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oh advertising...

2008-07-26T09:06:00.001-07:00

More reason to <3 Feist

2008-07-15T14:04:00.001-07:00

Douchebag Summer

2008-07-11T10:20:00.000-07:00

I'm always exploring Hulu.com for interesting movies/tv shows. This is by far one of my best finds...Douchebag Summer - about 3 guys who are trying to find love...dun dun dun...at the jersey shore! yikes. anyways, they're 3 min. videos but really funny for all you guido lovers.

Extinction Timeline (1950-2050)

2008-07-10T07:43:00.000-07:00

So here's some interesting extinction predictions:
- 2013: "Thank You's" end
- Bangladesh outlives Taiwan
- 2023: Spelling and Blogging die
- Ties outlive
- Google outlives Microsoft (but Google goes extinct around 2048)
- and Cher outlives us all (crazy.)

see full-size here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tsunahmie/2512017238/sizes/o/

Bread

2008-07-07T13:52:00.000-07:00

Axe Coffee

2008-07-01T08:32:00.000-07:00

Axe Mouth Spray from Nick Douglas on Vimeo.

Would you wear these???

2008-06-30T13:20:00.000-07:00

<3

2008-06-26T16:40:00.001-07:00

I Will Possess Your Heart - Death Cab For Cutie

Love in da club

2008-06-25T09:53:00.000-07:00

Buh bye.

2008-06-25T07:13:00.000-07:00

By now, most of you have probably heard that Bill Gates is finishing up his last days as an official Microsoft employee. I read a pretty interesting piece about him in Fortune mag (see here). But what I love even more is this fun and silly Coke ad, Mr. Gates starred in back in 1995.

Quick - Put your clothes back on!

2008-06-24T11:03:00.000-07:00

So true, so true. Originally, the rumors were that Saatchi and Saatchi made this ad for JC Penny, but new press release from S&S is now claiming that a "third party vendor" created this as a spoof ad. Whatever it is - it's pretty funny how it speaks to the teenage years.

Dancing for electricity!!!

2008-06-23T10:09:00.000-07:00

So this is pretty interesting. A club in Britain will be one of the first eco-clubs in the world. Especially interesting is the way in which they hope to power the club - they're planning on installing a dance floor that will generate electricity that will go into powering the lights and audio of the club. See below for how they plan to make it happen. Wouldn't you shake it for a good cause???

Source: here

How Google is Like a Hedge Fund

2008-06-23T10:05:00.000-07:00

" Big stand-alone hedge funds generally did well in 2007; hedge funds owned by investment banks, by contrast, did much worse. I can't help but see an analogy here: Microsoft is bringing Yahoo in-house, to compete with the big stand-alone Google. But internet advertising is not what Microsoft is good at, just like hedge funds are not what Bear Stearns is good at."

- Portfolio.com: Felix Salmon

where the hell is matt?

2008-06-23T09:08:00.000-07:00

This kinda stuff makes me smile. Watch the whole thing - there's some really funny ones later on :)

Matt uses Google Earth/Maps to show others where he's traveling to.

We've come a long way

2008-06-20T08:44:00.000-07:00

The Evolution of the Cell Phone - Click here for more amazing videos

Dipping

2008-06-19T06:20:00.000-07:00

Apparently there's a new trend called "dipping" happening in the UK via Facebook. By using Google maps, "dippers" are able to local neighborhood pools and invite their friends for "dipping parties" - unbeknownst to the homeowners, of course. Apparently they are encouraged to "wear fancy costumes and bring bikes in case cops show up.

This may be a UK phenom, but when is going to make its way to the Sttates??? Anyone wanna go for a swim?

Link: here

omfg - APPLE CAMP

2008-06-18T11:39:00.000-07:00

This is pretty awesome - Apple is offering "summer camp" for kids 8-12 (sigh, if only i were younger or had a child). It's an opportunity for kids to learn about iphoto, imovie, garageband, etc. And it's FREE. Better sign up fast b/c spots are going quick.... link here

Gay

2008-06-18T09:25:00.000-07:00

Did you know if you google "gay", you'll get a surprising rainbow bar on the right-hand side. Unfortunately, googling "straight" leaves you with nothing...

Big Buck Bunny

2008-06-18T09:14:00.001-07:00

I don't know too much about open source, but I do know that if people using free software, working together can make something like this - then i'm all for it!!!

