Cool Marketing Thoughts » Geek http://www.coolmarketingthoughts.com Sat, 05 Jun 2010 18:54:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Marketing Interview And Such http://www.coolmarketingthoughts.com/2008/02/08/marketing-interview/ http://www.coolmarketingthoughts.com/2008/02/08/marketing-interview/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2008 19:15:24 +0000 Miel Van Opstal http://blog.coolz0r.com/2008/02/08/marketing-interview/ There’s a super cool site I tend to visit a few times a week, just to browse through their archive and laugh myself silly with their hilarious geek jokes. The site’s called XKCD, and they publish a new toon every few days. If you’re not on track with this one, you’re missing out on some great fun!

Marketing Interview
Online Package Tracking
90s Flow Chart

This is just a tiny selection of their 300+ archive, and all I can say is: you’ve just got to go check it out… so many memories and ‘aha-erlebnis’ moments.

]]> http://www.coolmarketingthoughts.com/2008/02/08/marketing-interview/feed/ 2 Nostalgic Deluxe Talkboy http://www.coolmarketingthoughts.com/2008/01/08/nostalgic-deluxe-talkboy/ http://www.coolmarketingthoughts.com/2008/01/08/nostalgic-deluxe-talkboy/#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:00:03 +0000 Miel Van Opstal http://blog.coolz0r.com/2008/01/08/nostalgic-deluxe-talkboy/ Mmm. This one made me think about the old days. Where is the time when kids didn’t need a PS3 with 60 games to entertain theirselves? Where is the time when audio cassettes still did the trick? Observe the various implementations of this deluxe device Tiger once released, and think back to the endless days of super-spy-fun you once had. Fun for hours, unlimited rewind/rewrite functions… OMG. I feel sooooo old when I see this stuff flash by again. I think the clip is from 1995, but it seems almost like it’s from the 80s. Waaaaay back in the days.

Video: Tiger Deluxe TalkBoy

]]> http://www.coolmarketingthoughts.com/2008/01/08/nostalgic-deluxe-talkboy/feed/ 1 8th Annual SysAdminDay http://www.coolmarketingthoughts.com/2007/07/27/8th-annual-sysadminday/ http://www.coolmarketingthoughts.com/2007/07/27/8th-annual-sysadminday/#comments Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:02:54 +0000 Miel Van Opstal http://blog.coolz0r.com/2007/07/27/8th-annual-sysadminday/ A sysadmin unpacked the server for this website from its box, installed an operating system, patched it for security, made sure the power and air conditioning was working in the server room, monitored it for stability, set up the software, and kept backups in case anything went wrong. All to serve this webpage.

A sysadmin installed the routers, laid the cables, configured the networks, set up the firewalls, and watched and guided the traffic for each hop of the network that runs over copper, fiber optic glass, and even the air itself to bring the Internet to your computer. All to make sure the webpage found its way from the server to your computer. So, If you can read this, thank your sysadmin!

SysAdminDay

The Boondoggle agency claimed the Dutch alternative for this event for their client digibewust.nl, an initiative of the Dutch government and the companies to stimulate companies to maximize and realize their potential. Pretty cool idea. We should have SysAdminDay more often. So, check out the sites below, sign up your sysadmin and show him some love !

I <3 My SysAdmin

Visit SysAdminDag.nl if you speak Dutch/Flemish
or surf to SysAdminDay.com for more info

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Video Link: one & two

Thanks, Arnaud!

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Video Link

Via Tales Of Drudgery & Boredom

]]> http://www.coolmarketingthoughts.com/2007/03/23/ricky-gervais-for-red-nose-day/feed/ 3 CeBit Hannover http://www.coolmarketingthoughts.com/2007/03/15/cebit-hannover/ http://www.coolmarketingthoughts.com/2007/03/15/cebit-hannover/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2007 15:53:11 +0000 Miel Van Opstal http://blog.coolz0r.com/2007/03/15/cebit-hannover/ Last night I took a direct flight to Hannover in Germany to go to the CeBit event. The world’s largest consumer electronics fair. I was a little late with booking the hotel (a year late, because I’ve heard people are booking a year ahead) so I ended up on 90 km from Hannover. The cab drive to the hotel took 1.5 hours from the airport, and it was 120 km. (75 miles)… I had a really retarded cab driver. In Germany, large parts of the freeway have no speed limit, but he kept driving 70 miles an hour. I ended up in some sort of spa, in the middle of nowhere. When I look outside my window I see trees. Trees as far as the eye can see. My hotel room has a 14 inch tv with 9 channels, all German. There is no bar in the hotel, and no internet access. Well, there is internet access before 8 PM, after that there’s no more access to the booth. Argh. My hands are shaking… Must Need Access…

Anyway, I had to unplug the tv and the night-light because I needed the plugs to charge my cam and the two laptops. I set the alarm on 7 am, took a shower when I woke up and went downstairs to order a taxi. 20 minutes later I was well on my way to the event. This cab driver was a little more relaxed at higher speeds, and we flew at 240 km/h (150mph) in the general direction of Hannover’s ‘Messe’. The weirdest thing ever I encountered was that, while driving at 240 km/h, the cabbie had to pull over to the right lane to let a series of cars pass us by. It looked like we were standing still. You gotta love the Germans.

