the mainstream (Mashup – the philosophy of mixing the best of (at least) two worlds!…Ubiquity anyone?)
• [IT] Google Launches Audio Indexing (like effing finally! It’s still got a long way to go, tho)
• [Future] Can PRT, or Podcars, Replace the Automobile? (perhaps a Minority Report-ish trend coming our way)
• [Economy] A Conversation with Yvon Chouinard (this guy sure knows how to treat his employees)
• [Man-made] Getting Electricity From Outer Space
• [Psychology] Software spots the spin in political speeches (or how we all better learn to be truthful)

ENTERTAINMENT

• The Grinch: Human Slingshot For Snow and Surfboarding (W…T…F…)
• Zoom into Concrete (also zoom into other materials)
• In a Tangle of Young Lips, a New Sex Rebellion is Brewing in Chile
• Mini Rooftop NYC + HWKN (looks like a blast on a Friday night)
• The short – but eventful – life of Ike (hey, if it’s nature fucking with us it’s entertainment!)
• Drum and bass (as one comment says: buy this guy some drums!)

WEEKLY TRIBUTE

A small tribute to Diigo. Actually, a BIG-ASS one!!! The only downside is that I haven’t been using this since my first contact with the world wide web. Brings together the best of del.icio.us, social networking, Clipmarks, The Awesome Highlighter, etc, and is simply the best social bookmarking research tool I’ve come across.

One day’s usage and it’s become simply irreplaceable in my book. Hiiiighly recommended:)

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Random stuff I found this week (cos I’m too lazy to post everything in separate posts)

USEFUL STUFF

• [IT] Photographs Enhance Video in Absolutely Unbelievable Ways (unbefuckinglievable!)
• [Eco] FreeGreen (or the Napster of green architecture!…and we know how that evolved!!!…a radical new business model that I think can’t be stopped)
• [Future] 10 Futuristic User Interfaces (comments & other links also worth checking)
• [Man-made] Traffic from Space Videos Blow Our Minds, Pants, and Socks
• [Psychology] Four Rules to Understand What Makes People Tick
• [Sociology] [Psychology] Top 5 Most Inspirational Videos on YouTube (already featured the first two, the other 3 are just as great. I’d also add this one;))

ENTERTAINMENT

• Watching mushrooms grow
• The Evolution of Men’s Style: 1933-2008
• Slow Motion Lightning Video is Mindblowing, Will Sell a Thousand Slo-Mo Cameras
• Awkward Rap
• Trailer – Comedian (if you digg stand-up comedy or presentation skills check the movie)
• Little Gordon

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A small tribute to contemporary interior (and exterior) design (or Gizmodo:P)

Link: Click | Click | Click | Click | Click

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Random stuff I found this week (cos I’m too lazy to post everything in separate posts)

USEFUL STUFF

• [IT] Guess who’s got your passwords and emails stored on their servers…?
• [IT] Google Health: A Quick Hands-On Look
• [Nano] New Nanotech Products Hitting the Market at the Rate of 3-4 Per Week (in Your Mouth and On Your Face)
• [Economy] The Real Face of the European Union
• [Man-made] Burj Dubai Becomes World’s Tallest Man-Made Structure Today
• [Psychology] Brain rules for PowerPoint & Keynote presenters

ENTERTAINMENT

• Something to wear on mother’s day;)
• 10 Private Islands You Can’t Afford to Live On: Amazing, Exotic and Remote Luxury Retreats
• 40 Hours Of Illustrator, Time-Lapsed (for design freaks who can stand to listen to the background music)
• YouTomb: Where Videos Go to Die
• The Danish language & some more Danish language
• The 9 Most Devastating Insults From Around the World (so the Danish can feel a little better)

WEEKLY TRIBUTE
Well, I’ve thus far managed to rip on mothers, my email provider (ooopsies), the Danish, and pretty much everybody else…so here’s a totally uninspired, totally random miniscule “tribute” to those who can sell their own shit and get away with it (…more than 5 times!!!?!?!)
I give you this a**hole….(disclaimer: watch the videos in order, FSM knows you can barely make sense of it anyway:P)

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And please, even if you’ve never seen them, even if you’ve never heard of them…do your civic duty and friggin put the HerrBoll out of his misery!;)

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Random stuff I found this week (cos I’m too lazy to post everything in separate posts)

USEFUL STUFF

• [IT] Sick of IKEA? Design Your Own Stuff, And Get Rich While You’re At It
• [IT] America’s Dilemma: Close Security Holes, or Exploit Them Ourselves
• [Eco] Earth is losing dirt at an alarming rate
• [Eco] [Economy] Deconstruction Grows in Popularity, Spawns New Businesses
• [Economy] Agflation: The real costs of rising food prices
• [Psychology] Larry Page on how to change the world

ENTERTAINMENT

• Men and their mothers. What’s it all about?
• A Collection Of Some Of The Most Shocking PSA’s Of All Time
• 7 (More!) Underground Wonders of the World: From Seed Vaults to Amazing Military Strongholds
• Study Finds No Cancer-Marijuana Connection
• Supersize sea monsters
• Gadget-Filled $2 Billion Home Makes Bill Gates’ House Look Like a Shack

WEEKLY TRIBUTE
A small tribute to Albert Hoffman (1906 – 2008), the guy who accidentally discovered the halucinogen drug that is LSD.

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