This video is a short, animated film, released April 10th in Amsterdam. It was made entirely from open source software by the Blender Institute.

Source: here

I'm voting republican

2008-06-18T08:53:00.000-07:00

I'm not quite sure how I should interpret this viral marketing video - On one hand, the subtle humorous tone is pretty entertaining to watch and seems to raise awareness for the issues of this election, but on the other hand, I can see how something like this would rub people the wrong way - even for democrats.

For my finance friends...

2008-06-08T20:06:00.000-07:00

I came across this show on Hulu and since most of my friends are in Finance, I thought I would check it out. The first episode starts off by following the careers of a handful guys (and girls) in the business. You have the stereotypical macho trader, who teaches his son to be just as greedy as he is. "Hey son, do you wanna make a million dollars?", and son replies, "No, TWO million!" You also have the super hot German blond, who is a self-proclaimed "deal-maker." But from what I can gather, her role is really to look hot and network. There's a young guy who's starting his own hedge fund and an older one who's apparently very established in the HF world. And finally, you have a 27 year old who is "retired" from the business, but what she really means is that she's starting her own hedge fund. Oh yea, she left home at the age of 17 and seems obsessed with working out (aka a symbolism for ambition and determination). I think this show could be entertaining for those budding financiers who've always dreamed of working in the field but don't really know what the heck its all about or for those, like my friends, who will inevitably laugh through these episodes. All of them online for your viewing pleasure :)

Brilliant concept for music

2008-06-06T21:12:00.000-07:00

Harvard's Commencement Speech

2008-06-06T10:30:00.000-07:00

While not a student there myself, I really enjoyed this commencement speech (perhaps a little more than my own school's)...

See link here.

Smart move Nordstrom

2008-06-05T11:02:00.001-07:00

I enjoy online shopping as much as the next girl, but one thing that I have always hated is the painful shipping costs and long wait it takes for my package to arrive. I always wished that I could do my browsing and buying online, but could immediately pick up what I ordered in the stores. Now, Nordstrom has granted me my wish!

To find out more information, go to http://shop.nordstrom.com/c/6016460/0~2377475~6016460

I think this will definitely be great for business and we may even see more retailers following suit.

Facebook for elders

2008-06-04T16:04:00.000-07:00

And this is why I love McSweeney's

2008-06-04T06:22:00.000-07:00

Credit should be given to my friend, David M., who shared this piece with me. Direct link here.

WORD PROBLEMS
FOR FUTURE HEDGE-
FUND MANAGERS.

BY BOB WOODIWISS

- - - -

Elementary
(AGES 5–10)

1. Dick has $1 million. Jane has $1 million. If Dick and Jane both give their $1 million to T. Boone, how many millions will he claim he can turn it into?

2. On his way home from school, Kyle stops to buy a candy bar. It costs 69 cents. How much change should Kyle get back if he pays for the candy with a $1,000,000,000 bill?

3. Among those earning 10-figure incomes, Mr. Soros's total annual compensation is greater than Mr. Falcone's. Mr. Falcone's is greater than Mr. Griffin's. Mr. Griffin's is smaller than Mr. Soros's, and Mr. Paulson's is greater than Mr. Soros's.

In descending order, list the men by the respective hotness of their trophy wives.

4. A hedge-fund manager gets up at 5 a.m. It takes him 12 minutes to shower, 8 minutes to get dressed, and 20 minutes to eat breakfast. How big is his domestic staff?

Intermediate
(AGES 11–15)

1. Your middle-class parents have a combined household income of $115,000. You receive an allowance of $20 per week. If you save all your allowance for two years, how much debt will you have to finance to hostilely take over your family? How will you structure the debt?

2. The number of hours left in the New York Stock Exchange's trading day is one-third of the number of hours already passed. How many hours are there until you can start trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange?

3. At 10 a.m., a private Gulfstream G650 takes off from New York, headed south to the Caribbean island of St. Bart's, traveling at a speed of Mach .9. At 11 a.m., a private Gulfstream G550 takes off from St. Bart's, headed north to New York, traveling at Mach .885. Both jets fly at 50,000 feet on parallel flight paths. When the aircraft pass each other somewhere over the Atlantic, how long after seeing the G650 will the owner of the G550 kick himself for not going top-of-the-line? (Answer should be expressed in nautical miles.)

