Article Archive for August 2007

Review: Elgato Turbo.264 USB Stick for Mac Video
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Posted in Apple Mac, Computing, Gadgets, iPhone, Toys, TV on 31 August 2007
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Elgato Turbo H.264 USB Stick is a gorgeous looking device – sleek, small, elegant and all black – simply plug into a USB port and you’ve offloaded H.264 converting and compression off of your graphics card and processor and onto the device. It will speed up video conversion and encoding by a factor of 2 […]

Mattel Pixar Cars U Sealed Box + New Post Recall UPC
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Posted in Film, Marketing, Retail, Toys on 30 August 2007
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Here is the Mattel Pixar CARS Cars U shipment going out this week – well, just the wave 2 cars are shown here, no one needs to see another photo of Lizzie 🙂 Nice job on Darrell Cartrip & Andretti – very nice sculpts and nice paint & decals. Plus, New UPC codes … new […]

Wired Magazine’s Quiet Little Custom Cover Effort & Hyperlocality Opp Missed
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Posted in Advertising, Marketing, Media on 30 August 2007
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Around April of this year, subscribers of Wired were provided with a tip-on cover solicitation with an interesting twist. The offer was for the opportunity for anyone (fast enough) to have their own customized cover of Wired with your own photo on it! If you were one of the 5,000 people that responded first, your […]

The Mac Enterprise: Why It’s Not at Warp Speed
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Posted in Apple, Apple Mac, Computing, Financial, Internet, Marketing, Retail on 30 August 2007
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Many people are puzzled by Apple’s seeming reticence to jump full speed into the enterprise market … well, here are the reasons why it’s not on top of Apple’s to-do list: (NOTE – GENERALIZATIONS ABOUND!) Enterprise Market is now a Commodity Market From 1986 to 1998, it was THE market to be in. It WAS […]

NBCU and Newscorp Launch New Video Portal Hulu
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Posted in Film, Internet, Marketing, Media, Mobile, TV, Video on 29 August 2007
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Set to go live this October (you can only sign up for the beta right now), the effort is purported to be the two MSM giant’s YouTube killer. Head on over to Hulu now to sign up.

Google To Announce New Mobile OS
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Posted in Mobile on 29 August 2007
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Sources are claiming that a new Google OS for mobile will be announced very soon.  Here at TwoADay we have christened this new thing GoogMobOS rather than what others are calling it (Gphone OS).   Perhaps just GoogOS? Place your bets now on what the blogosphere be calling it.

Clueless Train – OMFG
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Posted in Advertising, Computing, Internet, Marketing on 28 August 2007
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Now boarding … Via NEATORAMA.

Design Solution So Simple It’s Brilliant
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Posted in Design on 28 August 2007
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Now why didn’t I think of this?! The photo above is from the Vogue Living Australia’s Autumn/Winter 2007 issue. The firm that made it can be found here. Not much else to see there but contact information though and the firm is Down Under. Functional and well designed from what I see. The trick would […]

Parlor Trick + Internet Marketing + VOIP = Criss Angel Brillance
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Posted in Advertising, Computing, Internet, Marketing, Media, TV on 27 August 2007
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Parlor Trick 21st Century style. Add one part video datebase programming. Add one part VOIP. Add a dash of showmanship. You have Criss Angel MINDFREAK. Enter a name and phone number because HE will find you and call … From the A&E Show “Criss Angel Mind Freak.”

Review of BargainCell.com
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Posted in Computing, Gadgets, Internet, Mobile on 27 August 2007
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One of my cell phones decided that its battery had had enough of recharging itself and thus it became clear that I needed to get a new phone or get a replacement battery. After suffering through a meatspace in-person visit at the local Verizon store where the local employees idea of salesmanship was making me […]