I got dropped off at the main entrance, and met up with Hans Mestrum and Erik Van Roekel, two Dutch bloggers who’re experiencing some ‘wow’ at the CeBit fair. I gave Erik a private Vista demo, because he was a little disappointed when he installed it and he didn’t really ‘felt’ the difference with XP. I showed of some tools and we discussed the ‘best’ new features, and he said that what he missed the most was a decent tutorial when you buy it, because a lot of the things I showed him weren’t really known. (disclaimer: Microsoft sent me to CeBit to make a documentary). Then I gave Hans the Sony Vaio I brought with me, and with that, my influencers program kicked off. I showed off the goodies that came with the laptop and Hans actually started blogging with it almost right after we had lunch.

Then I went on a booth tour with Erik to score some swag and see what’s new on the technology front. This CeBit event is HUGE. It’s a small city filled with vendors. Thousands of people walking around and every company with digital or electronic products is represented here. It’s geek paradise. I’ll edit my videos tonight at the hotel and hope to have them online as soon as possible. I’m already very happy that the Tulip booth has a lounge with network cables available, so I could post this :)

I saw a lot of cool things, but didn’t see anything revolutionary yet. I’ll keep my eyes and ears open to see what goes down. There’s still so much to explore. We’ve been running around for hours on end, and still have done only 15% of the total event floor.

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Bumpshot

I don’t think I can live with this sort of desktop, because I’m too attached to seeing a file name under an icon and to ‘folders’ where I can stash stuff in to. This BumpTop desktop, however, is quite a refreshing idea and I love where this is going. It would be great to have it as an optional feature in my current OS, but not really as a permanent environment to work in. That’s my two cents. Looks super smooth though.

Links:
BumpTop site | DGP site

]]> http://www.coolmarketingthoughts.com/2007/03/06/bumptop-3d-desktop/feed/ 1 Educational Pocket Money http://www.coolmarketingthoughts.com/2007/03/05/educational-pocket-money/ http://www.coolmarketingthoughts.com/2007/03/05/educational-pocket-money/#comments Mon, 05 Mar 2007 21:15:45 +0000 Miel Van Opstal http://blog.coolz0r.com/2007/03/05/educational-pocket-money/ Okay, this is for the student readers who are short of educational small change and need to get educational drinks from an educational vending machine. I love social engineering :) It brings out the rebel in all of us. These skills are for educational purposes only, for instance if you want to help your friends learn how to be educational as well.

Video link

Thanks, Arnaud

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Strawberry Estate:

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Innocence/159/98/23

Pragha Khan 1

Pragha Khan 2

Pragha Khan 3

Strawberry Estate 1

Strawberry Estate 2

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Rest of the episodes I found:

See the official Canal+ site

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Video Link

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]]> http://www.coolmarketingthoughts.com/2007/02/13/ricky-gervais-on-the-oa-show/feed/ 3 So You Think You’re A Gamer http://www.coolmarketingthoughts.com/2007/01/11/so-you-think-youre-a-gamer/ http://www.coolmarketingthoughts.com/2007/01/11/so-you-think-youre-a-gamer/#comments Thu, 11 Jan 2007 22:35:52 +0000 Miel Van Opstal http://blog.coolz0r.com/2007/01/12/so-you-think-youre-a-gamer/ Here’s a funny little quiz that tests your average knowledge of computer and video games. If you think you’re up to the challenge, go ahead and try this one. If you’re a geek or a fragcat and you’re looking for a quiz about gaming to test your friends’ knowledge… this piece of work by Daan Van den Eeden is a very good starter. Let’s see how far you get.

Take the quiz! (thanks Dave)

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Sending hugs is as easy as sending an SMS and you will be able to send hugs while you are on the move, in the same way and to the same places you are able to make phone calls (Rome to Tokyo, New York to Paris).