4. In a given year, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rises 8.3 percent, the NASDAQ rises 7.6 percent, and the S&P 500 rises 7.9 percent. If, in that same period, you manage a $29 billion hedge fund that loses 11.6 percent, how large a year-end bonus are you entitled to? (Round to the nearest $10 million.)

Advanced
(AGES 16–18)

1. Mr. Smith is being investigated by the SEC for insider trading. Calculate the probability of Mr. Smith's relocation to Dubai.

2. If an American hedge-fund manager makes $900 million and is taxed at a rate of 15 percent, how many American factory workers making $32,500 and being taxed at a rate of 25 percent does that make a sucker of? (Show your work.)

3. Your mother gives you x dollars to put gas in the family car. Your father gives you y dollars to get a haircut. You lose x + y dollars betting against your high school's undefeated football team. Explain to your familial investors how "that's life."

4. Days before the housing bubble bursts, you short the ABX subprime index and, when the ensuing mortgage crisis causes millions of families to lose their homes to foreclosure, you realize a $550 million profit.

Since, for you, this is the opposite of a problem, find the opposite of an answer.

Back again

2008-06-04T06:15:00.000-07:00

Okay, so I have been MIA again, but this time it was to go on a fantastical adventure to Greece (see pictures below). I should be around this summer and will be updating much more, I promise!

Cool site

2008-05-20T16:04:00.001-07:00

This site was recommended to me today. I have yet to really try it out, but I have high hopes for it.

Basically, what shoppingnotes.com does for you is be your personal price checker. When you find an item you like, but are waiting for the price to drop, you can have this site keep tabs for you. You just need to copy and paste the product page's url and an email address in which they can notify you of any price changes. And wham, bam, well, you know the rest.

I know there's been plenty of times where I've waited and waited for something to go down in price, but eventually give in and just buy it at full price only to find it on sale a week later! This site will hopefully cut down on those instances.

Enjoy!

IM etiquette

2008-05-20T15:58:00.000-07:00

Came across this interesting video here and found it pretty funny. Here's a few silly, but possibly useful, tips for chatting online.

1) Start with a hello or some other clever greeting
2) Try not to trail off - It will calm their insecurities that you are purposely ignoring them
3) Use your away messages - Or you'll end up with a bajillion windows open
4) When you're back on that computer, change your away status - your boyfriend may wonder why your lunch date w/ a "male friend" lasted FOUR hours
5) Go invisible if you don't want to be bothered - (I tend to just shut it off to prevent any distractions)
6) Let people know when you're signing off - It's common courtesy. You wouldn't walk away from a real life conversation without saying goodbye would you???

There you have it, some tips to online chatting. If you think of others, feel free to comment.

Excuses, excuses

2008-05-20T15:56:00.000-07:00

So sorry I've been so MIA - with thesis, senior week and graduation ceremonies, I've been v. distracted.

Will return for now, go on vaca, and be back shortly. I promise :)

Love,
L.

If facebook was real

2008-05-03T11:32:00.000-07:00

this is HILARIOUS. a must-click.

http://www.geeksugar.com/1598288

I never imagined the Pixies like this...

2008-04-27T16:01:00.000-07:00

it's all an illusion

2008-04-19T11:40:00.001-07:00

Source - here

Where I went to stay next time I'm in China...

2008-04-19T11:28:00.000-07:00

Atkins has won an international competition to design a resort hotel which is going to be built in a 100 meter deep quarry in the Songjiang district near to Shanghai in China.

Although from these pictures the hotel looks almost unreal, the project is expected to be completed by May, 2009.

The quarry will protect the resort from the weather and reduce the energy needs of the hotel. The complex will contain restaurants, cafes, sport facilities, and will even include underwater public areas and guestrooms.

The hotel will have 400 bed resort which will stand two levels higher than the rock face of the 100 metre deep quarry.

Two underwater levels will house a restaurant and guestrooms facing a ten-metre deep aquarium. The lowest level of the hotel will contain a leisure complex with a swimming pool and water-based sports.

An extreme sports centre for activities such as rock climbing and bungee jumping will be cantilevered over the quarry and accessed by special lifts from the water level of the hotel.

Music to my ears...

2008-04-16T16:47:00.001-07:00

I love Discovery

2008-04-16T09:08:00.000-07:00

Smallest Girl in the World - Jyoti Amge

2008-04-07T20:30:00.000-07:00

at 14 years old, she weights 11lbs and stands at 1ft 11inches. jyoti hopes to one day break into bollywood.

this is sad.

