We'll never know why Microsoft decided to pull this ad for Internet Explorer 8. But we will get to see a guy that looks kinda like Will Forte slip in vomit.
New Evian ad features babies doing all kinds of skate tricks on roller skates. [Editor's note: They really should have used that Jordy song for the background music.]
World of Warcraft HQ, Blizzard Games, is completeing the installation of a 12 foot tall bronze statue of a mounted orc in front of their offices in California. I have only two thoughts on this: 1) Awesome!!!!! 2) What is the wolf riding equivalent of the word “equestrian”?
Business Buzz A cautionary tale about love economics from the Upright Citizens Brigade [Vaguely NSFW].
Burger King runs an audacious new ad that basically hits you over the head (dickslaps you in the face?) with its blow job innuendos. I think I'd rather have a Toasty Torpedo.
http://www.mccanndigital.co.il/Cannes09/Breezer_Minisite....
Bacardi has launched a promotional mini-site touting ugly girlfriends to be the hot new summer accessory. Hmm, hanging out with ugly people, drinking Bacardi Breezers. Now that's how to look cool.
In an effort to stem declining sales of pizza to the over the 35 crowd, Pizza Hut has begun a rebranding effort. Good bye Pizza Hut, hello to the the supposedly hipper The Hut. In addition to the name change and new menu, The Hut has launched HutTV, which will broadcast corporate propaganda and game show segments to make you feel better about wait times.
Mexico's navy found more than a ton of cocaine hidden inside frozen sharks bound for the United States. [Jack's Note: Coupla questions. 1.) Is there a big market for frozen sharks in the U.S.? Or was the storage container full of dead sharks kind of a tip off that something weird was going on? Also. Scariest drug dealers ever. They were just like, “let's kill a bunch of sharks and put cocaine in them”.]
The Awl's Choire Sicha took a field trip to the New York Stock Exchange's trading floor, where he discovered this makeshift chapel in honor of Our Lady of Alaska. It makes so much sense (for them, I mean). Sorry for the second Sarah Palin-related post of the day.
Business Buzz Trying to collect the worst logos of all time in one convenient location. A lot of bad logos seem to involve eagles. Go figure.
http://corrupted-files.com/Home.html
Can't finish your paper on time? Send your teacher a corrupted file to buy yourself more time. Is this cheating?
Business Buzz A few weeks ago at an Authors Guild benefit in New York, Dave Eggers gave out his email and promised to write anyone who was feeling down about the future of print and cheer them up. After a deluge of messages, here's the response he sent out.
An interesting business opportunity for those of you in the Jacksonville area.
Business Buzz Seth Green shows you around the sweet crib he got with 20% down and a 5.25% fixed rate mortgage.
The Red House is a great place to buy furniture if you are black OR white. I know it is a joke but watching this brings back memories of living in the South in the 1960s.
Business Buzz Everyone's passing around this harrowing story of debt and a bad mortgage, written by New York Times economics reporter Edmund L. Andrews. Enjoy your Friday, especially if you're not currently facing foreclosure.
It's not exactly clear what message this Japanese KFC is trying to send, but I'm pretty sure it's the wrong one.
NSFW Creepy German ad uses origami money to remind investors to screw around in as many foreign markets as possible. Wow, Abe Lincoln and Queen Victoria doggy-style f*cking is really putting me in the mood to take some financial risks.