The system is very simple: a Hug Shirt (Bluetooth with sensors and actuators), a Bluetooth java enabled mobile phone with the Hug Me java software running (it understands what the sensors are communicating), and on the other side another phone and another shirt. If you do not have a Hug Shirt but know that your friend has one you can still send them a hug creating it with the HugMe software and it will be delivered to your friend’s Hug Shirt!

The Hug Shirt

The Hug Shirt is not meant to replace human contact, but to make you happy if you are away for business or other reasons and you miss your friends and loved ones! It also has some very interesting applications in the medical field with the elderly and children. And is fun to use and very soft!

Seen on CuteCircuit | via Lichtgeraakt

]]> http://www.coolmarketingthoughts.com/2006/12/30/the-hug-shirt/feed/ 2 Tadeo Jones Short http://www.coolmarketingthoughts.com/2006/12/28/tadeo-jones-short/ http://www.coolmarketingthoughts.com/2006/12/28/tadeo-jones-short/#comments Thu, 28 Dec 2006 14:29:50 +0000 Miel Van Opstal http://blog.coolz0r.com/2006/12/28/tadeo-jones-short/ As much as I loved Till Novak’s delivery, I must say I’m really fond of this little short film as well. It’s well on its way to collect the 50th (!) award and it’s a very impressive piece of creativity. Tadeo Jones is an adventurer like Indiana Jones (no family though) and he’s exploring some sort of ancient Egyptian site in search of the treasure. On his way to the treasure room and back he runs into all sorts of curious and dangerous situations. This is definitely a must-see!

Credits:

Director: Enrique Gato
Production: La Fiesta Producciones Cinematográficas
Executive Producer: Nicolás Matji
Script: José Ángel Esteban, Carlos López, Manuel Matji ,Enrique Gato
Music: Zacarías Martínez de la Riva
Sound: Carlos Faruolo
Backgrounds & Additional Art: JJ García Galocha “Galo”, Pedro Solís
Backgrounds & Additional Art: David Ordieres “Deivid”
Voices: David García, Blanca Rada

Tadeo Jones Website

]]> http://www.coolmarketingthoughts.com/2006/12/28/tadeo-jones-short/feed/ 1 The Office US, Season 2 http://www.coolmarketingthoughts.com/2006/12/26/the-office-us-season-2/ http://www.coolmarketingthoughts.com/2006/12/26/the-office-us-season-2/#comments Tue, 26 Dec 2006 13:10:05 +0000 Miel Van Opstal http://blog.coolz0r.com/2006/12/26/the-office-us-season-2/ Allrighty, here is the entire second season. I couldn’t pospone the searching, I just had to have my daily dose. There’s something odd about all the episodes though. NBC’s list is only 19 episodes long, but when I look around, I find way more then the ‘official’ list lines up. Pretty weird and quite hard to figure it out, so I’ll just add ‘the extras’ after the ones I could place based on the episode archive from NBC. Also, unfortunately, there’s a two second delay in the second episode. That’s too bad and I haven’t found an alternative file online… The Valentine’s episode, in case you haven’t already watched it, has a nice twist I think. And I really laughed a lot with ‘The Injury’ as well. These guys did a very good job, I’m glad I finally got to watch the entire series, all at once. Oh, and FYI, the gift Dwight has gotten from Angela for his Valentine Day is on sale in the NBC store. Have fun :)

The Office US

All episodes and extras, after the jump. –

Season 2, Episode 1: The Dundies

Season 2, Episode 2: Sexual Harassment

Season 2, Episode 3: Halloween

Season 2, Episode 4: The Client

Season 2, Episode 5: Performance Review

Season 2, Episode 6: Email Surveillance

Season 2, Episode 7: Christmas Party

Season 2, Episode 8: Booze Cruise

Season 2, Episode 9: The Injury

Season 2, Episode 10: The Secret

Season 2, Episode 11: The Carpet

Season 2, Episode 12: Boys And Girls

Season 2, Episode 13: Valentine’s Day

Season 2, Episode 14: Dwight’s Speech

Season 2, Episode 15: Take Your Daughter To Work Day

Season 2, Episode 16: Michael’s Birthday

Season 2, Episode 17: Drug Testing

Season 2, Episode 18: Conflict Resolution

Season 2, Episode 19: Casino Night

Office Olympics

The Fight

The Fire

Season 3 on Marketing Thoughts
Season 1 on Marketing Thoughts

Info on NBC
Picture galleries
Bios of the characters

Also: Thanks Picard102 for the links :) Too bad I only saw them after I had put this list together, they ended up in the Akismet spam for some reason… but I really appreciate the efforts you made!