2008-04-07T20:20:00.000-07:00

Stung Meanchey Municipal Waste Dump is a 100 acre garbage dump in Phnom Penh. Every day, several hundred scavenge through Phnom Penh daily refuse in this dump to collect rubbish to contribute to the family income. The rubbish are sold to recycling business which could earn an adult an average of 4000 to 5000 riels (US$1.00 to US$1.25) a day. “This is the closest thing to hell on earth I’ve ever seen,” said David Pred, an aid worker who is trying to assist orphans at the dump site. “I don’t understand how people can allow a place like this to exist.”

These people are actually considered the lucky ones as they could earn more money than they could in the rural village where they originally came from as well as a roof over the top of their heads.

Source: here

Marketing, Advertising, Branding

2008-04-04T10:26:00.000-07:00

The Golden Ipod

2008-04-02T18:04:00.000-07:00

David Beckham's teammates got this for him for his 100th England Cap

preggers

2008-04-02T17:44:00.000-07:00

Holy crap! Get this. This guy was a girl, then turned boy (but kept his female goodies), and is now PREGNANT!

(s)He's only doing this bc his wife can't have children. Crrrrrazy. Tune in on Thursday to Oprah to hear his story!

April Fools!

2008-04-01T19:39:00.000-07:00

Oh those googlers...

Google has tons of pranks for this year’s April Fool’s Day, including Gmail Custom Time, Virgle: The Adventure of Many Lifetimes, Google Wake Up Kit, and more!

Gmail Custom Time: It enables you to send email back until April 1, 2004.
Google Human Search (Chinese): searches 250 million volunteers by their personal characteristics.
Virgle: Virgin and Google team up together to create Project Virgle to build a second Earth on Mars - just in case Earth gives up on us - in the next 100 years.
Google Wake Up Kit - The kit from Google Calendar is designed to wake you up by whatever means possible - including “a bed-flipping device … for forceful removal from your sleeping quarters.” Google Calendar also added a “I’m Feeling Lucky” button that sets you up for dates with celebrities.
gDay - Brought to you by the Google Australia team, it let’s you to search contents on the Internet even before it’s created! - “Hi guys, I am from the future.”
Scratch-and-sniff books - Google Books is “now able to capture some of the smells during the scanning process” and you can smell them in the preview pages!
Greener Google Talk: To reduce the amount carbon dioxide produced by instant messaging, Google Talk will now shorten the number of characters used in a IM message by “abbreviating words and dropping vowels” - the so-called IM-speak.
Google Dajare (Japanese): The mission of this project is “to organize the world’s laughter, (allow) people around the world (to) have access to what(ever) they want.”
YTRickRollsYou - “We’re no strangers to love, You know the rules and so do I … Never gonna give you up, Never gonna let you down … We’ve know each other for so long” - click on any feature videos on YouTube (no, this is not rickroll).
Google Cash (Russian) - Now you can install the Google Cash portable right from your office or home and make payments for advertising cash roubles - designed exclusively for Russian AdWords users. (I thought the machine is designed to print money to pay for the users’ online advertising campaigns…)
Yogurt: the new Orkut!
Google Docs Airplane: Stop typing the boring documents, fold an airplane instead! Go to Google Docs and create a “New airlane!“
Google Weblogs - New service from Blogger that “Publish text to the web in reverse chronological order.” OMG, this is going to be SO COOL!
AdSense for Conversation: AdSense will display ads that are relevant to the conversations that you engage in on a headgear that Google provides for you to wear. Also AdSense for Phone Calls (Portuguese).
FrankRank: a new AdWords ranking algorithm inspired by Frank the hand turkey.

2nd. best. pic. every

2008-03-31T12:34:00.000-07:00

How do you think they make decisions about which way to go or who gets to eat the prey?

Best. pic. today.

2008-03-31T12:30:00.001-07:00

this is good.

2008-03-29T13:39:00.000-07:00

Wish you had these for Spring Break, huh?

2008-03-25T10:52:00.000-07:00

Use these for all those inevitable facebook photos :)
Source: http://www.geeksugar.com/1140048

Happy Easter

2008-03-23T15:31:00.000-07:00

my very first web mix tape!

2008-03-22T21:15:00.001-07:00

Building the Obama brand

2008-03-20T21:20:00.000-07:00

Fast Company

Happy Birthday

2008-03-20T20:58:00.002-07:00

40 years for the cubicle - check it out here

22 years (belated) for Gordon - check it out here

The many uses of Facebook

2008-03-20T20:53:00.001-07:00

Money can buy happiness...really.

