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A Hotel Like No Other

17 Oct 2006

Okay, this is quite the promo picture for a Thai hotel. I’ve never seen anything like it and I don’t quite know what to think of it. There’s a few ways to interpret this, but umm… yeah. What? The hotel staff sneaks in to take a picture of a loving couple on their honeymoon? Room service uses their key even if they know someone’s in the room? They want to show you what you can do on these beds? The photographer couldn’t wait until the room was free again? Fill me in here because I don’t get it. Ow yeah. The picture is on their website, so if any of you just got married and rented a room in this hotel, this might be you.

Muang Kulaypan Hotel Thailand

Check it out on their site. Unconventional, to say the least.

 
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Posted in Humor, Marketing

 

Stripped

28 Sep 2006

Here’s a clip of which I first thought that it was a commercial for Stella Artois. Obviously, once I saw the clip was over 2 minutes long, I had to rethink this idea. I thought it was a beer commercial, because the only brand in the clip is a can of Stella Artois, a Belgian beer. But now I kind of doubt it, because there’s no mention of the brand at the end of the clip either. Now I just think it’s a weird, funny clip. Very good editing job, nice filming… I like the style and I really like the song. Check this out:

Written & Directed by Mark Jackson
Camera & Lighting: Mark Jackson
Editing: Mark Jackson
SFX Make-up: Nathalie Page
2nd Camera Operator: Alan Colegrave
Production Assistant: Yvonne Jackson

Soundtrack: Who’s Inside My Baby
Written by Mark Jackson

Credits: Jackson Film Ltd, 2006

Thanks for sending this in, Arns

 
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Posted in Design, Humor, Video

 

Ending Conversations

24 Sep 2006

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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Posted in 2.0 +, Geek, Humor

 

Tickle Me Elmo

22 Sep 2006

Check out the Tickle Me Elmo TMX demo and tell me your heart doesn’t fill with desire when this ROTFL (rolling on the floor laughing) puppet comes your way. I want one of these, seriously! I’m going to order it this weekend, as soon as I’ve found out where to buy it online. This little red devil is going to become my mascotte! I’ve already made some space on the desk :)

Seen on iBt4iM

 
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Posted in Gadgets & Digital Toys, Geek, Humor

 

For Sale: Nothing

21 Sep 2006

Straight to the ‘gotta keep this in mind for x-mas’ archive goes this enlightened beauty, of which I’m pretty sure some people would be really ok with finding it under their tree. Adorably simple, very marketable and so totally worth it:

Nothing

Product sales pitch:

What better present for the person who has everything than a poignant reminder that they want for nothing? This lovingly crafted vial of emptiness is filled to the brim with unfettered nothingness. Free from the burden of possessions, the weight of responsibility, Nothing is as idiotic as it is brilliant.

Indeed even old Macbeth, though mad as a kipper, realised that life, whilst full of sound and fury (and that was before iPods) is inherently daft and ultimately signifies Nothing. And let us not forget, that ‘Nothing’ is so important that most of our universe – and the contents of a lot of people’s heads – appears to be made up of it.

It’s a statement, an empty gesture if you will, a nod at the futility of ownership, and yet despite ‘Nothing’ being nothing, it is of course packed with millions of protons, neutrons and what have you, which is pretty good for Nothing.

Yours for the humble price of $6.28

For sale on: I Want One Of Those | via Bnox

 
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The Right Audience

21 Sep 2006

Hmm. This one got me giggling on the train to work: Nathan dug up a story from an SEO website, where the admin was thinking about why he shouldn’t select ’suicide’ as a paid adword anymore:

In order to advertise this site, I pay google for certain keywords. One of those keywords used to be “Suicide”. They made up a good percentage of our users. However, I deciced to get rid of the term because they were costing me money to come here, and they were just going to kill themselves anyway. That means they would not be repeat users. No reason to pay to get them here.

Heheheh. Seriously. You can’t make up stuff like this. :)

 
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Posted in Humor, Marketing, Search

 

Avast Matey

19 Sep 2006

Aye, today be Talk Like a Pirate Day! On this fine day, everyone can talk like a pirate all day long. ‘Tis a fine way t’be speakin’, and if ye’ disagree I may make ye’ walk the ol’ plank and send ye’ ta’ ol’ Davy Jones’ Locker!

Ahoy, while not as popular as [Christmas] or [Arbor Day], Talk Like a Pirate Day is a recognized and heartily celebrated international holiday. On September 19th, people awake transformed: their ‘oices deeper, their usual pedestrian walk replaced by a seaman’s swagger, and whene’er they speak, they speak with the ‘oice o’ a pirate.

Gar.

founded by [John Baur and Mark Summers] durin’ a raquetball game and, coincidentally, occurin’ the same day’s as Mark’s ex-wife’s birthday, Talk Like a Pirate Day has taken the world by storm. A pence for an old man o’de sea?

Join the fun :) surprize someone. And if they don’t like it: we be keelhaulin’ them next morn!

Talk Like A Pirate Day

Visit: TalkLikeAPirateDay.com | Get the Party Kit | Pirate Talk Generator

 
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Underwear Goes Inside The Pants

18 Sep 2006

A little while ago I was reading on Bert Van Wassenhove’s blog and he pointed to this very amusing song on a MySpace page dedicated to Lazy Boy’s track. The lyrics are hilarious. You used to be able to download the song, but apparently that’s not possible anymore. I’m pretty sure you can still find it on some file-sharing network if you look for it. You can still listen to it. I’ve posted the lyrics after the jump. Have a nice Monday :) And by the way: Happy birthday, Bert. Here’s some linklove :)

No Pants

The lyrics… Read the rest of this entry »

 
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