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The Office (US)

All episodes, after the jump. –

Season 1, Episode 1: Pilot

Season 1, Episode 2: Diversity Day

Season 1, Episode 3: Health Care

Season 1, Episode 4: The Alliance

Season 1, Episode 5: Basketball

Season 1, Episode 6: Hot Girl

Entire Third Season on Marketing Thoughts
Info on NBC
Picture galleries
Bios of the characters

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The Office US cast

All episodes of the third season after the jump. –

Season 3, Episode 1: Gay Witch Hunt

Season 3, Episode 2: The Convention

Season 3, Episode 3: The Coup

Season 3, Episode 4: Grief Counseling

Season 3, Episode 5: Initiation

Season 3, Episode 6: Diwali

Season 3, Episode 7: Branch Closing

Season 3, Episode 8: The Merger

Season 3, Episode 9: The Convict

Season 3, Episode 10: A Benihana Christmas

Season 3, Episode 11: Back From Vacation

Season 3, Epsiode 12: Travelling Salesmen

UPDATE: NEW EPISODE !!!! (22/01/2007)

Season 3, Episode 13: The Return

Season 3, Episode 14: Ben Franklin

Season 3, Episode 15: Phyllis’s Wedding

Season 3, Episode 16: Business School

Season 3, Episode 17: Cocktails

Part 1:

Part 2:

Extras:

Bloopers 1

Bloopers 2

Info on NBC
Picture galleries
Bios of the characters

]]> http://www.coolmarketingthoughts.com/2006/12/23/the-office-us-version/feed/ 29 Ricky Gervais Limited Editions http://www.coolmarketingthoughts.com/2006/11/22/ricky-gervais-limited-editions/ http://www.coolmarketingthoughts.com/2006/11/22/ricky-gervais-limited-editions/#comments Wed, 22 Nov 2006 07:30:01 +0000 Miel Van Opstal http://blog.coolz0r.com/2006/11/22/ricky-gervais-limited-editions/ The Podfather – Parts I, II and III, Three special free shows from three doyens of podcasting – multi-award winning Ricky Gervais and Steve Merchant (The Office, Extras) plus the round-headed idiot savant, Karl Pilkington.

Podfather

Yes! They’re back! Briefly, but still. Tomorrow is the second part of the 3 podcasts, you can still tune in for the Halloween edition right here (mp3, 14 MB)

Halloween edition includes: Ghostly drivel abounds as Steve consults a text-based oracle, Karl experiences a kidney probing, Steve visits Bristol, Karl becomes a Godfather and Ricky tells of some lighter moments at the morgue. Plus a competition to win CDs and books signed by podcasting’s top triumvirate.

I can’t wait to hear the Thanksgiving edition tomorrow, and then I’ll have to wait a month again to listen to the Christmas special on December 25th. Be part of this phenomenon, download it today and tomorrow and brighten up your Christmas with the ultra hilarious threesome of pod.

Find tomorrow’s edition on Guardian Unlimited

]]> http://www.coolmarketingthoughts.com/2006/11/22/ricky-gervais-limited-editions/feed/ 0 Ending Conversations http://www.coolmarketingthoughts.com/2006/09/24/ending-conversations/ http://www.coolmarketingthoughts.com/2006/09/24/ending-conversations/#comments Sun, 24 Sep 2006 17:31:24 +0000 Miel Van Opstal http://blog.coolz0r.com/2006/09/24/ending-conversations/ Good impressions, that’s what people must have of you once you’ve stopped the conversation you were having. At work I have a few colleagues who’re quite good at it. A closing line, totally off-topic and so far out it’s actually a damn shame nobody was there to record it. So that’s why I’ve been searching a little for a tool that suits fine to play along in the game. Every time I send out an email to one of these colleagues next week, I’ll include a cunning phrase to entice their thinking and make them philosophically ease back in their chair to stroke their imaginary beards. Examples might be:

“As my uncle Will always used to say: Nothing is quite as distracting as the memory of pressing an ice-cold cola bottle to their jugular right in the middle of a United Nations reception.”

“Someone has put it this way: Thanks to you, at this precise moment someone is feeling the sensation of a staggering religious epiphany right in the middle of soothing the escaped tiger.”

Or: “Remember: There’s nothing that can wake someone up like the feeling of having their nipples removed and cleaned right in the middle of freeclimbing the face of El Capitan.”

Yeah. It’s always good to end conversations with an impressive literate line.

Free Ride In A Police Car If You Shoplift

Want to have more? Check out the Instant Sensual Karma Generator, and you too can increase the amount of pleasure in the universe by granting a moment of bliss to some bewildered soul. (Careful, some links on that site are NSFW)

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