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Great 404 Page Error Design Roundup
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Posted in Internet, Marketing, Media on 24 August 2007
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Smashing Magazine recently provided a very in-depth look at 404 error pages and then asked their readers to get on the stick and create some kick*ss 404 error pages with the best ones posted for your viewing pleasure. Read on how wit and some design sense might just let you keep some of your readers […]

Handy Reference for Every Character Key on a Mac
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Posted in Advertising, Apple, Apple Mac, Computing, Marketing, Media on 23 August 2007
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Ever wanted to type the copyright icon, or do an accent over an A without having to resort to some character palette? Who hasn’t struggled looking inside a dingbat font folder for one of these like an umlaut? Well the good folks over at GoSquared via their blog Liquidicity have developed three handy PDF docs […]

Discount Code For Logitech Web Site
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Posted in Advertising, Computing, Gadgets, Marketing, Media, Video Games on 23 August 2007
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I felt that my post from yesterday about this game deserved more than an update (although this information resides there as well) because it turns out that after gaining access to the 20% discount code on products ordered from logitech.com will only be shipped to addresses within certain countries which DOES NOT include the U.S. […]

The First BitTorrent
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Posted in comics, Internet on 22 August 2007
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I plan on assembling a small round-up of online cartoons that I personally like soon and thought this cartoon from Scott Johnson’s MyExtraLife.com would be a great place to kick things off.  You can visit his site here.

An Advergame That Actually Is Fun
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Posted in Advertising, Marketing, Media, Video Games on 22 August 2007
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You would hope that a company so involved in the PC business that it would post a game that is actually worth playing and Logitech doesn’t disappoint. This fun little gem, Jelly Battle, allows you to take on opponents solo or in multiplayer. The concept is simple: kill your opponents before they kill you. But […]

How to Convert Online Video Files To Your PC, iPod, PSP, or Mobile Device
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Posted in Computing, Film, Gadgets, Internet, Media, Mobile, Video on 21 August 2007
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I found this online utility which allows you to convert an Online Video from ‘YouTube videos’ for example into more popular formats like wmv, mov, mp4, mp3, 3gp etc.  The site is called vConvert.net.  It allows you to convert FLV files to the selected format faster and less lossy than with other typical transcoders. When […]

Funky Ringtones via Vinyl Collectible Web Site KidRobot
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Posted in Gadgets, Internet, iPhone, Mobile, Music, Toys on 20 August 2007
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If you are a fan of Hong Kong vinyl or just weird and wacky things, KidRobot has plenty of items they can sell to you including ring tones! They currently don’t offer tones for all carriers and mfgs of phones but if you are on Cingular (AT&T), T-mobile, or Sprint you might be in luck […]

Vegetable Alien Homage
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Posted in Computing, Internet, Marketing, Media on 20 August 2007
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A German digital artist by the name of Till Nowak via his site framebox.de has created an incredible homage to HR Giger and Giuseppe Arcimboldo. The work, titled “Salad”, was created using 3ds Max and uses everyday vegetables to model an Alien from the movie of the same name. Very cool. Here is one of […]

Top 10 Video / Movie Destinations On The Web
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Posted in Advertising, Internet, Marketing, Media on 17 August 2007
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According to Nielsen/NetRatings NetView, these are the Top 10 Video/Movie Destinations on the web (week ending July 22, 2007) in descending order: #10 – MSN Video #9 – MSN Movies #8 – Blockbuster #7 – Yahoo! Movies #6 – Google Video #5 – Moviefone – a part of AOL #4 – Yahoo! Video #3 – […]

Mattel Recalls Pixar CARS Sarge Diecast Metal Car
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Posted in Advertising, Marketing, Toys on 14 August 2007
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According to CNN today, Mattel is recalling several toys manufactured in China including the “Sarge” die cast toys from the Pixar “Cars” movie assortment because of hazardous lead paint. The recalled Sarge Cars were sold individually and in assortment packs in retail stores nationwide from May 2007 to August 2007 with the markings “7EA” and “China” […]