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Saturday, September 3, 2005 The 25 unwritten rules of advertising. 7. Anyone with a scientific career will have a bad haircut and dreadful clothes. 8. If you work for the emergency services, you are a better person than the general population. 9. Elderly relatives NEVER suffer from senile dementia. 10. Scandinavians are, without exception, blonde and beautiful. 11. Women have jobs they never do in real life, e.g. dockworker (who looks like a model). 12. Children will not eat fruit or vegetables. Ever. 13. Both men and women find driving deeply pleasurable, never boring or stressful. I would add, if the product is high-profile and expensive, then a Beatles song must be licensed for the ad. If the ad is for a car then a song from The Who will do just fine. I think 19 is my favorite by far: 19. Professional people have strangely trivial preoccupations, e.g. a female barrister who is morbidly obsessed with finding a healthy snack bar. @ 11:38 AM CST [Link] Cute Megatokyo PSA on hemp. Its not a webcomic I usually read but this one is clever. Also: Hipster face-off at Cat and Girl. @ 08:59 AM CST [Link] How to protect Oriental rugs in New Orleans. @ 08:18 AM CST [Link] Breathtaking photo from Mars. One of the rovers finished its month long climb of a hill and took this photo. Notice the two dust devils at both corners - on the surface on another friggin planet. Also: Rover homepage. @ 08:03 AM CST [Link] Sunday, August 28, 2005 Great little gallery of 2D video game characters turned into 3D fine art. Some decent eye-candy here. via "You and your third dimension." "What about it?" "Oh, nothing, it's cute." @ 08:19 PM CST [Link] Video of the Philip K Dick bot. Kinda impressive, a bit creepy, but a nice PR ploy by the people over at Hanson Robotics. It would be great if it was donated to a museum and remained on display to give out advice and conspiracy theories posthumously. "Uncle Dick, will I find love? Is V.A.L.I.S. a metaphor for the unknown? Was the unnamed musician Brian Eno? Do tell!" Also: Hanson robotics homepage. @ 07:06 PM CST [Link] [Archives] Search entries: