Entries from October 2008

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

how not to use condoms

I know the Trojan “Evolve” Campaign has been going on for a while now, but just recently something occurred to me that I hadn’t quite realized about it before. The campaign started out last June, with the premiere of a commercial featuring women being hit on by a bar full of anthropomorphized pigs. It’s only [...]

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

lame ad. great mashup.

This is tripping me out. I was just going to write a quick post about how terrifically lame I think the outdoor ads for The Day The Earth Stood Still are. It’s basically just a stock-photo image of the Earth’s curvature, against a black outer-space backdrop, with big, block-y, white letters that read: “THEY’RE HERE. [...]

Saturday, October 18th, 2008

inadvertent PSA

This is currently the billboard on the corner of La Brea and 3rd. The bottom part is from an ad for Death Race which came out this Summer. The top, I’m guessing, is from some alcohol ad, no doubt. The result is so awesome, I’m having a hard time believing this is could just happen [...]

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

one year later

image by Andrew Jones Original post, October 16, 2007: “This Changed Everything“

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

two kinds of people

“There are two kinds of people in the world: those who divide the world into two kinds of people, and those who don’t.” – Robert Benchley This election process is driving me crazy. I wish we could just pick someone already, and get the fuck on with it. I mean, yes, I do hope a [...]

Monday, October 6th, 2008

today’s awesome ad award goes to:

Just… WOW! such great creativity and innovation with this. really freakin’ awesome. CLICK THE SCREENSHOT BELOW TO EXPERIENCE IT >>>

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

poli-psych

Pop quiz: Do you favor variety, novelty, diversity, new ideas, travel? Or do you prefer sticking to things that are familiar, safe, and dependable? If you answered yes to the first question, then you are higher on a major personality trait called Openness To Experience (OTE). As psychologist Jonathan Haidt says in his TED talk, [...]

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

today’s awesome ad award goes to:

Levi’s “unbuttoned” billboard. Fairfax Ave. @ 3rd St. Across the street from the Farmer’s Market.