I have to take my hat off to this guy. Many of us, seeing an abomination in the name of sign-writing, simply shudder, grind our teeth and move on.
Not so for Jeff Deck.
During the course of 2½ months, he and a friend travelled the US, noting and altering as many offences as possible. Mostly though – and this is worth a solid gold win right here – they tried to get the owners of the signs to make the changes themselves.
Education! Yes, that’s the key!
Some time later, they now have a book about their experience. Click on the picture to learn more about it and read an extract.

For some reason, all I want to do is sit down and read it, red pen on standby…

Thanks to Tanya for this find!

The future is a scary place. Sometimes I think I would rather have a post apocalyptic future than the one we are headed towards. Technology is bringing us closer to the world of Minority Report when it comes to big brother and advertising.

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via EFF

Just that. I have no words to describe this apart from “What the ffffuuuu…?”

Click on the pic to go to one of the most truly bizarre and surreal experiences ever. Part Monty Python, part Lewis Carroll and all LSD trip, this seems to be something of a showpiece for a couple of people by the name of Bubbly Numbers who create interactive graphics and websites. When you’ve finished with the Book of Numbers, why not fry your grains the rest of the way and visit their home page HERE? It’s well worth a visit, if you like to mess with reality. Like I do.

Via Stumbleupon.

This book sounds crazy.
From the BBC:

In 1991, James Palumbo co-founded the Ministry of Sound club in south London. Over the past 18 years, the brand has grown into the multi-million pound business MSHK, encompassing a record label, radio and TV stations and a soon-to-be-released fashion label. Now Palumbo has turned his hand to being an author.

His first novel, Tomas, is a biting satire in which the reluctant star of an absurdly low-brow reality TV show goes on a killing spree, mowing down the grotesque patrons of an exclusive club in the French Riviera. In the ensuing media frenzy, Tomas becomes a messianic figure, enlisting the help of a beautiful prostitute, an elderly judge, an alcoholic journalist, a spherical alien and the Emperor Napoleon.

Publishing companies keep producing trailers for books, which is like using cocaine to get someone hooked on alcohol, but with a description like the one above you want to watch these trailers. NSFW Read the rest of this entry »

I might have done something like this as a child. Fortunately, for you that was slightly impossible because we only had an 8mm film camera, a Commodore64 computer and no internet. Hopefully, this kid doesn’t turn into a bitter, fat, divorced blogger with no redeeming qualities like me.

The youtube page has related videos by the billions.  I watched a few and then I got depressed because I realized 90% of my blogs are done in the same tone. Ha! Who am I kidding? I only wish I was as witty as a child.

So, to convince guys that He’s Just Not That Into You is not a chick flick there’s this new marketing piece. The male stars of this film, Entourage boy, Mac boy and some other dude claim the film has none of the “10 Chick Flick Clichés,” a list they have graciously put together for you. 

First of all, if you really wanted people to know it is not a chick flick, you wouldn’t advertise it as such. Yet, you do because that is how you work, Hollywood. You pigeon hole shit so that it fits into your genre of choosing and rarely step outside the box in fear of disturbing your financial planning.

Secondly, I have read parts of the book and it is supposed to be a reality check for women. There are no secrets in it, the author didn’t rat his fellow man out. He simply tells it like it is and I just laughed when I read it. After he finishes telling reader the truth about her man, he tells her how she is going to justify that the book is right about some men but not hers . Then, he throws in a quote from someone in the situation to, once again, try to convince the reader that her man is like that. I didn’t see how this format could really be translated to a script, so I was uncertain about the film.  Now, that they released this video I am leaning towards a ‘No Thank You.’

Coraline is an award winning novella by Neil Gaiman that has been compared to Alice in Wonderland.  The story is being turned into an animated film due out in February 2009. The trailer can be seen below, but more fun is to be had at the official website.

EDIT: It looks like they have updated the site, click the link and then go to the theater, you can watch the trailer or skip it.  Then you’ll find all the videos.  It is no longer necessary to enter the keys below.

When you go to the Coraline site, you are prompted for a key.  The keys unlock short videos giving you a peek behind the scenes and introducing you to the makers of the film.  Very cool, here’s the keys I have:

moustachio

sweaterxxs

puppetlove

armpithair

stopmotion

buttoneyes

While I am partial to moustachio, as a child raised on Burt Reynolds, the other videos are incredible look behind the scenes. Oh, did I mention that the director, Henry Selick, also directed The Nightmare Before Christmas?

Trailer–