2008-03-20T15:52:00.000-07:00

I knew it!

Okay, that's not completely true. So apparently, giving money can bring joy to people's lives. Charity guys, charity!

Source: New York Times

Stuff White People Like

2008-03-20T15:25:00.000-07:00

#8 - Barack Obama
#11 - Asian Girls
#29 - 80s music
#46 - The Sunday New York Times
#62 - Knowing what's best for poor people

Silliest. blog. ever. - Stuff White People Like

A Free Education (sort of)

2008-03-19T20:27:00.001-07:00

Apparently MIT is opening up its coursework to anyone who's willing to sit down and learn. You can download material from over 1800 courses from MIT - FREE. They do encourage donations, but it's not required.

Get learning - http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm

Facebook Chat

2008-03-19T10:17:00.000-07:00

Rumor is...Facebook Chat is coming out in the next 2 weeks.

It's official, this social network is take over the world. On my spring break in Peru, 3 of the 4 public computers at the airport were being used to Facebook. Yowza.

Source: http://www.coedmagazine.com/tech/6723

Junk Food

2008-03-18T17:45:00.000-07:00

* Worst Fast Food Meal: McDonald’s Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips with creamy ranch sauce. Chicken sounds healthy, but not at 830 calories.
* Worst Drink: Jamba Juice Chocolate Moo’d Power Smoothie. With 166 grams of sugar, you could have had eight servings of Ben & Jerry’s.
* Worst Supermarket Meal: Pepperidge Farm Roasted Chicken Pot Pie. It packs 64 grams of fat.
* Worst “Healthy” Burger: Ruby Tuesday Bella Turkey Burger. With 1,145 calories, not a very healthy choice.
* Worst Airport Snack: Cinnabon Classic Cinnamon Roll. Packed with 813 hot gooey calories and 5 grams of trans fats.
* Worst Kids’ Meal: Macaroni Grill Double Macaroni ‘n Cheese. With 62 fat grams, it’s the equivalent of 1.5 full boxes of Kraft Mac ‘n Cheese.
* Worst Salad: On the Border Grande Taco Salad with Taco Beef. A salad with 102 grams of fat and 2,410 mg of sodium.
* Worst Dessert: Chili’s Chocolate Chip Paradise Pie with Vanilla Ice Cream. At 1,600 calories, it’s like eating the caloric equivalent of three Big Macs.

Man do I feel unhealthy... see NY Times article here

Doomed...

2008-03-18T09:18:00.000-07:00

"The current financial crisis in the US is likely to be judged in retrospect as the most wrenching since the end of the Second World War. The crisis will leave many casualties."

- Former US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said in remarks published Monday

Alien Family

2008-03-17T22:32:00.000-07:00

This is what my job might entail. So looking forward to it!

Giving

2008-03-17T19:11:00.000-07:00

I'm a big fan of giving - smart giving that is. This recent insert in the New York Times really peaked my interest - there's great stuff in it about philanthropy, social entrepreneurship, and CSR. Definitely worth it to take a look.

link here

Don't be mean!

2008-03-17T18:39:00.000-07:00

Pixar is genius. really.

glasses make all the difference

2008-03-17T18:27:00.000-07:00

"Get the respect you deserve." - Oogmerk Opticians. To see more funny ads, click link below

Source: http://www.hemmy.net/2008/02/29/oogmerk-opticians-advertisement/#more-1575

Scandal!!!

2008-03-17T18:00:00.000-07:00

I found the above chart pretty entertaining. This Spitzer scandal is pretty crazy. No one would have ever thought that Spitzer would be connected to Kevin Bacon (bottom left). hehe.

Source: IvyGate Blog http://www.ivygateblog.com/blog/2008/03/see_what_happens_when_harvard_meets_harvard.html

The Beginning

2008-03-17T16:00:00.000-07:00

I read a lot of blogs - maybe too many. They vary from celebrity gossip (okay, a disproportionate amount), news, technology, fashion, social entrepreneurship, business, and more.

Recently, my friends have encouraged me to start a blog - one sharing my interesting reads with the world.

So this is the beginning. I'm not sure where this will go or if it will have a destination, but you can expect this blog to be simple, possibly funny, and sure to be entertaining.