Friday, October 15, 2010
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Michael J Fox and Spike Do a Shot-for-Shot Remake of the Original Back to the Future Teaser
and the original, I think one of the best teasers ever:
Click to learn more about the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
If This Doesn't Inspire You to Explore Science With Your Kids, Nothing Will: Launching a Video Camera in a Homemade Spacecraft
Video from a camera attached to a weather balloon that rose into the
upper stratosphere and recorded the blackness of space.
Visit www.brooklynspaceprogram.org for all the info.
Monday, October 11, 2010
Friday, October 01, 2010
Man's World
(By request, a repost of a 2005 post)
Of all my pet peeves, this is my peeviest. My friends will be amazed it's taken me this long to bring it up here. But the truth is, I didn't bring it up, The Washington Post did.
In an article recently, the Post addressed what they perceived as a shift in marketing strategy. They used the 2003 Miller Lite ad wherein two guys fantasize about two women getting into a wrestling match in a fountain as an example of how ads used to appeal to men's egos. Then they use several contemporary examples to illustrate how men are ridiculed and belittled in today's ads. They question the wisdom of this approach, and rightly so.
One problem: they missed a key point in those Miller Lite ads.
Beyond the fact that they arguably mocked men by reducing them to their baser impulses -- impulses I readily admit to heartily sharing -- the ads were, in fact, female-friendly. Like all ads.
Don't believe me? Think back.
Friday, September 24, 2010
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